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Professor Julie Leask

Professor, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Affiliate, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery
Visiting Professorial Fellow, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.

Phone

9114 4191

julie.leask@sydney.edu.au

Websites

Social and Behavioural Insights in Immunisation

Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID)

Collaboration on Social Science in Immunisation

Resume

Curriculum vitae

Biographical details

Julie Leask AO is a social scientist and professor in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, where she co-leads the Social and Behavioural Insights research group. Her research focuses on social and behavioural aspects of vaccination and prevention of infectious diseases. She is a member of the University of Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, an affiliate of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and visiting professorial fellow at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. She currently holds an NHMRC Investigator Leadership Fellowship.

Research interests

Julie is a social scientist with qualifications in public health, nursing and midwifery. Her research focus is immunisation uptake, policy, programs, mass media, and risk communication. She applies knowledge and methods from psychology, sociology, public health ethics, communication and implementation science. She also undertakes some research and teaching in environmental health risk communication.

She blogs at http://julieleask.wordpress.com and is on X as @JulieLeask

Teaching and supervision

Teaching

Communication and Vaccination
Research and Evidence
Primary Health Care
Population Health to Personal Healthcare
Social Contexts of Health
Health and Risk Communication
Health Policy

Julie is also particularly interested in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to undertake research.

Current Research students

1. Maria Christou-Ergos, PhD candidate, Primary supervisor 2021-

2. Belinda Bruce, PhD candidate. Primary supervisor, 2017-

3. Catherine Helps, PhD candidate part-time. Primary supervisor 2015-2023

4. Rebika Nepali, PhD candidate, Associate supervisor 2023-

Current projects

See the Social and Behavioural Insights in Immunisation website (link)

Associations

International Association of Immunisation Managers

Public Health Association of Australia

European Association of Communication in Healthcare

Franklin Women

Awards and honours

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the General Division in 2024.

Rosemary Bryant Award, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, July 2023

President’s Award, Public Health Association of Australia – group award for the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation, 2022

Supervisor of the Year 2021 (Medicine), Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the University Community, University of Sydney, 2021

The Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence, 2019 Overall and global category winner.

Vice-chancellor’s Award for Excellence -Outstanding Research Engagement and Innovation, for my team’s:Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation, 2019 http://www.talkingaboutimmunisation.org.au/

Art in Science Competition 2018, Westmead Research Hub. Winning video category awarded to SKAI team (led by J Leask) for “What will happen when I get there?” video explaining the vaccination process to new parents.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWnoshqOThs

Public Health Impact Award, PHAA NSW, 2015

Sax Institute Research Action Award, 2015 (inaugural)

Teaching Award: Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision. Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney.

University Postgraduate Award, University of Sydney 2000-2001.

Themes

Infection and Immunological Conditions, Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health

Keywords

Communication, Health policy, Public health, Social science, Vaccines and vaccinology

Approaches

Epidemiology, Population Surveillance, Qualitative Research

Publications

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Book Chapters

Crosbie, K., Richters, J., Hooker, L., Leask, J. (2013). Filthy fingernails and friendly germs: lay concepts of contagious disease transmission in developed countries. In Cathy Banwell, Stanley Ulijaszek, Jane Dixon (Eds.), When Culture Impacts Health: Global Lessons for Effective Health Research, (pp. 67-84). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Academic Press. [More Information]
Trevena, L., Leask, J. (2012). Decision aids for MMR vaccination. In Adrian Edwards & Glyn Elwyn (Eds.), Shared Decision-Making in Health Care: Achieving evidence-based patient choice, (pp. 345-352). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Hooker, L., Leask, J., King, C. (2012). Media Ethics and Infectious Disease. In Christian Enemark, Michael J Selgelid (Eds.), Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, (pp. 161-178). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.

Journals

Bruce, B., Shepherd, H., Khan, S., Haunton, C., Leask, J., De Vries, B. (2024). Association between intravenous fluids during labor and primary postpartum hemorrhage: A retrospective cohort study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. [More Information]
Peimbert-Rappaport, N., Ryan, N., Konne, N., Abad, N., Ernst, K., Omar, H., Gagneur, A., Leask, J., Zaharia, R., Abdi, I., et al (2024). Building a way forward: Enabling community voices to forge the path toward successful immunization for all. Vaccine. [More Information]
Robinson, P., Degeling, C., Wiley, K., Carter, S., Leask, J. (2024). Evidence gaps and challenges in maintaining and increasing vaccine uptake: A Delphi survey with Australian stakeholders. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Bleicher, K., Leask, J. (2024). Factors associated with vaccination intention and uptake over time in a sample of older Australians. Vaccine, 42(16), 3601-3606. [More Information]
Salussolia, A., Capodici, A., Scognamiglio, F., La Fauci, G., Soldà, G., Montalti, M., Di Valerio, Z., Fantini, M., Odone, A., Costantino, C., Leask, J., et al (2024). Herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine coverage and confidence in Italy: a Nationwide cross-sectional study, the OBVIOUS project. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1). [More Information]
Montalti, M., Salussolia, A., Capodici, A., Scognamiglio, F., Di Valerio, Z., La Fauci, G., Soldà, G., Fantini, M., Odone, A., Costantino, C., Leask, J., et al (2024). Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Coverage and Confidence in Italy: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, the OBVIOUS Project. Vaccines, 12(2). [More Information]
Randell, M., Sheel, M., Dynes, M., Li, M., Danchin, M., Oktarinda, O., Sukesmi, F., Tinessia, A., Jenkins, K., Leask, J., et al (2024). Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregiver beliefs and experiences of routine childhood immunisation in Indonesia. Vaccine, 42, 812-818. [More Information]
Capodici, A., Salussolia, A., La Fauci, G., Di Valerio, Z., Montalti, M., Odone, A., Costantino, C., Larson, H., Leask, J., Lenzi, J., et al (2024). Influenza Vaccine Uptake in Italy—The 2022–2023 Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Campaign in Italy: An Update from the OBVIOUS Project. Vaccines, 12(3). [More Information]
Di Valerio, Z., La Fauci, G., Scognamiglio, F., Salussolia, A., Montalti, M., Capodici, A., Fantini, M., Odone, A., Costantino, C., Soldà, G., Leask, J., et al (2024). Pneumococcal vaccine uptake among high-risk adults and children in Italy: results from the OBVIOUS project survey. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 736. [More Information]
Degeling, C., Leask, J., Attwell, K., Wood, N., Braunack-Mayer, A., Wiley, K., Ward, P., Carter, S. (2024). Public values to guide childhood vaccination mandates: A report on four Australian community juries. Health Expectations, 27(1), e13936. [More Information]
La Fauci, G., Soldà, G., Di Valerio, Z., Salussolia, A., Montalti, M., Scognamiglio, F., Capodici, A., Fantini, M., Larson, H., Leask, J., et al (2024). Rates and determinants of Rotavirus vaccine uptake among children in Italy: a cross-sectional study within the 2022 OBVIOUS* project. BMC Public Health, 24(1). [More Information]
Attwell, K., Wiley, K., Leask, J., Seale, H., Carlson, S., Cashman, P., Karras, J., Danchin, M., Kaufman, J. (2024). The collaboration on social science and immunisation (COSSI): Global lessons from a successful Australian research and practice network. Vaccine, 42(7), 1420-1423. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2024). The experience of traumatic events, psychological distress, and social support: links to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and trends with age in a group of older Australians. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), 302. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2023). Association between traumatic life events and vaccine hesitancy: A cross-sectional Australian study. Public Health, 216, 1-6. [More Information]
Robinson, P., Levy, D., Hooker, L., Shaban, R., Nahidi, S., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2023). COVID-19 testing decisions and behaviours in two Australian cities. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 34(2), 587-594. [More Information]
Gori, D., Capodici, A., La Fauci, G., Montalti, M., Salussolia, A., Solda, G., Di Valerio, Z., Scognamiglio, F., Pia Fantini, M., Leask, J., et al (2023). COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal and Delay among Adults in Italy: Evidence from the OBVIOUS Project, a National Survey in Italy. Vaccines, 11(4), 839. [More Information]
Capodici, A., Costantino, C., Larson, H., Leask, J., Lenzi, J., Gori, D., Montalti, M., Soldà, G., Salussolia, A., La Fauci, G., et al (2023). Influenza vaccination landscape in Italy: A comprehensive study through the OBVIOUS project lens. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 19(2), 2252250. [More Information]
Basseal, J., Bennett, C., Collignon, P., Currie, B., Durrheim, D., Leask, J., McBryde, E., McIntyre, P., Russell, F., Smith, D., Sorrell, T., Marais, B. (2023). Key lessons from the COVID-19 public health response in Australia. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 30. [More Information]
Bruce, B., Leask, J., De Vries, B., Shepherd, H. (2023). Midwives' perspectives of intravenous fluid management and fluid balance documentation in labour: A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(2), 749-761. [More Information]
Bruce, B., Leask, J., Shepherd, H., de Vries, B. (2023). The Impact of IV Fluid Management on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Labour. Women and Birth, 36(Suppl 1), S25-S25. [More Information]
Dubé, E., Pistol, A., Stanescu, A., Butu, C., Guirguis, S., Motea, O., Popescu, A., Voivozeanu, A., Grbic, M., Trottier, M., Leask, J., et al (2023). Vaccination barriers and drivers in Romania: a focused ethnographic study. European Journal of Public Health, 33(2), 222-227. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2023). Willingness to receive a vaccine is influenced by adverse events following immunisation experienced by others. Vaccine, 41(1), 246-250. [More Information]
Crawford, T., Leask, J. (2022). A discourse analysis of health provider interactions with parents who are reluctant to vaccinate. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(5), 1224-1228. [More Information]
Shapiro, G., Gottfredson, N., Leask, J., Wiley, K., Ganter-Restrepo, F., Jones, S., Menning, L., Brewer, N. (2022). COVID-19 and missed or delayed vaccination in 26 middle- and high-income countries: An observational survey. Vaccine, 40(6), 945-952. [More Information]
Böhm, R., Betsch, C., Litovsky, Y., Sprengholz, P., Brewer, N., Chapman, G., Leask, J., Loewenstein, G., Scherzer, M., Sunstein, C., et al (2022). Crowdsourcing interventions to promote uptake of COVID-19 booster vaccines. EClinicalMedicine, 53. [More Information]
Biezen, R., Kaufman, J., Hoq, M., Manski-Nankervis, J., Sanci, L., Bell, J., Leask, J., Seale, H., Munro, J., Suryawijaya Ong, D., et al (2022). Factors impacting COVID-19 vaccine decision making in older adults and people with underlying conditions in Victoria, Australia: A cross-sectional survey. Human Vaccines, 18(7). [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Bagot, K., Hoq, M., Leask, J., Seale, H., Biezen, R., Sanci, L., Manski-Nankervis, J., Bell, J., Munro, J., et al (2022). Factors influencing australian healthcare workers’ covid-19 vaccine intentions across settings: A cross-sectional survey. Vaccines, 10(1), 3. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2022). How the experience of medical trauma shapes Australian non-vaccinating parents' vaccine refusal for their children: A qualitative exploration. Social Science and Medicine-Qualitative Research in Health, 2. [More Information]
Carlson, S., Mcrae, J., Wiley, K., Leask, J., Macartney, K. (2022). Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among parents of infants hospitalised for acute respiratory infection in Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 32(4). [More Information]
Vujovich-Dunn, C., Wand, H., Brotherton, J., Gidding, H., Sisnowski, J., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Skinner, R., Davies, C., Leask, J., Canfell, K., Smith, M., Kang, M., et al (2022). Measuring school level attributable risk to support school-based HPV vaccination programs. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 822. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Bagot, K., Tuckerman, J., Biezen, R., Oliver, J., Jos, C., Ong, D., Manski-Nankervis, J., Seale, H., Sanci, L., Leask, J., et al (2022). Qualitative exploration of intentions, concerns and information needs of vaccine-hesitant adults initially prioritised to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(1), 16-24. [More Information]
Thomas, S., Bolsewicz, K., Leask, J., Clark, K., Ennis, S., Durrheim, D. (2022). Structural and social inequities contribute to pockets of low childhood immunisation in New South Wales, Australia. Vaccine: X, 12. [More Information]
Bruce, B., Hartz, D., Tracy, S., Leask, J., De Vries, B. (2022). The administration of intravenous fluids to nulliparous women in labour: A retrospective clinical chart review and fluid balance documentation audit. Collegian, 29(3), 364-369. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J., Shapiro, G. (2022). Traumatic Events and Vaccination Decisions: A Systematic Review. Vaccines, 10(6). [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Overmars, I., Leask, J., Seale, H., Chisholm, M., Hart, J., Jenkins, K., Danchin, M. (2022). Vaccine Champions Training Program: Empowering Community Leaders to Advocate for COVID-19 Vaccines. Vaccines, 10(11). [More Information]
Wiley, K., Robinson, P., Degeling, C., Ward, P., Leask, J., Carter, S. (2022). ‘Get your own house in order’: Qualitative dialogue groups with nonvaccinating parents on how measles outbreaks in their community should be managed. Health Expectations, 25(4), 1678-1690. [More Information]
Shapiro, G., Kaufman, J., Brewer, N., Wiley, K., Menning, L., Leask, J. (2021). A critical review of measures of childhood vaccine confidence. Current Opinion in Immunology, 71, 34-45. [More Information]
Vujovich-Dunn, C., Kaufman, J., King, C., Skinner, R., Wand, H., Guy, R., Leask, J. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of effectiveness of decision aids for vaccination decision-making. Vaccine, 39(28), 3655-3665. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Levy, D., Shapiro, G., Dube, E., SteelFisher, G., Sevdalis, N., Ganter-Restrepo, F., Menning, L., Leask, J. (2021). A user-centered approach to developing a new tool measuring the behavioural and social drivers of vaccination. Vaccine, 39(42), 6283-6290. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Marques, M., Danchin, M., Witteman, H., Leask, J. (2021). Addressing myths and vaccine hesitancy: A randomized trial. Pediatrics, 148(5), e2020049304. [More Information]
Carlson, S., Quinn, H., Blyth, C., Cheng, A., Clark, J., Francis, J., Marshall, H., Macartney, K., Leask, J. (2021). Barriers to influenza vaccination of children hospitalised for acute respiratory illness: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(3), 409-418. [More Information]
Leask, J., Carlson, S., Attwell, K., Clark, K., Kaufman, J., Hughes, C., Frawley, J., Cashman, P., Seal, H., Wiley, K., et al (2021). Communicating with patients and the public about COVID-19 vaccine safety: recommendations from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1), 9-1.20E+02. [More Information]
Pickles, K., Cvejic, E., Nickel, B., Copp, T., Bonner, C., Leask, J., Ayre, J., Batcup, C., Cornell, S., Dakin, T., Dodd, R., Isautier, J., McCaffery, K. (2021). COVID-19 misinformation trends in Australia: Prospective longitudinal national survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(1), e23805. [More Information]
Odone, A., Dallagiacoma, G., Frascella, B., Signorelli, C., Leask, J. (2021). Current understandings of the impact of mandatory vaccination laws in Europe. Expert Review of Vaccines, 20(5), 559-575. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Attwell, K., Hauck, Y., Leask, J., Omer, S., Regan, A., Danchin, M. (2021). Designing a multi-component intervention (P3-MumBubVax) to promote vaccination in antenatal care in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(3), 391-398. [More Information]
Sisnowski, J., Vujovich-Dunn, C., Gidding, H., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Skinner, R., Davies, C., Leask, J., Kang, M., et al (2021). Differences in school factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination initiation and completion coverage in three Australian states. Vaccine, 39(41), 6117-6126. [More Information]
Seale, H., Heywood, A., Leask, J., Sheel, M., Durrheim, D., Bolsewicz, K., Kaur, R. (2021). Examining Australian public perceptions and behaviors towards a future COVID-19 vaccine. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1), 120. [More Information]
Carlson, S., Blyth, C., Beard, F., Hendry, A., Cheng, A., Quinn, H., Leask, J., Macartney, K. (2021). Influenza disease and vaccination in children in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(2), 64-6.70E+02. [More Information]
Court, J., Carter, S., Attwell, K., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2021). Labels matter: Use and non-use of 'anti-vax' framing in Australian media discourse 2008–2018. Social Science and Medicine, 291, 114502. [More Information]
Helps, C., Barclay, L., Carter, S., Leask, J. (2021). Midwifery care of non-vaccinating families — Insights from the Byron Shire. Women and Birth, 34(4), e416-e425. [More Information]
Leask, J., Seale, H., Williams, J., Kaufman, J., Wiley, K., Mahimbo, A., Clark, K., Danchin, M., Attwell, K. (2021). Policy considerations for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(11), 499-503. [More Information]
Davies, C., Stoney, T., Hutton, H., Parrella, A., Kang, M., Macartney, K., Leask, J., McCaffery, K., Zimet, G., Brotherton, J., Skinner, R., et al (2021). School-based HPV vaccination positively impacts parents’ attitudes toward adolescent vaccination. Vaccine, 39(30), 4190-4198. [More Information]
Vujovich-Dunn, C., Skinner, R., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Sisnowski, J., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Gidding, H., Davies, C., Leask, J., Canfell, K., Smith, M., Kang, M., et al (2021). School-level variation in coverage of co-administered dtpa and hpv dose 1 in three australian states. Vaccines, 9(10), 1202. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J., Attwell, K., Helps, C., Barclay, L., Ward, P., Carter, S. (2021). Stigmatized for standing up for my child: A qualitative study of non-vaccinating parents in Australia. SSM - Population Health, 16, 100926. [More Information]
Norman, D., Carlson, S., Tuckerman, J., Kaufman, J., Moore, H., Seale, H., Leask, J., Marshall, H., Hughes, C., Blyth, C., et al (2021). The Collaboration for Increasing Influenza Vaccination in Children (CIIVIC): a meeting report. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(3), 193-196. [More Information]
Hyland-Wood, B., Gardner, J., Leask, J., Ecker, U. (2021). Toward effective government communication strategies in the era of COVID-19. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 8(1), 30. [More Information]
McDonald, C., Leask, J., Chad, N., Danchin, M., Fethney, J., Trevena, L. (2020). A consent support resource with benefits and harms of vaccination does not increase hesitancy in parents—an acceptability study. Vaccines, 8(3), 1-13. [More Information]
Dyda, A., King, C., Dey, A., Leask, J., Dunn, A. (2020). A systematic review of studies that measure parental vaccine attitudes and beliefs in childhood vaccination. BMC Public Health, 20(Suppl1), 1253. [More Information]
Hakim, H., Bettinger, J., Chambers, C., Michelle Driedger, S., Dubé, E., Gavaruzzi, T., Giguere, A., Kavanagh, É., Leask, J., MacDonald, S., et al (2020). A Web Application about Herd Immunity Using Personalized Avatars: Development Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(10), 1-21. [More Information]
Wood, N., Macartney, K., Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2020). Australia needs a vaccine injury compensation scheme: Upcoming COVID-19 vaccines make its introduction urgent. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49. [More Information]
Seale, H., Heywood, A., Leask, J., Sheel, M., Thomas, S., Durrheim, D., Bolsewicz, K., Kaur, R. (2020). COVID-19 is rapidly changing: Examining public perceptions and behaviors in response to this evolving pandemic. PloS One, 15(6), e0235112. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Attwell, K., Tuckerman, J., O'Sullivan, J., Omer, S., Leask, J., Regan, A., Marshall, H., Lee, K., Snelling, T., Wiley, K., et al (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of the multi-component P3-MumBubVax antenatal intervention to promote maternal and childhood vaccination: A pilot study. Vaccine, 38(24), 4024-4031. [More Information]
Luz, P., Nadanovsky, P., Leask, J. (2020). How heuristics and cognitive biases affect vaccination decisions [Como as heuristicas e os vieses cognitivos afetam as decisoes sobre vacinacao] [Como los sesgos heuristicos y cognitivos afectan a las decisiones de vacunacion]. Cadernos De Saude Publica, 36(Sup 2), e00136620. [More Information]
Leask, J., Hooker, L. (2020). How risk communication could have reduced controversy about school closures in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(2), e3022007. [More Information]
Zaouk, H., Green, J., Leask, J. (2020). Immunisation status screening in the emergency department: Why are we forgetting the elderly? Australasian Emergency Care, 23(2), 84-89. [More Information]
Dunn, A., Surian, D., Dalmazzo, J., Rezazadegan, D., Steffens, M., Dyda, A., Leask, J., Coiera, E., Dey, A., Mandl, K. (2020). Limited Role of Bots in Spreading Vaccine-Critical Information Among Active Twitter Users in the United States: 2017-2019. American Journal of Public Health, 110(S3), S319-S325. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J., Attwell, K., Helps, C., Degeling, C., Ward, P., Carter, S. (2020). Parenting and the vaccine refusal process: A new explanation of the relationship between lifestyle and vaccination trajectories. Social Science and Medicine, 263, 113259. [More Information]
Danchin, M., Manski-Nankervis, J., Biezen, R., Kaufman, J., Leask, J. (2020). Preparing the public for COVID-19 vaccines: How can general practitioners build vaccine confidence and optimise uptake for themselves and their patients? Australian Journal of General Practice, 49(10), 625-629. [More Information]
Hooker, L., Leask, J. (2020). Risk Communication Should be Explicit About Values. A Perspective on Early Communication During COVID-19. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 17, 581-589. [More Information]
Habersaat, K., Betsch, C., Danchin, M., Sunstein, C., Böhm, R., Falk, A., Brewer, N., Omer, S., Scherzer, M., Sah, S., Leask, J., et al (2020). Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(7), 677-687. [More Information]
Randall, S., Leask, J., Robinson, P., Danchin, M., Kinnersley, P., Witteman, H., Trevena, L., Berry, N. (2020). Underpinning of the sharing knowledge about immunisation (SKAI) communication approach: A qualitative study using recorded observations. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(6), 1118-1124. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2020). Using social media for vaccination promotion: Practices and challenges. Digital Health, 6. [More Information]
Carlson, S., Scanlan, C., Marshall, H., Blyth, C., Macartney, K., Leask, J. (2019). Attitudes about and access to influenza vaccination experienced by parents of children hospitalised for influenza in Australia. Vaccine, 37(40), 5994-6001. [More Information]
King, C., Chow, M., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2019). Australian caregivers’ perceptions of influenza vaccination in pregnancy: A mixed methods exploration. Women and Birth, 32(3), 240-245. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2019). How organisations promoting vaccination respond to misinformation on social media: a qualitative investigation. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-12. [More Information]
Dyda, A., Shah, Z., Surian, D., Martin, P., Coiera, E., Dey, A., Leask, J., Dunn, A. (2019). HPV vaccine coverage in Australia and associations with HPV vaccine information exposure among Australian Twitter users. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 15(7-8), 1488-1495. [More Information]
Lim, C., Currie, G., Waddington, C., Wu, Y., Setijo, S., Leask, J., Marsh, J., Snelling, T. (2019). Identification of the determinants of incomplete vaccination in Australian children. Vaccine: X, 1, 1-5. [More Information]
Thomas, S., Higgins, H., Leask, J., Menning, L., Habersaat, K., Massey, P., Taylor, K., Cashman, P., Durrheim, D. (2019). Improving child immunisation rates in a disadvantaged community in New South Wales, Australia: A process evaluation for research translation. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25(4), 310-316. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Ryan, R., Betsch, C., Parkhill, A., Shapiro, G., Leask, J., Menning, L., Tugwell, P., Costa, D., Danchin, M., et al (2019). Instruments that measure psychosocial factors related to vaccination: A scoping review protocol. Behavioural Brain Research, 9(12), e033938. [More Information]
Omer, S., Betsch, C., Leask, J. (2019). Mandate vaccination with care. Nature, 571(7766), 469-472. [More Information]
Attwell, K., Drislane, S., Leask, J. (2019). Mandatory vaccination and no fault vaccine injury compensation schemes: An identification of country-level policies. Vaccine, 37(21), 2843-2848. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J., Burgess, M., McIntyre, P. (2019). PhD thesis opposing immunisation: Failure of academic rigour with real-world consequences. Vaccine, 37(12), 1541-1545. [More Information]
Helps, C., Leask, J., Barclay, L., Carter, S. (2019). Understanding non-vaccinating parents' views to inform and improve clinical encounters: A qualitative study in an Australian community. BMJ Open, 9(5), 1-13. [More Information]
Attwell, K., Ward, P., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Leask, J. (2018). "Do-it-yourself": Vaccine rejection and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Social Science and Medicine, 196, 106-114. [More Information]
Helps, C., Leask, J., Barclay, L. (2018). "It just forces hardship": impacts of government financial penalties on non-vaccinating parents. Journal of Public Health Policy, 39(2), 156-169. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Ryan, R., Walsh, L., Horey, D., Leask, J., Robinson, P., Hill, S. (2018). Face-to-face interventions for informing or educating parents about early childhood vaccination. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (5), 1-113. [More Information]
MacDonald, N., Harmon, S., Dube, E., Steenbeek, A., Crowcroft, N., Opel, D., Faour, D., Leask, J., Butler, R. (2018). Mandatory infant & childhood immunization: Rationales, issues and knowledge gaps. Vaccine, 36(39), 5811-5818. [More Information]
Attwell, K., Wiley, K., Waddington, C., Leask, J., Snelling, T. (2018). Midwives' attitudes, beliefs and concerns about childhood vaccination: A review of the global literature. Vaccine, 36(44), 6531-6539. [More Information]
King, C., Chow, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2018). Much ado about flu: A mixed methods study of parental perceptions, trust and information seeking in a pandemic. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 12(4), 514-521. [More Information]
King, C., Leask, J. (2018). Parental disease prevention health beliefs and triggers for keeping children home from childcare-a qualitative study in Sydney, Australia. Child: Care, Health and Development, 44(2), 326-331. [More Information]
Costa-Pinto, J., Willaby, H., Leask, J., Hoq, M., Tibor, S., Chazarian, A., O'Keefe, J., Danchin, M. (2018). Parental Immunisation Needs and Attitudes Survey in paediatric hospital clinics and community maternal and child health centres in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(5), 522-529. [More Information]
Ward, P., Attwell, K., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Leask, J. (2018). Risk, responsibility and negative responses: a qualitative study of parental trust in childhood vaccinations. Journal of Risk Research, 21(9), 1117-1130. [More Information]
Berry, N., Danchin, M., Trevena, L., Witteman, H., Kinnersley, P., Snelling, T., Robinson, P., Leask, J. (2018). Sharing knowledge about immunisation (SKAI): An exploration of parents' communication needs to inform development of a clinical communication support intervention. Vaccine, 36(44), 6480-6490. [More Information]
Thomas, S., Cashman, P., Islam, F., Baker, L., Clark, K., Leask, J., Butler, R., Durrheim, D. (2018). Tailoring immunisation service delivery in a disadvantaged community in Australia; views of health providers and parents. Vaccine, 36(19), 2596-2603. [More Information]
Dube, E., Leask, J., Wolff, B., Hickler, B., Balaban, V., Hosein, E., Habersaat, K. (2018). The WHO Tailoring Immunization Programmes (TIP) approach: Review of implementation to date. Vaccine, 36(11), 1509-1515. [More Information]
Corben, P., Leask, J. (2018). Vaccination hesitancy in the antenatal period: A cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Danchin, M., Costa-Pinto, J., Attwell, K., Willaby, H., Wiley, K., Hoq, M., Leask, J., Perrett, K., O’Keefe, J., Giles, M., et al (2018). Vaccine decision-making begins in pregnancy: Correlation between vaccine concerns, intentions and maternal vaccination with subsequent childhood vaccine uptake. Vaccine, 36(44), 6473-6479. [More Information]
Bedford, H., Attwell, K., Danchin, M., Marshall, H., Corben, P., Leask, J. (2018). Vaccine hesitancy, refusal and access barriers: The need for clarity in terminology. Vaccine, 36(44), 6556-6558. [More Information]
Frangos, Z., Steffens, M., Leask, J. (2018). Water fluoridation and the quality of information available online. International Dental Journal, 68(4), 253-261. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Steffens, M., Berry, N., Leask, J. (2017). An audit of the quality of online immunisation information available to Australian parents. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Hooker, L., Capon, A., Leask, J. (2017). Communicating about risk: strategies for situations where public concern is high but the risk is low. Public Health Research and Practice, 27(1), 1-5. [More Information]
Leask, J., Danchin, M. (2017). Imposing penalties for vaccine rejection requires strong scrutiny. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(5), 439-444. [More Information]
Brewer, N., Chapman, G., Rothman, A., Leask, J., Kempe, A. (2017). Increasing Vaccination: Putting Psychological Science Into Action. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 18(3), 149-207. [More Information]
Li-Kim-Moy, J., Yin, K., Heron, L., Leask, J., Lambert, S., Nissen, M., Sloots, T., Booy, R. (2017). Influenza vaccine efficacy in young children attending childcare: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(1), 47-54. [More Information]
Dunn, A., Surian, D., Leask, J., Dey, A., Mandl, K., Coiera, E. (2017). Mapping information exposure on social media to explain differences in HPV vaccine coverage in the United States. Vaccine, 35, 3033-3040. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Leask, J. (2017). Meeting the challenges of reporting on public health in the new media landscape. Australian Journalism Review, 39(2), 119-132.
Beard, F., Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2017). No jab, no pay and vaccine refusal in Australia: The jury is out. Medical Journal of Australia, 207(9), 407-407.e1. [More Information]
Beard, F., Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2017). No jab, no pay and vaccine refusal in australia: The jury is out. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(9), 381-383. [More Information]
Chow, M., Danchin, M., Willaby, H., Pemberton, S., Leask, J. (2017). Parental attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and concerns towards childhood vaccinations in Australia: A national online survey. Australian Family Physician, 46(3), 145-151.
Trevena, L., Shepherd, H., Bonner, C., Jansen, J., Cust, A., Leask, J., Shadbolt, N., Del Mar, C., McCaffery, K., Hoffmann, T. (2017). Shared decision making in Australia in 2017 [Partizipative Entscheidungsfindung in Australien im Jahr 2017]. German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Health Care (Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitaet im Gesundheitswesen), 123-124, 17-20. [More Information]
King, C., Leask, J. (2017). The impact of a vaccine scare on parental views, trust and information needs: a qualitative study in Sydney, Australia. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Ward, P., Attwell, K., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Leask, J. (2017). Understanding the perceived logic of care by vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-refusing parents: A qualitative study in Australia. PloS One, 12(10), 1-15. [More Information]
Costa-Pinto, J., Willaby, H., Leask, J., Wood, N., Marshall, H., Danchin, M. (2017). Vaccine discussions with parents: The experience of Australian paediatricians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(9), 855-861. [More Information]
Menzies, R., Leask, J., Royle, J., MacIntyre, C. (2017). Vaccine Myopia: Adult vaccination also needs attention. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(6), 1-2. [More Information]
Menzies, R., Leask, J., Royle, J., MacIntyre, R. (2017). Vaccine myopia: adult vaccination also needs attention. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(6), 238-239.
Attwell, K., Leask, J., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Ward, P. (2017). Vaccine Rejecting Parents' Engagement With Expert Systems That Inform Vaccination Programs. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 14(1), 65-76. [More Information]
Berry, N., Henry, A., Danchin, M., Trevena, L., Willaby, H., Leask, J. (2017). When parents won't vaccinate their children: A qualitative investigation of australian primary care providers' experiences. BMC Pediatrics, 17(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Leask, J. (2016). Media researchers must understand the audience too. European Journal of Public Health, 26(4), 534-535. [More Information]
Hayles, E., Cooper, S., Sinn, J., Wood, N., Leask, J., Skinner, R. (2016). Pertussis vaccination coverage among Australian women prior to childbirth in the cocooning era: A two-hospital, cross-sectional survey, 2010 to 2013. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 56(2), 185-191. [More Information]
Corben, P., Leask, J. (2016). To close the childhood immunisation gap, we need a richer understanding of parents' decision-making. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 12(12), 3168-3176. [More Information]
Beard, F., Hull, B., Leask, J., Dey, A., McIntyre, P. (2016). Trends and patterns in vaccination objection, Australia, 2002-2013. Medical Journal of Australia, 204(7), 275.e1-275.e6. [More Information]
Dunn, A., Leask, J., Zhou, X., Mandl, K., Coiera, E. (2015). Associations Between Exposure to and Expression of Negative Opinions About Human Papillomavirus Vaccines on Social Media: An Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(6), 1-10. [More Information]
Skinner, R., Davies, C., Cooper, S., Stoney, T., Marshall, H., Jones, J., Collins, J., Hutton, H., Parrella, A., Zimet, G., McCaffery, K., Leask, J., Kang, M., McGeechan, K., et al (2015). HPV.edu study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies in school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Leask, J., Kinnersley, P. (2015). Physician Communication With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents: the Start, Not the End, of the Story. Pediatrics, 136(1), 180-182. [More Information]
Leask, J. (2015). Should we do battle with antivaccination activists? Public Health Research and Practice, 25(2), 1-4. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Cooper, S., Wood, N., Leask, J. (2015). Understanding Pregnant Women's Attitudes and Behavior Toward Influenza and Pertussis Vaccination. Qualitative Health Research, 25(3), 360-370. [More Information]
Forbes, T., McMinn, A., Crawford, N., Leask, J., Danchin, M. (2015). Vaccination uptake by vaccine-hesitant parents attending a specialist immunization clinic in Australia. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 11(12), 2895-2903. [More Information]
Dierig, A., Heron, L., Lambert, S., Yin, K., Leask, J., Chow, M., Sloots, T., Nissen, M., Ridda, I., Booy, R. (2014). Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in children enrolled in a study of influenza vaccine effectiveness. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 8(3), 293-301. [More Information]
Chow, M., Morrow, A., Heron, L., Yin, K., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2014). Quality of life for parents of children with influenza-like illness: development and validation of Care-ILI-QoL. Quality of Life Research, 23(3), 939-951. [More Information]
Leask, J., Willaby, H., Kaufman, J. (2014). The big picture in addressing vaccine hesitancy. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 10(9), 2600-2602. [More Information]
Chow, M., Yin, K., Heron, L., Morrow, A., Dierig, A., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2014). The impact of influenza-like illness in young children on their parents: A quality of life survey. Quality of Life Research, 23(5), 1651-1660. [More Information]
Chow, M., Morrow, A., Cooper, S., Leask, J. (2013). Condition-specific quality of life questionnaires for caregivers of children with pediatric conditions: A systematic review. Quality of Life Research, 22(8), 2183-2200. [More Information]
Yin, J., Salkeld, G., Lambert, S., Dierig, A., Heron, L., Leask, J., Chow, M., Booy, R. (2013). Estimates and determinants of economic impacts from influenza-like illnesses caused by respiratory viruses in Australian children attending childcare: a cohort study. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 7(6), 1103-1112. [More Information]
Ward, K., Hull, B., Leask, J. (2013). Financial incentives for childhood immunisation - a unique but changing Australian initiative. Medical Journal of Australia, 198(11), 590-592. [More Information]
Chow, M., Morrow, A., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2013). Impact of children's influenza-like illnesses on parental quality of life: A qualitative study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(8), 664-670. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Massey, P., Cooper, S., Wood, N., Quinn, H., Leask, J. (2013). Pregnant women's intention to take up a post partum pertussisvaccine, and their willingness to take up the vaccine while pregnant: A cross sectional survey. Vaccine, 31(37), 3972-3978. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2013). Respiratory vaccine uptake during pregnancy. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 1(1), 9-11. [More Information]
Kilham, H., Leask, J. (2013). The Royal Australasian College of Physicians immunisation position statement. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(6), 427-431. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Massey, P., Cooper, S., Wood, N., Ho, J., Quinn, H., Leask, J. (2013). Uptake of influenza vaccine by pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 198(7), 373-375. [More Information]
Berry, J., Ryan, P., Gold, M., Braunack-Mayer, A., Duszynski, K., Xafis, V., Carlson, J., Richards, B., Street, J., Elliott, E., Leask, J., et al (2012). A randomised controlled trial to compare opt-in and opt-out parental consent for childhood vaccine safety surveillance using data linkage. Journal of Medical Ethics, 38(10), 619-625. [More Information]
Cooper, S., Pang, C., Leask, J. (2012). Australian Newspaper Coverage of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, October 2006-December 2009. Journal of Health Communication, 17(2), 149-159. [More Information]
Leask, J., Kinnersley, P., Jackson, C., Cheater, F., Bedford, H., Rowles, G. (2012). Communicating with parents about vaccination: a framework for health professionals. BMC Pediatrics, 12(1), 1-11. [More Information]
Hooker, L., King, C., Leask, J. (2012). Journalists' views about reporting avian influenza and a potential pandemic: a qualitative study. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 6(3), 224-229. [More Information]
Nicholson, M., Leask, J. (2012). Lessons from an online debate about measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization. Vaccine, 30(25), 3806-3812. [More Information]
Betsch, C., Brewer, N., Brocard, P., Davies, P., Gaissmaier, W., Haase, N., Leask, J., Renkewitz, F., Renner, B., Reyna, V., et al (2012). Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions. Vaccine, 30(25), 3727-3733. [More Information]
Chow, M., King, C., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2012). Parents intentions and behavior regarding seasonal influenza vaccination for their children: A survey in child-care centers in Sydney, Australia. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 7(2), 89-96. [More Information]
Berry, J., Gold, M., Ryan, P., Duszynski, K., Braunack-Mayer, A., Xafis, V., Carlson, J., Richards, B., Leask, J., et al (2012). Public perspectives on consent for the linkage of data to evaluate vaccine safety. Vaccine, 30(28), 4167-4174. [More Information]
Ward, K., Chow, M., King, C., Leask, J. (2012). Strategies to improve vaccination uptake in Australia, a systematic review of types and effectiveness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36(4), 369-377. [More Information]
Ward, K., Seale, H., Zwar, N., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2011). Annual influenza vaccination: coverage and attitudes of primary care staff in Australia. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 5(2), 135-141. [More Information]
Seale, H., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2011). Awareness, attitudes and behavior of hospital healthcare workers towards a mandatory vaccination directive: Two years on. Vaccine, 29(21), 3734-3737. [More Information]
Leask, J., Braunack-Mayer, A., Kerridge, I. (2011). Consent and public engagement in an era of expanded childhood immunisation. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47, 603-607. [More Information]
Helms, C., Leask, J., Cooper, S., Chow, M., McIntyre, P. (2011). Implementation of mandatory immunisation of healthcare workers: Observations from New South Wales, Australia. Vaccine, 29(16), 2895-2901. [More Information]
Booy, R., Rashid, H., Yin, K., Khandaker, G., Leask, J. (2011). Mandating influenza vaccination in health-care workers. The Lancet, 378(9803), 1626-1626. [More Information]
Cooper, S., Leask, J., Hayles, E., Sinn, J. (2011). Midwife attitudes: An important determinant of maternal postpartum pertussis booster vaccination. Vaccine, 29(34), 5591-5594. [More Information]
Cooper, S., Leask, J., Booy, R. (2011). Parents' attitudes towards the influenza vaccine and influencing factors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(7), 419-422. [More Information]
Leask, J. (2011). Target the fence-sitters. Nature, 473(7348), 443-445. [More Information]
Leask, J., Chapman, S., Cooper, S. (2010). "All manner of ills": The features of serious diseases attributed to vaccination. Vaccine, 28(17), 3066-3070. [More Information]
Seale, H., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2010). Attitudes amongst Australian hospital healthcare workers towards seasonal influenza and vaccination. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 4(1), 41-46. [More Information]
Leask, J., Chow, M., King, C., Booy, R. (2010). Caregivers' intentions regarding pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination for their children. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(8), 485-486. [More Information]
Jackson, C., Cheater, F., Peacock, R., Leask, J., Trevena, L. (2010). Evaluating a web-based MMR decision aid to support informed decision-making by UK parents: A before-and-after feasibility study. Health Education Journal, 69(1), 74-83. [More Information]
Seale, H., Ward, K., Zwar, N., Van, D., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2010). Examining the knowledge of and attitudes to pandemic influenza among general practice staff. Medical Journal of Australia, 192(7), 378-380. [More Information]
Leask, J., Helms, C., Chow, M., Cooper, S., McIntyre, P. (2010). Making influenza vaccination mandatory for health care workers: the views of NSW Health administrators and clinical leaders. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 21(9-10), 243-247. [More Information]
Leask, J., Hooker, L., King, C. (2010). Media coverage of health issues and how to work more effectively with journalists: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 10, 1-7. [More Information]
Leask, J., Booy, R., McIntyre, P. (2010). MMR, Wakefield and The Lancet: what can we learn? Medical Journal of Australia, 193(1), 5-7. [More Information]
Brotherton, J., Leask, J., Jackson, C., McCaffery, K., Trevena, L. (2010). National survey of general practitioners' experience of delivering the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program. Sexual Health, 7(3), 291-298. [More Information]
Seale, H., Leask, J., Po, K., MacIntyre, C. (2009). "Will they just pack up and leave?" - attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic. BMC Health Services Research, 9, 30-1-30-8. [More Information]
Seale, H., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2009). Do they accept compulsory vaccination? Awareness, attitudes and behaviour of hospital health care workers following a new vaccination directive. Vaccine, 27(23), 3022-3025. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Kilham, H., Leask, J., Tobin, B. (2009). Ethical issues in immunisation. Vaccine, 27(5), 615-618. [More Information]
Leask, J. (2009). How do general practitioners persuade parents to vaccinate their children? A study using standardised scenarios. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 20(7-8), 119-124. [More Information]
Leask, J., Jackson, C., Trevena, L., McCaffery, K., Brotherton, J. (2009). Implementation of the Australian HPV vaccination program for adult women: Qualitative key informant interviews. Vaccine, 27(40), 5505-5512. [More Information]
Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2009). Vaccine refusal and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases. New England Journal of Medicine, 361(7), 723. [More Information]
Leask, J., Quinn, H., Macartney, K., Trent, M., Massey, P., Carr, C., Turahui, J. (2008). Immunisation attitudes, knowledge and practices of health professionals in regional NSW. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32(3), 224-229. [More Information]
McIntyre, P., Leask, J. (2008). Improving uptake of MMR vaccine. British Medical Journal, 336(7647), 729-730. [More Information]
Leask, J., Macartney, K. (2008). Parental decisions about vaccination: Collective values are important. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 44(10), 534-535. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Leask, J. (2008). Should influenza immunisation be mandatory for healthcare workers? No. BMJ, 337, a2140. [More Information]
Pearce, C., Leask, J., Ritchie, J. (2008). Tapping midwives' views about the neonatal hepatitis B vaccine: how welcome is a move towards a health promoting orientation? Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 19(2), 161-163. [More Information]
Sheikh-Mohammed, M., MacIntyre, C., Wood, N., Leask, J., Isaacs, D. (2006). Barriers to access to health care for newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(11-12), 594-597. [More Information]
Leask, J., Sheikh-Mohammed, M., MacIntyre, C., Leask, A., Wood, N. (2006). Community perceptions about infectious disease risk posed by new arrivals: A qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(11- 12), 591-593. [More Information]
Wallace, C., Leask, J., Trevena, L. (2006). Effects of a web based decision aid on parental attitudes to MMR vaccination: a before and after study. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 332(7534), 146-149. [More Information]
Burgess, D., Burgess, M., Leask, J. (2006). The MMR vaccination and autism controversy in United Kingdom 1998-2005: inevitable community outrage or a failure of risk communication? Vaccine, 24(18), 3921-8. [More Information]
Leask, J., Chapman, S., Hawe, P., Burgess, M. (2006). What maintains parental support for vaccination when challenged by anti-vaccination messages? A qualitative study. Vaccine, 24(49-50), 7238-7245. [More Information]
Leask, J., Leask, A., Silove, N. (2005). Evidence for autism in folklore? Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90(3), 271. [More Information]
Leask, J., Williams, A., McIntyre, P., O'Dea, D. (2004). Are General Practice Registrars Prepared For Immunisation? A Cross Sectional Survey. Australian Family Physician, 33(8), 665-667.
Chapman, S., Leask, J., Ackermann, D. (2004). Media Coverage Of Anthrax Vaccination Refusal By Australian Defence Force Personnel. Vaccine, 23(3), 411-417. [More Information]
MacIntyre, C., Leask, J. (2003). Immunization myths and realities: Responding to arguments against immunization. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 39(7), 487-491. [More Information]
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Leask, J., Chapman, S. (2002). "The cold hard facts" Immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases in Australia's newsprint media 1993-1998. Social Science and Medicine, 54(3), 445-457. [More Information]
Davies, P., Chapman, S., Leask, J. (2002). Anitvaccination activists on the world wide web. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 87(1), 22-25. [More Information]
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Leask, J., Hawe, P., Chapman, S. (2001). Focus group composition: a comparison between natural and constructed groups. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25, 152-154.
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Bruce, B., Shepherd, H., Khan, S., Haunton, C., Leask, J., De Vries, B. (2024). Association between intravenous fluids during labor and primary postpartum hemorrhage: A retrospective cohort study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. [More Information]
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Robinson, P., Degeling, C., Wiley, K., Carter, S., Leask, J. (2024). Evidence gaps and challenges in maintaining and increasing vaccine uptake: A Delphi survey with Australian stakeholders. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Bleicher, K., Leask, J. (2024). Factors associated with vaccination intention and uptake over time in a sample of older Australians. Vaccine, 42(16), 3601-3606. [More Information]
Salussolia, A., Capodici, A., Scognamiglio, F., La Fauci, G., Soldà, G., Montalti, M., Di Valerio, Z., Fantini, M., Odone, A., Costantino, C., Leask, J., et al (2024). Herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine coverage and confidence in Italy: a Nationwide cross-sectional study, the OBVIOUS project. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1). [More Information]
Montalti, M., Salussolia, A., Capodici, A., Scognamiglio, F., Di Valerio, Z., La Fauci, G., Soldà, G., Fantini, M., Odone, A., Costantino, C., Leask, J., et al (2024). Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Coverage and Confidence in Italy: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, the OBVIOUS Project. Vaccines, 12(2). [More Information]
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Di Valerio, Z., La Fauci, G., Scognamiglio, F., Salussolia, A., Montalti, M., Capodici, A., Fantini, M., Odone, A., Costantino, C., Soldà, G., Leask, J., et al (2024). Pneumococcal vaccine uptake among high-risk adults and children in Italy: results from the OBVIOUS project survey. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 736. [More Information]
Degeling, C., Leask, J., Attwell, K., Wood, N., Braunack-Mayer, A., Wiley, K., Ward, P., Carter, S. (2024). Public values to guide childhood vaccination mandates: A report on four Australian community juries. Health Expectations, 27(1), e13936. [More Information]
La Fauci, G., Soldà, G., Di Valerio, Z., Salussolia, A., Montalti, M., Scognamiglio, F., Capodici, A., Fantini, M., Larson, H., Leask, J., et al (2024). Rates and determinants of Rotavirus vaccine uptake among children in Italy: a cross-sectional study within the 2022 OBVIOUS* project. BMC Public Health, 24(1). [More Information]
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2023

Christou-ergos, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2023). Association between traumatic life events and vaccine hesitancy: A cross-sectional Australian study. Public Health, 216, 1-6. [More Information]
Robinson, P., Levy, D., Hooker, L., Shaban, R., Nahidi, S., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2023). COVID-19 testing decisions and behaviours in two Australian cities. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 34(2), 587-594. [More Information]
Gori, D., Capodici, A., La Fauci, G., Montalti, M., Salussolia, A., Solda, G., Di Valerio, Z., Scognamiglio, F., Pia Fantini, M., Leask, J., et al (2023). COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal and Delay among Adults in Italy: Evidence from the OBVIOUS Project, a National Survey in Italy. Vaccines, 11(4), 839. [More Information]
Capodici, A., Costantino, C., Larson, H., Leask, J., Lenzi, J., Gori, D., Montalti, M., Soldà, G., Salussolia, A., La Fauci, G., et al (2023). Influenza vaccination landscape in Italy: A comprehensive study through the OBVIOUS project lens. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 19(2), 2252250. [More Information]
Basseal, J., Bennett, C., Collignon, P., Currie, B., Durrheim, D., Leask, J., McBryde, E., McIntyre, P., Russell, F., Smith, D., Sorrell, T., Marais, B. (2023). Key lessons from the COVID-19 public health response in Australia. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 30. [More Information]
Bruce, B., Leask, J., De Vries, B., Shepherd, H. (2023). Midwives' perspectives of intravenous fluid management and fluid balance documentation in labour: A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(2), 749-761. [More Information]
Bruce, B., Leask, J., Shepherd, H., de Vries, B. (2023). The Impact of IV Fluid Management on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Labour. Women and Birth, 36(Suppl 1), S25-S25. [More Information]
Dubé, E., Pistol, A., Stanescu, A., Butu, C., Guirguis, S., Motea, O., Popescu, A., Voivozeanu, A., Grbic, M., Trottier, M., Leask, J., et al (2023). Vaccination barriers and drivers in Romania: a focused ethnographic study. European Journal of Public Health, 33(2), 222-227. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2023). Willingness to receive a vaccine is influenced by adverse events following immunisation experienced by others. Vaccine, 41(1), 246-250. [More Information]

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2022

Crawford, T., Leask, J. (2022). A discourse analysis of health provider interactions with parents who are reluctant to vaccinate. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(5), 1224-1228. [More Information]
Shapiro, G., Gottfredson, N., Leask, J., Wiley, K., Ganter-Restrepo, F., Jones, S., Menning, L., Brewer, N. (2022). COVID-19 and missed or delayed vaccination in 26 middle- and high-income countries: An observational survey. Vaccine, 40(6), 945-952. [More Information]
Böhm, R., Betsch, C., Litovsky, Y., Sprengholz, P., Brewer, N., Chapman, G., Leask, J., Loewenstein, G., Scherzer, M., Sunstein, C., et al (2022). Crowdsourcing interventions to promote uptake of COVID-19 booster vaccines. EClinicalMedicine, 53. [More Information]
Biezen, R., Kaufman, J., Hoq, M., Manski-Nankervis, J., Sanci, L., Bell, J., Leask, J., Seale, H., Munro, J., Suryawijaya Ong, D., et al (2022). Factors impacting COVID-19 vaccine decision making in older adults and people with underlying conditions in Victoria, Australia: A cross-sectional survey. Human Vaccines, 18(7). [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Bagot, K., Hoq, M., Leask, J., Seale, H., Biezen, R., Sanci, L., Manski-Nankervis, J., Bell, J., Munro, J., et al (2022). Factors influencing australian healthcare workers’ covid-19 vaccine intentions across settings: A cross-sectional survey. Vaccines, 10(1), 3. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2022). How the experience of medical trauma shapes Australian non-vaccinating parents' vaccine refusal for their children: A qualitative exploration. Social Science and Medicine-Qualitative Research in Health, 2. [More Information]
Carlson, S., Mcrae, J., Wiley, K., Leask, J., Macartney, K. (2022). Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among parents of infants hospitalised for acute respiratory infection in Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 32(4). [More Information]
Vujovich-Dunn, C., Wand, H., Brotherton, J., Gidding, H., Sisnowski, J., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Skinner, R., Davies, C., Leask, J., Canfell, K., Smith, M., Kang, M., et al (2022). Measuring school level attributable risk to support school-based HPV vaccination programs. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 822. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Bagot, K., Tuckerman, J., Biezen, R., Oliver, J., Jos, C., Ong, D., Manski-Nankervis, J., Seale, H., Sanci, L., Leask, J., et al (2022). Qualitative exploration of intentions, concerns and information needs of vaccine-hesitant adults initially prioritised to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(1), 16-24. [More Information]
Thomas, S., Bolsewicz, K., Leask, J., Clark, K., Ennis, S., Durrheim, D. (2022). Structural and social inequities contribute to pockets of low childhood immunisation in New South Wales, Australia. Vaccine: X, 12. [More Information]
Bruce, B., Hartz, D., Tracy, S., Leask, J., De Vries, B. (2022). The administration of intravenous fluids to nulliparous women in labour: A retrospective clinical chart review and fluid balance documentation audit. Collegian, 29(3), 364-369. [More Information]
Christou-ergos, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J., Shapiro, G. (2022). Traumatic Events and Vaccination Decisions: A Systematic Review. Vaccines, 10(6). [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Overmars, I., Leask, J., Seale, H., Chisholm, M., Hart, J., Jenkins, K., Danchin, M. (2022). Vaccine Champions Training Program: Empowering Community Leaders to Advocate for COVID-19 Vaccines. Vaccines, 10(11). [More Information]
Wiley, K., Robinson, P., Degeling, C., Ward, P., Leask, J., Carter, S. (2022). ‘Get your own house in order’: Qualitative dialogue groups with nonvaccinating parents on how measles outbreaks in their community should be managed. Health Expectations, 25(4), 1678-1690. [More Information]

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2021

Shapiro, G., Kaufman, J., Brewer, N., Wiley, K., Menning, L., Leask, J. (2021). A critical review of measures of childhood vaccine confidence. Current Opinion in Immunology, 71, 34-45. [More Information]
Vujovich-Dunn, C., Kaufman, J., King, C., Skinner, R., Wand, H., Guy, R., Leask, J. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of effectiveness of decision aids for vaccination decision-making. Vaccine, 39(28), 3655-3665. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Levy, D., Shapiro, G., Dube, E., SteelFisher, G., Sevdalis, N., Ganter-Restrepo, F., Menning, L., Leask, J. (2021). A user-centered approach to developing a new tool measuring the behavioural and social drivers of vaccination. Vaccine, 39(42), 6283-6290. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Marques, M., Danchin, M., Witteman, H., Leask, J. (2021). Addressing myths and vaccine hesitancy: A randomized trial. Pediatrics, 148(5), e2020049304. [More Information]
Carlson, S., Quinn, H., Blyth, C., Cheng, A., Clark, J., Francis, J., Marshall, H., Macartney, K., Leask, J. (2021). Barriers to influenza vaccination of children hospitalised for acute respiratory illness: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(3), 409-418. [More Information]
Leask, J., Carlson, S., Attwell, K., Clark, K., Kaufman, J., Hughes, C., Frawley, J., Cashman, P., Seal, H., Wiley, K., et al (2021). Communicating with patients and the public about COVID-19 vaccine safety: recommendations from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(1), 9-1.20E+02. [More Information]
Pickles, K., Cvejic, E., Nickel, B., Copp, T., Bonner, C., Leask, J., Ayre, J., Batcup, C., Cornell, S., Dakin, T., Dodd, R., Isautier, J., McCaffery, K. (2021). COVID-19 misinformation trends in Australia: Prospective longitudinal national survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(1), e23805. [More Information]
Odone, A., Dallagiacoma, G., Frascella, B., Signorelli, C., Leask, J. (2021). Current understandings of the impact of mandatory vaccination laws in Europe. Expert Review of Vaccines, 20(5), 559-575. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Attwell, K., Hauck, Y., Leask, J., Omer, S., Regan, A., Danchin, M. (2021). Designing a multi-component intervention (P3-MumBubVax) to promote vaccination in antenatal care in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(3), 391-398. [More Information]
Sisnowski, J., Vujovich-Dunn, C., Gidding, H., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Skinner, R., Davies, C., Leask, J., Kang, M., et al (2021). Differences in school factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination initiation and completion coverage in three Australian states. Vaccine, 39(41), 6117-6126. [More Information]
Seale, H., Heywood, A., Leask, J., Sheel, M., Durrheim, D., Bolsewicz, K., Kaur, R. (2021). Examining Australian public perceptions and behaviors towards a future COVID-19 vaccine. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1), 120. [More Information]
Carlson, S., Blyth, C., Beard, F., Hendry, A., Cheng, A., Quinn, H., Leask, J., Macartney, K. (2021). Influenza disease and vaccination in children in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(2), 64-6.70E+02. [More Information]
Court, J., Carter, S., Attwell, K., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2021). Labels matter: Use and non-use of 'anti-vax' framing in Australian media discourse 2008–2018. Social Science and Medicine, 291, 114502. [More Information]
Helps, C., Barclay, L., Carter, S., Leask, J. (2021). Midwifery care of non-vaccinating families — Insights from the Byron Shire. Women and Birth, 34(4), e416-e425. [More Information]
Leask, J., Seale, H., Williams, J., Kaufman, J., Wiley, K., Mahimbo, A., Clark, K., Danchin, M., Attwell, K. (2021). Policy considerations for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(11), 499-503. [More Information]
Davies, C., Stoney, T., Hutton, H., Parrella, A., Kang, M., Macartney, K., Leask, J., McCaffery, K., Zimet, G., Brotherton, J., Skinner, R., et al (2021). School-based HPV vaccination positively impacts parents’ attitudes toward adolescent vaccination. Vaccine, 39(30), 4190-4198. [More Information]
Vujovich-Dunn, C., Skinner, R., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Sisnowski, J., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Gidding, H., Davies, C., Leask, J., Canfell, K., Smith, M., Kang, M., et al (2021). School-level variation in coverage of co-administered dtpa and hpv dose 1 in three australian states. Vaccines, 9(10), 1202. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J., Attwell, K., Helps, C., Barclay, L., Ward, P., Carter, S. (2021). Stigmatized for standing up for my child: A qualitative study of non-vaccinating parents in Australia. SSM - Population Health, 16, 100926. [More Information]
Norman, D., Carlson, S., Tuckerman, J., Kaufman, J., Moore, H., Seale, H., Leask, J., Marshall, H., Hughes, C., Blyth, C., et al (2021). The Collaboration for Increasing Influenza Vaccination in Children (CIIVIC): a meeting report. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(3), 193-196. [More Information]
Hyland-Wood, B., Gardner, J., Leask, J., Ecker, U. (2021). Toward effective government communication strategies in the era of COVID-19. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 8(1), 30. [More Information]

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2020

McDonald, C., Leask, J., Chad, N., Danchin, M., Fethney, J., Trevena, L. (2020). A consent support resource with benefits and harms of vaccination does not increase hesitancy in parents—an acceptability study. Vaccines, 8(3), 1-13. [More Information]
Dyda, A., King, C., Dey, A., Leask, J., Dunn, A. (2020). A systematic review of studies that measure parental vaccine attitudes and beliefs in childhood vaccination. BMC Public Health, 20(Suppl1), 1253. [More Information]
Hakim, H., Bettinger, J., Chambers, C., Michelle Driedger, S., Dubé, E., Gavaruzzi, T., Giguere, A., Kavanagh, É., Leask, J., MacDonald, S., et al (2020). A Web Application about Herd Immunity Using Personalized Avatars: Development Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(10), 1-21. [More Information]
Wood, N., Macartney, K., Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2020). Australia needs a vaccine injury compensation scheme: Upcoming COVID-19 vaccines make its introduction urgent. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49. [More Information]
Seale, H., Heywood, A., Leask, J., Sheel, M., Thomas, S., Durrheim, D., Bolsewicz, K., Kaur, R. (2020). COVID-19 is rapidly changing: Examining public perceptions and behaviors in response to this evolving pandemic. PloS One, 15(6), e0235112. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Attwell, K., Tuckerman, J., O'Sullivan, J., Omer, S., Leask, J., Regan, A., Marshall, H., Lee, K., Snelling, T., Wiley, K., et al (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of the multi-component P3-MumBubVax antenatal intervention to promote maternal and childhood vaccination: A pilot study. Vaccine, 38(24), 4024-4031. [More Information]
Luz, P., Nadanovsky, P., Leask, J. (2020). How heuristics and cognitive biases affect vaccination decisions [Como as heuristicas e os vieses cognitivos afetam as decisoes sobre vacinacao] [Como los sesgos heuristicos y cognitivos afectan a las decisiones de vacunacion]. Cadernos De Saude Publica, 36(Sup 2), e00136620. [More Information]
Leask, J., Hooker, L. (2020). How risk communication could have reduced controversy about school closures in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(2), e3022007. [More Information]
Zaouk, H., Green, J., Leask, J. (2020). Immunisation status screening in the emergency department: Why are we forgetting the elderly? Australasian Emergency Care, 23(2), 84-89. [More Information]
Dunn, A., Surian, D., Dalmazzo, J., Rezazadegan, D., Steffens, M., Dyda, A., Leask, J., Coiera, E., Dey, A., Mandl, K. (2020). Limited Role of Bots in Spreading Vaccine-Critical Information Among Active Twitter Users in the United States: 2017-2019. American Journal of Public Health, 110(S3), S319-S325. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J., Attwell, K., Helps, C., Degeling, C., Ward, P., Carter, S. (2020). Parenting and the vaccine refusal process: A new explanation of the relationship between lifestyle and vaccination trajectories. Social Science and Medicine, 263, 113259. [More Information]
Danchin, M., Manski-Nankervis, J., Biezen, R., Kaufman, J., Leask, J. (2020). Preparing the public for COVID-19 vaccines: How can general practitioners build vaccine confidence and optimise uptake for themselves and their patients? Australian Journal of General Practice, 49(10), 625-629. [More Information]
Hooker, L., Leask, J. (2020). Risk Communication Should be Explicit About Values. A Perspective on Early Communication During COVID-19. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 17, 581-589. [More Information]
Habersaat, K., Betsch, C., Danchin, M., Sunstein, C., Böhm, R., Falk, A., Brewer, N., Omer, S., Scherzer, M., Sah, S., Leask, J., et al (2020). Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(7), 677-687. [More Information]
Randall, S., Leask, J., Robinson, P., Danchin, M., Kinnersley, P., Witteman, H., Trevena, L., Berry, N. (2020). Underpinning of the sharing knowledge about immunisation (SKAI) communication approach: A qualitative study using recorded observations. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(6), 1118-1124. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2020). Using social media for vaccination promotion: Practices and challenges. Digital Health, 6. [More Information]

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2019

Carlson, S., Scanlan, C., Marshall, H., Blyth, C., Macartney, K., Leask, J. (2019). Attitudes about and access to influenza vaccination experienced by parents of children hospitalised for influenza in Australia. Vaccine, 37(40), 5994-6001. [More Information]
King, C., Chow, M., Leask, J., Wiley, K. (2019). Australian caregivers’ perceptions of influenza vaccination in pregnancy: A mixed methods exploration. Women and Birth, 32(3), 240-245. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2019). How organisations promoting vaccination respond to misinformation on social media: a qualitative investigation. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-12. [More Information]
Dyda, A., Shah, Z., Surian, D., Martin, P., Coiera, E., Dey, A., Leask, J., Dunn, A. (2019). HPV vaccine coverage in Australia and associations with HPV vaccine information exposure among Australian Twitter users. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 15(7-8), 1488-1495. [More Information]
Lim, C., Currie, G., Waddington, C., Wu, Y., Setijo, S., Leask, J., Marsh, J., Snelling, T. (2019). Identification of the determinants of incomplete vaccination in Australian children. Vaccine: X, 1, 1-5. [More Information]
Thomas, S., Higgins, H., Leask, J., Menning, L., Habersaat, K., Massey, P., Taylor, K., Cashman, P., Durrheim, D. (2019). Improving child immunisation rates in a disadvantaged community in New South Wales, Australia: A process evaluation for research translation. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25(4), 310-316. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Ryan, R., Betsch, C., Parkhill, A., Shapiro, G., Leask, J., Menning, L., Tugwell, P., Costa, D., Danchin, M., et al (2019). Instruments that measure psychosocial factors related to vaccination: A scoping review protocol. Behavioural Brain Research, 9(12), e033938. [More Information]
Omer, S., Betsch, C., Leask, J. (2019). Mandate vaccination with care. Nature, 571(7766), 469-472. [More Information]
Attwell, K., Drislane, S., Leask, J. (2019). Mandatory vaccination and no fault vaccine injury compensation schemes: An identification of country-level policies. Vaccine, 37(21), 2843-2848. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J., Burgess, M., McIntyre, P. (2019). PhD thesis opposing immunisation: Failure of academic rigour with real-world consequences. Vaccine, 37(12), 1541-1545. [More Information]
Helps, C., Leask, J., Barclay, L., Carter, S. (2019). Understanding non-vaccinating parents' views to inform and improve clinical encounters: A qualitative study in an Australian community. BMJ Open, 9(5), 1-13. [More Information]

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2018

Attwell, K., Ward, P., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Leask, J. (2018). "Do-it-yourself": Vaccine rejection and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Social Science and Medicine, 196, 106-114. [More Information]
Helps, C., Leask, J., Barclay, L. (2018). "It just forces hardship": impacts of government financial penalties on non-vaccinating parents. Journal of Public Health Policy, 39(2), 156-169. [More Information]
Kaufman, J., Ryan, R., Walsh, L., Horey, D., Leask, J., Robinson, P., Hill, S. (2018). Face-to-face interventions for informing or educating parents about early childhood vaccination. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (5), 1-113. [More Information]
MacDonald, N., Harmon, S., Dube, E., Steenbeek, A., Crowcroft, N., Opel, D., Faour, D., Leask, J., Butler, R. (2018). Mandatory infant & childhood immunization: Rationales, issues and knowledge gaps. Vaccine, 36(39), 5811-5818. [More Information]
Attwell, K., Wiley, K., Waddington, C., Leask, J., Snelling, T. (2018). Midwives' attitudes, beliefs and concerns about childhood vaccination: A review of the global literature. Vaccine, 36(44), 6531-6539. [More Information]
King, C., Chow, M., Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2018). Much ado about flu: A mixed methods study of parental perceptions, trust and information seeking in a pandemic. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 12(4), 514-521. [More Information]
King, C., Leask, J. (2018). Parental disease prevention health beliefs and triggers for keeping children home from childcare-a qualitative study in Sydney, Australia. Child: Care, Health and Development, 44(2), 326-331. [More Information]
Costa-Pinto, J., Willaby, H., Leask, J., Hoq, M., Tibor, S., Chazarian, A., O'Keefe, J., Danchin, M. (2018). Parental Immunisation Needs and Attitudes Survey in paediatric hospital clinics and community maternal and child health centres in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(5), 522-529. [More Information]
Ward, P., Attwell, K., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Leask, J. (2018). Risk, responsibility and negative responses: a qualitative study of parental trust in childhood vaccinations. Journal of Risk Research, 21(9), 1117-1130. [More Information]
Berry, N., Danchin, M., Trevena, L., Witteman, H., Kinnersley, P., Snelling, T., Robinson, P., Leask, J. (2018). Sharing knowledge about immunisation (SKAI): An exploration of parents' communication needs to inform development of a clinical communication support intervention. Vaccine, 36(44), 6480-6490. [More Information]
Thomas, S., Cashman, P., Islam, F., Baker, L., Clark, K., Leask, J., Butler, R., Durrheim, D. (2018). Tailoring immunisation service delivery in a disadvantaged community in Australia; views of health providers and parents. Vaccine, 36(19), 2596-2603. [More Information]
Dube, E., Leask, J., Wolff, B., Hickler, B., Balaban, V., Hosein, E., Habersaat, K. (2018). The WHO Tailoring Immunization Programmes (TIP) approach: Review of implementation to date. Vaccine, 36(11), 1509-1515. [More Information]
Corben, P., Leask, J. (2018). Vaccination hesitancy in the antenatal period: A cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Danchin, M., Costa-Pinto, J., Attwell, K., Willaby, H., Wiley, K., Hoq, M., Leask, J., Perrett, K., O’Keefe, J., Giles, M., et al (2018). Vaccine decision-making begins in pregnancy: Correlation between vaccine concerns, intentions and maternal vaccination with subsequent childhood vaccine uptake. Vaccine, 36(44), 6473-6479. [More Information]
Bedford, H., Attwell, K., Danchin, M., Marshall, H., Corben, P., Leask, J. (2018). Vaccine hesitancy, refusal and access barriers: The need for clarity in terminology. Vaccine, 36(44), 6556-6558. [More Information]
Frangos, Z., Steffens, M., Leask, J. (2018). Water fluoridation and the quality of information available online. International Dental Journal, 68(4), 253-261. [More Information]

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2017

Wiley, K., Steffens, M., Berry, N., Leask, J. (2017). An audit of the quality of online immunisation information available to Australian parents. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Hooker, L., Capon, A., Leask, J. (2017). Communicating about risk: strategies for situations where public concern is high but the risk is low. Public Health Research and Practice, 27(1), 1-5. [More Information]
Leask, J., Danchin, M. (2017). Imposing penalties for vaccine rejection requires strong scrutiny. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(5), 439-444. [More Information]
Brewer, N., Chapman, G., Rothman, A., Leask, J., Kempe, A. (2017). Increasing Vaccination: Putting Psychological Science Into Action. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 18(3), 149-207. [More Information]
Li-Kim-Moy, J., Yin, K., Heron, L., Leask, J., Lambert, S., Nissen, M., Sloots, T., Booy, R. (2017). Influenza vaccine efficacy in young children attending childcare: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(1), 47-54. [More Information]
Dunn, A., Surian, D., Leask, J., Dey, A., Mandl, K., Coiera, E. (2017). Mapping information exposure on social media to explain differences in HPV vaccine coverage in the United States. Vaccine, 35, 3033-3040. [More Information]
Steffens, M., Dunn, A., Leask, J. (2017). Meeting the challenges of reporting on public health in the new media landscape. Australian Journalism Review, 39(2), 119-132.
Beard, F., Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2017). No jab, no pay and vaccine refusal in Australia: The jury is out. Medical Journal of Australia, 207(9), 407-407.e1. [More Information]
Beard, F., Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2017). No jab, no pay and vaccine refusal in australia: The jury is out. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(9), 381-383. [More Information]
Chow, M., Danchin, M., Willaby, H., Pemberton, S., Leask, J. (2017). Parental attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and concerns towards childhood vaccinations in Australia: A national online survey. Australian Family Physician, 46(3), 145-151.
Trevena, L., Shepherd, H., Bonner, C., Jansen, J., Cust, A., Leask, J., Shadbolt, N., Del Mar, C., McCaffery, K., Hoffmann, T. (2017). Shared decision making in Australia in 2017 [Partizipative Entscheidungsfindung in Australien im Jahr 2017]. German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Health Care (Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitaet im Gesundheitswesen), 123-124, 17-20. [More Information]
King, C., Leask, J. (2017). The impact of a vaccine scare on parental views, trust and information needs: a qualitative study in Sydney, Australia. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Ward, P., Attwell, K., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Leask, J. (2017). Understanding the perceived logic of care by vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-refusing parents: A qualitative study in Australia. PloS One, 12(10), 1-15. [More Information]
Costa-Pinto, J., Willaby, H., Leask, J., Wood, N., Marshall, H., Danchin, M. (2017). Vaccine discussions with parents: The experience of Australian paediatricians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(9), 855-861. [More Information]
Menzies, R., Leask, J., Royle, J., MacIntyre, C. (2017). Vaccine Myopia: Adult vaccination also needs attention. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(6), 1-2. [More Information]
Menzies, R., Leask, J., Royle, J., MacIntyre, R. (2017). Vaccine myopia: adult vaccination also needs attention. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(6), 238-239.
Attwell, K., Leask, J., Meyer, S., Rokkas, P., Ward, P. (2017). Vaccine Rejecting Parents' Engagement With Expert Systems That Inform Vaccination Programs. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 14(1), 65-76. [More Information]
Berry, N., Henry, A., Danchin, M., Trevena, L., Willaby, H., Leask, J. (2017). When parents won't vaccinate their children: A qualitative investigation of australian primary care providers' experiences. BMC Pediatrics, 17(1), 1-10. [More Information]

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2016

Leask, J. (2016). Media researchers must understand the audience too. European Journal of Public Health, 26(4), 534-535. [More Information]
Hayles, E., Cooper, S., Sinn, J., Wood, N., Leask, J., Skinner, R. (2016). Pertussis vaccination coverage among Australian women prior to childbirth in the cocooning era: A two-hospital, cross-sectional survey, 2010 to 2013. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 56(2), 185-191. [More Information]
Corben, P., Leask, J. (2016). To close the childhood immunisation gap, we need a richer understanding of parents' decision-making. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 12(12), 3168-3176. [More Information]
Beard, F., Hull, B., Leask, J., Dey, A., McIntyre, P. (2016). Trends and patterns in vaccination objection, Australia, 2002-2013. Medical Journal of Australia, 204(7), 275.e1-275.e6. [More Information]

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2015

Dunn, A., Leask, J., Zhou, X., Mandl, K., Coiera, E. (2015). Associations Between Exposure to and Expression of Negative Opinions About Human Papillomavirus Vaccines on Social Media: An Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(6), 1-10. [More Information]
Skinner, R., Davies, C., Cooper, S., Stoney, T., Marshall, H., Jones, J., Collins, J., Hutton, H., Parrella, A., Zimet, G., McCaffery, K., Leask, J., Kang, M., McGeechan, K., et al (2015). HPV.edu study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies in school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Leask, J., Kinnersley, P. (2015). Physician Communication With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents: the Start, Not the End, of the Story. Pediatrics, 136(1), 180-182. [More Information]
Leask, J. (2015). Should we do battle with antivaccination activists? Public Health Research and Practice, 25(2), 1-4. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Cooper, S., Wood, N., Leask, J. (2015). Understanding Pregnant Women's Attitudes and Behavior Toward Influenza and Pertussis Vaccination. Qualitative Health Research, 25(3), 360-370. [More Information]
Forbes, T., McMinn, A., Crawford, N., Leask, J., Danchin, M. (2015). Vaccination uptake by vaccine-hesitant parents attending a specialist immunization clinic in Australia. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 11(12), 2895-2903. [More Information]

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2014

Dierig, A., Heron, L., Lambert, S., Yin, K., Leask, J., Chow, M., Sloots, T., Nissen, M., Ridda, I., Booy, R. (2014). Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in children enrolled in a study of influenza vaccine effectiveness. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 8(3), 293-301. [More Information]
Chow, M., Morrow, A., Heron, L., Yin, K., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2014). Quality of life for parents of children with influenza-like illness: development and validation of Care-ILI-QoL. Quality of Life Research, 23(3), 939-951. [More Information]
Leask, J., Willaby, H., Kaufman, J. (2014). The big picture in addressing vaccine hesitancy. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 10(9), 2600-2602. [More Information]
Chow, M., Yin, K., Heron, L., Morrow, A., Dierig, A., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2014). The impact of influenza-like illness in young children on their parents: A quality of life survey. Quality of Life Research, 23(5), 1651-1660. [More Information]

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2013

Chow, M., Morrow, A., Cooper, S., Leask, J. (2013). Condition-specific quality of life questionnaires for caregivers of children with pediatric conditions: A systematic review. Quality of Life Research, 22(8), 2183-2200. [More Information]
Yin, J., Salkeld, G., Lambert, S., Dierig, A., Heron, L., Leask, J., Chow, M., Booy, R. (2013). Estimates and determinants of economic impacts from influenza-like illnesses caused by respiratory viruses in Australian children attending childcare: a cohort study. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 7(6), 1103-1112. [More Information]
Crosbie, K., Richters, J., Hooker, L., Leask, J. (2013). Filthy fingernails and friendly germs: lay concepts of contagious disease transmission in developed countries. In Cathy Banwell, Stanley Ulijaszek, Jane Dixon (Eds.), When Culture Impacts Health: Global Lessons for Effective Health Research, (pp. 67-84). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Academic Press. [More Information]
Ward, K., Hull, B., Leask, J. (2013). Financial incentives for childhood immunisation - a unique but changing Australian initiative. Medical Journal of Australia, 198(11), 590-592. [More Information]
Chow, M., Morrow, A., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2013). Impact of children's influenza-like illnesses on parental quality of life: A qualitative study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(8), 664-670. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Massey, P., Cooper, S., Wood, N., Quinn, H., Leask, J. (2013). Pregnant women's intention to take up a post partum pertussisvaccine, and their willingness to take up the vaccine while pregnant: A cross sectional survey. Vaccine, 31(37), 3972-3978. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Leask, J. (2013). Respiratory vaccine uptake during pregnancy. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 1(1), 9-11. [More Information]
Kilham, H., Leask, J. (2013). The Royal Australasian College of Physicians immunisation position statement. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(6), 427-431. [More Information]
Wiley, K., Massey, P., Cooper, S., Wood, N., Ho, J., Quinn, H., Leask, J. (2013). Uptake of influenza vaccine by pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 198(7), 373-375. [More Information]

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2012

Berry, J., Ryan, P., Gold, M., Braunack-Mayer, A., Duszynski, K., Xafis, V., Carlson, J., Richards, B., Street, J., Elliott, E., Leask, J., et al (2012). A randomised controlled trial to compare opt-in and opt-out parental consent for childhood vaccine safety surveillance using data linkage. Journal of Medical Ethics, 38(10), 619-625. [More Information]
Cooper, S., Pang, C., Leask, J. (2012). Australian Newspaper Coverage of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, October 2006-December 2009. Journal of Health Communication, 17(2), 149-159. [More Information]
Leask, J., Kinnersley, P., Jackson, C., Cheater, F., Bedford, H., Rowles, G. (2012). Communicating with parents about vaccination: a framework for health professionals. BMC Pediatrics, 12(1), 1-11. [More Information]
Trevena, L., Leask, J. (2012). Decision aids for MMR vaccination. In Adrian Edwards & Glyn Elwyn (Eds.), Shared Decision-Making in Health Care: Achieving evidence-based patient choice, (pp. 345-352). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Hooker, L., King, C., Leask, J. (2012). Journalists' views about reporting avian influenza and a potential pandemic: a qualitative study. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 6(3), 224-229. [More Information]
Nicholson, M., Leask, J. (2012). Lessons from an online debate about measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization. Vaccine, 30(25), 3806-3812. [More Information]
Hooker, L., Leask, J., King, C. (2012). Media Ethics and Infectious Disease. In Christian Enemark, Michael J Selgelid (Eds.), Ethics and Security Aspects of Infectious Disease Control: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, (pp. 161-178). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.
Betsch, C., Brewer, N., Brocard, P., Davies, P., Gaissmaier, W., Haase, N., Leask, J., Renkewitz, F., Renner, B., Reyna, V., et al (2012). Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions. Vaccine, 30(25), 3727-3733. [More Information]
Chow, M., King, C., Booy, R., Leask, J. (2012). Parents intentions and behavior regarding seasonal influenza vaccination for their children: A survey in child-care centers in Sydney, Australia. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 7(2), 89-96. [More Information]
Berry, J., Gold, M., Ryan, P., Duszynski, K., Braunack-Mayer, A., Xafis, V., Carlson, J., Richards, B., Leask, J., et al (2012). Public perspectives on consent for the linkage of data to evaluate vaccine safety. Vaccine, 30(28), 4167-4174. [More Information]
Ward, K., Chow, M., King, C., Leask, J. (2012). Strategies to improve vaccination uptake in Australia, a systematic review of types and effectiveness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36(4), 369-377. [More Information]

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2011

Ward, K., Seale, H., Zwar, N., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2011). Annual influenza vaccination: coverage and attitudes of primary care staff in Australia. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 5(2), 135-141. [More Information]
Seale, H., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2011). Awareness, attitudes and behavior of hospital healthcare workers towards a mandatory vaccination directive: Two years on. Vaccine, 29(21), 3734-3737. [More Information]
Leask, J., Braunack-Mayer, A., Kerridge, I. (2011). Consent and public engagement in an era of expanded childhood immunisation. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47, 603-607. [More Information]
Helms, C., Leask, J., Cooper, S., Chow, M., McIntyre, P. (2011). Implementation of mandatory immunisation of healthcare workers: Observations from New South Wales, Australia. Vaccine, 29(16), 2895-2901. [More Information]
Booy, R., Rashid, H., Yin, K., Khandaker, G., Leask, J. (2011). Mandating influenza vaccination in health-care workers. The Lancet, 378(9803), 1626-1626. [More Information]
Cooper, S., Leask, J., Hayles, E., Sinn, J. (2011). Midwife attitudes: An important determinant of maternal postpartum pertussis booster vaccination. Vaccine, 29(34), 5591-5594. [More Information]
Cooper, S., Leask, J., Booy, R. (2011). Parents' attitudes towards the influenza vaccine and influencing factors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(7), 419-422. [More Information]
Leask, J. (2011). Target the fence-sitters. Nature, 473(7348), 443-445. [More Information]

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2010

Leask, J., Chapman, S., Cooper, S. (2010). "All manner of ills": The features of serious diseases attributed to vaccination. Vaccine, 28(17), 3066-3070. [More Information]
Seale, H., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2010). Attitudes amongst Australian hospital healthcare workers towards seasonal influenza and vaccination. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 4(1), 41-46. [More Information]
Leask, J., Chow, M., King, C., Booy, R. (2010). Caregivers' intentions regarding pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination for their children. Medical Journal of Australia, 193(8), 485-486. [More Information]
Jackson, C., Cheater, F., Peacock, R., Leask, J., Trevena, L. (2010). Evaluating a web-based MMR decision aid to support informed decision-making by UK parents: A before-and-after feasibility study. Health Education Journal, 69(1), 74-83. [More Information]
Seale, H., Ward, K., Zwar, N., Van, D., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2010). Examining the knowledge of and attitudes to pandemic influenza among general practice staff. Medical Journal of Australia, 192(7), 378-380. [More Information]
Leask, J., Helms, C., Chow, M., Cooper, S., McIntyre, P. (2010). Making influenza vaccination mandatory for health care workers: the views of NSW Health administrators and clinical leaders. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 21(9-10), 243-247. [More Information]
Leask, J., Hooker, L., King, C. (2010). Media coverage of health issues and how to work more effectively with journalists: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 10, 1-7. [More Information]
Leask, J., Booy, R., McIntyre, P. (2010). MMR, Wakefield and The Lancet: what can we learn? Medical Journal of Australia, 193(1), 5-7. [More Information]
Brotherton, J., Leask, J., Jackson, C., McCaffery, K., Trevena, L. (2010). National survey of general practitioners' experience of delivering the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program. Sexual Health, 7(3), 291-298. [More Information]

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2009

Seale, H., Leask, J., Po, K., MacIntyre, C. (2009). "Will they just pack up and leave?" - attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic. BMC Health Services Research, 9, 30-1-30-8. [More Information]
Seale, H., Leask, J., MacIntyre, C. (2009). Do they accept compulsory vaccination? Awareness, attitudes and behaviour of hospital health care workers following a new vaccination directive. Vaccine, 27(23), 3022-3025. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Kilham, H., Leask, J., Tobin, B. (2009). Ethical issues in immunisation. Vaccine, 27(5), 615-618. [More Information]
Leask, J. (2009). How do general practitioners persuade parents to vaccinate their children? A study using standardised scenarios. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 20(7-8), 119-124. [More Information]
Leask, J., Jackson, C., Trevena, L., McCaffery, K., Brotherton, J. (2009). Implementation of the Australian HPV vaccination program for adult women: Qualitative key informant interviews. Vaccine, 27(40), 5505-5512. [More Information]
Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2009). Vaccine refusal and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases. New England Journal of Medicine, 361(7), 723. [More Information]

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2008

Leask, J., Quinn, H., Macartney, K., Trent, M., Massey, P., Carr, C., Turahui, J. (2008). Immunisation attitudes, knowledge and practices of health professionals in regional NSW. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32(3), 224-229. [More Information]
McIntyre, P., Leask, J. (2008). Improving uptake of MMR vaccine. British Medical Journal, 336(7647), 729-730. [More Information]
Leask, J., Macartney, K. (2008). Parental decisions about vaccination: Collective values are important. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 44(10), 534-535. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Leask, J. (2008). Should influenza immunisation be mandatory for healthcare workers? No. BMJ, 337, a2140. [More Information]
Pearce, C., Leask, J., Ritchie, J. (2008). Tapping midwives' views about the neonatal hepatitis B vaccine: how welcome is a move towards a health promoting orientation? Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 19(2), 161-163. [More Information]

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2006

Sheikh-Mohammed, M., MacIntyre, C., Wood, N., Leask, J., Isaacs, D. (2006). Barriers to access to health care for newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(11-12), 594-597. [More Information]
Leask, J., Sheikh-Mohammed, M., MacIntyre, C., Leask, A., Wood, N. (2006). Community perceptions about infectious disease risk posed by new arrivals: A qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia, 185(11- 12), 591-593. [More Information]
Wallace, C., Leask, J., Trevena, L. (2006). Effects of a web based decision aid on parental attitudes to MMR vaccination: a before and after study. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 332(7534), 146-149. [More Information]
Burgess, D., Burgess, M., Leask, J. (2006). The MMR vaccination and autism controversy in United Kingdom 1998-2005: inevitable community outrage or a failure of risk communication? Vaccine, 24(18), 3921-8. [More Information]
Leask, J., Chapman, S., Hawe, P., Burgess, M. (2006). What maintains parental support for vaccination when challenged by anti-vaccination messages? A qualitative study. Vaccine, 24(49-50), 7238-7245. [More Information]

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2005

Leask, J., Leask, A., Silove, N. (2005). Evidence for autism in folklore? Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90(3), 271. [More Information]

2004

Leask, J., Williams, A., McIntyre, P., O'Dea, D. (2004). Are General Practice Registrars Prepared For Immunisation? A Cross Sectional Survey. Australian Family Physician, 33(8), 665-667.
Chapman, S., Leask, J., Ackermann, D. (2004). Media Coverage Of Anthrax Vaccination Refusal By Australian Defence Force Personnel. Vaccine, 23(3), 411-417. [More Information]

2003

MacIntyre, C., Leask, J. (2003). Immunization myths and realities: Responding to arguments against immunization. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 39(7), 487-491. [More Information]
Leask, J., McIntyre, P. (2003). Public opponenets of vaccination: A case study. Vaccine, 11, 4700-4703. [More Information]

2002

Leask, J., Chapman, S. (2002). "The cold hard facts" Immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases in Australia's newsprint media 1993-1998. Social Science and Medicine, 54(3), 445-457. [More Information]
Davies, P., Chapman, S., Leask, J. (2002). Anitvaccination activists on the world wide web. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 87(1), 22-25. [More Information]

2001

Leask, J., Chapman, S. (2001). 'The cold hard facts' immunisation and vaccine preventable disease in Australia's newsprint media 1993-1998. Social Science and Medicine, 54, 445-457.
Leask, J., Hawe, P., Chapman, S. (2001). Focus group composition: a comparison between natural and constructed groups. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25, 152-154.
Chapman, S., Leask, J. (2001). Paid celebrity endorsement in health promotion: a case study from Australia. Health Promotion International, 16, 333-338.

Selected Grants

2022

Optimising youth-centred health communication via social media during COVID-19 and beyond, Bonner C, Taba M, Leask J, Ayre J, Wilson A, McCaffery K, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases (Sydney ID)/Sydney ID Seed Grants

2021

Behavioural and social science to close gaps in vaccination coverage, Leask J, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Investigator Grant
COVID-19 vaccine confidence and uptake - guidance and documentation - part 2, Leask J, World Health Organisation, Asia-Pacific Regional Office/Client Commissioned Research
Designing and testing COVID-19 vaccine public health messages for key target audiences, Macartney K, Leask J, Beard F, Koo F, Bolsewicz K, Steffens M, Bullivant B, Clark K, Crooks K, Seale H, NSW Health/Covid-19 Research Grant

2017

Immunisation communication and behavioural research, Leask J, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance/Research Support
Developing evidence based strategies for addressing childhood vaccination rejection, Leask J, Carter S, Ward P, Barclay L, Degeling C, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants

2016

Monitoring the gap between evidence and vaccination behaviour by sampling the location-specific consumption of health information from news and social media, Dunn A, Leask J, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
Monitoring the gap between evidence and vaccination behaviour by sampling the location-specific consumption of health information from news and social media, Dunn A, Leask J, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
Reducing vaccine preventable diseases in children: using national active hospital-based surveillance to evaluate and improve immunisation program performance, Macartney K, Blyth C, Marshall H, Leask J, McIntyre P, Elliott E, Snelling T, Clark J, Buttery J, Wood N, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Partnership Projects

2015

Parents Immunisation Needs and Attitudes (PINA-A Survey), Danchin M, Attwell K, Leask J, Wiley K, Giles M, Willaby H, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute/Research Support

2013

A multi-disciplinary international collaboration to improve communication about vaccination., Cath J, Cheater F, Kinnersley P, Larson H, Leask J, Sevdalis N, Trevena L, Office of Global Engagement/IPDF Grant
Improving communication about immunisation through social sciences research, Leask J, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Career Development Fellowships

2011

CRE - Immunisation in under studied and special risk populations:closing the gap in knowledge through a multidisciplinary approach, MacIntyre C, McIntyre P, Booy R, Leask J, Wood N, Jones C, Dwyer D, Menzies R, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Centres of Research Excellence
Improving communication about immunisation through social sciences research, Leask J, Leask J, Leask J, Trevena L, DVC Research/Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme

2009

Research Fund, Leask J, Howard K, Negin J, Wiley K, Australian International Health Institute/Research Support

2008

Social, Economic and Health benefits of vacciniating Children in day care centres against influenza, Booy R, Lambert S, Lambert S, Leask J, Sloots T, Leask J, Sloots T, Lambert S, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)

2007

A randomised trial of a web-based toolkit for applying evidence in the general practice cervical cancer prevention visit, Trevena L, McCaffery K, Barratt A, Leask J, Brotherton J, Dobbins T, Cancer Council NSW/Research Project Grants

2005

Economic and Social Benefits of treating and preventing influenza in Aged Care Facilities, Beutels P, Booy R, Dwyer D, Leask J, Lindley R, MacIntyre C, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)

In the media

Television: BBC, Bloomberg TV, AlJazera Television, ABC news, Q+A, The Drum, SBS Insight, Seven News, Sunrise, Nine News, Today Show, Ten News, The Project.

Radio: BBC Radio 4, Radio New Zealand, ABC Radio National, Big Ideas, ABC Local Radio (multiple locations), Commercial radio stations (3AW, 2UE, 2GB).

Print/online interviews: SMH Opinion Page, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Daily Telegraph, Sun Herald, Courier Mail, Junkee, The Wire, Reader’s Digest, numerous magazines.

Podcasts

Psychological Antibodies, Clear as Mud, 31 August 2022
Covid & comms with Professor Julie Leask Shirtloads of Science, Dr Karl 21 November 2021
What's in the mRNA vaccines and what makes us vaccine hesitant? The Jab Gab, Episode 2. 29 October 2021
The JabGap podcast, 15 October 2021
Kids, adolescents and the COVID vaccine, NPS MedicineWise podcast, October 2021
Getting people to do what is good for their health: lessons from vaccination with Prof Julie LeaskJoint Action podcast 9 August 2021
Communicating to patients and the public about COVID-19 vaccine safety with Professor Julie Leask. MJA podcast episode 30, 25 July 2021
Really interesting women, Richard Flanagan 15 April 2021
Vaccine uptake. Contain this, Indo-Pacific Centre for Global Health Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 17 November 2020
Channel Ten Podcast, 29 October 2020
Conversations with Cornsey 24 August 2020
Two podcasts for GPs.Medical Republic and The Good GP2020

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