Joanne Cairns

Dr Joanne Cairns

Career Development Fellowship

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Hull York Medical School

Summary

I joined the Hull York Medical School as a Research Fellow in September 2019. I am based in the Academy of Primary Care and I am currently working on the TRANSFORM project funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research. Previously, I worked as a Lecturer in Health Promotion and Public Health at Canterbury Christ Church University (2017-2019), Senior Research & Policy Officer (Alcohol Research UK, 2016-2017). Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Teaching Fellow at Durham University (2012-2016). I completed my doctoral degree in 2012 at Durham University. My thesis was entitled ‘Defying the odds? Identifying and understanding the relationship between health and resilience’.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Interventions to increase cervical screening uptake among immigrant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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

Bringing fictional characters to life: reflections on co-creating a comic book with members of the public

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

A scoping review of risk-stratified bowel screening: current evidence, future directions

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

The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews

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

Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and suicidal behaviour in Europe: A systematic review

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

Research interests

My fellowship research will examine inequalities in cancer screening uptake in Yorkshire.

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

HIKE: Cervical SCREEN: Cervical SCReening Eastern EuropeaN

Funder

AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council

Grant

£22,139.00

Started

1 September 2023

Status

Ongoing

Project

Risk Stratification in Bowel Screening Programmes

Funder

CRUK Cancer Research UK

Grant

£332,037.00

Started

1 May 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

TRANSFORM: Coproducing community-based cancer screening interventions to improve uptake rates in Yorkshire

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£398,303.00

Started

9 September 2019

Status

Ongoing

Project

Public Involvement Funds

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£500.00

Started

1 April 2021

Status

Complete

Project

TRANSFORM: AT RISK BOWEL SCREENING

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£17,900.00

Started

1 October 2021

Status

Complete

Project

Publication Costs

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£1,690.00

Started

12 May 2023

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Early diagnosis and detection of cancer

Inequalities

Cancer screening

Social capital

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