Our new study explores psychosocial impacts/barriers to lung cancer screening, with health professionals across 5 countries and 7 screening programs. 🔍 Stigma and fatalism are central to fear, harm and uptake 🔍 Positive psychological impacts (e.g., relief) are also common and drive participation

Very excited to have my main PhD study featured in MJA Insight+! 👉Read the article on how health professionals can use social media to share health info to youth: insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/10/how-... 👉 original research article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @mja.com.au #medsky 🛟 🦘🎓

More @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social research from the @publichealthaus.bsky.social #Screening2025 conference, with a focus on psychosocial support to enable informed decision making about breast and lung cancer screening @jenna-smith.bsky.social @brookenickel.bsky.social @kmcfadden.bsky.social

NEW: Super cool piece led by Dr Brooke Nickel in JAMA Network Open! I’m usually researching the other side - how to use social media for good health communication, so it was interesting to see how it can also amplify misleading health claims and fuel overdiagnosis. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...