E Cerin

Summary

Affiliation: The University of Hong Kong
Country: China

Publications

  1. ncbi A cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity and health of 8-9 year olds: the Transform-Us! study
    Jo Salmon
    Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioral Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
    BMC Public Health 11:759. 2011
  2. ncbi Measuring walking within and outside the neighborhood in Chinese elders: reliability and validity
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 113 Pokfulam Rd, SAR, Hong Kong
    BMC Public Health 11:851. 2011
  3. ncbi Predictors of pre- and post-competition affective states in male martial artists: a multilevel interactional approach
    E Cerin
    USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Scand J Med Sci Sports 21:137-50. 2011
  4. ncbi Recreational facilities and leisure-time physical activity: An analysis of moderators and self-efficacy as a mediator
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Health Psychol 27:S126-35. 2008
  5. ncbi Cross-validation of the factorial structure of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A)
    Ester Cerin
    USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:32. 2009
  6. ncbi Reliable and valid NEWS for Chinese seniors: measuring perceived neighborhood attributes related to walking
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 113 Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong SAR
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:84. 2010
  7. ncbi From neighborhood design and food options to residents' weight status
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 113 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
    Appetite 56:693-703. 2011
  8. ncbi Destinations that matter: associations with walking for transport
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
    Health Place 13:713-24. 2007
  9. ncbi Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale: validity and development of a short form
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1682-91. 2006
  10. ncbi Mechanisms linking affective reactions to competition-related and competition-extraneous concerns in male martial artists
    E Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Scand J Med Sci Sports 21:700-12. 2011

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Publications31

  1. ncbi A cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity and health of 8-9 year olds: the Transform-Us! study
    Jo Salmon
    Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioral Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
    BMC Public Health 11:759. 2011
    ....
  2. ncbi Measuring walking within and outside the neighborhood in Chinese elders: reliability and validity
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 113 Pokfulam Rd, SAR, Hong Kong
    BMC Public Health 11:851. 2011
    ..While the NPAQ has shown to be a reliable measure in adults, its reliability in older adults is unknown. Additionally its validity and the influence of type of neighborhood on reliability and validity have yet to be explored...
  3. ncbi Predictors of pre- and post-competition affective states in male martial artists: a multilevel interactional approach
    E Cerin
    USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Scand J Med Sci Sports 21:137-50. 2011
    ..These factors need to be accounted for in planning of emotion regulation interventions...
  4. ncbi Recreational facilities and leisure-time physical activity: An analysis of moderators and self-efficacy as a mediator
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Health Psychol 27:S126-35. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Cross-validation of the factorial structure of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and its abbreviated form (NEWS-A)
    Ester Cerin
    USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:32. 2009
    ..abstract:..
  6. ncbi Reliable and valid NEWS for Chinese seniors: measuring perceived neighborhood attributes related to walking
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 113 Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong SAR
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:84. 2010
    ..abstract:..
  7. ncbi From neighborhood design and food options to residents' weight status
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 113 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
    Appetite 56:693-703. 2011
    ..Accessibility and availability of healthful food choices may lower the risk of overweight/obesity by providing opportunities for healthier dietary patterns...
  8. ncbi Destinations that matter: associations with walking for transport
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, 111 Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
    Health Place 13:713-24. 2007
    ..Workplace proximity was the most significant contributor to transport-related walking, especially among women. Regular walking to work resulted in the accrual of sufficient physical activity for health benefits...
  9. ncbi Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale: validity and development of a short form
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1682-91. 2006
    ..The aim of this study was to examine the factorial and criterion validity of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) and to develop an abbreviated version (NEWS-A)...
  10. ncbi Mechanisms linking affective reactions to competition-related and competition-extraneous concerns in male martial artists
    E Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    Scand J Med Sci Sports 21:700-12. 2011
    ....
  11. ncbi Small-scale randomized controlled trials need more powerful methods of mediational analysis than the Baron-Kenny method
    Ester Cerin
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
    J Clin Epidemiol 59:457-64. 2006
    ..The Baron-Kenny method is most commonly used, but has low statistical power and may not identify mechanisms of behavioral change in small-to-medium size studies. More powerful statistical tests are available...
  12. ncbi Testing theories of dietary behavior change in youth using the mediating variable model with intervention programs
    Ester Cerin
    United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    J Nutr Educ Behav 41:309-18. 2009
    ..To review and critique current experimentally-based evidence of theoretical mechanisms of dietary behavior change in youth and provide recommendations on ways to enhance theory evaluation...
  13. ncbi Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adults
    Neville 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...
  14. ncbi Sitting time and socio-economic differences in overweight and obesity
    K I Proper
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Australia
    Int J Obes (Lond) 31:169-76. 2007
    ....
  15. ncbi The effects of training on performance and performance-related states in individual elite athletes: a dynamic approach
    Anthony Barnett
    Institute of Human Performance, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
    J Sports Sci 28:1117-26. 2010
    ..This paper shows the potential for the use of dynamic linear models as an aid to planning training in elite athletes...
  16. ncbi Explaining socio-economic status differences in walking for transport: an ecological analysis of individual, social and environmental factors
    Ester Cerin
    Baylor College of Medicine, Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates St, Houston 77030, USA
    Soc Sci Med 68:1013-20. 2009
    ....
  17. ncbi Perceived barriers to leisure-time physical activity in adults: an ecological perspective
    Ester Cerin
    Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    J Phys Act Health 7:451-9. 2010
    ..Personal, social, and environmental factors associated with these perceived barriers were then examined...
  18. ncbi Adolescents' physical activity: competition between perceived neighborhood sport facilities and home media resources
    Bonny Yee Man Wong
    Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR
    Int J Pediatr Obes 5:169-76. 2010
    ..To examine the independent, competing, and interactive effects of perceived availability of specific types of media in the home and neighborhood sport facilities on adolescents' leisure-time physical activity (PA)...
  19. ncbi A commentary on current practice in mediating variable analyses in behavioural nutrition and physical activity
    Ester Cerin
    Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Public Health Nutr 12:1182-8. 2009
    ..To critique current practice in, and provide recommendations for, mediating variable analyses (MVA) of nutrition and physical activity behaviour change...
  20. ncbi How socio-economic status contributes to participation in leisure-time physical activity
    Ester Cerin
    Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    Soc Sci Med 66:2596-609. 2008
    ....
  21. ncbi Physical activity, activity change, and their correlates in a population-based sample of colorectal cancer survivors
    Brigid M Lynch
    Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, The Cancer Council, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Ann Behav Med 34:135-43. 2007
    ..Physical activity can provide benefits to cancer survivors, including reduced symptoms and treatment side effects, improved overall quality of life, and decreased risk of other chronic diseases...
  22. ncbi Bicycle use for transport in an Australian and a Belgian city: associations with built-environment attributes
    Neville Owen
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
    J Urban Health 87:189-98. 2010
    ..Built-environment innovations that are increasingly being advocated by health authorities and transport planners, primarily to promote higher rates of walking for transport, should also impact positively on bicycle use...
  23. ncbi Breaks in sedentary time: beneficial associations with metabolic risk
    Genevieve N Healy
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Diabetes Care 31:661-6. 2008
    ..In addition to the effects of total sedentary time, the manner in which it is accumulated may also be important. We examined the association of breaks in objectively measured sedentary time with biological markers of metabolic risk...
  24. ncbi Objectively measured light-intensity physical activity is independently associated with 2-h plasma glucose
    Genevieve N Healy
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Diabetes Care 30:1384-9. 2007
    ..We examined the associations of objectively measured sedentary time, light-intensity physical activity, and moderate- to vigorous-intensity activity with fasting and 2-h postchallenge plasma glucose in Australian adults...
  25. ncbi Individual calibration for estimating free-living walking speed using the MTI monitor
    Anthony Barnett
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:761-7. 2006
    ..This study was conducted to devise a new individual calibration method to enhance MTI accelerometer estimation of free-living level walking speed...
  26. ncbi Physical activity of young people in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Region: an exploratory study
    Rebecca Abbott
    School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
    Aust J Rural Health 16:278-82. 2008
    ..The present study explored the practices of, and perceived barriers to, physical activity of young people living in remote communities in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area of Far North Queensland...
  27. ncbi Prospective relationships of physical activity with quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors
    Brigid M Lynch
    Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, The Cancer Council Queensland, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    J Clin Oncol 26:4480-7. 2008
    ..The present study aims to examine the relationships between physical activity and quality of life over 2 years after a colorectal cancer diagnosis...
  28. ncbi Levels of physical activity for colon cancer prevention compared with generic public health recommendations: population prevalence and sociodemographic correlates
    Ester Cerin
    Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Level 3, Public Health Building, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1000-2. 2005
    ....
  29. ncbi Residential proximity to school and the active travel choices of parents
    Rachel Cole
    Southern Area Population Health Services, Queensland Health, Southport, Queensland
    Health Promot J Austr 18:127-34. 2007
    ..We examined the prevalence and duration of walking to and from school, together with perceived influences on doing so, among parents of primary school children...
  30. ncbi Associations of leisure-time physical activity with quality of life in a large, population-based sample of colorectal cancer survivors
    Brigid M Lynch
    Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, The Cancer Council Queensland, PO Box 201, Spring Hill, Brisbane 4004, Australia
    Cancer Causes Control 18:735-42. 2007
    ....
  31. ncbi Lifetime risk of suicide ideation and attempts in an Australian community: prevalence, suicidal process, and help-seeking behaviour
    Diego De Leo
    Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, 4111 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    J Affect Disord 86:215-24. 2005
    ..The feasibility of the different branches of the study was piloted in Queensland, Australia. This paper reports on the community survey component...