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Effectiveness of a resource on the Australian health care system among the Sydney Chinese-speaking communityMyna Hua
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Level 4 Queen Mary Building, Grose St, Camperdown, NSW 2050
Promot Educ 9:98-100, 117, 126. 2002
Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers--changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, AustraliaChris Rissel
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, University of Sydney, King George V Building, Missenden Road, Camperdown 2050, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:371. 2010..Newspaper reporting of cycling reflects and can influence public and policy maker attitudes towards resource allocation for cycling and cycling infrastructure, yet such coverage has not been systematically examined...
Exercise intervention to prevent falls and enhance mobility in community dwellers after stroke: a protocol for a randomised controlled trialCatherine M Dean
Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW 1825, Australia
BMC Neurol 9:38. 2009..This randomised controlled trial will investigate whether exercise can reduce fall rates and increase mobility and physical activity levels in stroke survivors...
Sex in Australia: experiences of commercial sex in a representative sample of adultsChris E Rissel
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Australian Centre for Health Promotion, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 27:191-7. 2003..To describe the characteristics of Australian adults' experience of commercial sex...
The use of a closed-circuit hospital television channel to promote health: the reach and appeal of RPAtv to patients and visitorsNeil Orr
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Aust Health Rev 31:527-30. 2007..However, its effectiveness as a vehicle for health promotion could be somewhat limited. Any health education-focused objectives of similar channels need to be realistic about the extent of likely increases in health knowledge...
Active travel: a climate change mitigation strategy with co-benefits for healthChris E Rissel
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service School of Public Health, University of Sydney
N S W Public Health Bull 20:10-3. 2009..This article summarises a number of NSW active travel initiatives. Despite some positive steps in NSW, other Australian states have invested far more and can demonstrate greater changes in travel behaviour...
The effectiveness of community-based cycling promotion: findings from the Cycling Connecting Communities project in Sydney, AustraliaChris E Rissel
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Hugh Jardine Building, Eastern Campus, Liverpool Hospital, Locked Mail Bag 7017, Liverpool BC 1871, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:8. 2010..However, this community based intervention with limited funding had very limited reach into the community and did not increase population cycling levels...
Sex in Australia: first experiences of vaginal intercourse and oral sex among a representative sample of adultsChris E Rissel
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, and Australian Centre for Health Promotion, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 27:131-7. 2003..To describe the characteristics of Australian adults' first vaginal intercourse and contraceptive use on that occasion, as well as first oral sex...
Sex in Australia: selected characteristics of regular sexual relationshipsChris E Rissel
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, and Australian Centre for Health Promotion, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 27:124-30. 2003..To describe selected characteristics of Australian adults' regular or ongoing sexual relationships...
Sex in Australia: attitudes towards sex in a representative sample of adultsChris E Rissel
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, and Australian Centre for Health Promotion, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 27:118-23. 2003..To describe social attitudes towards sex of Australian adults and correlates of a scale of sexual liberalism...
Effectiveness of home based early intervention on children's BMI at age 2: randomised controlled trialLi Ming Wen
School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
BMJ 344:e3732. 2012..To assess the effectiveness of a home based early intervention on children's body mass index (BMI) at age 2...
"Where have all the bicycles gone?" Are bicycle sales in Australia translated into health-enhancing levels of bicycle usage?Adrian Bauman
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, 2006 NSW, Australia
Prev Med 54:145-7. 2012..To explore whether the reported increase in bicycle sales in Australia is corroborated by increases in numbers of cyclists...
Awareness of breastfeeding recommendations and duration of breastfeeding: findings from the Healthy Beginnings TrialLi Ming Wen
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Breastfeed Med 7:223-9. 2012..This study sought to determine whether awareness of the recommendation to breastfeed exclusively to age 6 months and intention to meet this recommendation are translated into breastfeeding practice...
Evaluation of a feasibility study addressing risk factors for childhood obesity through home visitsLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 45:577-81. 2009..This pilot study aimed to explore the feasibility of addressing risk factors for childhood obesity through a home-based early intervention program...
Increasing active travel to school: are we on the right track? A cluster randomised controlled trial from Sydney, AustraliaLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service Level 9, King George V Building, Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050 Australia
Prev Med 47:612-8. 2008..To evaluate the effectiveness of a program to increase walking to and from school...
Current cycling, bicycle path use, and willingness to cycle more-findings from a community survey of cycling in southwest sydney, australiaChris Rissel
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
J Phys Act Health 7:267-72. 2010..A population survey of cycling and physical activity was conducted as part of the baseline evaluation of a new intervention research project (Cycling Connecting Communities)...
Weight status, modes of travel to school and screen time: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-13 years in SydneyLi Ming Wen
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia and Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, NSW, Australia
Health Promot J Austr 21:57-63. 2010..The relationship between weight status and modes of travel to school and screen time of children is not clearly understood. This study aims to explore these relationships of Australian children aged 10-13 years...
Can a motivational intervention overcome an unsupportive environment for walking--findings from the Step-by-Step StudyDafna Merom
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ann Behav Med 38:137-46. 2009..Interventions to promote walking have rarely examined how their effects varied by the attributes of the physical environment...
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...
Effectiveness of an early intervention on infant feeding practices and "tummy time": a randomized controlled trialLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:701-7. 2011..To assess the effectiveness of a home-based early intervention on infant feeding practices and "tummy time" for infants in the first year of life...
Temporal trends in non-occupational sedentary behaviours from Australian Time Use Surveys 1992, 1997 and 2006Josephine Y Chau
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:76. 2012..This study used time use data to examine population trends in sedentary behaviours in non-occupational domains and more specifically during leisure time...
Family functioning and obesity risk behaviors: implications for early obesity interventionLi Ming Wen
Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1252-8. 2011..Overweight and obesity interventions should consider addressing family functioning...
Staff walking program: a quasi-experimental trial of maintenance newsletters to maintain walking following a pedometer programJanelle Borg
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, New South Wales
Health Promot J Austr 21:26-32. 2010..This study evaluates the effect of enhancement of this program over an additional nine months in a workplace...
Healthy Beginnings Trial Phase 2 study: follow-up and cost-effectiveness analysisLi Ming Wen
School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, 2006, Australia
Contemp Clin Trials 33:396-401. 2012....
Early intervention of multiple home visits to prevent childhood obesity in a disadvantaged population: a home-based randomised controlled trial (Healthy Beginnings Trial)Li Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Public Health 7:76. 2007....
The role of ethnicity in determining access to and acceptability of home visiting for early childhood health and wellbeingLi Ming Wen
Sydney South West Area Health Service, Health Promotion Service, L9 North KGV Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Aust Health Rev 31:132-9. 2007..For home visiting to be effective in promoting child health, these factors must be considered...
Workplace nutrition and physical activity promotion at Liverpool HospitalIsabel Hess
NSW Department of Health and Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Liverpool BC, NSW
Health Promot J Austr 22:44-50. 2011..This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a workplace intervention in a hospital setting in Australia...
Mothers' awareness of their weight status and concern about their children being overweight: findings from first-time mothers in south-west SydneyLi Ming Wen
School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney and Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 34:293-7. 2010..To assess mothers' awareness of their weight status and to investigate whether this awareness influences mothers' concerns about their child being overweight or obese...
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...
Inverse associations between cycling to work, public transport, and overweight and obesity: findings from a population based study in AustraliaLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Level 9, King George V Building, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
Prev Med 46:29-32. 2008..The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between various modes of transport to work and overweight and obesity, in men and women...
Policy and practice impacts of applied research: a case study analysis of the New South Wales Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme 2000-2006Andrew J Milat
Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, NSW Ministry of Health, Locked Mail Bag 961, North Sydney, NSW, 2059, Australia
Health Res Policy Syst 11:5. 2013....
Is there a role for workplaces in reducing employees' driving to work? Findings from a cross-sectional survey from inner-west Sydney, AustraliaLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:50. 2010..This study explores the potential for workplaces to reduce employees' driving to work in order to inform the development of workplace interventions for promoting active travel...
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...
Promoting active transport in a workplace setting: evaluation of a pilot study in AustraliaLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Level 9 North, King George V Building, Missenden Road Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia
Health Promot Int 20:123-33. 2005..However, before these findings are widely applied, the intervention needs to be tested in a controlled study with a larger sample size...
Who is NOT likely to access the Internet for health information? Findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, AustraliaLi Ming Wen
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Int J Med Inform 80:406-11. 2011..This study aimed to explore inequities in access to online health information and its relation to socioeconomic status, and to inform the development of the use of the Internet for health promotion...
Evaluation of a comprehensive tobacco control project targeting Arabic-speakers residing in south west Sydney, AustraliaAndrew Perusco
Sydney South West Area Health Service, New South Wales
Health Promot Int 25:153-65. 2010..1% at baseline to 74.9% at post (p < 0.05). This paper contributes evidence that comprehensive SMCs targeting CALD populations can reduce smoking prevalence and influence smoking norms in CALD populations...
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...
A validation study of assessing physical activity and sedentary behavior in children aged 3 to 5 yearsLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
Pediatr Exerc Sci 22:408-20. 2010....
Utilization of a population health survey in policy and practice: a case studyRachel Laws
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia
Health Res Policy Syst 11:4. 2013....
Research to practice: application of an evidence-building framework to a childhood obesity prevention initiative in New South WalesChris Rissel
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
Health Promot J Austr 23:16-24. 2012....
Community involvement and self-rated health status: findings from a cross-sectional survey in Central SydneyLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service
N S W Public Health Bull 14:213-7. 2003
The Australian study of health and relationships: results for central Sydney, inner-eastern Sydney, and New South WalesChris Rissel
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Australia
N S W Public Health Bull 14:133-43; discussion 143-4. 2003
Knowledge of STIs and blood-borne viruses among Vietnamese men in metropolitan SydneyCatherine C O'Connor
Sexual Health Service, Community Health Facility, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Camperdown, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 31:464-7. 2007..To describe the sexual health knowledge of a group of Vietnamese men living in inner urban Sydney in order to assist with future program planning...
Factors influencing participant enrolment in a diabetes prevention program in general practice: lessons from the Sydney diabetes prevention programRachel A Laws
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:822. 2012..This study examines the predictors of enrolment in the Sydney Diabetes Prevention Program (SDPP), a community-based diabetes prevention program conducted in general practice, New South Wales, Australia from 2008-2011...
The effect of walking on falls in older people: the 'Easy Steps to Health' randomized controlled trial study protocolAlexander Voukelatos
Health Promotion Service, Clinical Support Division Western, Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:888. 2011....
Intention to breastfeed and awareness of health recommendations: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, AustraliaLi Ming Wen
School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
Int Breastfeed J 4:9. 2009....
Maternal smoking, weight status and dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in south-west Sydney, AustraliaLi M Wen
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 51:31-7. 2011..Few studies have been conducted examining the relationship between maternal smoking, weight status and dietary behaviours during pregnancy...
Translating research for evidence-based public health: key concepts and future directionsLucie Rychetnik
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J Epidemiol Community Health 66:1187-92. 2012..Finally, an integrated framework is presented to illustrate the relationship between these domains, and priority areas for further development and empirical research are identified...
Tobacco promotion 'below-the-line': exposure among adolescents and young adults in NSW, AustraliaDonna A Perez
Cancer Institute NSW, Eveleigh, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:429. 2012....
The possible effect on frequency of cycling if mandatory bicycle helmet legislation was repealed in Sydney, Australia: a cross sectional surveyChris Rissel
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Health Promot J Austr 22:178-83. 2011..Australia has national, state and city targets to increase levels of cycling. The possible effect of repealing mandatory bicycle helmet legislation on the frequency of cycling in Sydney is examined...
Exposure-based cycling crash, near miss and injury rates: the Safer Cycling Prospective Cohort Study protocolRoslyn G Poulos
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Inj Prev 18:e1. 2012..However, safety concerns are among the frequently cited barriers to cycling. In Australia, there are no exposure-based measures of the rates of crash or 'near miss' experienced by cyclists...
Dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, AustraliaLi Ming Wen
School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:13. 2010..abstract:..
"It's not an issue at the moment": a qualitative study of mothers about childhood obesityKatharina Zehle
Health Promotion Unit, Sydney South West Area Health Service, NSW Australia
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 32:36-41. 2007..To explore childhood obesity through mothers' perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors...
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of caregivers regarding children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among Arabic and Vietnamese-speaking communities in Sydney, AustraliaTanya Jochelson
Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, L4 Queen Mary Building, Grose Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
Ethn Health 8:339-51. 2003....
The Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildren (EPOCH) Collaboration--an individual patient data prospective meta-analysisLisa M Askie
NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:728. 2010..This methodology minimises the publication and selection bias often associated with a retrospective meta-analysis by allowing hypotheses, analysis methods and selection criteria to be specified a priori...
Time spent playing outdoors after school and its relationship with independent mobility: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-12 years in Sydney, AustraliaLi Ming Wen
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Syndey, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:15. 2009..abstract:..
Health promotion and secondary prevention: response to Milat, O'Hara and DevelinDenise Fry
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, New South
Health Promot J Austr 21:86-91. 2010..The paper concludes that, given current resources, the best use of Australia's specialist health promotion workforce is in 'upstream' programs that can benefit the whole population as well as those at risk of Type 2 diabetes...
The impact of compulsory cycle helmet legislation on cyclist head injuries in New South Wales, Australia: a rejoinderChris Rissel
University of Sydney, School of Public Health, Medical Foundation Building K25, Level 2, 92 94 Paramatta Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 45:107-9. 2012..The extent to which helmet legislation deters people from cycling is discussed...
Cycling and health: an opportunity for positive change?Adrian E Bauman
Med J Aust 190:347-8. 2009
Pregnant smokers are receptive to smoking cessation advice and use of nicotine replacement therapyKaren Bedford
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 48:424-6. 2008..These results provide strong support for a comprehensive cessation strategy implemented in antenatal clinics...
Female employees' perceptions of organisational support for breastfeeding at work: findings from an Australian health service workplaceDanielle Weber
Health Promotion Service, Hugh Jardine Building, Eastern Campus Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Int Breastfeed J 6:19. 2011..abstract:..
The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World: what is it all about?Chris Rissel
Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service
N S W Public Health Bull 16:156-8. 2005
Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of orgasm in a national surveyJuliet Richters
National Centre in HIV Social Research, Webster Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
J Sex Res 43:217-26. 2006..This is the first large-scale empirical study worldwide to link specific practices with orgasm. Demographic and sexual history variables were comparatively weakly associated with orgasm...
What price petrol?Chris Rissel
Health Promot J Austr 17:3-4. 2006
Who does not know that tobacco causes 80% of drug-related deaths?Yeqin Zuo
Aust N Z J Public Health 27:89. 2003
Changes in smoke-free home status in an immigrant Lebanese community in Sydney, AustraliaLi Ming Wen
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:78-9. 2002
Sampling from childcare centres and pre-schools: how representative are they?Li Ming Wen
Aust N Z J Public Health 30:487-9. 2006
An evaluation of a smoke free environment policy in two Sydney hospitalsMelanie Jean Boomer
NSW Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Department of Health
Aust Health Rev 25:179-84. 2002..More than a third of inpatient smokers had problems with not smoking, or smoked while in hospital...
Towards 'getting research into practice'--population reachAdrian Bauman
Health Promot J Austr 16:91-2. 2005
The effectiveness of the provision of free nicotine replacement therapy on quit rates among health staffCate Wallace
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:184-5. 2008
