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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.

Using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation : evaluation of a pilot project in the North West of England (2020)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., Cooper-Ryan, A., Houston, L., Thompson, K., & Cook, P. (2020). Using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation : evaluation of a pilot project in the North West of England. Perspectives in Public Health, 140(6), 351-361. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913920912436

Aims:
E-cigarettes have been advocated as an effective smoking cessation intervention, with evidence indicating that they are substantially less harmful than conventional cigarettes. As a result, a pilot to encourage people to swap from conventional... Read More about Using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation : evaluation of a pilot project in the North West of England.

A novel mixed methods approach to assess children’s sedentary behaviours (2020)
Journal Article
Hurter, L., Cooper-Ryan, A., Knowles, Z., Porcellato, L., Fairclough, S., & Boddy, L. (2020). A novel mixed methods approach to assess children’s sedentary behaviours. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 3(1), 78-86. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2019-0040

Purpose: Accurately measuring sedentary behaviour (SB) in children is challenging by virtue of its complex nature. Whilst self-report questionnaires are susceptible to recall errors, accelerometer data lacks contextual information. This study aimed t... Read More about A novel mixed methods approach to assess children’s sedentary behaviours.