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Australian General Practitioners’ Current Knowledge, Understanding, and Feelings Regarding Breast Density Information and Notification: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dolan, Hankiz; McCaffery, Kirsten; Houssami, Nehmat; Brennan, Meagan; Dorrington, Melanie; Cvejic, Erin; Hersch, Jolyn; Verde, Angela; Vaccaro, Lisa; Nickel, BrookePublished 2022Background: There is a lack of evidence around Australian general practitioners’ (GPs) views of issues surrounding breast density. The current study aimed to quantitatively assess GPs’ current knowledge, understanding, and ...Open AccessArticle -
Australian Women’s Intentions and Psychological Outcomes Related to Breast Density Notification and Information
Dolan, Hankiz; McCaffery, Kirsten; Houssami, Nehmat; Cvejic, Erin; Brennan, Meagan; Hersch, Jolyn; Dorrington, Melanie; Verde, Angela; Vaccaro, Lisa; Nickel, BrookePublished 2022Objective To assess the effect of mammographic breast density notification and information provision on women’s intention to seek supplemental screening and psychological outcomes. Design, Setting, and Participants A ...Open AccessArticle -
Australian Women’s Responses to Breast Density Information: A Content Analysis
Pandya, Tanvi; Liu, Zixuan; Dolan, Hankiz; Hersch, Jolyn; Brennan, Meagan; Houssami, Nehmat; Nickel, BrookePublished 2023Breast density (BD) is an independent risk factor for breast cancer and reduces mammographic sensitivity. This study explored women’s responses and intentions if notified that they had dense breasts. Methods: Content ...Article -
Behavioural barriers to COVID-19 testing in Australia: Two national surveys to identify barriers and estimate prevalence by health literacy level
Bonner, Carissa; Batcup, Carys; Ayre, Julie; Pickles, Kristen; Cvejic, Erin; Copp, Tessa; Cornell, Samuel; Dodd, Rachael; Isautier, Jennifer; Nickel, Brooke; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2021ABSTRACT Background COVID-19 testing and contact tracing has been crucial in Australia's prevention strategy. However, testing for COVID-19 is far from optimal, and behavioural barriers are unknown. Study 1 aimed to ...Preprint -
Breast Density Notification: A Systematic Review of the Impact on Primary Care Practitioners
Nickel, Brooke; Copp, Tessa; Brennan, Meagan; Farber, Rachel; McCaffery, Kirsten; Houssami, NehmatPublished 2021Background: In the last decade, there has been an unprecedented amount of advocacy and attention surrounding the issue of breast density (BD) in relation to mammography screening. It is largely unknown what impact notifying ...Open AccessArticle -
Breast density notification: evidence on whether benefit outweighs harm is required to inform future screening practice
Nickel, Brooke; Farber, Rachel; Brennan, Meagan; Hersch, Jolyn; McCaffery, Kirsten; Houssami, NehmatPublished 2020We believe that it is imperative to have robust evidence about whether to communicate breast density information to women and, if so, how best to do it. Before this happens, there first needs to be an assessment of the ...Article, Letter -
The Challenge of Breast Density– Options for Management and Breast Cancer Screening
Brennan, Meagan; Nickel, Brooke; Houssami, NehmatPublished 2020Invited commentary on breast density.Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Contextualising COVID-19 prevention behaviour over time in Australia: Patterns and long-term predictors from April to July 2020 in an online social media sample.
Ayre, Julie; Cvejic, Erin; McCaffery, Kirsten; Copp, Tessa; Cornell, Samuel; Dodd, Rachael H; Pickles, Kristen; Batcup, Carys; Isautier, Jennifer M J; Nickel, Brooke; Dakin, Thomas; Bonner, CarissaPublished 2021BACKGROUND: In Australia in March 2020 a national public health directive required that non-essential workers stay at home, except for essential activities. These restrictions began easing in May 2020 as community transmission ...Article -
COVID-19 challenges faced by general practitioners in Australia: a survey study conducted in March 2021
Copp, Tessa; Isautier, Jennifer M. J.; Nickel, Brooke; Pickles, Kristen; Tracy, Marguerite; Doust, Jenny; Bonner, Carissa; Dodd, Rachael H.; Ayre, Julie; Cvejic, Erin; Trevena, Lyndal; Manocha, Ramesh; McCaffery, Kirsten J.Published 2021Limited studies at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic found GPs have been negatively affected by increased workload, reduced income and major concerns about staff and patient safety. This study aimed to investigate the ...Article -
COVID-19 misinformation in Australia: key groups and trends over time in a national longitudinal survey (Preprint)
Pickles, Kristen; Cvejic, Erin; Nickel, Brooke; Copp, Tessa; Bonner, Carissa; Leask, Julie; Ayre, Julie; Batcup, Carys; Cornell, Samuel; Dakin, Thomas; Dodd, Rachael H; Isautier, Jennifer M J; McCaffery, Kirsten JPublished 2021BACKGROUND: Misinformation about COVID-19 is common and has been spreading rapidly across the globe through social media platforms and other information systems. Understanding what the public knows about COVID-19 and ...Article -
Delays to Low-risk Thyroid Cancer Treatment During COVID-19—Refocusing From What Has Been Lost to What May Be Learned and Gained
Nickel, Brooke; Glover, Anthony; Miller, Julie A.Published 2021This Viewpoint examines the potential benefits that delaying low-risk thyroid surgical procedures may provide for patients as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic continues to alter treatment timelines.Article -
Disparities in COVID-19 related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours by health literacy
McCaffery, Kirsten; Dodd, Rachael H; Cvejic, Erin; Ayre, Julie; Batcup, Carys; Isautier, Jennifer MJ; Copp, Tessa; Bonner, Carissa; Pickles, Kristen; Nickel, Brooke; Dakin, Thomas; Cornell, Samuel; Wolf, Michael SPublished 2020Objectives: To explore the variation in understanding, attitudes and uptake of COVID-19 health advice during the 2020 pandemic lockdown by health literacy. Study design: National cross sectional community survey. Setting: ...Preprint -
Do we need to rethink the diagnoses melanoma in situ and severely dysplastic naevus?
Semsarian, Caitlin R; Ma, Tara; Nickel, Brooke; Scolyer, Richard A; Ferguson, Peter M; Soyer, Peter; Parker, Lisa; Barratt, Alexandra; Thompson, John F; Bell, Katy J.L.Published 2022Many countries have seen a dramatic increase in the reported incidence of cutaneous melanoma in recent decades, largely driven by increased diagnoses of melanoma in situ and thin invasive melanoma. The incidence of thick ...Open AccessArticle -
Factors associated with women's supplemental screening intentions following dense breast notification in an online randomised experimental study
Nickel, Brooke; Dolan, Hankiz; Houssami, Nehmat; Cvejic, Erin; Brennan, Meagan; Hersch, Jolyn; Dorrington, Melanie; Verde, Angela; Vaccaro, Lisa; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2022Controversy surrounding recommendations for supplemental screening (ultrasound and magnetic resonance screening) in women with dense breasts exists, as the long-term benefits from these additional modalities may not outweigh ...Article -
General practitioners’ (GPs) understanding and views on breast density in Australia: a qualitative interview study
Nickel, Brooke; Dolan, Hankiz; Carter, Stacy; Houssami, Nehmat; Brennan, Meagan; Hersch, Jolyn; Kaderbhai, Alia; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2021Objectives To understand general practitioners’ (GPs’) awareness and knowledge of mammographic breast density (BD) and their perspectives around information and potential notification of BD for women. Design Qualitative ...Open AccessArticle -
“I haven’t had that information, even though I think I’m really well-informed about most things”: a qualitative focus group study on Australian women’s understanding and views of potentially modifiable risk factors for breast cancer
Nickel, Brooke; Armiger, Josephine; Saunders, Christobel; Vincent, Wendy; Dodd, Rachael H; Temple, Anthea; Bhola, Nalini; Verde, Angela; Houssami, NehmatPublished 2023This study aimed to explore current knowledge, understanding and experience of potentially modifiable risk factors for breast cancer, and views on current and future communication strategies for this information and related ...Open AccessArticle -
The Impact of Breast Density Information or Notification on Women’s Cognitive, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Nickel, Brooke; Copp, Tessa; Brennan, Meagan; Farber, Rachel; McCaffery, Kirsten; Houssami, NehmatPublished 2021Breast density (BD) is an independent risk factor for breast cancer and reduces the sensitivity of mammography. This systematic review aims to synthesize evidence from existing studies to understand the impact of BD ...Article -
The impact of mandatory mammographic breast density notification on supplemental screening practice in the United States: a systematic review
Huang, Shuangqin; Houssami, Nehmat; Brennan, Meagan; Nickel, BrookePublished 2021Purpose: Dense breast tissue is an independent risk factor for breast cancer and lowers the sensitivity of screening mammography. Supplemental screening with ultrasound or MRI improves breast cancer detection rate but has ...Article -
Improving Breast Density Communication: Does the Provision of Complex Health Information Online Work?
Nickel, Brooke; Houssami, NehmatPublished 2021Breast density (BD) is one of a number of independent risk factors for breast cancer.1 Approximately 40%–50% of women in the breast screening population in the United States are estimated to have dense breasts,2 making it ...Article, Letter -
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: People’s experiences and satisfaction with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (Preprint)
Isautier, Jennifer Mj; Copp, Tessa; Ayre, Julie; Cvejic, Erin; Meyerowitz-Katz, Gideon; Batcup, Carys; Bonner, Carissa; Dodd, Rachael; Nickel, Brooke; Pickles, Kristen; Cornell, Samuel; Dakin, Thomas; McCaffery, Kirsten JPublished 2020BACKGROUND: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has rapidly been adopted to deliver healthcare services around the world. To date, research has not investigated how people's experience with telehealth services ...Article
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