Exploring strategies for using Social Media to self-manage health care when living with and beyond breast cancer : in-depth qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Ure, C., Cooper-Ryan, A., Condie, J., & Galpin, A. (2020). Exploring strategies for using Social Media to self-manage health care when living with and beyond breast cancer : in-depth qualitative study. JMIR, 22(5), e16902. https://doi.org/10.2196/16902

Background: As breast cancer survival rates improve and structural health resources are increasingly being stretched, health providers require people living with and beyond breast cancer (LwBBC) to self-manage aspects of their care. Objective: Thi... Read More about Exploring strategies for using Social Media to self-manage health care when living with and beyond breast cancer : in-depth qualitative study.

Making Every Contact Count: Evaluation of the use of MECC within the outpatient MSK Physiotherapy service and Bury Integrated MSK Service at Fairfield General Hospital, part of the Bury and Rochdale Care Organisation which is part of the Northern Care Alliance Group (2018)
Report
Northern Care Alliance Group

This report presents the findings of a commissioned study to evaluate the use of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) within the outpatient MSK Physiotherapy service and Bury Integrated MSK Service at Fairfield General Hospital, part of the Bury and Roc... Read More about Making Every Contact Count: Evaluation of the use of MECC within the outpatient MSK Physiotherapy service and Bury Integrated MSK Service at Fairfield General Hospital, part of the Bury and Rochdale Care Organisation which is part of the Northern Care Alliance Group.

“Thanks for letting us all share your mammogram experience virtually” : developing an online hub for cancer screening (2017)
Journal Article
Galpin, A., Meredith, J., Ure, C., & Robinson, L. (2017). “Thanks for letting us all share your mammogram experience virtually” : developing an online hub for cancer screening. JMIR Cancer, 3(2), e17. https://doi.org/10.2196/cancer.8150

Background: The decision around whether to attend breast screening can often involve making sense of confusing and contradictory information on risks and benefits. The Word of Mouth Mammogram e-Network (WoMMeN) project was established to create an... Read More about “Thanks for letting us all share your mammogram experience virtually” : developing an online hub for cancer screening.

Engaging "users" in service improvement using social media : an example from breast screening (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Robinson, L., Ure, C., Wray, J., & Griffiths, M. (2016, March). Engaging "users" in service improvement using social media : an example from breast screening. Presented at European Congress of Radiology, Vienna

Preparing women for breast screening mammography : a feasibility study to determine the potential value of an on-line social network and information hub (2015)
Journal Article
Robinson, L., Griffiths, M., Wray, J., Ure, C., Shires, G., Stein Hodgins, J., …Hilton, B. (2015). Preparing women for breast screening mammography : a feasibility study to determine the potential value of an on-line social network and information hub. Radiography, 21(4), 308-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2015.07.004

This feasibility study explored the attitudes of women towards social media for support about breast screening mammography. It sought their ideas about what a dedicated breast screening hub or Digital Support Network (DSN) might comprise; how they wo... Read More about Preparing women for breast screening mammography : a feasibility study to determine the potential value of an on-line social network and information hub.

The use of digital health technology and social media to support breast screening (2015)
Book Chapter
Robinson, L., Griffiths, M., Wray, J., Ure, C., & Stein-Hodgins, J. (2015). The use of digital health technology and social media to support breast screening. In P. Hogg, & J. Kelly (Eds.), Digital Mammography : A Holistic Approach (105-111). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_13

‘Digital health’ is an overarching concept that currently lacks theoretical definition and common terminology. For instance, this broad and emerging field includes all of the following terms within its lexicon: mHealth, Wireless Health, Health 2.0, e... Read More about The use of digital health technology and social media to support breast screening.