Li M Wen

Summary

Affiliation: New South Wales
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Knowledge of STIs and blood-borne viruses among Vietnamese men in metropolitan Sydney
    Catherine 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
  2. ncbi Promoting physical activity in women: evaluation of a 2-year community-based intervention in Sydney, Australia
    Li Ming Wen
    Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, L4 Queen Mary Building, Grose St, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
    Health Promot Int 17:127-37. 2002
  3. ncbi Promoting active transport in a workplace setting: evaluation of a pilot study in Australia
    Li 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
  4. ncbi The role of ethnicity in determining access to and acceptability of home visiting for early childhood health and wellbeing
    Li 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
  5. ncbi Factors associated with children being driven to school: implications for walk to school programs
    Li 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
  6. ncbi Awareness of breastfeeding recommendations and duration of breastfeeding: findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial
    Li Ming Wen
    Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Breastfeed Med 7:223-9. 2012
  7. ncbi Effectiveness of home based early intervention on children's BMI at age 2: randomised controlled trial
    Li Ming Wen
    School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    BMJ 344:e3732. 2012
  8. ncbi Healthy Beginnings Trial Phase 2 study: follow-up and cost-effectiveness analysis
    Li Ming Wen
    School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, 2006, Australia
    Contemp Clin Trials 33:396-401. 2012
  9. ncbi The effectiveness of community-based cycling promotion: findings from the Cycling Connecting Communities project in Sydney, Australia
    Chris 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
  10. ncbi Female employees' perceptions of organisational support for breastfeeding at work: findings from an Australian health service workplace
    Danielle Weber
    Health Promotion Service, Hugh Jardine Building, Eastern Campus Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
    Int Breastfeed J 6:19. 2011

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Publications35

  1. ncbi Knowledge of STIs and blood-borne viruses among Vietnamese men in metropolitan Sydney
    Catherine 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...
  2. ncbi Promoting physical activity in women: evaluation of a 2-year community-based intervention in Sydney, Australia
    Li Ming Wen
    Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, L4 Queen Mary Building, Grose St, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
    Health Promot Int 17:127-37. 2002
    ....
  3. ncbi Promoting active transport in a workplace setting: evaluation of a pilot study in Australia
    Li 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...
  4. ncbi The role of ethnicity in determining access to and acceptability of home visiting for early childhood health and wellbeing
    Li 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...
  5. ncbi Factors associated with children being driven to school: implications for walk to school programs
    Li 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...
  6. ncbi Awareness of breastfeeding recommendations and duration of breastfeeding: findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial
    Li 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...
  7. ncbi Effectiveness of home based early intervention on children's BMI at age 2: randomised controlled trial
    Li 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...
  8. ncbi Healthy Beginnings Trial Phase 2 study: follow-up and cost-effectiveness analysis
    Li Ming Wen
    School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, 2006, Australia
    Contemp Clin Trials 33:396-401. 2012
    ....
  9. ncbi The effectiveness of community-based cycling promotion: findings from the Cycling Connecting Communities project in Sydney, Australia
    Chris 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...
  10. ncbi Female employees' perceptions of organisational support for breastfeeding at work: findings from an Australian health service workplace
    Danielle Weber
    Health Promotion Service, Hugh Jardine Building, Eastern Campus Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
    Int Breastfeed J 6:19. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  11. ncbi The Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildren (EPOCH) Collaboration--an individual patient data prospective meta-analysis
    Lisa 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...
  12. ncbi Driving to work and overweight and obesity: findings from the 2003 New South Wales Health Survey, Australia
    L M Wen
    Health Promotion Unit Eastern Zone, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
    Int J Obes (Lond) 30:782-6. 2006
    ..To examine possible associations between driving to work, physical activity and overweight and obesity...
  13. ncbi Family functioning and obesity risk behaviors: implications for early obesity intervention
    Li 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...
  14. ncbi Evaluation of a feasibility study addressing risk factors for childhood obesity through home visits
    Li 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...
  15. ncbi Intention to breastfeed and awareness of health recommendations: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia
    Li Ming Wen
    School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
    Int Breastfeed J 4:9. 2009
    ....
  16. ncbi Is there a role for workplaces in reducing employees' driving to work? Findings from a cross-sectional survey from inner-west Sydney, Australia
    Li 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...
  17. ncbi Dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia
    Li Ming Wen
    School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:13. 2010
    ..abstract:..
  18. ncbi Weight status, modes of travel to school and screen time: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-13 years in Sydney
    Li 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...
  19. ncbi Mothers' awareness of their weight status and concern about their children being overweight: findings from first-time mothers in south-west Sydney
    Li 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...
  20. ncbi Time spent playing outdoors after school and its relationship with independent mobility: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-12 years in Sydney, Australia
    Li Ming Wen
    Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Syndey, Australia
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:15. 2009
    ..abstract:..
  21. ncbi Increasing active travel to school: are we on the right track? A cluster randomised controlled trial from Sydney, Australia
    Li 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...
  22. ncbi Effectiveness of an early intervention on infant feeding practices and "tummy time": a randomized controlled trial
    Li 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...
  23. ncbi 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
    ....
  24. ncbi Who is NOT likely to access the Internet for health information? Findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia
    Li 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...
  25. ncbi Inverse associations between cycling to work, public transport, and overweight and obesity: findings from a population based study in Australia
    Li 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...
  26. ncbi Maternal smoking, weight status and dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in south-west Sydney, Australia
    Li 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...
  27. ncbi Characteristics of travel to and from school among adolescents in NSW, Australia
    Michael L Booth
    School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Paediatr Child Health 43:755-61. 2007
    ..Active transport to and from school is frequently identified as an opportunity to increase energy expenditure among young people. The epidemiology of travel behaviours among Grade 6, 8 and 10 students in NSW is reported...
  28. ncbi Acculturation, sexual behaviour, risk and knowledge in Vietnamese men living in metropolitan Sydney
    Catherine C O'Connor
    Sexual Health Service, Community Health, Sydney Southwest Area Health Service, and School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Health Promot J Austr 20:13-9. 2009
    ....
  29. ncbi Effectiveness of a resource on the Australian health care system among the Sydney Chinese-speaking community
    Myna 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
  30. ncbi Community involvement and self-rated health status: findings from a cross-sectional survey in Central Sydney
    Li Ming Wen
    Health Promotion Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service
    N S W Public Health Bull 14:213-7. 2003
  31. ncbi Low knowledge and high infection rates of hepatitis in Vietnamese men in Sydney
    Catherine C O'Connor
    Sexual Health Service, Community Health Facility, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
    Sex Health 5:299-302. 2008
    ..To describe hepatitis B and C knowledge and self-reported infection and risk behaviour in a group of Vietnamese men living in inner-urban Sydney, in order to assist with future program planning...
  32. ncbi A validation study of assessing physical activity and sedentary behavior in children aged 3 to 5 years
    Li Ming Wen
    Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
    Pediatr Exerc Sci 22:408-20. 2010
    ....
  33. ncbi "It's not an issue at the moment": a qualitative study of mothers about childhood obesity
    Katharina 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...
  34. ncbi Sampling from childcare centres and pre-schools: how representative are they?
    Li Ming Wen
    Aust N Z J Public Health 30:487-9. 2006
  35. ncbi Changes in smoke-free home status in an immigrant Lebanese community in Sydney, Australia
    Li Ming Wen
    Aust N Z J Public Health 26:78-9. 2002