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| Adrian E BaumanSummaryAffiliation: The Children's Hospital at Westmead Country: Australia Publications
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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 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...
Change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1969-1997Michael L Booth
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Sydney at The Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 77:29-36. 2003..Effective public policy requires information on the prevalence of overweight and obesity...
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...
The reliability and validity of the Adolescent Physical Activity Recall QuestionnaireMichael 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, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2124, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1986-95. 2002..This study assessed the test-retest reliability and validity of the Adolescent Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire (APARQ) among 13- and 15-yr-old Australians...
Cross-sectional associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting, physical activity and obesity in working adultsJosephine Y Chau
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Prev Med 54:195-200. 2012..To examine associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting, physical activity and obesity in working adults...
Role modelling unhealthy behaviours: food and drink sponsorship of peak sporting organisationsBridget Kelly
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Health Promot J Austr 22:72-5. 2011..As such, sponsorship of these organisations may influence the funding of community sport. This study aimed to describe the nature and scope of peak sporting organisations' sponsorship, and particularly food and beverage company sponsors...
Effectiveness of Australia's Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service®: translational research with population wide impactBlythe J O'Hara
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Medical Foundation Building K25, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Prev Med 55:292-8. 2012..This study reports on the evaluation of the Australia's Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service®, to improve lifestyle behaviours, amongst a population-wide sample who completed the 6-month coaching programme...
"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...
Psychosocial factors related to diet among women with recent gestational diabetes: opportunities for interventionKatharina Zehle
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Diabetes Educ 34:807-14. 2008....
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....
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...
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...
Restricting unhealthy food sponsorship: attitudes of the sporting communityBridget Kelly
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, 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...
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...
Public health perspectives on household travel surveys active travel between 1997 and 2007Dafna Merom
University of Sydney, Australia
Am J Prev Med 39:113-21. 2010..Active travel is beneficial to public health, but longitudinal population surveillance data on this behavior are limited...
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...
Mismatch between perceived and objectively assessed neighborhood walkability attributes: prospective relationships with walking and weight gainKlaus Gebel
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Health Place 17:519-24. 2011..Interventions to improve negative perceptions of walkability among those living in high walkable areas may be a relevant public health intervention to increase physical activity and support weight maintenance...
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...
Food and drink sponsorship of children's sport in Australia: who pays?Bridget Kelly
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Level 2, K25 Medical Foundation Building, NSW 2006 Sydney, Australia
Health Promot Int 26:188-95. 2011....
Views of children and parents on limiting unhealthy food, drink and alcohol sponsorship of elite and children's sportsBridget Kelly
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, Level 2 Medical Foundation Building K25, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Public Health Nutr 16:130-5. 2013..To determine parents' and children's attitudes towards food, beverage and alcohol sponsorship of elite and children's sports and the acceptability of policies and alternative funding models to limit this sponsorship...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The role of pre-pregnancy physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the development of gestational diabetes mellitusHidde P van der Ploeg
Cluster for Physical Activity and Health, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 14:149-52. 2011..In conclusion, pre-pregnancy physical activity and sedentary behaviour appear to be less important in the development of GDM in this cohort than overweight and obesity...
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...
Effectiveness of Australia's Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service: maintenance of self-reported anthropometric and behavioural changes after program completionBlythe J O'Hara
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Medical Foundation Building, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
BMC Public Health 13:175. 2013..This study examines the maintenance of anthropometric and behaviour change improvements 6-months after program completion...
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....
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..Sitting time is an emerging health risk, and many working adults spend large amounts of time sitting each day. It is important to have reliable and accurate measurement tools to assess sitting time in different contexts...
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...
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...
Using mass-media communications to increase population usage of Australia's Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service®Blythe J O'Hara
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Medical Foundation Building K25, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
BMC Public Health 12:762. 2012..Such interventions benefit from mass-communications to promote their use. The Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service ® (GHS) utilised mass-reach media advertising to recruit participants to an Australian state-wide program...
Characteristics of participants in Australia's Get Healthy telephone-based lifestyle information and coaching service: reaching disadvantaged communities and those most at needBlythe J O'Hara
Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Medical Foundation Building K25 NSW 2006, Australia
Health Educ Res 26:1097-106. 2011..The GHS has broader population reach than many local interventions, but further efforts are needed to increase reach by Aboriginal communities, other minorities and men...
Are workplace interventions to reduce sitting effective? A systematic reviewJosephine Y Chau
Cluster for Physical Activity and Health, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Prev Med 51:352-6. 2010..To systematically review the effectiveness of workplace interventions for reducing sitting...
Examining opportunities for promotion of healthy eating at children's sports clubsBridget Kelly
Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 34:583-8. 2010..This study aimed to determine healthy eating practices and policies at children's sports clubs...
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...
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...
Diabetes prevention research: a systematic review of external validity in lifestyle interventionsRachel A Laws
Prevention Research Collaboration, University of Sydney, Australia
Am J Prev Med 43:205-14. 2012..This study systematically reviews the reporting of external validity components and generalizability of diabetes prevention studies...
Cycling and health: an opportunity for positive change?Adrian E Bauman
Med J Aust 190:347-8. 2009
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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..To review whether watching football increases the population cardiac event risk in New South Wales...
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...
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....
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....
