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Public and Healthcare Professional Attitudes Towards Risk-Stratified Bowel Screening: A Qualitative Study Using an Info-Comic Book (2025)
Journal Article
Miles, H., Macleod, U., Weller, D., & Cairns, J. (2025). Public and Healthcare Professional Attitudes Towards Risk-Stratified Bowel Screening: A Qualitative Study Using an Info-Comic Book. Health Expectations, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70315

Background: Screening for bowel cancer (colorectal cancer, CRC) is well established in many high-income countries. There has been considerable interest in moving towards risk-based bowel screening to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of scree... Read More about Public and Healthcare Professional Attitudes Towards Risk-Stratified Bowel Screening: A Qualitative Study Using an Info-Comic Book.

Stratified/risk-based screening for colorectal cancer in the UK: an overview (2025)
Journal Article
Maxwell, S., Weller, D., Dennison, B., Taylor, L., Miles, H., Cairns, J., Von Wagner, C., Smith, J., & Usher-Smith, J. (in press). Stratified/risk-based screening for colorectal cancer in the UK: an overview. Colorectal Cancer, 14(1), Article 2501851. https://doi.org/10.1080/1758194X.2025.2501851

while colorectal cancer screening is well-established in the UK, at present, it uses a ‘one-sizefits-all’ approach – that is, individual risk is not considered when determining screeningregimens (except for some specific conditions such as lynch synd... Read More about Stratified/risk-based screening for colorectal cancer in the UK: an overview.

Interventions to increase cervical screening uptake among immigrant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Alam, Z., Cairns, J. M., Scott, M., Dean, J. A., & Janda, M. (2023). Interventions to increase cervical screening uptake among immigrant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 18(6 JUNE), Article e0281976. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281976

Numerous intervention studies have attempted to increase cervical screening uptake among immigrant women, nonetheless their screening participation remains low. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarise the evidence on interventions... Read More about Interventions to increase cervical screening uptake among immigrant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bringing fictional characters to life: reflections on co-creating a comic book with members of the public (2023)
Journal Article
Cairns, J. M., Roberts, H., Al-Khafaji, G., & Kwater, M. (2023). Bringing fictional characters to life: reflections on co-creating a comic book with members of the public. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9(1), Article 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00437-2

There are growing calls for cancer screening to become more personalised by considering a range of risk factors, rather than a one-size-fits-all, age-based approach. The aim of this public involvement was to co-create a comic book about bowel cancer... Read More about Bringing fictional characters to life: reflections on co-creating a comic book with members of the public.

A scoping review of risk-stratified bowel screening: current evidence, future directions (2022)
Journal Article
Cairns, J. M., Greenley, S., Bamidele, O., & Weller, D. (2022). A scoping review of risk-stratified bowel screening: current evidence, future directions. Cancer Causes and Control, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-022-01568-9

Purpose: In this scoping review, we examined the international literature on risk-stratified bowel screening to develop recommendations for future research, practice and policy. Methods: Six electronic databases were searched from inception to 18 Oct... Read More about A scoping review of risk-stratified bowel screening: current evidence, future directions.

The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews (2019)
Journal Article
Hillier-Brown, F., Thomson, K., Mcgowan, V., Cairns, J., Eikemo, T. A., Gil-Gonzále, D., & Bambra, C. (2019). The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews. Scandinavian journal of public health, 47(6), 655-665. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494819848276

Background: The welfare state distributes financial resources to its citizens – protecting them in times of adversity. Variations in how such social protection policies are administered have been attributed to important differences in population heal... Read More about The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews.

Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour in Europe: A systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Cairns, J. M., Graham, E., & Bambra, C. (2017). Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour in Europe: A systematic review. Social science & medicine, 192, 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.034

© 2017 The relationship between adverse individual socio-economic circumstances and suicidal behaviour is well established. However, the impact of adverse collective circumstances – such as the socio-economic context where people live - is less well... Read More about Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour in Europe: A systematic review.