Dafna MeromSummaryAffiliation: University of New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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Effect of Australia's Walk to Work Day campaign on adults' active commuting and physical activity behaviorDafna Merom
NSW Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
Am J Health Promot 19:159-62. 2005..To determine whether Australia's Walk to Work Day media campaign resulted in behavioral change among targeted groups...- Active commuting to school among NSW primary school children: implications for public healthDafna Merom
NSW Centre for Physical Activity and Health, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Health Place 12:678-87. 2006..Frequent walking/cycling (5 trips, 37%) was associated with child's level of independence and the perceived benefits of active commuting. Behaviour change in this setting requires multi-level strategies... - An environmental intervention to promote walking and cycling--the impact of a newly constructed Rail Trail in Western SydneyDafna Merom
Epidemiology Unit, NSW Centre for Physical Activity and Health, University of New South Wales, Liverpool NSW 2170, Australia
Prev Med 36:235-42. 2003..Few studies have evaluated environmental changes to promote physical activity. The impact of a local promotional campaign around a newly constructed Rail Trail in western Sydney, Australia, was assessed... - Process evaluation of the New South Wales Walk Safely to School DayDafna Merom
NSW Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Health Promot J Austr 16:100-6. 2005..Concerns about the contribution of lower physical activity by children on levels of childhood obesity have driven the search for interventions that encourage lifestyle physical activity by school-aged children... - 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... - Factors associated with children being driven to school: implications for walk to school programsLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Unit, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Level 9, King George V Building, Missenden Road, Camperdown, New South Wales 2050, Australia
Health Educ Res 23:325-34. 2008..To be effective, walk to school programs need to address the link between parent journey to work and student journey to school... - Promoting walking as an adjunct intervention to group cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders--a pilot group randomized trialDafna Merom
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
J Anxiety Disord 22:959-68. 2008..21, -3.41, and -5.14, respectively, p<0.05) compared to the GCBT+ED. The potential of exercise interventions as adjunct to GCBT for anxiety disorder needs to be further explored... - Associations of type, organization, and number of recreational activities with total activityHeather R Bowles
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J Phys Act Health 4:469-80. 2007..The aim of this study was to examine the associations between characteristics of recreational activity and total physical activity (PA)... - Recent trends in physical activity in New South Wales. Is the tide of inactivity turning?Josephine Chau
Centre for Physical Activity and Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:82-5. 2008..To examine recent trends in sufficient physical activity among New South Wales adults aged 16 years and over...