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UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for administration (2024)
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Sherman, S. M., Allerton-Price, C., Lingley-Heath, N., Lai, J., & Bedford, H. (2024). UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for administration. Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.002

Background Varicella (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Although typically mild, varicella can cause complications leading to severe illness and even death. Safe and effective varicella vaccines are ava... Read More about UK healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards the introduction of varicella vaccine into the routine childhood vaccination schedule and their preferences for administration.

Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS) (2024)
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Adams, J., Sherman, S., & Williams, H. L. (2024). Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS). Behavior Research Methods, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02351-1

Over the last 40 years, object recognition studies have moved from using simple line-drawings, to more detailed illustrations, to more ecologically valid photographic representations. Researchers now have access to various stimuli sets, however, exis... Read More about Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS).

Psychosocial factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the UK: a prospective cohort study (CoVAccS – wave 3) (2023)
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Smith, L., Sim, J., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., Amlôt, R., Sevdalis, N., …Sherman, S. (2023). Psychosocial factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the UK: a prospective cohort study (CoVAccS – wave 3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100276

Background We investigated factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake, future vaccination intentions, and changes in beliefs and attitudes over time. Methods Prospective cohort study. 1500 participants completed an online survey in January... Read More about Psychosocial factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the UK: a prospective cohort study (CoVAccS – wave 3).

Parental acceptance of and preferences for administration of routine varicella vaccination in the UK: a study to inform policy (2023)
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Sherman, S., Lingley-Heath, N., Lai, J., Sim, J., & Bedford, H. (2023). Parental acceptance of and preferences for administration of routine varicella vaccination in the UK: a study to inform policy. Vaccine, 41(8), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.027

Objectives. To explore acceptability of and preferences for the introduction of varicella vaccination to the UK childhood immunisation schedule. Design. We conducted an online cross-sectional survey exploring parental attitudes towards vaccines in g... Read More about Parental acceptance of and preferences for administration of routine varicella vaccination in the UK: a study to inform policy.

Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a mixed-methods study (CoVAccS – wave 3) (2022)
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Smith, L., Sherman, S., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Rubin, G. (2022). Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a mixed-methods study (CoVAccS – wave 3). PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279285

Aim: To investigate UK parents’ vaccination intention at a time when COVID-19 vaccination was available to some children. Methods: Data reported are from the second wave of a prospective cohort study. We conducted a mixed-methods study using an on... Read More about Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a mixed-methods study (CoVAccS – wave 3).

Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 3) (2022)
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Smith, L., Sherman, S., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Rubin, G. (in press). Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 3). PLoS ONE, 17(2), Article e0279285. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.20.22275350v1

AbstractObjectivesTo investigate UK parents’ vaccination intention at a time when COVID-19 vaccination was available to some children.Study designData reported are from the second wave of a prospective cohort study.MethodsOnline survey of 270 UK pare... Read More about Parents’ intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 3).

Psychological factors associated with reporting side effects following COVID-19 vaccination: a prospective cohort study (CoVAccS – wave 3) (2022)
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Smith, L., Sim, J., Sherman, S., Amlot, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Rubin, G. (2023). Psychological factors associated with reporting side effects following COVID-19 vaccination: a prospective cohort study (CoVAccS – wave 3). Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 164, Article 111104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111104

Objective: To investigate symptom reporting following the first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses, attribution of symptoms to the vaccine, and factors associated with symptom reporting. Methods: Prospective cohort study (T1: 13-15 January 2021, T2:... Read More about Psychological factors associated with reporting side effects following COVID-19 vaccination: a prospective cohort study (CoVAccS – wave 3).

Feasibility and acceptability of telehealth and contactless delivery of human papillomavirus (HPV) self-testing for cervical screening with Māori and Pacific women in a COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa New Zealand. (2022)
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Bartholomew, K., Grant, J., Maxwell, A., Bromhead, C., Gillett, F., Saraf, R., …Coote, P. (2022). Feasibility and acceptability of telehealth and contactless delivery of human papillomavirus (HPV) self-testing for cervical screening with Māori and Pacific women in a COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1565), 83-94

Aim: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a telehealth offer and contactless delivery of human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical screening self-test during the 2021 COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown in Auckland, New Zealand. Methods: A small proo... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of telehealth and contactless delivery of human papillomavirus (HPV) self-testing for cervical screening with Māori and Pacific women in a COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa New Zealand..

Feasibility and acceptability of telehealth and contactless delivery of Human Papillomavirus self-testing for cervical screening with Maori and Pacific women in a COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa, New Zealand (2022)
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Bartholomew, K., Massey, R., Maxwell, A., Gillett, F., Scott, N., Coote, P., …Saraf, R. (2022). Feasibility and acceptability of telehealth and contactless delivery of Human Papillomavirus self-testing for cervical screening with Maori and Pacific women in a COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa, New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 83-94

AIM: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a telehealth offer and contactless delivery of human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical screening self-test during the 2021 COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown in Auckland, New Zealand. METHODS: A small proo... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of telehealth and contactless delivery of Human Papillomavirus self-testing for cervical screening with Maori and Pacific women in a COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Human Papillomavirus self-testing among un- and under-screened Maori, Pasifika, and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: a preference survey among responders and interviews with clinical-trial non-responders (2022)
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Sherman, S. M., Brewer, N., Bartholomew, K., Bromhead, C., Crengle, S., Cunningham, C., …Potter, J. D. (2022). Human Papillomavirus self-testing among un- and under-screened Maori, Pasifika, and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: a preference survey among responders and interviews with clinical-trial non-responders. Health Expectations, 25(6), 2914-2923. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13599

Introduction Maori, Pasifika, and Asian women are less likely to attend cervical screening and Maori and Pasifika women are more likely to be diagnosed with later-stage cervical cancer than other women in Aotearoa New Zealand. This study – with unde... Read More about Human Papillomavirus self-testing among un- and under-screened Maori, Pasifika, and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: a preference survey among responders and interviews with clinical-trial non-responders.

Which interventions improve HPV vaccination uptake and intention in children, adolescents and young adults? An umbrella review (2022)
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Edwards, D., Sherman, S., Baker, P., Kelly, D., Nayab, W. D. -. E. -., Vorsters, A., …Bennett, C. (2022). Which interventions improve HPV vaccination uptake and intention in children, adolescents and young adults? An umbrella review. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 599-607. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055504

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination offers protection against the virus responsible for cervical, oropharyngeal, anal, vulval and penile cancers. However, there is considerable variation across, and even within, countries as to how HPV... Read More about Which interventions improve HPV vaccination uptake and intention in children, adolescents and young adults? An umbrella review.

HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls (2022)
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Taylor, J., Nailer, E., Cohen, C. R., Redman, C. W. E., & Sherman, S. M. (2024). HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls. Psychology and Health, 39(4), 499-516. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2081327

Objective: Mothers play a significant role in decision making about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for their daughters and about cervical screening attendance for themselves. This study had three objectives, to explore: 1) mothers’ knowledge... Read More about HPV vaccination and cervical screening: the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of adolescent girls.

Side-effect expectations from COVID-19 vaccination: findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 2) (2022)
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Smith, L., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., Sevdalis, N., …Sherman, S. (2022). Side-effect expectations from COVID-19 vaccination: findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 2). Journal of Psychosomatic Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110679

Objectives: Concern about side effects is one of the most common reasons for refusing vaccination. Side-effect expectations are also known to predict perception of side effects. We aimed to investigate the percentage of people who thought side effect... Read More about Side-effect expectations from COVID-19 vaccination: findings from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 2).

COVID-19 vaccination acceptability in the UK at the start of the vaccination programme: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 2) (2021)
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Sherman, S., Sim, J., Cutts, M., Rubin, G., Sevdalis, N., Smith, L., …Amlôt, R. (2022). COVID-19 vaccination acceptability in the UK at the start of the vaccination programme: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 2). Public Health, 202, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.008

Objectives: To investigate factors associated with intention to have the COVID-19 vaccination following initiation of the UK national vaccination programme. Study Design: 1,500 adults completed an online cross-sectional survey (13th–15th January 2021... Read More about COVID-19 vaccination acceptability in the UK at the start of the vaccination programme: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (CoVAccS – wave 2).

Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among never- and under-screened indigenous Maori, Pacific and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Feasibility Study (2021)
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McPherson, G., Puloka, A., Bromhead, C., Wihongi, H., Sherman, S., Crengle, S., …Maxwell, A. (2021). Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among never- and under-screened indigenous Maori, Pacific and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Feasibility Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), Article 10050. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910050

In Aotearoa New Zealand the majority of cervical cancer cases occur in women who have never been screened or are under-screened. Wahine Maori, Pacific and Asian women have the lowest rate of cervical screening. Self-sampling for human papillomavirus... Read More about Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling among never- and under-screened indigenous Maori, Pacific and Asian women in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Feasibility Study.

A mixed-methods study to assess COVID-19 vaccination acceptability among university students in the United Arab Emirates (2021)
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Alzubaidi, H., Samorinha, C., Saddik, B., Saidawi, W., Abduelkarem, A. R., Abu-Gharbieh, E., & Sherman, S. M. (2021). A mixed-methods study to assess COVID-19 vaccination acceptability among university students in the United Arab Emirates. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1969854

To effectively achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, a substantial proportion of a population would need to be vaccinated. However, vaccine hesitancy and refusal are significant issues globally. This mixed-methods study aimed to investigate univers... Read More about A mixed-methods study to assess COVID-19 vaccination acceptability among university students in the United Arab Emirates.

Intention to have the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic among eligible adults in the UK (2021)
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Sherman, S., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., Rubin, J., …Smith, L. (2021). Intention to have the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic among eligible adults in the UK. BMJ Open, 11(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049369

Objective: To investigate the likelihood of having the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals who were eligible to receive it. Design: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey in July 2020. We included predi... Read More about Intention to have the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic among eligible adults in the UK.

Intention to have the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic among eligible adults in the UK: a cross-sectional survey (2021)
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Amlôt, R., M Sherman, S., Sim, J., Smith, L., Dasch, H., Rubin, G., …E Smith, L. (2021). Intention to have the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic among eligible adults in the UK: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 11(7), Article e049369. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049369

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the likelihood of having the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals who were eligible to receive it. DESIGN: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey in July 2020. We included predicto... Read More about Intention to have the seasonal influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic among eligible adults in the UK: a cross-sectional survey.

Recommendations for implementing HPV self-testing in Aotearoa (2021)
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Scott, N., Bartholomew, K., Lawton, B., Sherman, S., Bromhead, C., Grant, J., …Crengle, S. (2021). Recommendations for implementing HPV self-testing in Aotearoa. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1535), 11-16

In Budget 2021 published earlier this month, the Government made the welcome and long-awaited announcement that they will invest “up to $53 million to complete the design of and implement a new human papillomavirus (HPV) test” in 2023.

COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: Results from the COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability Study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (2020)
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Sherman, S., Smith, L. E., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Sevdalis, N. (2020). COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: Results from the COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability Study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 17(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1846397

Aim: To investigate factors associated with intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Methods: Online cross-sectional survey of 1,500 UK adults, recruited from an existing online research panel. Data were collected between 14th and 17th July 2020.... Read More about COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: Results from the COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability Study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey.

COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. (2020)
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Sherman, S., Smith, L., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Sevdalis, N. (2020). COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 1 - 10. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1846397

To investigate factors associated with intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1,500 UK adults, recruited from an existing online research panel. Data were collected between 14th and 17th July 2020. We use... Read More about COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey..

COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: Results from the COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability Study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (2020)
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Sherman, S. M., Smith, L. E., Sim, J., Amlôt, R., Cutts, M., Dasch, H., …Sevdalis, N. (2020). COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: Results from the COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability Study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 1 - 10. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1846397

Aim: To investigate factors associated with intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Methods: Online cross-sectional survey of 1,500 UK adults, recruited from an existing online research panel. Data were collected between 14th and 17th July 2020.... Read More about COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: Results from the COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptability Study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey.

Maximising the acceptability of extended time intervals between screens in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme: An online experimental study (2020)
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Hill, E., Nemec, M., Marlow, L., Sherman, S., & Waller, J. (2020). Maximising the acceptability of extended time intervals between screens in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme: An online experimental study. Journal of Medical Screening, 28(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141320970591

Objective: The NHS Cervical Screening Programme plans to increase the screening interval for women aged 25-49 years who test negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) from 3 to 5 years. This exploratory cross-sectional online survey tested the impact o... Read More about Maximising the acceptability of extended time intervals between screens in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme: An online experimental study.

Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness on False-Memory Susceptibility (2020)
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Grange, J., & Sherman, S. (2020). Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness on False-Memory Susceptibility. Psychological Science, 31(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620929302

Wilson et al. (2015) presented data from three well-powered experiments suggesting that a brief mindfulness induction can increase false memory susceptibility. However, we had concerns about some of the methodology, including whether mind-wandering i... Read More about Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness on False-Memory Susceptibility.

Research Priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science (2020)
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O'Connor, D., Aggleton, J., Chakarabati, B., Cooper, C., Creswell, C., Dunsmuir, S., …Armitage, C. (2020). Research Priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science. British Journal of Psychology, 111(4), 603-629. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12468

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents the greatest international biopsychosocial emergency the world has faced for a century, and psychological sci... Read More about Research Priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science.

The impact of migration on the awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention in eastern european women in England (2020)
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Patel, H., Moss, E., Tincello, D., & Sherman, S. (2020). The impact of migration on the awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention in eastern european women in England. Journal of Medical Screening, 40-47

Objectives It has been hypothesised that the rise in incidence of cervical cancer in England and the fall in screening coverage might be attributable to the effect of migration of Eastern European (EE) born women. The attitudes and behaviours of mig... Read More about The impact of migration on the awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention in eastern european women in England.

Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults' explicit and implicit attitudes to brands and brand choice (2019)
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Sherman, S., Rowley, M., & Gilman, H. (2019). Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults' explicit and implicit attitudes to brands and brand choice. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 402-409. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000199

Celebrities are used within advertisements in an attempt to impact positively on consumers’ attitudes towards brands, purchase intentions, and ad believability. However, the findings from previous research on the effects of celebrity liking on brand... Read More about Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults' explicit and implicit attitudes to brands and brand choice.

Barriers and motivators for uptake of cervical cancer prevention strategies in Eastern Europe: Perspective from Latvia (2019)
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Pčolkina, K., Sherman, S., MOSS, E., Redman, C., Zodzika, J., Rezeberga, D., …Viberga, I. (2019). Barriers and motivators for uptake of cervical cancer prevention strategies in Eastern Europe: Perspective from Latvia. https://doi.org/10.15570/actaapa.2019.27

Introduction The incidence of cervical cancer in Eastern European countries is high, however uptake of available prevention strategies is suboptimal. We explored the knowledge, behaviours and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention strategie... Read More about Barriers and motivators for uptake of cervical cancer prevention strategies in Eastern Europe: Perspective from Latvia.

Awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention among migrant Eastern European women in England (2019)
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Sherman, S., Tincello, D., Moss, E., & Patel, H. (2019). Awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention among migrant Eastern European women in England. Journal of Medical Screening, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141319869957

Objectives It has been hypothesized that, in England, the rise in incidence of cervical cancer and the fall in screening coverage might be attributable in part to the effect of migration of Eastern European born women. We explored the attitudes and... Read More about Awareness of and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention among migrant Eastern European women in England.

A survey of knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among healthcare professionals across the UK (2019)
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Sherman, S., Cohen, C., Denison, H., Bromhead, C., & Patel, H. (2019). A survey of knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among healthcare professionals across the UK. European Journal of Public Health, 30(1), 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz113

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection implicated in 5% of cancers worldwide including most cervical cancer cases. In the UK, the HPV vaccine has been offered routinely to girls aged 11-13 since 2008 while c... Read More about A survey of knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among healthcare professionals across the UK.

Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand (2018)
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Sherman, S., Bartholomew, K., Denison, H., Patel, H., MOSS, E., Douwes, J., & Bromhead, C. (2018). Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197648

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection that is implicated in 99.7% of cervical cancers and several other cancers that affect both men and women. Despite the role that HPV plays in an estimated 5% of all canc... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus among health professionals in New Zealand.

Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands (2018)
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Rowley, M., Gilman, H., & Sherman, S. (2018). Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 402-409. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000199

Celebrities are used within advertisements in an attempt to impact positively on consumers’ attitudes towards brands, purchase intentions, and ad believability. However, the findings from previous research on the effects of celebrity liking on brand... Read More about Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands.

Attitudes towards and knowledge about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccination in parents of teenage boys in the UK (2018)
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Sherman, S., & Nailer, E. (2018). Attitudes towards and knowledge about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccination in parents of teenage boys in the UK. PloS one, e0195801 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195801

The incidence of cancers attributable to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) that affect males is on the rise. Currently in the UK teenage boys are not vaccinated against HPV while teenage girls are. The rationale for not vaccinating boys is that vaccinating... Read More about Attitudes towards and knowledge about Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the HPV vaccination in parents of teenage boys in the UK.

HPV Primary Cervical Screening in England: Women’s Awareness and Attitudes (2018)
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Moss, E., Patel, H., & Sherman, S. (2018). HPV Primary Cervical Screening in England: Women’s Awareness and Attitudes. Psycho-Oncology, 1559-1564. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4694

Background Primary HPV cervical screening is due to be implemented in England within the next 2 years however, the acceptability of HPV testing as the primary screening test is unclear. This study explores women’s awareness and attitudes towards HPV... Read More about HPV Primary Cervical Screening in England: Women’s Awareness and Attitudes.

Psycho-social influences upon older women's decision to attend cervical screening: a review of current evidence (2017)
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Hope, K., Moss, E., Redman, C., & Sherman, S. (2017). Psycho-social influences upon older women's decision to attend cervical screening: a review of current evidence. Preventive Medicine, 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.002

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide (WHO, 2016). In many developed countries the incidence of cervical cancer has been significantly reduced by the introduction of organised screening programmes however, in the UK, a f... Read More about Psycho-social influences upon older women's decision to attend cervical screening: a review of current evidence.

Awareness of HPV infection and attitudes toward HPV vaccination among Latvian adolescents (2017)
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Patel, H., Pčolkina, K., Rezeberga, D., Moss, E., Strazdina, K., Viberga, I., …Redman, C. (2017). Awareness of HPV infection and attitudes toward HPV vaccination among Latvian adolescents. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 138-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.12117

Objective To evaluate awareness of HPV and its vaccine among Latvian adolescents. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a 2-week period in September 2015 among 270 adolescents attending a secondary school in Riga, Latvia. All student... Read More about Awareness of HPV infection and attitudes toward HPV vaccination among Latvian adolescents.

Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus amongst primary care practice nurses: an evaluation of current training in England (2016)
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Patel, H., Austin-Smith, K., Sherman, S., Tincello, D., & Moss, E. (2016). Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus amongst primary care practice nurses: an evaluation of current training in England. Journal of Public Health, 601-608. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw063

Background The incorporation of Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing into the English cervical screening programme has been met with fear and anxiety. Healthcare professionals need to be adequately informed about HPV to help alleviate patient concerns... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the human papillomavirus amongst primary care practice nurses: an evaluation of current training in England.

Colposcopists’ experiences of HPV Test of Cure for the follow up of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (2016)
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Sherman. (2016). Colposcopists’ experiences of HPV Test of Cure for the follow up of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 42-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.03.023

Objective To survey lead colposcopists in England to explore their views on the recently introduced HPV Test of Cure (TOC) following treatment for cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN) and to determine the extent to which it has impacted their c... Read More about Colposcopists’ experiences of HPV Test of Cure for the follow up of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia.

Knowledge of human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine in European adolescents: a systematic review. (2016)
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Moss, E., Sherman, S., Patel, H., & Jeve, Y. (2016). Knowledge of human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine in European adolescents: a systematic review. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 474-479. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052341

BACKGROUND: The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended for adolescent girls in many European countries, however there is huge variation in vaccine uptake. METHODS: A mixed methods systematic review to ascertain the level of HPV and HPV vac... Read More about Knowledge of human papillomavirus and the human papillomavirus vaccine in European adolescents: a systematic review..

Awareness of Risk Factors for Breast, Lung and Cervical Cancer in a UK Student Population (2015)
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Sherman, S., & Lane, E. (2015). Awareness of Risk Factors for Breast, Lung and Cervical Cancer in a UK Student Population. Journal of Cancer Education, 660 -663

The objective of this study is to identify levels of risk awareness for breast, lung and cervical cancer, in a UK student population. A sample of male (N=62) and female (N=58) university students, mean age 21.62 years completed a questionnaire identi... Read More about Awareness of Risk Factors for Breast, Lung and Cervical Cancer in a UK Student Population.

Disclosing the results of the invasive cervical cancer review to patients: a survey of lead colposcopists across England (2015)
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Sherman, S., Nailer, E., Pearmain, P., Todd, R., & Redman, C. (2015). Disclosing the results of the invasive cervical cancer review to patients: a survey of lead colposcopists across England. Cytopathology, 237-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/cyt.12283

Objective: To survey lead colposcopists to explore the extent to which patients are currently being invited to discuss the results of their invasive cervical cancer review, the reasons why this might not be happening and the clinician experience. Met... Read More about Disclosing the results of the invasive cervical cancer review to patients: a survey of lead colposcopists across England.

Awareness and knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer in female students: A survey (with a cautionary note) (2015)
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Minshall, C., Coombes, R., Cooper, J., Redman, C., Sherman, S., & Nailer, E. (2015). Awareness and knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer in female students: A survey (with a cautionary note). Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 76 -80. https://doi.org/10.3109/01443615.2015.1041886

We conducted a survey to explore levels of awareness and knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer in 170 female students and whether mode of data collection (online vs. paper) affected the results. 27% of women named HPV as a cause... Read More about Awareness and knowledge of HPV and cervical cancer in female students: A survey (with a cautionary note).

Cervical cancer is not just a young woman's disease (2015)
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Redman, C., Sherman, S., Castanon, A., & Moss, E. (2015). Cervical cancer is not just a young woman's disease. BMJ, h2729 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h2729

Cervical screening programmes in many countries stop at around the age of 65 and much of the focus is often on younger women. For example, recent media campaigns in England and Wales have centred on lowering the age at first screening. Comparatively... Read More about Cervical cancer is not just a young woman's disease.

The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort (2015)
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Szkornik, K., Beardmore, R., Boylan, J., Hider, S., Hunter, S., Montana-Williams, K., …Watts, J. (2015). The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, 54 -57

The Aurora programme is a leadership initiative for women in academic and professional roles and is designed to address the lack of women in senior positions within UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In October 2013, 13 female staff from academ... Read More about The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort.

Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands (2014)
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Sherman, S., Follows, H., Mushore, A., Hampson-Jones, K., & Wright-Bevans, K. (2014). Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.06.001

False memories can be created using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm. This paradigm has been used to induce false memories for words, pictures and has been extended to induce false memories of brand names. We present the first experimental... Read More about Television advertisements create false memories for competitor brands.

The organisation of musical semantic memory: Evidence from false memories for familiar songs (2013)
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Sherman, S. M., & Kennerley, J. (2014). The organisation of musical semantic memory: Evidence from false memories for familiar songs. Memory, 22(7), 852-860. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.839709

The invasive cervical cancer review: psychological issues surrounding disclosure (2013)
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Sherman, S. M., Moss, E., & Redman, C. W. E. (2013). The invasive cervical cancer review: psychological issues surrounding disclosure. Cytopathology, 24(2), 77-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/cyt.12057

False recall and recognition of brand names increases over time (2013)
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Sherman, S. M. (2013). False recall and recognition of brand names increases over time. Memory, 21(2), 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2012.720992

Using the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm, participants are presented with lists of associated words (e.g., bed, awake, night). Subsequently, they reliably have false memories for related but nonpresented words (e.g., SLEEP). Previous researc... Read More about False recall and recognition of brand names increases over time.

Effect of disease severity and dopaminergic medication on recollection and familiarity in patients with idiopathic nondementing Parkinson's. (2009)
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Edelstyn, N., Shepherd, T. A., Mayes, A. R., Sherman, S. M., & Ellis, S. J. (2010). Effect of disease severity and dopaminergic medication on recollection and familiarity in patients with idiopathic nondementing Parkinson's. Neuropsychologia, 48(5), 931 -938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.12.039

The effect of disease severity and dopaminergic medication on the assessment of familiarity and the recollection of episodic details during recognition in nondementing idiopathic Parkinson's is uncertain. Some studies have reported familiarity as def... Read More about Effect of disease severity and dopaminergic medication on recollection and familiarity in patients with idiopathic nondementing Parkinson's..