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Julie Ayre

@julieayre.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral research fellow at the Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University of Sydney School of Public Health. Chat to me about health literacy!

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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New paper alert! Our online trial found that brief, co-designed resources can boost knowledge and help people make safer choices when using AI for health advice. This is a first step towards building AI health literacy for everyone. Read at npj Digital Medicine: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Can co-designed educational interventions help consumers think critically about asking ChatGPT health questions? Results from a randomised-controlled trial - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Can co-designed educational interventions help consumers think critically about asking ChatGPT health questions? Results from a randomised-controlled trial
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
IN PRESS! Collaborative project with Dr Alana Fisher on #healthliteracy of ppl using unguided #iCBT for #depression/#anxiety. Despite diverse literacy challenges - esp. in often underserved groups - users engaged & benefited. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Better ways to communicate health messages to young people – five recommendations, by Dr Melody Taba www.croakey.org/better-ways-...
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Better ways to communicate health messages to young people
Introduction by Croakey: Social media is the main source of news for young people, according to the 2025 Australian Digital News Report,
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Dr Melody Taba @melodytaba.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
📱Interested in reaching young people with health communication via social media? 🤔 💡We co-designed 5 recommendations with young people and health communicators! Read thread or visit site for more: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media... Article 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Graphic that reads "Trying to reach young people with social media health communication? We co-designed these 5 recommendations with young people and professional health communicators". Includes illustration of young people holding phone.
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Dr Melody Taba @melodytaba.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
My PhD framework is now LIVE! We co-designed 5 recommendations for improving social media health communication to young people, with young people and health orgs📱 🔗: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media-comms-for-young-people-framework #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓
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Professor Deborah Cairns @debcairns.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Great turn out @uofgshw.bsky.social for @julieayre.bsky.social giving an exciting talk on "What generative AI means for health literacy" 🙌
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Dr Melody Taba @melodytaba.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Mug update: PhD supervisors think it’s tea-riffic way to disseminate my research! ☕️ Even the illustrated figure came out mug-nificantly! Full paper on social media comms: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @carissabonner.bsky.social @julieayre.bsky.social @kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social
3 PhD supervisors holding mug which has a research article printed on it.
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Dr Melody Taba @melodytaba.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I printed my PhD paper on a mug! Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @sydney.edu.au #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Our new patient decision aid paper is out! Key messages are that patients appreciated: ✅ plain language and minimal jargon ✅ encouragement and tools to help them ask questions ✅ our interactive values clarification tool Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Journal of Communication in Healthcare (JCIH) @jcihonline.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This week, we’re illuminating the concept of ‘Generative AI’. Read this related article to learn more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Dr Melody Taba @melodytaba.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Our final 5 recommendations for social media health communication to young people are:   1️⃣ Involve young people 🤝 2️⃣ Pitch at right level ✅ 3️⃣ Capture attention fast‼️ 4️⃣ Use current social media marketing 🤠 5️⃣ Engage more with the public 🤳🏽 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fantastic new paper from @melodytaba.bsky.social ! What a wonderful example of codesign!
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A/Prof Carissa Bonner @carissabonner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
After celebrating @melodytaba.bsky.social's recent PhD submission with @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social, we're thrilled to announce her main paper has been published! She codesigned a framework for better social media health communication with young people: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Kirsten McCaffery @kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
How great to see not 1 but 2 ultra talented PhD students from @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social submit their theses 🥳. Well done @oliviamac17.bsky.social and @melodytaba.bsky.social !!!🙌🙌👏👏👏🙌🙌
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Dr Jessica Otte, 🇨🇦 MD, CCFP, FCFP 🩺🌍🌱 @drotte.medsky.social · 02/03/2025
They analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading theconversation.com/we-analysed-... #overdiagnosis #overtesting #surdiagnostic #choosingwisely
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We analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading
87% of posts mentioned the benefits of the tests, while only 15% mentioned potential harms.
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Brooke Nickel @brookenickel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Our study covered on the latest ABC Health Report. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social
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Influencers spreading misinformation online - ABC listen
If you’re like thousands of other Australians you’ve watched the new series on Belle Gibson, agape at the misinformation she spread on social media. Since she was exposed in 2015, platforms like Inst...
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Congrats Melody!! Superstar! It's been an absolute pleasure :)
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Dr Liss (Melissa Brunner) @lissbee.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📣 We have 3x3yr full-time postdocs available!!!!!! 🗣️ Join us in the ABI Communication Lab team @sydneyuni.bsky.social & work on #DigitalHealth projects supporting inclusion after #AcquiredBrainInjury. ▶️ For more information & to apply: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Generative AI is clearly here to stay, and people in our communities will need new AI health literacy skills to use this technology safely. Our new study looked at who is using ChatGPT to answer health questions, and for what purposes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
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Use of ChatGPT to obtain health information in Australia, 2024: insights from a nationally representative survey
Click on the article title to read more.
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Erin Cvejic @biostatsandcats.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky theconversation.com/more-people-... @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @julieayre.bsky.social
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More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky
Some people ask generative AI health questions that would usually require clinical advice, such as whether to go to hospital for certain symptoms.
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Discussing responsible use of generative AI at #DigitalHealthWeek2025 / @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social . About one third of GPs are using AI transcribing software - what are the benefits and potential risks? Great panel: Farah Magrabi, @yvesaquino.bsky.social, David Navarro and Hamed Akhlaghi.
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Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory @uofglasgowsldo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🧵1/9 Today is #WorldCancerDay, a global day to raise awareness about cancer and to advocate for equal access to cancer care. People with #learningdisabilities face significant inequalities in relation to #cancer deaths, incidence and screening.
10 differently coloured ribbons forming a circle around the words 'World Cancer Day 4 February'
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Tessa Copp @tessacopp.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Stellar panel for the first day of #DigitalHealthWeek2025! Vital discussion by @julieayre.bsky.social and others on achieving equity, fairness and justice in our health care systems. @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social
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Tessa Copp @tessacopp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Digital Health Week has officially kicked off! Looking forward to hearing all the interesting talks and keynote sessions over the next 3 days! #DigitalHealthWeek2025 @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social
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Brooke Nickel @brookenickel.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
First lead author study of 2025 now published! Are AI chatbots concordant with evidence-based cancer screening recommendations? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @julieayre.bsky.social @melodytaba.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social
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Are AI chatbots concordant with evidence-based cancer screening recommendations?
This study aimed to assess whether information from AI chatbots on benefits and harms of breast and prostate cancer screening were concordant with evi…
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Tessa Copp @tessacopp.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Glad my PhD work on #PCOS #overdiagnosis is still being picked up! Thanks @nytimes.com for covering this important topic! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/o...
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Opinion | When There’s a Dearth of Good Information on Women’s Health, a Million Scams Bloom
Especially when fertility is involved.
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Mary C. Politi, PhD @mcpoliti.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Visual key information pages offer a promising solution to long-standing informed consent challenges. Take a look at figure 5 to see what we are doing at Siteman Cancer Center and WashU. #informedconsent #ethics #medsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Qualitative assessment of proposed visual key information pages for informed consent | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science | Cambridge Core
Qualitative assessment of proposed visual key information pages for informed consent - Volume 8 Issue 1
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Amazing summary Carissa! A huge year for you! 🙌
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Looking for tools to help write health information more simply? Try the Health Literacy Editor. Our trial showed it helps people: ✔️ Lower the grade reading level ✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice ✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...
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Health Literacy Editor — Sydney Health Literacy Lab
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
A late post but want to get the word out there! New prelim work using generative AI to simplify hospital discharge instructions is out in npj Digital Medicine! www.nature.com/articles/s41... The model was able to simplify instructions effectively, but 18% of outputs had a major safety risk.
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The quality and safety of using generative AI to produce patient-centred discharge instructions - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - The quality and safety of using generative AI to produce patient-centred discharge instructions
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Sydney Health Literacy Lab @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au · 13/12/2024
Hi Bluesky! We're a research group at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health. 🛟 We research #healthliteracy & #healthcommunication using behavioural & social science methods. Follow us for the latest updates on all the exciting projects we're working on!
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A/Prof Carissa Bonner @carissabonner.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The Sydney Health Literacy Lab is coming to Bluesky soon! This is about half of us, working across a huge range of health topics. We're passionate about #healthcommunication that meets #healthliteracy needs to improve equity, using behavioural & social science methods with a codesign approach.
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Julie Ayre @julieayre.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My first bluesky post! 📣Please check out our new health literacy journal - Health Literacy and Communication Open!! Open access fees are waived until end of 2024! 💫 There are also editorial roles available, see the links below!🙌
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