It was a pleasure to be part of the working group who advised on the development of GROVE: a Guideline for RepOrting Vignette Experiments conducted in a healthcare context www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @tessacopp.bsky.social

"When a medical problem is part of a person’s identity, it becomes inescapable." www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social

A great panel discussion on equity at this year's #DigitalHealthWeek2025 featuring our Postdoc Dr Julie Ayre 👏 @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social @julieayre.bsky.social

Stellar panel for the first day of #DigitalHealthWeek2025! Vital discussion by @julieayre.bsky.social and others on achieving equity, fairness and justice in our health care systems. @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social

Excellent keynote by Richard Taggart on the work underway to enable digital health to reach underserved cohorts #DigitalHealthWeek2025 @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social

Fab 3 minute pitch by Min Jiat Teng on his poster of patient and clinician views of virtual fracture clinics. See his poster here: extravaganza.gallery/dhw25/14b1af... #Digitalhealthweek2025

Super important, multifaceted intervention targeting postnatal depression - amazing work Heilok Cheng and team! #DigitalHealthWeek2025 @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social

Fascinating listening to barriers to measuring substance use and need for wearable devices for more accurate measurement by Jack Wilson #DigitalHealthWeek2025

#DigitalHealthWeek2025 has kicked off with a gorgeous Acknowledgement of Country by Rakeeta Smallwood - with wishes for lots of yarning around making a difference for all during the conference 🥰

Listening to Prof @carolynday make opening remarks at the Digital Health Week 2025 which is in person @sydneyuni.bsky.social AND being live-streamed too. Great to hear about the breadth of the Faculty of Medicine and Health @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social digitalhealthweek.com.au

Digital Health Week has officially kicked off! Looking forward to hearing all the interesting talks and keynote sessions over the next 3 days! #DigitalHealthWeek2025 @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social

Check out our poster in the Digital Health Week 2025 ePoster Gallery! Looking forward to the conference kicking off tomorrow! extravaganza.gallery/dhw25/0d9aec... #DigitalHealthWeek2025 @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social

Direct-to-consumer tests: emerging trends are cause for concern www.bmj.com/content/387/... poorly (or not) regulated Misleading or partial information An industry built on fear See also www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Registrations are now open for #DigitalHealthWeek25 February 4 – 6 2025. We have an exciting program featuring over 80 presentations, ePoster sessions, and networking opportunities each day - both in person and virtually! Find out more: www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-he...

Registrations are now open for #DigitalHealthWeek25 February 4 – 6 2025! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-he...

Hi Bluesky! We're a research group at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health. 🛟 We research #healthliteracy & #healthcommunication using behavioural & social science methods. Follow us for the latest updates on all the exciting projects we're working on!

Amazing summary Carissa! A huge year for you! 🙌

Glad my PhD work on #PCOS #overdiagnosis is still being picked up! Thanks @nytimes.com for covering this important topic! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/o...

Looking for tools to help write health information more simply? Try the Health Literacy Editor. Our trial showed it helps people: ✔️ Lower the grade reading level ✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice ✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...

When laparoscopic examination is performed on women with severe pelvic pain, 45% have #endometriosis lesions. When it's performed on women with NO pain, 44% do. Statisticians, what does that suggest? 🤔

Nearly five years after publication, and after 4,000 retractions, the paper that sparked the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 has been retracted. The publisher cites a range of scientific and ethical concerns. I have some thoughts 1/n

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

A late post but want to get the word out there! New prelim work using generative AI to simplify hospital discharge instructions is out in npj Digital Medicine! www.nature.com/articles/s41... The model was able to simplify instructions effectively, but 18% of outputs had a major safety risk.

The Sydney Health Literacy Lab is coming to Bluesky soon! This is about half of us, working across a huge range of health topics. We're passionate about #healthcommunication that meets #healthliteracy needs to improve equity, using behavioural & social science methods with a codesign approach.