A5089811570- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Family Support in Illness
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Media Influence and Health
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
University of Newcastle Australia
2016-2025
Hunter Medical Research Institute
2016-2025
John Hunter Hospital
2024
Hunter Cancer Research Alliance
2017-2022
Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital
2021
New South Wales Department of Health
2021
Freie Universität Berlin
1992-2021
Hunter New England Local Health District
2021
Dean College
2018
Hunter Genetics
2017
Methylation analysis of individual cytosines in genomic DNA can be determined quantitatively by bisulphite treatment and PCR amplification the target sequence, followed restriction enzyme digestion or sequencing. Methylated unmethylated molecules, however, have different sequences after conversion. For some this result bias during leading to an inaccurate estimate methylation. is sequence dependent often strand-specific. This study presents a simple method for detection measurement any set...
The need to provide sound evidence of the costs and benefits real-world public health interventions has driven advances in development analysis designs other than controlled trial which individuals are randomized an experimental condition. Attention methodological quality is critical importance ensure that any evaluation can accurately answer three fundamental questions: (a) Has a change occurred, (b) did occur as result intervention, (c) degree significant? A range alternatives individual...
The reductions in smoking prevalence a number of industrialised countries are accompanied by strong social gap and associated health inequality. Groups such as the World Health Organisation emphasise importance exploring potential causal factors for socio-economic context & position. There has been little effort to compare smokers high versus lower position (SEP) consider how tobacco control efforts might reduce smoking-related inequality.Purposive sampling was used recruit participants...
To explore patient and healthcare provider (HCP) perspectives about patients' barriers to the performance of diabetic self-care behaviours in Ghana.Sub-Saharan African urban populations are increasingly affected by type 2 diabetes due nutrition transition, sedentary lifestyles ageing. Diabetic is critical improving clinical outcomes. However, little known (diet, exercise, medication taking, self-monitoring blood glucose foot care) sub-Saharan Africa.Qualitative study that followed...
Previous research has failed to examine more than one self-care behaviour in type 2 diabetes patients Ghana. The purpose of this study is investigate adult Ghanaian patients' adherence four activities: diet (general and specific), exercise, self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) foot care. Consenting attending outpatient clinic appointments at three hospitals the Tamale Metropolis Ghana completed a cross-sectional survey comprising Summary Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measure, questions about...
<h3>Importance</h3> Cytisine is more effective than placebo and nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation. However, cytisine has not been tested against the most cessation medication, varenicline, which associated with adverse events known to lead discontinuation of therapy. <h3>Objective</h3> To examine whether standard treatment (25 days) was at least as varenicline (84 <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This noninferiority, open-label randomized clinical trial allocation...
ABSTRACT Aim Smoking is a chronic relapsing condition that under‐reported in oncology settings. People who report current smoking (CS) and those recently quitting (RQ) should receive cessation support when they are diagnosed with cancer. The study aimed to identify whether differences exist the given CS RQ what advice regarding benefits of cessation. Method A survey exploring practices was completed by clinicians (medical, nursing, allied health) at nine cancer centers Australia. Data were...
Abstract Introduction and Aims. Understanding how tobacco, alcohol mental health are related is important for developing population‐level policies individual‐level treatments that target comorbidities. The current study aimed to examine sociodemographic characteristics comorbidities associated with the odds of using tobacco harmful levels concurrently. Design Methods. Data were drawn from 45 U p S tudy, a large cohort 267 153 adults aged years over in N ew outh W ales, A ustralia....