Publications
Journal Articles
Cornell, Samuel, Piatkowski, Timothy, Brander, Robert and Peden, Amy E. (2026). Entertainers, not educators? Social media influencers and risk communication in outdoor travel. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 53 100998, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2025.100998
Cornell, S., Piatkowski, T., Brander, R. W. and Peden, A. E. (2026). The influence of social media on outdoor risk-taking behaviours: understanding the role of social norms, intentions, and perceptions among Australians. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37 (1) e70133, 1-11. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70133
Cornell, Samuel, Piatkowski, Timothy, Brander, Robert W. and Peden, Amy E. (2025). Design and evaluation of a co-produced social media campaign to promote aquatic safety in Queensland national parks. Health Promotion International, 40 (6) daaf181. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaf181
Cornell, Samuel and Peden, Amy (2025). Social Media Use, Influencer Status, and Outdoor Risk-Taking in Australian Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 11 v11i1e73089, e73089-e73089. doi: 10.2196/73089
Fajardo, Michael A., Yung, Cassia, Cornell, Samuel, Puranik, Rajesh, Hawkes, Anna L., Mishra, Shiva Raj, Doust, Jenny and Bonner, Carissa (2025). Quality of available cardiovascular disease knowledge tools: a systematic review. Global Heart, 20 (1) 59, 1-12. doi: 10.5334/gh.1446
Cornell, S., Peden, A. E. and Brander, R. W. (2025). The Safety of Social Media Instigated Visitation to National Parks in New South Wales, Australia: Insights From a Population Representative Sample. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (2) e70009, 2. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70009
Healey, Gene, Neumann, David, Cornell, Samuel and Piatkowski, Timothy (2025). 'Martial arts crossed over into the rest of my life': a qualitative exploration of Australian practitioners' experiences of martial arts and combat sports on wellbeing. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35 (1) e70035. doi: 10.1002/casp.70035
Bonner, Carissa, Cornell, Samuel, Pickles, Kristen, Batcup, Carys, de Wet, Carl, Morgan, Mark, Greaves, Kim, O’Connor, Denise, Hawkes, Anna L., Crosland, Paul, Chapman, Niamh and Doust, Jenny (2024). Implementing decision aids for cardiovascular disease prevention: stakeholder interviews and case studies in Australian primary care. BMC Primary Care, 25 (1) 49, 49. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02258-4
Bonner, Carissa, Nelson, Mark R., Chapman, Niamh, Sharman, James E., McKinn, Shannon, Cornell, Samuel and Doust, Jenny (2024). General practitioner support needs to implement cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management guidelines: Qualitative interviews. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (9), 675-681. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-06-23-6871
Cornell, Samuel and Peden, Amy E (2024). Visual “Scrollytelling”: Mapping Aquatic Selfie-Related Incidents in Australia. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 13, e53067-13. doi: 10.2196/53067
Cornell, Samuel, Piatkowski, Timothy, Taba, Melody and Peden, Amy E. (2024). Meeting people where they are: leveraging influencers’ social capital and trust to promote safer behaviours. Health Literacy and Communication Open, 2 (1) 2350155, 1-5. doi: 10.1080/28355245.2024.2350155
Cornell, Samuel, Brander, Robert W. and Peden, Amy E. (2024). Likes, comments, and emergency responses: exploring the burden of social media tourism on land managers and the need for risk communication. Health Literacy and Communication Open, 2 (1) 2313846. doi: 10.1080/28355245.2024.2313846
Cornell, Samuel, Doust, Jenny, Morgan, Mark, Greaves, Kim, Hawkes, Anna L., de Wet, Carl, O'Connor, Denise and Bonner, Carissa (2023). Implementing patient decision aids into general practice clinical decision support systems: feasibility study in cardiovascular disease prevention. PEC Innovation, 2 100140, 100140-2. doi: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100140
Cornell, Samuel, Brander, Robert and Peden, Amy (2023). Selfie-Related Incidents: Narrative Review and Media Content Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47202-25. doi: 10.2196/47202
Cornell, Samuel, Brander, Robert W., Roberts, Amelia, Koon, William, Peden, Amy E. and Lawes, Jasmin C. (2023). ‘I actually thought that I was going to die’: Lessons on the rip current hazard from survivor experiences. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35 (2), 551-564. doi: 10.1002/hpja.785
Cornell, Samuel (2023). Should risky social media use be considered an emergency medicine issue?. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35 (5), 885-885. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14293
Bonner, Carissa, Batcup, Carys, Cvejic, Erin, Ayre, Julie, Pickles, Kristen, Copp, Tessa, Cornell, Samuel, Nickel, Brooke, Dhahir, Mustafa and McCaffery, Kirsten (2023). Addressing Behavioral Barriers to COVID-19 Testing With Health Literacy–Sensitive eHealth Interventions: Results From 2 National Surveys and 2 Randomized Experiments. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 9, e40441-9. doi: 10.2196/40441
Cornell, Samuel, Brander, Robert W and Peden, Amy E (2023). Preventing selfie‐related incidents: Taking a public health approach to reduce unnecessary burden on emergency medicine services. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35 (4), 691-693. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14219
Cornell, Samuel, Ayre, Julie, Mac, Olivia, Kapoor, Raveena, Pickles, Kristen, Batcup, Carys, Dolan, Hankiz, Bonner, Carissa, Cvejic, Erin, Mouwad, Dana, Zacharia, Dipti, Tularic, Una, Santalucia, Yvonne, Chen, Ting Ting, Basic, Gordana, McCaffery, Kirsten and Muscat, Danielle (2022). Collateral positives of COVID-19 for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Western Sydney, Australia. PLOS ONE, 17 (12), e0278923-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278923
McKinn, Shannon, Batcup, Carys, Cornell, Samuel, Freeman, Natasha, Doust, Jenny, Bell, Katy J. L., Figtree, Gemma A. and Bonner, Carissa (2022). Decision support tools for coronary artery calcium scoring in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease do not meet health literacy needs: a systematic environmental scan and evaluation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (18) 11705, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811705
Peiris, Ruwani, Cornell, Samuel, Greaves, Kim and Bonner, Carissa (2022). Do hospital consent forms for cardiology procedures meet health literacy standards? Evaluation of understandability and readability. Patient Education and Counseling, 105 (5), 1254-1260. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.027
Cornell, Samuel, Pickles, Kristen, Crosland, Paul, de Wet, Carl, Trevena, Lyndal and Bonner, Carissa (2021). The role of Primary Health Networks in cardiovascular disease prevention: A qualitative interview study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33 (3), 926-936. doi: 10.1002/hpja.552
Bonner, Carissa, Batcup, Carys, Cornell, Samuel, Fajardo, Michael Anthony, Hawkes, Anna L, Trevena, Lyndal and Doust, Jenny (2021). Interventions using ‘heart age’ for cardiovascular disease risk communication: Systematic review of psychological, behavioural and clinical effects. JMIR Cardio, 5 (2) e31056, e31056. doi: 10.2196/31056
Walker, Pippy, Cornell, Samuel, De Morgan, Simone, Bonner, Carissa and Blyth, Fiona M. (2021). Chronic pain and cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care: a review of Australian primary health network needs assessments. Australian Health Review, 46 (1), 70-77. doi: 10.1071/ah21058
Cornell, Samuel, Nickel, Brooke, Cvejic, Erin, Bonner, Carissa, McCaffery, Kirsten J., Ayre, Julie, Copp, Tessa, Batcup, Carys, Isautier, Jennifer, Dakin, Thomas and Dodd, Rachael (2021). Positive outcomes associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33 (2), 311-319. doi: 10.1002/hpja.494
Bonner, Carissa, Cvejic, Erin, Ayre, Julie, Isautier, Jennifer, Semsarian, Christopher, Nickel, Brooke, Batcup, Carys, Pickles, Kristen, Dodd, Rachael, Cornell, Samuel, Copp, Tessa and McCaffery, Kirsten J (2021). Authors’ Response to Peer Reviews of “The Psychological Impact of Hypertension During COVID-19 Restrictions: Retrospective Case-Control Study”. JMIRx Med, 2 (1), e28718. doi: 10.2196/28718
Bonner, Carissa, Cvejic, Erin, Ayre, Julie, Isautier, Jennifer, Semsarian, Christopher, Nickel, Brooke, Batcup, Carys, Pickles, Kristen, Dodd, Rachael, Cornell, Samuel, Copp, Tessa and McCaffery, Kirsten J (2021). The Psychological Impact of Hypertension During COVID-19 Restrictions: Retrospective Case-Control Study. JMIRx Med, 2 (1), e25610. doi: 10.2196/25610
Pickles, Kristen, Cvejic, Erin, Nickel, Brooke, Copp, Tessa, Bonner, Carissa, Leask, Julie, Ayre, Julie, Batcup, Carys, Cornell, Samuel, Dakin, Thomas, Dodd, Rachael H, Isautier, Jennifer M J and McCaffery, Kirsten J (2021). COVID-19 Misinformation Trends in Australia: Prospective Longitudinal National Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23 (1), e23805-1. doi: 10.2196/23805
Cornell, Samuel, Gould, Ashley, Ellis, Gethin R., Kenkre, Joyce and Williams, E Mark (2019). Clinician perception of a novel cardiovascular lifestyle prescription form in the primary and secondary care setting in Wales, UK. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31 (2), 232-239. doi: 10.1002/hpja.284