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23 Heart age: intuitive communication tool or gateway to overdiagnosis? A comparison of 3 countries
Bonner, Carissa; McKinn, Shannon; McCaffery, Kirsten; Glasziou, Paul; Doust, Jenny; Jansen, Jesse; Bell, Katy J.L.Published 2019Heart age calculators are increasingly popular around the world as a way to promote and communicate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment to patients/consumers. While they have intuitive appeal, the implicit assumptions ...Presentation -
Clinician views and experiences of non-invasive prenatal genetic screening tests in Australia
McKinn, Shannon; Javid, Nasrin; Newson, Ainsley J.; Freeman, Lucinda; Bonner, Carissa; Shand, Antonia W.; Nassar, Natasha; Bell, Katy JLPublished 2022Background Non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) is being increasingly used by expectant parents. Much provision of this test in Australia is occurring in clinical settings where specialised genetic counselling is ...Open AccessArticle -
Communicating cardiovascular disease risk: an interview study of General Practitioners’ use of absolute risk within tailored communication strategies
Bonner, Carissa; Jansen, Jesse; McKinn, Shannon; Irwig, Les; Doust, Jenny; Glasziou, Paul; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2014-05-29Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines encourage assessment of absolute CVD risk - the probability of a CVD event within a fixed time period, based on the most predictive risk factors. However, few ...Open AccessArticle -
Communication between health workers and ethnic minorities in Vietnam
McKinn, Shannon; Duong, Thuy Linh; Foster, Kirsty; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2017-10-10Background: Vietnam has made notable progress in reducing maternal mortality rates during the past 2 decades, but this overall improvement conceals regional and ethnic inequalities. Ethnic minorities in Vietnam experience ...Open AccessArticle -
Decision Support Tools for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Do Not Meet Health Literacy Needs: A Systematic Environmental Scan and Evaluation
McKinn, Shannon; Batcup, Carys; Cornell, Samuel; Freeman, Natasha; Doust, Jenny; Bell, Katy J.L.; Figtree, Gemma; Bonner, CarissaPublished 2022A shared decision-making approach is considered optimal in primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. Evidence-based patient decision aids can facilitate this but do not always meet patients’ health literacy needs. ...Open AccessArticle -
Distributed Health Literacy in the Maternal Health Context in Vietnam
McKinn, Shannon; Duong, Linh Thuy; Foster, Kirsty; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2019BACKGROUND: Previous health literacy research has often focused on individual functional health literacy, ignoring the cultural contexts through which many people experience health care. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to explore the ...Open AccessArticle -
Do online decision aids reflect new prenatal screening and testing options? An environmental scan and content analysis
Lu, Jessica Yu Ting; McKinn, Shannon; Freeman, Lucinda; Turbitt, Erin; Bonner, CarissaPublished 2022Objective Decision aids have been developed to help prospective parents make informed, shared decisions about medical tests, but these options are rapidly changing. This study aimed to identify and evaluate publicly ...Open AccessArticle -
Drivers of antibiotic use in Vietnam: implications for designing community interventions
McKinn, Shannon; Trinh, Duy Hoang; Drabarek, Dorothy; Trieu, Thao Thu; Nguyen, Phuong Thi Lan; Cao, Thai Hung; Dang, Anh Duc; Nguyen, Thu Anh; Fox, Greg J; Bernays, SarahPublished 2021Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance is a global challenge that threatens our ability to prevent and treat common infectious diseases. Vietnam is affected by high rates of antimicrobial resistant infections, driven by ...Open AccessArticle -
Factors affecting healthcare pathways for chronic lung disease management in Vietnam: a qualitative study on patients’ perspectives
Nguyen, Thu Anh; Pham, Yen Ngoc; Doan, Nhung Phuong; Nguyen, Thao Huong; Do, Toan Thanh; Vu, Giap Van; Marks, Guy B; McKinn, Shannon; Negin, Joel; Bernays, Sarah; Fox, Greg JPublished 2021Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma rank among the leading causes of respiratory morbidity, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This qualitative study aimed to explore the ...Open AccessArticle -
Factors influencing general practitioners’ decisions about cardiovascular disease risk reassessment: findings from experimental and interview studies
McKinn, Shannon; Bonner, Carissa; Jansen, Jesse; Teixeira-Pinto, Armando; So, Matthew; Irwig, Les; Doust, Jenny; Glasziou, Paul; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2016-08-05Background: Guidelines on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reassessment intervals are unclear, potentially leading to detrimental practice variation: too frequent can result in overtreatment and greater strain on the ...Open AccessArticle -
General practitioners’ decision making about primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults: a qualitative study
Jansen, Jesse; McKinn, Shannon; Bonner, Carissa; Irwig, Les; Doust, Jenny; Glasziou, Paul; Bell, Katy J.L.; Naganathan, Vasi; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2017-01-13Background: Primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in older people is challenging as they are a diverse group with varying needs, frequent presence of comorbidities, and are more sus- ceptible to treatment harms. ...Open AccessArticle -
General practitioners’ use of absolute risk versus individual risk factors in cardiovascular disease prevention: an experimental study
Jansen, Jesse; Bonner, Carissa; McKinn, Shannon; Irwig, Les; Glasziou, Paul; Doust, Jenny; Teixeira-Pinto, Armando; Hayen, Andrew; Turner, Robin; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2014-05-01Objective: To understand general practitioners’ (GPs) use of individual risk factors (blood pressure and cholesterol levels) versus absolute risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management decision-making. Design: ...Open AccessArticle -
General practitioners’ use of different cardiovascular risk assessment strategies: a qualitative study
Bonner, Carissa; Jansen, Jesse; McKinn, Shannon; Irwig, Les; Doust, Jenny; Glasziou, Paul; Hayen, Andrew; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2013-09-30Objectives: To identify factors that influence the extent to which general practitioners use absolute risk (AR) assessment in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment. Design, setting and participants: Semi-structured ...Open AccessArticle -
Heuristics and biases in cardiovascular disease prevention: How can we improve communication about risk, benefits and harms?
Bonner, Carissa; McKinn, Shannon; Lau, Annie; Jansen, Jesse; Doust, Jenny; Trevena, Lyndal; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2018Objective Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines recommend medication based on the probability of a heart attack/stroke in the next 5–10 years. However, heuristics and biases make risk communication challenging ...Open AccessArticle -
How do General Practitioners and patients make decisions about cardiovascular disease risk?
Bonner, Carissa; Jansen, Jesse; McKinn, Shannon; Irwig, Les; Doust, Jenny; Glasziou, Paul; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2015-03-01Objective: Although current guidelines around the world recommend using absolute risk (AR) thresholds to decide whether cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk should be managed with lifestyle or medication, the use of AR in ...Open AccessArticle -
‘I do want to ask, but I can’t speak’: a qualitative study of ethnic minority women’s experiences of communicating with primary health care professionals in remote, rural Vietnam
McKinn, Shannon; Duong, Linh Thuy; Foster, Kirsty; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2017Background Ethnic minority groups in Vietnam experience economic, social and health inequalities. There are significant disparities in health service utilisation, and cultural, interpersonal and communication barriers ...Open AccessArticle -
Is the NHS ‘Heart Age Test’ too much medicine?
Bonner, Carissa; McKinn, Shannon; McCaffery, Kirsten; Glasziou, Paul; Irwig, Les; Doust, Jenny; Jansen, Jesse; Bell, Katy J.L.Published 2019The NHS ‘Heart Age Test’has expanded cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment in the UK to include younger people (< 40 years). Public Health England’s (PHE) Healthy Heart campaign, launched in September 2018, encourages ...Article -
Is the “heart age” concept helpful or harmful compared to absolute cardiovascular disease risk? An experimental study
Bonner, Carissa; Jansen, Jesse; Newell, Ben R.; Irwig, Les; Teixeira-Pinto, Armando; Glasziou, Paul; Doust, Jenny; McKinn, Shannon; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2015-08-06Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines are generally based on the absolute risk of a CVD event, but there is increasing interest in using ‘heart age’ to motivate lifestyle change when absolute risk ...Open AccessArticle -
Recruiting general practitioners as participants for qualitative and experimental primary care studies in Australia
McKinn, Shannon; Bonner, Carissa; Jansen, Jesse; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2014-07-30Recruiting general practitioners (GPs) for participation in primary care research is vitally important, but it can be very difficult for researchers to engage time-poor GPs. This paper describes six different strategies ...Open AccessArticle -
Shared decision-making about cardiovascular disease medication in older people: a qualitative study of patient experiences in general practice
Jansen, Jesse; McKinn, Shannon; Bonner, Carissa; Muscat, Danielle Marie; Doust, Jenny; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2019Objectives: To explore older people’s perspectives and experiences with shared decision-making (SDM) about medication for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. Design, setting and participants: Semi-structured ...Open AccessArticle
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