Rigorous research, informed decisions and better health for diverse communities - Based in School of Public Health @Sydney_Uni
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined November 2014
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Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Study: social media health communication experiences of health communicators and young people during and after the #COVID19 emergency
Recommendation: involve young people in future messaging to make communications consistently engaging
@JulieLeask
doi.org/10.1080/10810730.202…
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Many Australians encounter health information that is hard to understand, with 6 in 10 adults struggling with common health tasks.
A/Prof Danielle Muscat is working to ensure health information is clear, accessible and culturally appropriate.
🔗 go.sydney.edu.au/xvpRpI
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
IN PRESS | @DrAlanaFisher et al's paper on #healthliteracy of ppl using unguided #iCBT for #depression/#anxiety.
Despite diverse literacy challenges - esp. in often underserved groups - users engaged & benefited.
👉 doi.org/10.1080/18387357.202…
@PsyMQ
@Lifespan_MQ
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Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
New paper: One-Page Patient Fact Sheets for Low Back Pain in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial
What is the comparative effectiveness of 2 different fact sheets in preparing patients with low back pain for shared decision-making?
wiserhealthcare.org.au/publi…
#WiserHealthcare
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Better ways to communicate health messages to young people croakey.org/better-ways-to-c…
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
"Young people expect engaging and trending content on social media, even from public health agencies. Health communicators can collaborate with influencers, use humour, memes and trends that young people use."
croakey.org/better-ways-to-c…
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Better ways to communicate health messages to young people croakey.org/better-ways-to-c… #publichealth
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
ECR category winner
Brooke Nickel
Social media posts about medical tests with potential for overdiagnosis. JAMA Netw Open. (2025) 8(2):e2461940.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 Faculty of Medicine and Health Early to Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Outstanding Publication Awards!
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Our final 5 recommendations for social media health communication to young people are:
1️⃣ Involve young people 🤝
2️⃣ Pitch at right level ✅
3️⃣ Capture attention fast‼️
4️⃣ Use current social media marketing 🤠
5️⃣ Engage more with the public 🤳🏽
🔗: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
We used #ParticipatoryActionResearch methods for this project, and partnered with 3 youth co-researchers, who helped facilitate and analyse the 3 #codesign workshops with young people and health communicators.
The 5 recommendations were finalised after multiple iterations…
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
🎉 New PhD paper out now!
We co-designed 5 recommendations with young people and health communicators for social media health communication to young people!
Read the full article onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
“By incorporating a variety of messaging approaches and actively involving young people in content development, public health agencies can better reach and engage young people, including during public health emergencies.” Nice work @melody_taba and team! #publichealth
🎉 New PhD paper out now!
We co-designed 5 recommendations with young people and health communicators for social media health communication to young people!
Read the full article onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
🧵for more ⬇️
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
87% of posts mentioned the benefits of the tests, while only 15% mentioned potential harms. @brooke_nickel @zadro_josh @BondUniversity @Sydney_Uni theconversation.com/we-analy…
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Social media influencers are ‘fearmongering’ to promote health tests with limited evidence, @brooke_nickel study finds: Researchers warn of harms of overdiagnosis for generally healthy people as well as the cost of tests themselves theguardian.com/society/2025… via @natasha__may
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
SO MUCH "testing" hype now. This can do harm.
Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
- 87.1% mentioned benefits
- 14.7% noted harms,
- 6.1% noted overdiagnosis
[Read: you don't need that full-body MRI!]
Sydney Health Literacy Lab retweeted
Opportunity to get involved in health research!
We’re looking for new members to join the Sydney Health Literacy Lab Consumer Panel (Co-SHeLL) for 2025!
If you’re passionate about making health info easier to understand or have ideas on improving health systems, learn more ⬇️
Interested in shaping the future of health research?
Join the Sydney Health Literacy Lab Consumer Panel (Co-SHeLL) and help us in our research!
If you're a patient, consumer or community member, we'd love to hear from you.
Learn more: sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe…
Interested in shaping the future of health research?
Join the Sydney Health Literacy Lab Consumer Panel (Co-SHeLL) and help us in our research!
If you're a patient, consumer or community member, we'd love to hear from you.
Learn more: sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe…
Congratulations to our PhD candidate Karen Gainey (@KarenMGainey ) on having her paper ranked in the Top 10 Most Read Papers in @BMJ_Open!
Read about the top BMJ Open papers here: blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2025/0…
And read Karen's paper ‘Are plain language summaries published in health journals written according to instructions and health literacy principles? A systematic environmental scan' here: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1…