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 @lsireland.bsky.social 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 @a__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…

Le Bonniec Alice explains how we use behavioural science to understand why people take part in screening & why they don’t. This helps us to develop interventions to increase awareness and to help people to make a decision about screening. 👉tinyurl.com/3fp6xbfx #ChooseScreening

Our Health Psychology in Health & Social Care in Ireland event is on 8 Nov 2024. At it, we will work with key stakeholders on the strategic promotion of health psychology in Ireland. To learn more, visit psychologicalsociety.ie/groups/Divisio… or email [email protected]

Delighted to be invited to speak at the Psychological Society of Ireland PSI DHP event on 'Health Psychology in Health and Social Care in Ireland' in Dublin this week along with Health Psychology powerhouses Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar Molly Byrne lisa hynes Jenny Mc Sharry Prof Catherine Darker Le Bonniec Alice

Congrats PSI DHP and vivien swanson on an excellent event today. Health Psychology is alive and well, with superb leadership from Alison Burrell Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar Niamh McGrath and trailblazing role models Suzanne Allen lisa hynes Prof Jane Walsh Prof Catherine Darker Le Bonniec Alice

It was a great event thank you PSI DHP I really enjoyed it!

Read our blog below on some findings from our Cerviva research study on understanding influences on women's (=> 50 yrs) decisions to participate (or not) in #cervicalscreening in Irl This research was conducted in collaboration with National Screening Service 👇 #CervicalCancerPreventionWeek

In this new article on HPVWorld, authors Therese McGlacken, Mary Fitzgerald & Prof Professor Nóirín Russell write that internationally there is a need for a standardised, agreed approach to exiting #cervicalscreening, which should be evidence-based and safe for women hpvworld.com/articles/allow…

We’ve developed a toolkit for local community health workers who take part in our community champions project. The toolkit will help them plan and implement interventions that make screening more equitable and accessible for everyone. 📖 tinyurl.com/NSS-interventi… #ChooseScreening