Katie McFadden
@kmcfadden.bsky.social
PhD Candidate & Research Assistant at The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney
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
🔍 Stigma and fatalism are central to fear, harm and uptake
🔍 Positive psychological impacts (e.g., relief) are also common and drive participation
May 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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
🔍 Stigma and fatalism are central to fear, harm and uptake
🔍 Positive psychological impacts (e.g., relief) are also common and drive participation
Reposted by Katie McFadden
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 🛟 🦘🎓
👉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 🛟 🦘🎓
March 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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 🛟 🦘🎓
👉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 🛟 🦘🎓
Reposted by Katie McFadden
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
March 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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
Reposted by Katie McFadden
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...
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...
February 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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...
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...