Behavioural Research Unit Publications
Cancer Council SA's Behavioural Research Unit conducts applied research to inform the development of cancer control strategies and programs. Read through recent resources and reports.
Cancer Council SA's Behavioural Research Unit conducts applied research to inform the development of cancer control strategies and programs. Read through recent resources and reports.
Kelly, R., Calabro R., Beatty, L., Schirmer, K., Coro, D.G. (2024). Evaluating campaign concepts aimed at replacing sugar-sweetened beverages with water. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.903
Brkic, E., Prichard, I., Daly, A., Dudley, S., & Beatty, L. (2024). Testing the efficacy of a brief online writing intervention on body image and distress in female cancer survivors, Patient Education and Counseling, 108356, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108356
Blunt, J., & Trigg, J. (2024). Psycho-Oncological Counselling for Mental Health in South Australians with Cancer. Advances in Public Health https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2131827
Morris, JN, Loyer J, & Blunt, J (2024). Stigma, risks, and benefits of medicinal cannabis use among Australians with cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 32,252 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08439-w
Trigg, J., Calabro, R., Anastassiadis, P., Bowden, J., Bonevski, B. (2024). Association of anxiety and depression symptoms with perceived health risk of nicotine vaping products for smoking cessation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1277781
Coro, D.G., Schirmer, K., van Rhoda, M., McQueen, B., & Morris, C. (2024). An environmental scan of food and drink advertising on public transport around Adelaide schools. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hpja.886
Leske M, Koczwara B, Morris JN & Beatty L. (2023). Modality preferences for health behaviour interventions for post-treatment cancer survivors: a theoretical investigation. Supportive Care in Cancer, 31, 143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07607-8
Morris JN, Crawford-Williams F, Koczwara B, Chan RJ, Vardy J, Lisy K, Iddawela M, Mackay G & Jefford M. (2023). Current landscape of cancer survivorship research in Australia. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 19: e305–e313. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.13914
Morris, JN, Baldock, J, Trigg, J, Blunt, J, Blanden, L. (2023). South Australia’s tobacco retail landscape and its intersection with socioeconomic factors and smoking prevalence. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.797
Beatty L, Kemp E, Butow P, Girgis A, Hulbert-Williams N, Kaambwa B, Schofield P, Turner J, Woodman R, Boyle F, Daly A, Jones A, Kiely B, Zdenkowski N, The FMW-A Authorship Group, Koczwara B. (2022). Finding My Way-Advanced: Can a web-based psychosocial intervention improve the mental quality of life for women with metastatic breast cancer vs attention-control? Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Cancer 22, 1353. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10410-z
Crawford-Williams F, Koczwara B Chan RJ, Vardy J, Lisy K, Morris JN, Iddawela M, Mackay G & Jefford M. (2022). Defining research priorities for cancer survivorship in Australia: a modified Delphi study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06744-2
Leske, M., Koczwara, B., Blunt, J., Morris, J., Eakin, E., Short, C., Daly, A., Degner, J., & Beatty, L. (2022). Co-designing Healthy Living after Cancer Online; an online nutrition, physical activity, and psychosocial intervention for post-treatment cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and practice, 18, 606-616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-022-01284-y
Trigg J, Shen D, Morris JN, Blunt J. (2022). Characteristics of Aboriginal Australian smokers exposed to anti-smoking social marketing: A South Australian case study. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 15(3), 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2064689
Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Smith, A. B., Short, C. E., Fardell, J. E., Shaw, J., Beatty, L., Higgins, K., Tutelman, P. R., Chambers, C. T. and Girgis, A. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to the availability of efficacious self-directed digital health tools for adults living with cancer and their caregivers: A systematic literature review and author survey study. Patient Education and Counseling, 104(10), 2480-2489. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.03.012
Beatty, L., Kemp, E., Turner, J., Butow, P., Milne, D., Yates, P., Lambert, S., Wootten, A., and Koczwara, B. (2021). Moderators of intervention efficacy for Finding My Way: A web-based psychosocial intervention for cancer-related distress. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29, 7669-7678. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06291-w
Beatty, L., Koczwara, B., Butow, P., Turner, J., Girgis, A., Schofield, P., Hulbert-Williams, N. J., Kaambwa, B., and Kemp, E. (2021). Development and usability testing of a web-based psychosocial intervention for women living with metastatic breast cancer: Finding My Way-Advanced. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 15(3), 403-409. DOI: 10.1007/s11764-021-01019-5
Grant, A. R., Koczwara, B., Morris, J. N., Eakin, E., Short, C. E., and Beatty, L. (2021). What do cancer survivors and their health care providers want from a healthy living program? Results from the first round of a co-design project. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(8), 4847-4858. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06019-w
Hulbert-Williams, N. J., Leslie, M., Hulbert-Williams, L., Koczwara, B., Watson, E. K., Hall, P. S., Ashley, L., Coulson, N. S., Jackson, R., Millington, S., The Finding My Way UK Trial Steering Group, and Beatty, L. (2021). The Finding My Way UK clinical trial: Adaptation report and protocol for replication randomized controlled efficacy trial of a web-based psychological program to support cancer survivors. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(9), e31976. DOI: 10.2196/31976
Kemp, E., Trigg, J., Beatty, L, Christensen, C., Dhillon, H. M., Maeder, A., Williams, P. A. H., and Koczwara, B. (2021). Health literacy, digital health literacy and the implementation of digital health technologies in cancer care: the need for a strategic approach. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S1), 104-114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.387
Morris, J. N., Roder, D., Turnbull, D., and Hunkin, H. (2021). The impact of cancer on early childhood development: A linked data study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(1), 49-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa084
Thomas, J. A., Trigg, J., Morris, J., Miller, E., and Ward, P. R. (2021). Exploring the potential of citizen science for public health through an alcohol advertising case study. Health Promotion International, 37, 2. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab139
Trigg, J. (2021). Examining the role of pets in cancer survivors’ physical and mental wellbeing. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 40(6), 834–853. DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2021.1936337
Blunt, J., Morris, J., and Trigg, J. (2020). Diet and physical activity practices of South Australian adolescents. Heliyon, 6, e04326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04326
Davies, F., Shepherd, H. L., Beatty, L., Clark, B., Butow, P., and Shaw, J. (2020). Implementing web-based therapy in routine mental health care: systematic review of health professionals’ perspectives. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), e17362. DOI: 10.2196/17362
Hunkin, H., and Morris, J. N. (2020). A decade of sun protection in Australian early-childhood services: analysis of cross-sectional and repeated-measures data. Health Education Research, 35(2), 99-109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyaa005
Hunkin, H., Pollack, K., and Scupham, R. (2020). The National SunSmart School Program: Impact on sun protection policies and practices in Australian primary schools. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31(2), 251-257. DOI: 10.1002/hpja.291
Koczwara, B., Beatty, L., Kemp, E., Maeder, A., Williams, P. A. H., Dhillon, H., Christensen, C., Marker, J., Trigg, J., Sparrow, A., Size, L., Wiggins, B., Mohammadi, L., and Damarell, R. A. (2020). The Australian digital health in cancer care road map: a strategic framework for implementation of digital health in cancer care in Australia. Flinders University, 29p. https://www.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/documents/research/flinders-cancer-research/TheAustralianRoadmapforDigitalHealthinCancerCare.pdf
Smith, A., Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Butow, P., Klein, B., Turner, J., Sharpe, L., Fardell, J., Beatty, L., Pearce, A., Thewes, B., Beith, J, iConquerFear Community Advisory Group, and Girgis, A. (2020). Development and usability evaluation of an online self-management intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (iConquerFear). Psycho-Oncology, 29(1), 98-106. DOI: 10.1002/pon.5218
Beatty, L. J., Kemp, E. B., Coll, J. R., Turner, J. D., Butow, P. N., Milne, D. J., Yates, P., Lambert, S. D., Wootten, A. C., Yip, D., and Koczwara, B. (2019). Finding My Way: results of a multicentre RCT evaluating a web-based self-guided psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27(7), 2533-2544. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4526-1
Kemp, E. B., Koczwara, B., Turner, J. D., Girgis, A., Schofield, P., Hulbert-Williams, N. J., Levesque, J. V., Spence, D., Vatandoust, S., Kichenadasse, G., Roy, A. C., Sukumaran, S., Karapetis, C. S., Richards, C. J., Fitzgerald, M., and Beatty, L. J. (2019). Internet use and preferences among women living with advanced breast cancer. The Breast Journal, 25(2), 290-295. DOI: 10.1111/tbj.13203
Sharpe, L., Turner, J., Fardell, J. E., Thewes, B., Smith, A. B., Gilchrist, J., Beith, J., Girgis, A., Tesson, S., Day, S., Grunewald, K., Butow, P., ConquerFear Authorship group, and Beatty, L. (2019). Psychosocial intervention (ConquerFear) for treating fear of cancer recurrence: mediators and moderators of treatment efficacy. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 13(5), 695-702. DOI: 10.1007/s11764-019-00788-4
Tan, W., Beatty, L., and Koczwara, B. (2019). Do cancer patients use the term resilience? A systematic review of qualitative studies. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27(1), 43-56. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4456-y
Tan, W., Beatty, L., Kemp, E., and Koczwara, B. (2019). What contributes to resilience in cancer patients? A principal component analysis of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 15(5), e115-3119. DOI: 10.1111/ajco.13128
Vaccaro, L., Shaw, J., Sethi, S., Kristen, L., Beatty, L, Mitchell, G., Kissane, D., Kelly, B., and Turner, J. (2019). Barriers and facilitators to community-based psycho-oncology services: A qualitative study of health professionals’ attitudes to the feasibility and acceptability of a shared care model. Psycho-Oncology, 28(9), 1862-1870. DOI: 10.1002/pon.5165
Vaughan, E., Koczwara, B., Kemp, E., Freytag, C., Tan, W., and Beatty, L. (2019). Exploring emotion regulation as a mediator of the relationship between resilience and distress in cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 28(7), 1506-1512. DOI: 10.1002/pon.5107
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