Caitlin is a PhD candidate at The University of Queensland’s School of Psychology and the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, supported by a UQ Research Training Program Scholarship. Driven by a commitment to substance use research, Caitlin's research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of harm reduction interventions in enhancing knowledge about cannabis use and its associated risks. Through this work, Caitlin aims to contribute to the development of evidence-based approaches that promote safer substance use behaviours among young people.
Journal Articles
Yimer, Tesfa Mekonen, McClure‐Thomas, Caitlin, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Wilson, Jack, Chan, Gary Chung Kai, Hall, Wayne Denis and Leung, Janni (2024). The relationship between cannabis and nicotine use: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Addiction, 119 (12), 2076-2087. doi: 10.1111/add.16642
Chan, Gary C. K., Saunders, John B., Stjepanović, Daniel, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Connor, Jason, Hides, Leanne, Wood, Andrew, King, Daniel, Siste, Kristiana, Long, Jiang and Leung, Janni K. (2024). The Gaming Disorder Identification Test (GADIT) – a screening tool for Gaming Disorder based on ICD-11. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 13 (3), 729-741. doi: 10.1556/2006.2024.00038
Leung, Janni, Lim, Carmen, Belete, Habte, Mcclure-Thomas, Caitlin, Foo, Shaun and Chan, Gary Chung Kai (2024). Regional and country prevalence estimates of unsafe sex among adolescents in 68 low-income and middle-income countries. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53 (6), 2337-2346. doi: 10.1007/s10508-024-02861-1
Lim, Carmen C. W., Rutherford, Brienna, Gartner, Coral, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Foo, Shaun, Su, Fang-Yi, Scheurer, Roman, Sebayang, Susy, Chan, Gary, Stjepanović, Daniel, Fausiah, Fitri, Farassania, Ghea and Leung, Janni (2024). A systematic review of second-hand smoking mass media campaigns (2002–2022). BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 693. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18222-5
Leung, Janni, Saunders, John B., Stjepanović, Daniel, Tisdale, Calvert, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Connor, Jason, Gullo, Matthew, Wood, Andrew and Kai Chan, Gary Chung (2024). Extended hours of video game play and negative physical symptoms and pain. Computers in Human Behavior, 155 108181. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2024.108181
Leung, Janni, Lim, Carmen, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Foo, Shaun, Sebayang, Susy, Farassania, Ghea, Fausiah, Fitri, Gartner, Coral and Chan, Gary C. K. (2023). Adolescent exposure to online advertisements and promotions for tobacco products on the internet - a cross-sectional analysis of the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys. Journal of Adolescent Health, 73 (6), 1138-1144. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.07.019
Leung, Janni, Price, Daicia, Bonsaksen, Tore, Ruffolo, Mary, Thygesen, Hilde, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Schoultz, Mariyana and Ostertun Geirdal, Amy (2023). Schooling-at-home and extra child-caring responsibilities were associated with parental mental health, psychosocial well-being, and loneliness. Social Education Research, 5 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.37256/ser.5120243332
Price, Daicia, Bonsaksen, Tore, Leung, Janni, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Ruffolo, Mary, Lamph, Gary, Kabelenga, Isaac and Ostertun Geirdal, Amy (2023). Factors associated with trust in public authorities among adults in Norway, United Kingdom, United States, and Australia two years after the COVID-19 outbreak. International Journal of Public Health, 68 1605846, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605846
Leung, Janni, Price, Daicia, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Bonsaksen, Tore, Ruffolo, Mary, Kabelenga, Isaac, Lamph, Gary and Geirdal, Amy Østertun (2023). Motivation and hesitancies in obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine—a cross-sectional study in Norway, USA, UK, and Australia. Vaccines, 11 (6) 1086, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11061086
McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Lim, Carmen, Sebayang, Susy, Fausiah, Fitri, Gouda, Hebe and Leung, Janni (2022). Perceived loneliness, peer, and parental relationship with smoking: a cross-sectional analysis of adolescents across South-East Asia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 34 (8), 770-777. doi: 10.1177/10105395221115220
Leung, Janni, Chan, Gary C. K., Tan, Samuel X., McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Degenhardt, Louisa and Hall, Wayne (2022). State-level prevalence and associates of opioid dependence in the USA. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (7) 3825, 3825. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073825
Conference Papers
Leung, Janni, Lim, Carmen C. W., Sun, Tianze, Vu, Giang, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Bao, Yanping, Santo, Thomas, Tran, Lucy T., Fausiah, Fitri, Farassania, Ghea, Chan, Gary Chung Kai and Sebayang, Susy Katikana (2023). The burden of preventable deaths attributable to second-hand smoke in Southeast Asia - Analysis of the global burden of disease study 2019. APSAD 2023 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12-15 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749
Lim, Carmen C. W., Dawson, Danielle, McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Leung, Janni, Chan, Gary Chung Kai, Connor, Jason P. and Hall, Wayne D. (2023). Deciphering the buzz of Delta-8 THC in the USA on Twitter. APSAD 2023 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12–15 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749
McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Lim, Carmen C. W., Fausiah, Fitri, Farassania, Ghea, Sebayang, Susy Katikana and Leung, Janni (2023). Addressing Indonesia's tobacco public health crisis: Promoting a smoke-free Indonesia. APSAD 2023 Conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 12–15 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749
Lim, Carmen C. W., McClure-Thomas, Caitlin, Stjepanovic, Daniel, Cheng, Brandon, Sebayang, Susy, Fausiah, Fitri, Farassania, Ghea, Maidin, Alimin, Ansariadi, Ansariadi, Gartner, Coral, Scheurer, Roman, Chan, Gary C. K., Gouda, Hebe and Leung, Janni (2022). Does second-hand smoking mass-media campaign increase public awareness and reduce second-hand smoke exposure? A systematic review. APSAD 2022 Conference, Darwin, NT Australia, 9–12 October 2022. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.