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| Rob W Sanson-FisherSummaryAffiliation: University of Newcastle Country: Australia Publications
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Preliminary development and psychometric evaluation of an unmet needs measure for adolescents and young adults with cancer: the Cancer Needs Questionnaire - Young People (CNQ-YP)Tara Clinton-McHarg
Health Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, University of Newcastle and the Hunter Medical Research Institute, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Health Qual Life Outcomes 10:13. 2012..The aim of this study was to develop a psychometrically rigorous measure of unmet need to capture the specific needs of this group...- "It's almost expected": rural Australian Aboriginal women's reflections on smoking initiation and maintenance: a qualitative studyMegan E Passey
University Centre for Rural Health North Coast, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Lismore, NSW, Australia
BMC Womens Health 11:55. 2011..This study aimed to explore the factors contributing to smoking initiation among rural Aboriginal women and girls and the social context within which smoking behaviour occurs... - Knowledge, attitudes and other factors associated with assessment of tobacco smoking among pregnant Aboriginal women by health care providers: a cross-sectional surveyMegan E Passey
University Centre for Rural Health North Coast, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Lismore NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:165. 2012.... - An empirical approach to selecting community-based alcohol interventions: combining research evidence, rural community views and professional opinionAnthony Shakeshaft
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:25. 2012..Given limited research evidence for community-based alcohol interventions, this study examines the intervention preferences of rural communities and alcohol professionals, and factors that influence their choices... - Colorectal cancer risk assessment and screening recommendation: a community survey of healthcare providers' practice from a patient perspectiveRyan J Courtney
The Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
BMC Fam Pract 13:17. 2012.... - Improving adherence to surveillance and screening recommendations for people with colorectal cancer and their first degree relatives: a randomized controlled trialMariko Carey
The Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, School of Medicine and Public, Health Faculty of Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
BMC Cancer 12:62. 2012..If outcomes for both patients and their families are to be improved, it is important to establish systematic and cost-effective interventions to improve adherence to guideline recommendations for CRC surveillance and screening... - Trends in publications regarding evidence-practice gaps: A literature reviewAnn E Evensen
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 100 North Nine Mound Road, Verona, Wisconsin, USA
Implement Sci 5:11. 2010..CONCLUSIONS: We evaluated research publications for nine evidence-practice gaps, and identified small numbers of well-designed intervention trials and low rates of physician participation in these trials... - Measuring the psychosocial health of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors: a critical reviewTara Clinton-McHarg
Health Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour PRCHB, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:25. 2010..This review assessed the psychometric properties of measures designed specifically to identify the psychosocial health of this unique population... - RCT of a client-centred, caseworker-delivered smoking cessation intervention for a socially disadvantaged populationBillie Bonevski
Centre for Health Research and Psycho Oncology CHeRP, Cancer Council NSW and University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:70. 2011..This proposal aims to evaluate the efficacy of a client-centred, caseworker delivered cessation support intervention at increasing validated self reported smoking cessation rates in a socially disadvantaged population... - Recruitment of representative samples for low incidence cancer populations: do registries deliver?Tara Clinton-McHarg
Health Behaviour Research Group, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour PRCHB, University of Newcastle, and Hunter Medical Research Institute HMRI, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:5. 2011.... 
Competency based teaching: the need for a new approach to teaching clinical skills in the undergraduate medical education courseR W Sanson-Fisher
Department of Health Behaviour, University of Newcastle Faculty of Medicine and Health, Room 267, David Maddison Building, King Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia
Med Teach 27:29-36. 2005....
Forming a national multicentre collaboration to conduct clinical trials: increasing high-quality research in the drug and alcohol fieldRob Sanson-Fisher
Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 29:469-74. 2010....- We are what we do: research outputs of public healthRob W Sanson-Fisher
Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Prev Med 35:380-5. 2008.... - Diffusion of innovation theory for clinical changeRobert W Sanson-Fisher
Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, David Maddison Building, King Street, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia
Med J Aust 180:S55-6. 2004..The diffusion model may provide valuable insights into why some practices change and others do not, as well as guiding those who try to effect adoption of best-evidence practice... - Quality of life research: is there a difference in output between the major cancer types?R Sanson-Fisher
School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 19:714-20. 2010..There is need for debate among funding agencies and researchers to ensure research efforts are shared among cancer types... - Problem-based learning: a dissemination success story?Robert W Sanson-Fisher
Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, David Maddison Building, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia
Med J Aust 183:258-60. 2005..We suggest that greater effort should be taken to articulate and measure important undergraduate educational outcomes. Alternatives to the PBL approach should be actively considered... - Limitations of the randomized controlled trial in evaluating population-based health interventionsRobert William Sanson-Fisher
Health Behavior Unit, University of Newcastle, Faculty of Health, Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Prev Med 33:155-61. 2007..This review summarizes recent debates and considers the pragmatic and economic issues associated with evaluating whole-population interventions while maintaining scientific validity and credibility... - Print material content and design: is it relevant to effectiveness?C L Paul
The Cancer Council NSW Cancer Education Research Program, Wallsend, NSW 2287, Australia
Health Educ Res 18:181-90. 2003..It was concluded that the inclusion of content and design characteristics does not result in more effective print materials... - A cost-effective approach to the development of printed materials: a randomized controlled trial of three strategiesC L Paul
Centre for Health Research and Psych oncology, Newcastle, NSW 2287, Australia
Health Educ Res 19:698-706. 2004..It was suggested that the inclusion of behavioral strategies is likely to be a cost-effective approach to the development of printed health education materials... - Which common clinical conditions should medical students be able to manage by graduation? A perspective from Australian internsI E Rolfe
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Med Teach 24:16-22. 2002..The data gathered may be useful to medical schools revising their curricula... - Trialling a new way to learn clinical skills: systematic clinical appraisal and learningR W Sanson-Fisher
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Med Educ 36:1028-34. 2002..To describe and evaluate the effectiveness of a new method of teaching clinical skills designed to increase students' active and self-directed learning as well as tutor feedback... - Translating learning principles into practice: a new strategy for learning clinical skillsI E Rolfe
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Med Educ 36:345-52. 2002..CONCLUSION: Relevant literature can provide the foundations for teaching and learning methods in medical education. We plan to trial this method and evaluate the impact on student learning outcomes... - What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Guiding principles for the use of financial incentives in health behaviour changeMarita C Lynagh
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, David Maddison Building, Cnr King and Watt Streets, Newcastle, NSW, 2300, Australia
Int J Behav Med 20:114-20. 2013..The use of financial incentives or pay-for-performance programs for health care providers has triggered emerging interest in the use of financial incentives for encouraging health behaviour change... - Format and readability of an enhanced invitation letter did not affect participation rates in a cancer registry-based study: a randomized controlled trialAlix E Hall
Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, HMRI Building, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
J Clin Epidemiol 66:85-94. 2013..To assess the effectiveness of an "enhanced" invitation letter in increasing participation in an Australian cancer registry-based study and assess the representativeness of the study sample... - Interactional skills of students from traditional and non-traditional medical schools before and after alcohol educationR A Walsh
Discipline of Behavioural Science in Relation to Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia
Med Educ 35:211-6. 2001..Further research is required to develop more effective alcohol intervention training methods... - The risk status, screening history and health concerns of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health ServiceJessica M Stewart
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 31:617-24. 2012..This study determined Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's risk status and screening history for cardiovascular, diabetes and cancer, and identified opportunities for prevention based on patient's health concerns... - Strategies for increasing high-quality intervention research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: views of leading researchersJessica M Stewart
Centre for Aboriginal health, New South Wales Department of Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 192:612-5. 2010..To identify policy strategies that are perceived by researchers active in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as effective in increasing the amount of high-quality intervention research undertaken in this field... - Health inequities: the need for action by schools of medicineR W Sanson-Fisher
University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Med Teach 30:389-94. 2008..Academic medicine has not yet articulated a clear stance on reducing health inequity within communities...