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Dr Shannon McKinn

Research Fellow,Sydney School of Public Health / Public Health

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shannon.mckinn@sydney.edu.au

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Member of Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies

Member of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre

Dr Shannon McKinn (BIntSt, MIPH, PhD) is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Her current work focuses on conducting social science research to support the development and implementation of community and point of care interventions in the infectious diseases space in Vietnam. She also works on studies in Australia exploring the psychosocial consequences of screening and diagnostic tests. She has taught Masters students in the MIPH and MGH programme.

Awards and honours

2019 PhD Public Health (Medicine), The University of Sydney, Australia

Thesis:Communication and health literacy in Dien Bien Province, Vietnam: experiences and perceptions of primary health care professionals and ethnic minority women.

2011 Master of International Public Health,The University of Sydney, Australia

2009 Bachelor of International Studies, The University of NSW, Australia

Keywords

Communication, Maternal health, Public health

Approaches

Qualitative Research

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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]
Bonner, C., Sharman, J., McKinn, S., Cornell, S., Nelson, M., Doust, J., Chapman, N. (2024). General practitioner support needs to implement cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management guidelines: Qualitative interviews. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(9), 675-681. [More Information]
Copp, T., Pickles, K., Smith, J., Hersch, J., Johansson, M., Doust, J., McKinn, S., Sharma, S., Hardiman, L., Nickel, B. (2024). Marketing empowerment: how corporations co-opt feminist narratives to promote non-evidence based health interventions. BMJ, 384, e076710. [More Information]
Trinh Hoang, D., Nguyen, T., Bernays, S., McKinn, S., Drabarek, D., Thu Trieu, T., Thuy Pham, V., Ngoc Pham, Y., Hung Cao, T., Mai Tran, H., Fox, G. (2024). ‘When I tried to explain, they shouted back at me!’: exploring how community pharmacists navigate tensions implementing antimicrobial stewardship in Vietnam. Critical Public Health, 34(1), 1-14. [More Information]
Fotheringham, P., Dorney, E., McKinn, S., Fox, G., Bernays, S. (2023). Protecting mental health in quarantine: Exploring lived experiences of healthcare in mandatory COVID-19 quarantine, New South Wales, Australia. SSM - Population Health, 21. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Javid, N., Newson, A., Freeman, L., Bonner, C., Shand, A., Nassar, N., Bell, K. (2022). Clinician views and experiences of non-invasive prenatal genetic screening tests in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(6), 830-837. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Batcup, C., Cornell, S., Freeman, N., Doust, J., Bell, K., Figtree, G., Bonner, C. (2022). Decision Support Tools for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Do Not Meet Health Literacy Needs: A Systematic Environmental Scan and Evaluation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(18). [More Information]
Lu, J., McKinn, S., Freeman, L., Turbitt, E., Bonner, C. (2022). Do online decision aids reflect new prenatal screening and testing options? An environmental scan and content analysis. PEC Innovation, 1. [More Information]
Trinh, D., McKinn, S., Nguyen, A., Fox, G., Anh Thu, N., Bernays, S. (2022). Uneven stigma loads: Community interpretations of public health policies, ‘evidence’ and inequities in shaping Covid-19 stigma in Vietnam. SSM - Population Health, 20. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Trinh, D., Drabarek, D., Trieu, T., Nguyen, P., Cao, T., Dang, A., Nguyen, T., Fox, G., Bernays, S. (2021). Drivers of antibiotic use in Vietnam: Implications for designing community interventions. BMJ Global Health, 6(7), e005875. [More Information]
Nguyen, T., Pham, Y., Doan, N., Nguyen, T., Do, T., Van Vu, G., Marks, G., McKinn, S., Negin, J., Bernays, S., Fox, G. (2021). Factors affecting healthcare pathways for chronic lung disease management in Vietnam: a qualitative study on patients' perspectives. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1145. [More Information]
Zawahir, M., Le, H., Nguyen, T., Beardsley, J., Duc, A., Bernays, S., Viney, K., Hung, T., McKinn, S., Tran, H., Velen, K., Marais, B., Negin, J., Marks, G., Fox, G., et al (2021). Standardised patient study to assess tuberculosis case detection within the private pharmacy sector in Vietnam. BMJ Global Health, 6(10), 1-11. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Linh, D., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2019). A qualitative analysis of factors that influence Vietnamese ethnic minority women to seek maternal health care. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19(1), 1-12. [More Information]
Muscat, D., Shepherd, H., Hay, L., Shivarev, A., Patel, B., McKinn, S., Bonner, C., McCaffery, K., Jansen, J. (2019). Discussions about evidence and preferences in real-life general practice consultations with older patients. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(5), 879-887. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Linh, D., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2019). Distributed Health Literacy in the Maternal Health Context in Vietnam. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 3(1), e31-e42. [More Information]
Bonner, C., McKinn, S., McCaffery, K., Glasziou, P., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Jansen, J., Bell, K. (2019). Is the NHS 'Heart Age Test' too much medicine? British Journal of General Practice, 69(688), 560-561. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Jansen, J., Bonner, C., Muscat, D., Doust, J., McCaffery, K. (2019). Shared decision-making about cardiovascular disease medication in older people: a qualitative study of patient experiences in general practice. BMJ Open, 9(3), 1-9. [More Information]
Bonner, C., McKinn, S., Lau, A., Jansen, J., Doust, J., Trevena, L., McCaffery, K. (2018). Heuristics and biases in cardiovascular disease prevention: How can we improve communication about risk, benefits and harms? Patient Education and Counseling, 101(5), 843-853. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Duong, L., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2017). 'I do want to ask, but i can't speak': A qualitative study of ethnic minority women's experiences of communicating with primary health care professionals in remote, rural Vietnam. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(190), 1-12. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Linh, D., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2017). Communication Between Health Workers and Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 1(4), e163-e172. [More Information]
Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Bell, K., Naganathan, V., McCaffery, K. (2017). General practitioners' decision making about primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults: A qualitative study. PloS One, 12(1), 1-13. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Jansen, J., Teixeira-Pinto, A., So, M., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., McCaffery, K. (2016). Factors influencing general practitioners' decisions about cardiovascular disease risk reassessment: Findings from experimental and interview studies. BMC Family Practice, 17(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., McCaffery, K. (2015). How Do General Practitioners and Patients Make Decisions About Cardiovascular Disease Risk? Health Psychology, 34(3), 253-261. [More Information]
Bonner, C., Jansen, J., Newell, B., Irwig, L., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Glasziou, P., Doust, J., McKinn, S., McCaffery, K. (2015). Is the "Heart Age" Concept Helpful or Harmful Compared to Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk? An Experimental Study. Medical Decision Making, 35(8), 967-978. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McCaffery, K. (2015). Recruiting general practitioners as participants for qualitative and experimental primary care studies in Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 21(3), 354-359. [More Information]
Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Nickel, B., van Munster, B., McCaffery, K. (2015). Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines recommendations about primary cardiovascular disease prevention for older adults. BMC Family Practice, 16(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., McCaffery, K. (2014). Communicating cardiovascular disease risk: an interview study of General Practitioners' use of absolute risk within tailored communication strategies. BMC Family Practice, 15(1), 1-8. [More Information]
Jansen, J., Bonner, C., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Glasziou, P., Doust, J., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Hayden, A., Turner, R., McCaffery, K. (2014). General practitioners' use of absolute risk versus individual risk factors in cardiovascular disease prevention: an experimental study. BMJ Open, 4(5), 1-7. [More Information]
Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Hayen, A., McCaffery, K. (2013). General practitioners' use of different cardiovascular risk assessment strategies: A qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia, 199(7), 485-489. [More Information]
Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Hayen, A., McCaffery, K. (2013). General practitioners' use of different cardiovascular risk assessment strategies: a qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia, 199(7), 485-489. [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]
Bonner, C., Sharman, J., McKinn, S., Cornell, S., Nelson, M., Doust, J., Chapman, N. (2024). General practitioner support needs to implement cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management guidelines: Qualitative interviews. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53(9), 675-681. [More Information]
Copp, T., Pickles, K., Smith, J., Hersch, J., Johansson, M., Doust, J., McKinn, S., Sharma, S., Hardiman, L., Nickel, B. (2024). Marketing empowerment: how corporations co-opt feminist narratives to promote non-evidence based health interventions. BMJ, 384, e076710. [More Information]
Trinh Hoang, D., Nguyen, T., Bernays, S., McKinn, S., Drabarek, D., Thu Trieu, T., Thuy Pham, V., Ngoc Pham, Y., Hung Cao, T., Mai Tran, H., Fox, G. (2024). ‘When I tried to explain, they shouted back at me!’: exploring how community pharmacists navigate tensions implementing antimicrobial stewardship in Vietnam. Critical Public Health, 34(1), 1-14. [More Information]

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2023

Fotheringham, P., Dorney, E., McKinn, S., Fox, G., Bernays, S. (2023). Protecting mental health in quarantine: Exploring lived experiences of healthcare in mandatory COVID-19 quarantine, New South Wales, Australia. SSM - Population Health, 21. [More Information]

2022

McKinn, S., Javid, N., Newson, A., Freeman, L., Bonner, C., Shand, A., Nassar, N., Bell, K. (2022). Clinician views and experiences of non-invasive prenatal genetic screening tests in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(6), 830-837. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Batcup, C., Cornell, S., Freeman, N., Doust, J., Bell, K., Figtree, G., Bonner, C. (2022). Decision Support Tools for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Do Not Meet Health Literacy Needs: A Systematic Environmental Scan and Evaluation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(18). [More Information]
Lu, J., McKinn, S., Freeman, L., Turbitt, E., Bonner, C. (2022). Do online decision aids reflect new prenatal screening and testing options? An environmental scan and content analysis. PEC Innovation, 1. [More Information]
Trinh, D., McKinn, S., Nguyen, A., Fox, G., Anh Thu, N., Bernays, S. (2022). Uneven stigma loads: Community interpretations of public health policies, ‘evidence’ and inequities in shaping Covid-19 stigma in Vietnam. SSM - Population Health, 20. [More Information]

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2021

McKinn, S., Trinh, D., Drabarek, D., Trieu, T., Nguyen, P., Cao, T., Dang, A., Nguyen, T., Fox, G., Bernays, S. (2021). Drivers of antibiotic use in Vietnam: Implications for designing community interventions. BMJ Global Health, 6(7), e005875. [More Information]
Nguyen, T., Pham, Y., Doan, N., Nguyen, T., Do, T., Van Vu, G., Marks, G., McKinn, S., Negin, J., Bernays, S., Fox, G. (2021). Factors affecting healthcare pathways for chronic lung disease management in Vietnam: a qualitative study on patients' perspectives. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1145. [More Information]
Zawahir, M., Le, H., Nguyen, T., Beardsley, J., Duc, A., Bernays, S., Viney, K., Hung, T., McKinn, S., Tran, H., Velen, K., Marais, B., Negin, J., Marks, G., Fox, G., et al (2021). Standardised patient study to assess tuberculosis case detection within the private pharmacy sector in Vietnam. BMJ Global Health, 6(10), 1-11. [More Information]

2019

McKinn, S., Linh, D., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2019). A qualitative analysis of factors that influence Vietnamese ethnic minority women to seek maternal health care. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19(1), 1-12. [More Information]
Muscat, D., Shepherd, H., Hay, L., Shivarev, A., Patel, B., McKinn, S., Bonner, C., McCaffery, K., Jansen, J. (2019). Discussions about evidence and preferences in real-life general practice consultations with older patients. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(5), 879-887. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Linh, D., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2019). Distributed Health Literacy in the Maternal Health Context in Vietnam. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 3(1), e31-e42. [More Information]
Bonner, C., McKinn, S., McCaffery, K., Glasziou, P., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Jansen, J., Bell, K. (2019). Is the NHS 'Heart Age Test' too much medicine? British Journal of General Practice, 69(688), 560-561. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Jansen, J., Bonner, C., Muscat, D., Doust, J., McCaffery, K. (2019). Shared decision-making about cardiovascular disease medication in older people: a qualitative study of patient experiences in general practice. BMJ Open, 9(3), 1-9. [More Information]

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2018

Bonner, C., McKinn, S., Lau, A., Jansen, J., Doust, J., Trevena, L., McCaffery, K. (2018). Heuristics and biases in cardiovascular disease prevention: How can we improve communication about risk, benefits and harms? Patient Education and Counseling, 101(5), 843-853. [More Information]

2017

McKinn, S., Duong, L., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2017). 'I do want to ask, but i can't speak': A qualitative study of ethnic minority women's experiences of communicating with primary health care professionals in remote, rural Vietnam. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(190), 1-12. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Linh, D., Foster, K., McCaffery, K. (2017). Communication Between Health Workers and Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Health Literacy Research and Practice, 1(4), e163-e172. [More Information]
Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Bell, K., Naganathan, V., McCaffery, K. (2017). General practitioners' decision making about primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults: A qualitative study. PloS One, 12(1), 1-13. [More Information]

2016

McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Jansen, J., Teixeira-Pinto, A., So, M., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., McCaffery, K. (2016). Factors influencing general practitioners' decisions about cardiovascular disease risk reassessment: Findings from experimental and interview studies. BMC Family Practice, 17(1), 1-9. [More Information]

2015

Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., McCaffery, K. (2015). How Do General Practitioners and Patients Make Decisions About Cardiovascular Disease Risk? Health Psychology, 34(3), 253-261. [More Information]
Bonner, C., Jansen, J., Newell, B., Irwig, L., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Glasziou, P., Doust, J., McKinn, S., McCaffery, K. (2015). Is the "Heart Age" Concept Helpful or Harmful Compared to Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk? An Experimental Study. Medical Decision Making, 35(8), 967-978. [More Information]
McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McCaffery, K. (2015). Recruiting general practitioners as participants for qualitative and experimental primary care studies in Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 21(3), 354-359. [More Information]
Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Bonner, C., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Nickel, B., van Munster, B., McCaffery, K. (2015). Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines recommendations about primary cardiovascular disease prevention for older adults. BMC Family Practice, 16(1), 1-13. [More Information]

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2014

Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., McCaffery, K. (2014). Communicating cardiovascular disease risk: an interview study of General Practitioners' use of absolute risk within tailored communication strategies. BMC Family Practice, 15(1), 1-8. [More Information]
Jansen, J., Bonner, C., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Glasziou, P., Doust, J., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Hayden, A., Turner, R., McCaffery, K. (2014). General practitioners' use of absolute risk versus individual risk factors in cardiovascular disease prevention: an experimental study. BMJ Open, 4(5), 1-7. [More Information]

2013

Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Hayen, A., McCaffery, K. (2013). General practitioners' use of different cardiovascular risk assessment strategies: A qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia, 199(7), 485-489. [More Information]
Bonner, C., Jansen, J., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., Hayen, A., McCaffery, K. (2013). General practitioners' use of different cardiovascular risk assessment strategies: a qualitative study. Medical Journal of Australia, 199(7), 485-489. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2023

Optimising the treatment of antibiotic resistant urinary tract infections in children: The FOSUTI Trial, Williams P, Britton P, Bakar K, Snelling T, Totterdell J, Howell M, McKinn S, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/2021 Clinical Trials Activity

2012

Analysis of lifestyle risk factor management for the Heart Foundation, Bonner C, McCaffery K, Jansen J, Dhillon H, McKinn S, Irwig L, National Heart Foundation of Australia/Research Support

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