Seminar-Tues 27 February The HRB PrimaryCare CTNI, the HealthBehaviourUniversityofGalway, the Health Promotion at University of Galway and PPI Ignite Network @ University of Galway are running a Spring 2024 joint online seminar series to highlight research in the area of pop. health & health services research. Register to receive seminar link shorturl.at/joIKW

We're always looking for new members to join our PPP. You can share your experiences with us to help improve our #screening programmes. You can take part in our projects, working groups and committees. Find out how to get involved: tinyurl.com/3eappee2 #ChooseScreening

Now, I’m not much of a talker, and yet my lovely conversation with the AMBOSS podcast crew ended up needing two episodes 🤔 I blame the Blarney Stone. Have a listen if you want to hear about cancer, WiMIN and discos 😊 open.spotify.com/episode/2CQa3t…

We've launched a new online survey to get your ideas for a national action plan to eliminate #cervicalcancer in Ireland. We can make cervical cancer rare and you can help make it happen. Take the survey now: tinyurl.com/cce-survey-mak… #TogetherTowardsElimination #HPVAwarenessDay

For #InternationalWomensDay staff across the National Screening Service are telling us what inclusion means to them and what inspires them to be inclusive. Here's a round up of Day 2 of #WomeninScreening. #InspireInclusion #IWD2024 #ChooseScreening 👇

Thinking of this very special lady & her family on the 5th anniversary of her death. Laura Brennan gave so much of her precious time to advocate for the #HPVvaccine in a bid to save others from developing #CervicalCancer. She has left an incredible legacy ❤️ #ThankYouLaura

Thanks to Mary Kennedy for sharing her story with us - read and watch below. Detecting and treating cancer (or precancer) early is a much better experience. It's scary but as Mary says "it's so worth it" For more information hse.ie/bowelscreen #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth

In our latest blog, Mary Brigid Collins Pavee Point explains how we have worked together to improve equity in #screening and increase knowledge about #cancer prevention among the Traveller population in north Dublin. 👉tinyurl.com/bdhp72py #ChooseScreening

If you're aged 59 to 69, it's never too late to do your first #BowelScreen test. #ChooseScreening #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth 👇 rsvplive.ie/life/dublin-wo…

Check your diaries. On 29th April RCSI will hold a seminar on Bowel Cancer. We are eternally grateful for the inclusion of patients from the beginning Dr. Sudipto Das Dr Flavia Genua RCSI PPI Ignite Breakthrough Cancer Research Marie Keating Foundation lynch syndrome irl Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre

This popular blog answers your-most asked questions about going for a #colonoscopy - how to get ready for the test, what you can and can't eat, how long the test takes... 👉bit.ly/3lWzc80 #BowelScreen #ChooseScreening #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth

People who have taken part in #BowelScreen tell us what they think in an online survey. In 2023, most people (over 98%) said that the test kit was easy to use and that the instructions leaflet was easy to read and understand. 👉tinyurl.com/bowelscreen-pr… #ChooseScreening

It was a brilliant presentation Roberta Horgan 🇮🇪 ! Well done Dr Flavia Genua and team for organising this really interesting event!

Another great blog from our current public health trainee in @nssshse. We continue to benefit from the expertise of our trainees and their passion for work. #choosescreening as a great place to work

We’re looking for people to be part of our PPP network. Communications Manager, Norma Deasy says involving patients and the public “gives us different views” and “enriches the service we deliver”. Here's how you can get involved: tinyurl.com/join-our-netwo… #ChooseScreening #nssPPP

At the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland conference this week, Le Bonniec Alice from our Public Health team presented about the development of a toolkit created to enable community health workers to implement local interventions to support people to participate in #screening. #ChooseScreening

Emma works closely with our Patient and Public Partnership and says it’s a great way to engage and listen to people from different communities. “We’re always looking for new members.” Join our network: tinyurl.com/join-our-netwo… #ChooseScreening #nssPPP

Really enjoyed discussing the application of health psychology in non-academic settings with Alex Dima lisa hynes Prof. Koula Asimakopoulou and Ana-Maria Schweitzer!

Last week we attended the annual conference of the European Health Psychology Society EHPS2024. Our Behavioural Scientist Le Bonniec Alice presented some findings from our #BowelScreen patient reported experience measures survey. More about this survey: tinyurl.com/bowelscreen-pr…