A/Prof Carissa Bonner

@melodytaba.bsky.social

Great to see our national survey of consumer preferences about blood pressure medication featured in Pharmacy Daily! www.pharmacydaily.com.au/news/patient... @sydney.edu.au @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au

Great to be part of this discussion on national implementation priorities for shared decision making - which has been beautifully summarised here in a @mja.com.au paper led by @tammyh.bsky.social. @isdmsociety.bsky.social

Understanding barriers and facilitators of transition to adult care among adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD): A qualitative study of adult perspectives Congenital heart disease (CHD) refers to a spectrum of structural abnormalities of the heart at birth. Survival and outcomes have improved due to adva…

New paper exploring how we could better support the transition from paediatric to adult care for adolescents with congenital heart disease, to ensure high quality care continues throughout their life: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sydney.edu.au @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au

Shared decision making for screening

Screening & risk assessment for health conditions may entail an array of benefits & harms. This overview of SDM uses cancer & CVD risk as examples of organized vs opportunistic screening.

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@tuftejet.bsky.social @carissabonner.bsky.social

2. Finalised the trial paper for our targeted CVD risk screening program to increase Heart Health Checks in general practice, working with Natalie Raffoul and Kerryn Young from Heart Foundation. Read more here: www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2023/ju...

1. Presented our Heart Yarning Tool at the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Webinar Series, working with Judith Parnham and David Follent from NAATSIHWP. Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I spent World Heart Day working with the Agency for Clinical Innovation, NAATSIHWP and the Heart Foundation to support Heart Health Checks in Australia. ​Your GP is the best place to start - talk to them about your risk and how you can prevent heart attack and stroke.

Quick follow-up post confirming it's out!

Oxford Textbook of Shared Decision Making in Healthcare
4th Edition

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Chapter 42: SDM for screening! - by me, Rikke Nicoline Stokholm, @tuftejet.bsky.social & @carissabonner.bsky.social

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New Perspective in @mja.com.au by @tammyh.bsky.social @kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social @margueritetracy.bsky.social & Australian SDM Research Network members including @dralanafisher.bsky.social @heather-shepherd.bsky.social @carissabonner.bsky.social me & more!

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Medication delivery and dispensing interval preferences of people who use antihypertensive medications in Australia: a survey study Click on the article title to read more.

Should we deliver longer supplies of #hypertension medication by post, to reduce barriers to taking medication consistently? Our survey of >2000 people taking blood pressure medication suggests preferences are price sensitive: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/... @mja.com.au @sydney.edu.au

Coming soon...
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The Heart Health Yarning Tool: Co‐Designing a Shared Decision‐Making Tool With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Risk Management Introduction Due to the ongoing impact of colonisation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live with a greater burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than non-Indigenous Australians. Share...

New paper on our Heart Yarning Tool! Summarising how we codesigned shared decision making support for Heart Health Checks with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @sydney.edu.au @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @isdmsociety.bsky.social

So proud of Dr @melodytaba.bsky.social, awarded her PhD with no emendations! Her carefully codesigned framework will improve government health communication with young people, so we are better prepared for future emergencies. More here: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media...

Better ways to communicate health messages to young people Introduction by Croakey: Social media is the main source of news for young people, according to the 2025 Australian Digital News Report,

Better ways to communicate health messages to young people – five recommendations, by Dr Melody Taba

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New paper exploring psychosocial needs for people living with congenital heart disease. We need better communication tailored to health literacy & independence for young people as they transition to adult care, and ongoing support to manage life impacts. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Better ways to communicate health messages to young people

Better ways to communicate health messages to young people www.croakey.org/better-ways-... #publichealth

Quality of Available Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge Tools: A Systematic Review | Global Heart

Our new review of #CVD knowledge scales is just published - there's a lot of options! globalheartjournal.com/articles/10....

Huge news. AI summaries are collapsing traffic to primary sources

Graphic that reads "Trying to reach young people with social media health communication? We co-designed these 5 recommendations with young people and professional health communicators". Includes illustration of young people holding phone.

📱Interested in reaching young people with health communication via social media? 🤔

💡We co-designed 5 recommendations with young people and health communicators!

Read thread or visit site for more: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media...

Article 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Want to communicate health issues to young people? First read @melodytaba.bsky.social's framework with 5 key recommendations and practical examples, codesigned with both young people and government health communicators. We can learn from COVID-19 and be better prepared for the next emergency.

Ha I hope not, thanks for the editing!

Implementing cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines to translate evidence-based medicine and shared decision making into general practice: theory-based intervention development, qualitative pilo... Background The use of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines based on absolute risk assessment is poor around the world, including Australia. Behavioural barriers amongst GPs and patients ...

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❤️Clinical tool for GPs: implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
❤️Implementation strategies: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Looking forward to this! You can get a sneak peak of our research on shared decision making tools for heart health here:
❤️ Health literacy support for patients: cardio.jmir.org/2022/1/e34142/
❤️Conversation guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

*Seminar Reminder!* Don't miss out the seminar next week! It's Asia-Pacific timezone friendly! Sign up now!
@carissabonner.bsky.social will present on "Implementing #SharedDecisionMaking tools to support #HeartHealth literacy in Australia".
Jul 1st 1:00 AM UTC
Register here: tinyurl.com/4amb2zwb

And way more useful? Makes an excellent cup of tea :)

Mug update: PhD supervisors think it’s tea-riffic way to disseminate my research! ☕️

Even the illustrated figure came out mug-nificantly!

Full paper on social media comms: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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@kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social

Excited to present at this @isdmsociety.bsky.social event! I'll talk about digital health literacy interventions to integrate risk communication & shared decision making tools with clinical guidelines & GP software systems @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au

A good reminder for audiences and experts alike. For those aspiring to be the best experts, be humble about your knowledge, acknowledge uncertainty, manage your (inevitable) biases, be open to new evidence and critical of all evidence. By A/Prof Hassan Vally

Why the European Journal of Public Health and EUPHA are opposing President Trump’s attack on the language of diversity The news that the Trump administration has ordered scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles co

And we in @eupha.bsky.social have spoken out too, and are continuing to do so

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