Publications by authors named "Katelyn E Collins"

Purpose: Caregivers provide vital support to people with cancer but often report feeling unsupported themselves. This study investigated rural caregivers' experiences seeking support for their health and wellbeing while caring for someone with cancer.

Methods: Through semi-structured interviews, 20 rural caregivers described their experiences seeking and accessing support for their own health and wellbeing while caring for someone with cancer, including what support was, or would have been, helpful.

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Objective: To describe and synthesise information on the content and delivery of advance notifications (information about cancer screening delivered prior to invitation) used to increase cancer screening participation and to understand the mechanisms that may underlie their effectiveness.

Methods: Searches related to advance notification and cancer screening were conducted in six electronic databases (APA PsycINFO, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, Web of Science) and results were screened for eligibility. Study characteristics, features of the advance notifications (cancer type, format, delivery time, and content), and the effect of the notifications on cancer screening participation were extracted.

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Purpose: Caring for someone with cancer has a significant impact on usual routines, including caregivers' ability to maintain their own health and wellbeing. Caregivers living in rural areas face additional challenges in supporting someone with cancer, and little is known about the impact of caregiving on the health behaviors of rural caregivers. Therefore, this study explored how caring for someone with cancer affected rural caregivers' health behaviors.

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Objectives: To investigate what makes Australians decide to screen and follow through for breast, cervical, and bowel cancer population screening programs.

Methods: A convenience sample (N = 962) answered open-text questions about their decision to screen and what prompted them to act in an online survey. Open text responses were coded based on shared meaning using content analysis.

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