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Dr Julie Ayre
Research Fellow
Sydney School of Public Health / Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health (FMH)
Sydney School of Public Health / Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health (FMH)
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Dr Julie Ayre is a behavioural scientist with a focus in health literacy, behaviour change, and digital health. Her PhD (accepted June 2020) explored how health literacy impacts on behaviour change strategies, and how diabetes self-management apps in primary care settings could better support people with low health literacy.
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- health literacy
- behavioural science
- implementation science
- COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and behaviours
- chronic disease self-management
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How effective is Virtual Care for Diabetes | Sumathy RAVI |
Publications
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Journals
- Fajardo, M., Batcup, C., Ayre, J., McKinn, S., Knight, J., Raffoul, N., Brims, K., Nelson, A., Bonner, C. (2024). Could nudges reduce health literacy disparities in CVD prevention? An experiment using alternative messages for CVD risk assessment screening. Patient Education and Counseling, 123, 108192. [More Information]
- Comachio, J., Poulsen, A., Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Tan, A., Ayre, J., Raeside, R., Roy, R., O'Hagan, E. (2024). Identifying and counteracting fraudulent responses in online recruitment for health research: a scoping review. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. [More Information]
- Taba, M., Ayre, J., Freeman, B., McCaffery, K., Bonner, C. (2023). COVID-19 messages targeting young people on social media: content analysis of Australian health authority posts. Health Promotion International, 38, 1-3. [More Information]
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2024
- Fajardo, M., Batcup, C., Ayre, J., McKinn, S., Knight, J., Raffoul, N., Brims, K., Nelson, A., Bonner, C. (2024). Could nudges reduce health literacy disparities in CVD prevention? An experiment using alternative messages for CVD risk assessment screening. Patient Education and Counseling, 123, 108192. [More Information]
- Comachio, J., Poulsen, A., Bamgboje-Ayodele, A., Tan, A., Ayre, J., Raeside, R., Roy, R., O'Hagan, E. (2024). Identifying and counteracting fraudulent responses in online recruitment for health research: a scoping review. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. [More Information]
2023
- Taba, M., Ayre, J., Freeman, B., McCaffery, K., Bonner, C. (2023). COVID-19 messages targeting young people on social media: content analysis of Australian health authority posts. Health Promotion International, 38, 1-3. [More Information]
- Muscat, D., Mouwad, D., McCaffery, K., Zachariah, D., Tunchon, L., Ayre, J., Nutbeam, D. (2023). Embedding health literacy research and best practice within a socioeconomically and culturally diverse health service: A narrative case study and revised model of co-creation. Health Expectations, 26(1), 452-462. [More Information]
- Ferreira, G., Zadro, J., Jones, C., Ayre, J., Lin, C., Richards, B., Needs, C., Abdel Shaheed, C., McLachlan, A., Day, R., Maher, C. (2023). General practitioners' decision-making process to prescribe pain medicines for low back pain: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 13(10), e074380. [More Information]
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2022
- Zachariah, D., Mouwad, D., Muscat, D., Ayre, J., Nutbeam, D., McCaffery, K. (2022). Addressing the Health Literacy Needs and Experiences of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations in Australia during COVID-19: A Research Embedded Participatory Approach. Journal of Health Communication, 27(7), 439-449. [More Information]
- Cornell, S., Ayre, J., Mac, O., Kapoor, R., Pickles, K., Batcup, C., Dolan, H., Bonner, C., Cvejic, E., Mouwad, D., McCaffery, K., Muscat, D., et al (2022). Collateral positives of COVID-19 for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Western Sydney, Australia. PloS One, 17(12 December). [More Information]
- Mac, O., Ayre, J., Bell, K., McCaffery, K., Muscat, D. (2022). Comparison of Readability Scores for Written Health Information Across Formulas Using Automated vs Manual Measures. JAMA Network Open, 5(12), E2246051. [More Information]
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2021
- Dodd, R., Pickles, K., Nickel, B., Cvejic, E., Ayre, J., Batcup, C., Bonner, C., Copp, T., Cornell, S., Dakin, T., Isautier, J., McCaffery, K. (2021). Concerns and motivations about COVID-19 vaccination. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21(2), 161-163. [More Information]
- Ayre, J., Cvejic, E., McCaffery, K., Copp, T., Cornell, S., Dodd, R., Pickles, K., Batcup, C., Isautier, J., Nickel, B., Dakin, T., Bonner, C. (2021). Contextualising COVID-19 prevention behaviour over time in Australia: Patterns and long-term predictors from April to July 2020 in an online social media sample. PloS One, 16(6 June 2021). [More Information]
- Copp, T., Isautier, J., Nickel, B., Pickles, K., Tracy, M., Doust, J., Bonner, C., Dodd, R., Ayre, J., Cvejic, E., Trevena, L., McCaffery, K., et al (2021). COVID-19 challenges faced by general practitioners in Australia: a survey study conducted in March 2021. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 27(5), 357-363. [More Information]
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2020
- Ayre, J., Cvejic, E., Bonner, C., Turner, R., Walter, S., McCaffery, K. (2020). Effects of health literacy, screening, and participant choice on action plans for reducing unhealthy snacking in Australia: A randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 17(11), 1-20. [More Information]
- Muscat, D., Ayre, J., Nutbeam, D., Harris, A., Tunchon, L., Zachariah, D., McCaffery, K. (2020). Embedding a Health Literacy Intervention Within Established Parenting Groups: An Australian Feasibility Study. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 4(1), e67-e78. [More Information]
- McCaffery, K., Dodd, R., Cvejic, E., Ayre, J., Batcup, C., Isautier, J., Copp, T., Bonner, C., Pickles, K., Nickel, B., Dakin, T., Cornell, S., et al (2020). Health literacy and disparities in COVID-19–related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours in Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(4), 1-9. [More Information]
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2019
- Ayre, J., Cvejic, E., Bonner, C., Turner, R., Walter, S., McCaffery, K. (2019). Accounting for health literacy and intervention preferences when reducing unhealthy snacking: protocol for an online randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(5), 1-9. [More Information]
- Ayre, J., Bonner, C., Bramwell, S., McClelland, S., Jayaballa, R., Maberly, G., McCaffery, K. (2019). Factors for Supporting Primary Care Physician Engagement With Patient Apps for Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management That Link to Primary Care: Interview Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(1), 1-10. [More Information]
- Ayre, J., Bonner, C., Cvejic, E., McCaffery, K. (2019). Randomized trial of planning tools to reduce unhealthy snacking: Implications for health literacy. PloS One, 14(1), 1-17. [More Information]
2015
- Gibson, A., Seimon, R., Lee, C., Ayre, J., Franklin, J., Markovic, T., Caterson, I., Salis (nee Sainsbury), A. (2015). Do ketogenic diets really suppress appetite? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 16(1), 64-76. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2024
- University of Sydney University of Glasgow Health Inequalities Initiative Funding, Ayre J, Charles Perkins Centre/University of Sydney - University of Glasgow Health Inequalities Initiative Funding
2022
- Evaluation and implementation of a digital health literacy tool to improve written health information, Ayre J, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Investigator Grant
- 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
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Collaboration Group Publications
- Dodd, R., Cvejic, E., Bonner, C., Pickles, K., McCaffery, K.,Sydney Health Literacy Lab COVID-19 group. Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Australia.The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 21(3) 318-319[More Information]
- Isautier., J, McCaffery., K,Sydney Health Literacy Lab COVID-19 group. Patients are a vital voice for the future of telehealth. Respirology. 26(8) 729-730[More Information]