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Overview

Michael Donnelly is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and has a substantial body of work in the field of medicine, focusing primarily on oncology and public health. Their research spans several specialized areas including colorectal cancer screening, global cancer incidence, and health systems evaluation.

Their recent publications include:

  • Factors influencing physical activity participation among people living with or beyond cancer: a systematic scoping review, 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Effectiveness of clinical breast examination as a 'stand-alone' screening modality: an overview of systematic reviews, 2020, BMC Cancer
  • The implementation of colorectal cancer screening interventions in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review, 2021, BMC Cancer
  • Change in public awareness of colorectal cancer symptoms following the Be Cancer Alert Campaign in the multi-ethnic population of Malaysia, 2020, BMC Cancer
  • Cancer symptom and risk factor awareness in Malaysia: findings from a nationwide cross-sectional study, 2020, BMC Public Health

Donnelly has frequently collaborated with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Ciarán O'Neill
  • Tin Tin Su
  • Désirée Schliemann
  • Tran Thu Ngan
  • Charlene Treanor

The main publication venues for their work are:

  • PLoS ONE
  • BMJ Open
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • BMC Cancer

Their research covers multiple subfields within medicine including:

  • Oncology
  • General Health Professions
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Key topics explored in their work involve:

  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis

Best Publications

  • Loneliness and social isolation interventions for older adults: a scoping review of reviews

    Olujoke A. Fakoya;Noleen K. McCorry;Michael Donnelly

  • Behavioural and cognitive‐behavioural group‐based parenting programmes for early‐onset conduct problems in children aged 3 to 12 years

    Mairead Furlong;Sinead McGilloway;Tracey Bywater;Judy Hutchings

  • Measuring the health related quality of life of people with ischaemic heart disease

    Martin Dempster;Michael Donnelly

  • Psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life and emotional wellbeing for recently diagnosed cancer patients

    Karen Galway;Amanda Black;Marie Cantwell;Christopher Cardwell

  • The mental health and wellbeing of first generation migrants: a systematic-narrative review of reviews.

    Ciara Close;Anne Maria Kouvonen;Anne Maria Kouvonen;Anne Maria Kouvonen;Tania J. Bosqui;Tania J. Bosqui;Kishan Patel

  • A parenting intervention for childhood behavioral problems: a randomized controlled trial in disadvantaged community-based settings

    Sinead McGilloway;Grainne Ni Mhaille;Tracey Bywater;Mairead Furlong

  • Peer social network processes and adolescent health behaviors: A systematic review

    Shannon C. Montgomery;Michael Donnelly;Prachi Bhatnagar;Angela Carlin

  • Cochrane Review: Behavioural and cognitive-behavioural group-based parenting programmes for early -onset conduct problems in children aged 3 to 12 years.

    Mairead Furlong;Sinead McGilloway;Tracey Bywater;Judy Hutchings

  • Cochrane Review: Behavioural and cognitive‐behavioural group‐based parenting programmes for early‐onset conduct problems in children aged 3 to 12 years (Review)

    Mairead Furlong;Sinead McGilloway;Tracey Bywater;Judy Hutchings

  • An international review and meta-analysis of prehabilitation compared to usual care for cancer patients

    Charlene Treanor;Thinzar Kyaw;Michael Donnelly

  • Time-limited home-care reablement services for maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults.

    Andy Cochrane;Mairead Furlong;Sinead McGilloway;David W Molloy

  • Connectivity and physical activity: using footpath networks to measure the walkability of built environments:

    Geraint Ellis;Ruth Hunter;Mark A Tully;Michael Donnelly

  • Multidimensional rehabilitation programmes for adult cancer survivors

    David A. Scott;Moyra Mills;Amanda Black;Marie Cantwell

  • A methodological review of the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36) and its derivatives among breast cancer survivors

    Charlene Treanor;Michael Donnelly

  • An international measure of awareness and beliefs about cancer: development and testing of the ABC

    Alice E Simon;Lindsay J L Forbes;David Boniface;Fiona Warburton

  • A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Incredible Years parenting programme in reducing childhood health inequalities

    Donal O’Neill;Sinéad McGilloway;Michael Donnelly;Tracey Bywater;Tracey Bywater

  • Psychosocial interventions for informal caregivers of people living with cancer

    Charlene J Treanor;Olinda Santin;Gillian Prue;Helen Coleman

  • Dental caries following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: A systematic review.

    Ciaran Moore;Conor McLister;Christopher Cardwell;Ciaran O'Neill

  • Thalidomide for managing cancer cachexia

    Joanne Reid;Moyra Mills;Marie Cantwell;Christopher Cardwell

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of an Early Discharge Rehabilitation Service: The Belfast Community Stroke Trial

    Michael Donnelly;Michael Power;Mary Russell;Ken Fullerton

  • Do changes in illness perceptions predict changes in psychological distress among oesophageal cancer survivors

    Martin Dempster;Noleen K. McCorry;Emma Brennan;Michael Donnelly

  • Additional file 2: of The mental health and wellbeing of first generation migrants: a systematic-narrative review of reviews

    Ciara Close;Anne Kouvonen;Tania Bosqui;Kishan Patel

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Dempster
Martin Dempster Queen's University Belfast
Dermot O'Reilly
Dermot O'Reilly Queen's University Belfast
Mark A. Tully
Mark A. Tully University of Ulster
Hoang Van Minh
Hoang Van Minh Hanoi University of Public Health
David Challis
David Challis University of Nottingham
Judy Hutchings
Judy Hutchings Bangor University
Joanna Coast
Joanna Coast University of Bristol
Nicholas Mays
Nicholas Mays London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jennifer Beecham
Jennifer Beecham University of Kent
Ari Väänänen
Ari Väänänen Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

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