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Getting it right: why bother with patient-centred care?Adrian E Bauman
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Med J Aust 179:253-6. 2003..Supportive community-based services and programs, combined with healthcare system commitment, are also required to make this approach effective in improving population health...- Toward a better understanding of the influences on physical activity: the role of determinants, correlates, causal variables, mediators, moderators, and confoundersAdrian E Bauman
School of Community Medicine and Public Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Am J Prev Med 23:5-14. 2002..This article examines the factors that are correlated with and that may have a causal relationship to physical activity... - Geographical influences upon physical activity participation: evidence of a 'coastal effect'A Bauman
School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 23:322-4. 1999..To examine the association between geographical proximity to the coast and physical activity participation levels... - Impact of an Australian mass media campaign targeting physical activity in 1998A E Bauman
School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Prev Med 21:41-7. 2001..Physical activity is now a public health priority, but there is only limited evidence on the effectiveness of mass-reach campaigns... - Trends in physical activity participation and the impact of integrated campaigns among Australian adults, 1997-99Adrian Bauman
School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 27:76-9. 2003..To determine whether awareness of the moderate physical activity message and prevalence of participation changed among Australian adults between 1997 and 1999, and if changes differed across Australia... - A population follow-up study of patients who left an emergency department without being seen by a medical officerMohammed Mohsin
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Emerg Med J 24:175-9. 2007..To describe the population of emergency department patients who leave without being seen by a medical officer, to investigate the circumstances of their visit and to ascertain whether they subsequently receive alternative medical care... - Sociodemographic correlates of the increasing trend in prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in a large population of women between 1995 and 2005Vibeke Anna
The George Institute for International Health and School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Diabetes Care 31:2288-93. 2008..To better identify women at risk of developing GDM we examined sociodemographic correlates and changes in the prevalence of GDM among all births between 1995 and 2005 in Australia's largest state... - Hepatitis C in Australia: impact of a mass media campaignBen J Smith
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Am J Prev Med 31:492-8. 2006..Hepatitis C affects over 200,000 Australians. This study evaluated the impact of a public education campaign about this disease in New South Wales (NSW), Australia... - The effects of age, birth cohort and survey period on leisure-time physical activity by Australian adults: 1990-2005Margaret A Allman-Farinelli
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Building G08, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Br J Nutr 101:609-17. 2009.... - Restricting unhealthy food sponsorship: Attitudes of the sporting communityBridget Kelly
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Health Policy 104:288-95. 2012..This study aimed to determine the junior sporting community's support for policy interventions to restrict unhealthy food sponsorship... - Physical activity promotion in the physical therapy setting: perspectives from practitioners and studentsDebra Shirley
Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Phys Ther 90:1311-22. 2010..Primary health care practitioners are well placed to promote a physically active lifestyle. The perceptions and practice of physical therapists on their role in physical activity promotion are not well known... - Validity of the occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaireJosephine Y Chau
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:118-25. 2012..Few instruments designed for use in population-based research measure occupational sitting and standing as distinct behaviors. This study aimed to develop and validate brief measure of occupational sitting and physical activity... - Access block in NSW hospitals, 1999-2001: does the definition matter?Roberto Forero
Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, Liverpool Health Service, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 180:67-70. 2004..To estimate the magnitude of access block and its trend over time in New South Wales hospitals, using different definitions of access block, and to explore its association with clinical and non-clinical factors... - Socio-demographic factors associated with smoking and smoking cessation among 426,344 pregnant women in New South Wales, AustraliaMohammed Mohsin
Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance, Division of Population Health, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia
BMC Public Health 5:138. 2005..This study explores the socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women who continue to smoke during the pregnancy, and identifies the characteristics of the smokers who were likely to quit smoking during the pregnancy period... - Social-cognitive and perceived environment influences associated with physical activity in older AustraliansM L Booth
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, A27, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia
Prev Med 31:15-22. 2000..This study attempts to identify social-cognitive and perceived environmental influences associated with physical activity participation in older populations... - Use of "preventer" medications and written asthma management plans among adults with asthma in New South Wales. NSW Health Department Asthma Data Working GroupG B Marks
Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 173:407-10. 2000..2) To assess factors associated with underuse of preventer medications and AMPs... - Mental disorders, disability and health service use amongst Vietnamese refugees and the host Australian populationZ Steel
Center for Population Mental Health Research, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Acta Psychiatr Scand 111:300-9. 2005..To compare the prevalence of common mental disorders, disability and health service utilization amongst Vietnamese refugees resettled in Australia for 11 years, with data obtained from a national survey of the host population... - Perceived environmental aesthetics and convenience and company are associated with walking for exercise among Australian adultsK Ball
School of Health Sciences, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Prev Med 33:434-40. 2001.... - Estimating physical activity level: the role of domestic activitiesP Phongsavan
NSW Centre for Physical Activity and Health, University of NSW, Australia
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:466-7. 2004 - Advances in population surveillance for physical activity and sedentary behavior: reliability and validity of time use surveysHidde P van der Ploeg
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 172:1199-206. 2010..National time use surveys could be used to retrospectively study nonoccupational sedentary and physical activity behavior over the past 5 decades... - "Food company sponsors are kind, generous and cool": (mis)conceptions of junior sports playersBridget Kelly
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:95. 2011..This study aimed to assess children's awareness of sport sponsors and their brand-related attitudes and purchasing intentions in response to this marketing... - Prevalence and risk factors of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in NauruAmina Khambalia
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:719. 2011..This study aims to determine the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose... - Factors associated with walkout of patients from New South Wales hospital emergency departments, AustraliaMohammed Mohsin
Centre for Research, Evidence Management and Surveillance, Division of Population Health, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Liverpool BC, New South Wales, Australia
Emerg Med Australas 17:434-42. 2005..To explore the association between daily patient numbers, sociodemographic, clinical and system characteristics and walkout rates of patients from New South Wales (NSW) public hospital ED (without seeing a medical officer)... - Postpartum physical activity and related psychosocial factors among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitusBen J Smith
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Diabetes Care 28:2650-4. 2005..In this study, we examined patterns of postpartum physical activity among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and psychosocial factors related to this behavior that could be addressed in diabetes prevention interventions... - Metabolic risk profiles and associated risk factors among Vietnamese adults in Ho Chi Minh CityOanh T H Trinh
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 8:69-78. 2010..This study reports the metabolic risk profiles and the prevalence of metabolic risk factors and associated factors among Vietnamese adults in Ho Chi Minh City... - A tool for measuring workers' sitting time by domain: the Workforce Sitting QuestionnaireJosephine Y Chau
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Level 2 Medical Foundation Building K25, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Br J Sports Med 45:1216-22. 2011..This questionnaire would be suitable for use in research investigating the relationships between sitting time and health in working populations... - Current and future costs of cancer, heart disease and stroke attributable to obesity in Australia - a comparison of two birth cohortsRobert J Aitken
NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 18:63-70. 2009..Instead, if the worst case scenario is realized there will be a more than doubling in costs (in 2004/05 dollars) compared with those born in 1950/51-59/60... - Measuring the quality of public open space using Google EarthBronwen T Taylor
School of Public Health, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
Am J Prev Med 40:105-12. 2011..This paper describes a new remote-assessment approach that makes use of Google Earth Pro (the free version of this program is Google Earth) to provide rapid and inexpensive measurement of the quality of public open space... - A longitudinal study of smoking in year 7 and 8 students speaking English or a language other than English at home in Sydney, AustraliaK C Tang
National Centre for Health Promotion, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Tob Control 7:35-40. 1998..To compare the rates and predictors of smoking uptake between adolescents speaking English and those speaking a language other than English (LOTE) at home... - The reliability and validity of the physical activity questions in the WHO health behaviour in schoolchildren (HBSC) survey: a population studyM L Booth
NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney at The Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Br J Sports Med 35:263-7. 2001..To assess the test-retest reliability and validity of the physical activity questions in the World Health Organisation health behaviour in schoolchildren (WHO HBSC) survey... - Public health research outputs from efficacy to dissemination: a bibliometric analysisAndrew J Milat
Sax Institute, Sydney, Level 2, 10 Quay St Haymarket, NSW 2000, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:934. 2011..abstract:.. - Behavioral strategies in diabetes prevention programs: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsMichael K Baker
Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 91:1-12. 2011..An understanding of effective behavioral strategies is needed if evidence translation is to be realized. The aim of this paper is to systematically review the behavioral change strategies for lifestyle T2D prevention programs... - The physical environment and physical activity: a critical appraisal of review articlesKlaus Gebel
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Prev Med 32:361-369. 2007..Many reviews have also summarized this emerging body of research, and such review papers are frequently used by public health policymakers and researchers themselves to inform decision making... - Leisure-time physical activity alone may not be a sufficient public health approach to prevent obesity--a focus on ChinaA Bauman
Institute for Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, and School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Obes Rev 9:119-26. 2008..These will pose policy challenges in the developing world, if they are to be taken seriously as obesity prevention strategies... - Social factors associated with ethnic differences in alcohol and marijuana use by Vietnamese-, Arabic- and English-speaking youths in Sydney, AustraliaC Rissel
Needs Assessment and Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 36:145-52. 2000..Self-reported marijuana use, school and cultural background information was collected... - The relationship between body mass index and waist circumference: implications for estimates of the population prevalence of overweightM L Booth
New South Wales Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:1058-61. 2000..The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships of both measured and self-reported BMI with measured waist circumference in a randomly selected sample of Australian adults... - Physical activity preferences, preferred sources of assistance, and perceived barriers to increased activity among physically inactive AustraliansM L Booth
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Prev Med 26:131-7. 1997..Efforts to decrease the population prevalence of inactivity will have a greater impact if they are tailored to the needs and preferences of the community... - The prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity among adults in Ho Chi Minh CityOanh T H Trinh
Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
BMC Public Health 8:204. 2008.... - Physical activity is important, but can it be promoted in general practice?Ben J Smith
Med J Aust 179:70-1. 2003..The multisector approach to reducing smoking may be a good model for tackling physical activity... - Promoting physical activity in Australian general practices: a randomised trial of health promotion advice versus hypertension managementAlison L Marshall
School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Connell Building, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Patient Educ Couns 56:283-90. 2005..Thus, neither intervention strategy resulted in significant changes in patients self-reported physical activity, regardless of the whether the advice was tailored to hypertension management or general health promotion advice... - Print versus website physical activity programs: a randomized trialAlison L Marshall
School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4071, Australia
Am J Prev Med 25:88-94. 2003..Programs delivered through the mail that target the stage of motivational readiness have been shown to increase activity. Communication technology (websites and e-mail) might provide a means for delivering similar programs... - Reaching out to promote physical activity in Australia: a statewide randomized controlled trial of a stage-targeted interventionAlison L Marshall
School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
Am J Health Promot 18:283-7. 2004..Future research could examine how the effectiveness of print media might be enhanced, possibly by using supplementary media, community-based prompts, or other incentives... - Associations of location and perceived environmental attributes with walking in neighborhoodsNancy Humpel
Health and Productivity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Am J Health Promot 18:239-42. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Environmental attributes were related to walking in the neighborhood but not to more general activity indices. Understanding gender-specific environmental correlates of physical activity should be a priority... - Comparison of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drug usage among school students in three Pacific Island societiesBen J Smith
School of Public Health, Lev 2, Medical Foundation Blg K25, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 88:9-18. 2007..Many Pacific Island countries are in social and epidemiological transition, but there are little population data about drug and alcohol usage among adolescents in this region... - International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validityCora L Craig
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1381-95. 2003..The short IPAQ form "last 7 d recall" is recommended for national monitoring and the long form for research requiring more detailed assessment... - Intentional injury reported by young people in the Federated States of Micronesia, Kingdom of Tonga and VanuatuBen J Smith
Department of Health Science, Monash University, PO Box 527 Frankston, Victoria, 3199, Australia
BMC Public Health 8:145. 2008..The present study investigates the prevalence and distribution of intentional injury among young people in three Pacific Island societies, and examines behavioural and psychosocial factors related to risk of intentional injury... - Ecological and individual predictors of maternal smoking behaviour. Looking beyond individual socioeconomic predictors at the community settingHai N Phung
Principal Research Fellow and Conjoint Lecturer, The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, Liverpool Hospital, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool, BC NSW 1871, Australia
Addict Behav 28:1333-42. 2003..The present study draws attention to local community level factors, other than individual SES, which may be important when developing strategies for maternal smoking prevention programs... - Physical activity promotion--are GPs getting the message?Hidde P van der Ploeg
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust Fam Physician 36:871-4. 2007..Physical inactivity is an important but under recognised risk factor for chronic disease. This study explored changes in general practitioners' perceptions and practices in relation to addressing physical activity from 1997-2000... - Quantitative methods used in Australian health promotion research: a review of publications from 1992-2002Ben J Smith
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Health Promot J Austr 17:32-6. 2006..This study examined the use of quantitative methods in Australian health promotion research in order to identify methodological trends and priorities for strengthening the evidence base for health promotion... - Encouraging physical activity--five steps for GPsBen J Smith
Department of Health Science, Monash University, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 37:24-8. 2008..Over half of Australians do not meet physical activity recommendations. General practitioners can play an important role in encouraging physical activity, which would significantly reduce the burden of chronic disease... - Neighborhood walkability and TV viewing time among Australian adultsTakemi Sugiyama
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Prev Med 33:444-9. 2007..Associations of neighborhood walkability (based on dwelling density, street connectivity, land-use mix, and net retail area) and television viewing time were compared in a large, spatially-derived sample of Australian adults... - Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adultsNeville Owen
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston QLD 4006, Brisbane, Australia
Am J Prev Med 33:387-95. 2007..Associations of neighborhood physical environments with adults' walking for transport and walking for recreation must be better understood... - Dissemination of physical activity evidence, programs, policies, and surveillance in the international public health arenaAdrian E Bauman
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Sydney University, Sydney New South Wales, Australia
Am J Prev Med 31:S57-65. 2006.... - Epidemiology of physical activity participation among New South Wales school studentsMichael L Booth
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:371-4. 2002..To examine the prevalence and socio-demographic distribution of physical activity among New South Wales school students in Years 8 and 10... - Determining energy expenditure during some household and garden tasksSimon M Gunn
Exercise Physiology Laboratory, School of Education, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:895-902. 2002.... - Population-based randomized controlled trial of a stage-targeted physical activity interventionAlison L Marshall
The University of Queensland, School of Movement Studies, St Lucia, Australia
Ann Behav Med 25:194-202. 2003..We examined the effects of a mailed stage-targeted print intervention designed to promote physical activity, in a random sample of adults living in a regional city... - Correlates of adults' participation in physical activity: review and updateStewart G Trost
School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1996-2001. 2002..To review and update the evidence relating to the personal, social, and environmental factors associated with physical activity (PA) in adults... - Measurement and prediction of energy expenditure in males during household and garden tasksSimon M Gunn
Exercise Physiology Laboratory, School of Education, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5001
Eur J Appl Physiol 91:61-70. 2004..The laboratory and home-based equations predicted with correct classification rates of 89% and 88%, respectively, whether energy expenditure was <3.0 or >/=3.0 METs... - Promoting walking with pedometers in the community: the step-by-step trialDafna Merom
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Am J Prev Med 32:290-7. 2007..Pedometers have been identified as a potential motivational aid for increasing physical activity, but their efficacy has not been demonstrated in a community-based, nonclinical sample... - Trends in Australian children traveling to school 1971-2003: burning petrol or carbohydrates?Hidde P van der Ploeg
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Level 2, Medical Foundation Building K25, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Prev Med 46:60-2. 2008..To determine how Australian children traveled to and from school between 1971 and 2003... - Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: a follow-up of participants in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey. CommentMargaret A Allman-Farinelli
Med J Aust 187:314; author reply 314-5. 2007 - Osteoarthritis--the forgotten obesity-related epidemic with worse to comeMargaret A Allman-Farinelli
Med J Aust 188:317. 2008 - Assessment of sedentary behavior with the International Physical Activity QuestionnaireDori E Rosenberg
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
J Phys Act Health 5:S30-44. 2008..This study explored definitions of sedentary behavior and examined the relationship between sitting time and physical inactivity using the sitting items from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)... - Global problems require global studiesAdrian E Bauman
Am J Prev Med 34:544-5. 2008 - Assessing walking behaviors of selected subpopulationsGuy C Le Masurier
Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:S594-602. 2008.... - Sports participation in adolescents and young adults with myelomeningocele and its role in total physical activity behaviour and fitnessLaurien M Buffart
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Rehabil Med 40:702-8. 2008..To assess sports participation in young adults with myelomeningocele and its association with personal, disease-related and psychosocial factors, physical activity and fitness... - The hazards of watching football--are Australians at risk?Adrian E Bauman
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 185:684-6. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Australians appear to be resistant to acute stressors associated with watching sporting events, possibly due to higher rates of motivational deficiency disorder (MoDeD) than in European populations...