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| Elizabeth EakinSummaryAffiliation: University of Queensland Country: Australia Publications
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A randomized trial of a telephone-delivered exercise intervention for non-urban dwelling women newly diagnosed with breast cancer: exercise for healthElizabeth G Eakin
School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
Ann Behav Med 43:229-38. 2012..Physical activity is important following breast cancer. Trials of non-face-to-face interventions are needed to assist in reaching women living outside major metropolitan areas...- Telephone counseling for physical activity and diet in primary care patientsElizabeth Eakin
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Am J Prev Med 36:142-9. 2009..The delivery of effective interventions to assist patients to improve their physical activity and dietary behaviors is a challenge in the busy primary care setting... 
Health status of long-term cancer survivors: results from an Australian population-based sampleElizabeth G Eakin
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, University of Queensland, Level 3, Public Health Building, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1969-76. 2006..This study investigated the health implications of longer-term cancer survivorship in an Australian, population-based sample...- Health behaviors of cancer survivors: data from an Australian population-based surveyElizabeth G Eakin
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Level 3, Public Health Building, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
Cancer Causes Control 18:881-94. 2007..This study compared health behaviors among a large sample of Australian adult cancer survivors with an age- and sex-matched cohort of people with no cancer history... - General practitioner advice on physical activity--who gets it?Elizabeth Eakin
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Health Promot 21:225-8. 2007..To evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of patients who received physical activity counseling from a general practitioner... - Validation of the Spanish-language version of the chronic illness resources surveyElizabeth G Eakin
Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, Queensland Cancer Fund, Brisbane, Australia
Int J Behav Med 14:76-85. 2007..The CIRS-Spanish is a reliable and valid instrument for measurement of multilevel support for chronic illness management in low-income, Spanish-speaking patients with a variety of chronic conditions... - Maintenance of physical activity and dietary change following a telephone-delivered interventionElizabeth Eakin
University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre CPRC, Herston Qld, Australia
Health Psychol 29:566-73. 2010..To examine the maintenance of behavioral changes 6 months following a telephone-delivered physical activity and diet intervention... - The Logan Healthy Living Program: a cluster randomized trial of a telephone-delivered physical activity and dietary behavior intervention for primary care patients with type 2 diabetes or hypertension from a socially disadvantaged community--rationale, deElizabeth G Eakin
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Contemp Clin Trials 29:439-54. 2008..Thus there is an important need to evaluate other feasible and effective means of delivering evidence-based physical activity and dietary behaviour programs to patients in primary care, including telephone counseling interventions... - Prevalence and correlates of multiple cancer risk behaviors in an Australian population-based survey: results from the Queensland Cancer Risk StudyKatrin Hausdorf
Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, The Cancer Council Queensland, Spring Hill, QLD, Australia
Cancer Causes Control 19:1339-47. 2008..To report on the prevalence, clustering, and correlates of behavioral risk factors for cancer in the Queensland, Australia, population... - Unmet supportive care needs and interest in services among patients with a brain tumour and their carersMonika Janda
School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Patient Educ Couns 71:251-8. 2008..To assess the supportive care needs and interest in related services among brain tumour patients and their carers and to compare the level of unmet needs to other cancer populations... 
Cost-effectiveness of a telephone-delivered intervention for physical activity and dietNicholas Graves
Queensland University of Technology, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 4:e7135. 2009..The cost-effectiveness of a Telephone Counselling intervention to improve physical activity and diet, targeting adults with established chronic diseases in a low socio-economic area of a major Australian city was examined...- Unmet needs of gynaecological cancer survivors: implications for developing community support servicesVanessa Beesley
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Psychooncology 17:392-400. 2008..Further assistance with the top specific concerns of gynaecological cancer survivors is recommended. Identified subgroups with higher needs are important targets for support... - Control group improvements in physical activity intervention trials and possible explanatory factors: a systematic reviewLauren Waters
School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
J Phys Act Health 9:884-95. 2012..Several recent physical activity intervention trials have reported physical activity improvements in control group participants. Explanations have been proposed, but not systematically investigated... - Relationships of sun-protection habit strength with sunscreen use during outdoor sport and physical activitySheleigh Lawler
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston QLD 4006, Australia
Int J Environ Res Public Health 9:916-23. 2012..This association was strongest for adequate sunscreen use in both settings. In conclusion, this study suggests that the measure of sun protection habit strength is a potentially useful assessment tool for future sun protection studies... - Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time of breast cancer survivors, and associations with adiposity: findings from NHANES (2003-2006)Brigid M Lynch
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Cancer Causes Control 21:283-8. 2010..We report the cross-sectional associations of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time with adiposity in a sample of breast cancer survivors from the United States... - Cost-effectiveness analyses and modelling the lifetime costs and benefits of health-behaviour interventionsNicholas Graves
School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, QLD 4059, Australia
Chronic Illn 2:97-107. 2006..The existing literature only captures short-term economic and health outcomes... - Prevalence and determinants of sunburn in QueenslandCarla Rogers
Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, The Cancer Council Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Health Promot J Austr 20:102-6. 2009..In response to this, public education campaigns have incorporated messages about reducing sun exposure and avoiding sunburn. This study sought to describe the prevalence of and factors associated with sunburn in Queensland residents... - Gynecological cancer survivors' health behaviors and their associations with quality of lifeVanessa L Beesley
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Cancer Causes Control 19:775-82. 2008..To evaluate health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake) and body mass index of gynecological cancer survivors and their association with quality of life... - Exercise for health: a randomized, controlled trial evaluating the impact of a pragmatic, translational exercise intervention on the quality of life, function and treatment-related side effects following breast cancerSandra C Hayes
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Breast Cancer Res Treat 137:175-86. 2013..This translational intervention trial, delivered either FtF or Tel, supports exercise as a form of adjuvant breast cancer therapy that can prevent declines in fitness and function during treatment and optimise recovery post-treatment... - Multiple health behavior changes and co-variation in a telephone counseling trialSheleigh P Lawler
The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia
Ann Behav Med 39:250-7. 2010..Delivering effective multiple health behavior interventions to large numbers of adults with chronic conditions via primary care settings is a public health priority... - Lymphedema after gynecological cancer treatment : prevalence, correlates, and supportive care needsVanessa Beesley
Queensland University of Technology, School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Brisbane, Australia
Cancer 109:2607-14. 2007..Few studies have evaluated lymphedema after gynecological cancer treatment. The aim of this research was to establish prevalence, correlates, and supportive care needs of gynecological cancer survivors who develop lymphedema... - Health behaviours in survivors of childhood cancerMarina Reeves
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 36:95-6. 2007..These survivors expressed strong interest in health promotion aimed at improving diet and physical activity... - Is measurement error altered by participation in a physical activity intervention?Elisabeth Winkler
1The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA and 2Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Behavioural Epidemiology Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 45:1004-11. 2013..Few studies have examined agreement between self-report and device-based measures in the intervention trial context or whether the difference between measures is influenced by intervention participation... - Follow-up care after breast cancer treatment: experiences and perceptions of service provision and provider interactions in rural Australian womenSheleigh Lawler
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
Support Care Cancer 19:1975-82. 2011..This study aims to explore and examine experiences and perceptions of follow-up care (medical and psychosocial) after active treatment for breast cancer among women living outside major Australian cities... - Design and implementation of the Exercise for Health trial -- a pragmatic exercise intervention for women with breast cancerSANDRA HAYES
School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Queensland, Australia
Contemp Clin Trials 32:577-85. 2011..The purpose of this paper is to describe the study design, along with outcomes related to recruitment, retention and representativeness, and intervention participation... - Quality of life among patients with a brain tumor and their carersMonika Janda
School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Women s and Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J Psychosom Res 63:617-23. 2007..This study assessed the quality of life and psychosocial well-being of brain tumor patients and their carers... - Systematic review of maintenance of behavior change following physical activity and dietary interventionsBrianna Fjeldsoe
School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Herston Campus, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
Health Psychol 30:99-109. 2011..do trials report on maintenance of behavior change? 2) How frequently do interventions achieve maintenance of behavior change? 3) What sample, methodologic, or intervention characteristics are common to trials achieving maintenance?.. - Physical activity promotion in primary care: bridging the gap between research and practiceElizabeth G Eakin
Queensland Cancer Fund Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control and Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Health Research, Brisbane, Australia
Am J Prev Med 27:297-303. 2004.... - Sun exposure and sun protection behaviours among young adult sport competitorsSheleigh Lawler
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, Level 3, Public Health Building, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland
Aust N Z J Public Health 31:230-4. 2007..To explore the relationship between sun protection and physical activity in young adults (18-30 years) involved in four organised sports... - Solaria use in Queensland, AustraliaSheleigh P Lawler
Cancer Prevention Research Centre and Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, Queensland Cancer Fund
Aust N Z J Public Health 30:479-82. 2006..To describe the demographics of solarium users and the correlates of solarium use in Queensland... - Randomised controlled trial of a supervised exercise rehabilitation program for colorectal cancer survivors immediately after chemotherapy: study protocolRosalind R Spence
School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
BMC Cancer 7:154. 2007.... - The impact of behavioural screening on intervention outcomes in a randomised, controlled multiple behaviour intervention trialLauren A Waters
The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:24. 2011..Furthermore, the impact of this type of screening on intervention participation and intervention effects is unknown... - Characteristics of control group participants who increased their physical activity in a cluster-randomized lifestyle intervention trialLauren A Waters
The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:27. 2011.... - A telephone-delivered physical activity and dietary intervention for type 2 diabetes and hypertension: does intervention dose influence outcomes?Ana D Goode
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Am J Health Promot 25:257-63. 2011..To examine associations of intervention dose with behavior change outcomes in a telephone counseling intervention for physical activity and dietary change... - Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of using internet technology to promote physical activity within a defined communityAlison L Marshall
School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia
Health Promot J Austr 16:82-4. 2005..To explore the feasibility of using the Internet and e-mail to promote physical activity in a defined community... - Recruitment and retention of Latinos in a primary care-based physical activity and diet trial: The Resources for Health studyElizabeth G Eakin
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia
Health Educ Res 22:361-71. 2007..By engaging the community, clinicians and patients, this study was able to successfully recruit and retain a large proportion of this often difficult to reach Latino sub-population of patients with multiple chronic conditions... - Telephone interventions for physical activity and dietary behavior change: a systematic reviewElizabeth G Eakin
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Am J Prev Med 32:419-34. 2007..For this purpose, telephone counseling interventions have considerable potential... - Resources for health: a primary-care-based diet and physical activity intervention targeting urban Latinos with multiple chronic conditionsElizabeth G Eakin
Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, Queensland Cancer Fund, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Health Psychol 26:392-400. 2007..The Resources for Health trial evaluates a social-ecologically based lifestyle (physical activity and diet) intervention targeting low-income, largely Spanish-speaking patients with multiple chronic conditions... - Randomized trial of a neighborhood environment-focused physical activity website interventionShannon L Ferney
The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
Prev Med 48:144-50. 2009..To evaluate the use of a local neighborhood environment-focused physical activity website and its effects on walking and overall physical activity in middle-aged adults... - Website-delivered physical activity interventions a review of the literatureCorneel Vandelanotte
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Australia
Am J Prev Med 33:54-64. 2007..The purpose of this study was to systematically review the research findings and outcomes of website-delivered physical activity interventions and to identify relationships of intervention attributes with behavioral outcomes... - Living Well with Diabetes: a randomized controlled trial of a telephone-delivered intervention for maintenance of weight loss, physical activity and glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetesElizabeth G Eakin
The University of Queensland, Level 3 Public Health Building, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Herston Road, Herston, QLD, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:452. 2010..Telephone-delivered interventions have the potential to address these gaps... - The Queensland Cancer Risk Study: behavioural risk factor resultsTracey DiSipio
Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, Queensland Cancer Fund, Spring Hill, Queensland
Aust N Z J Public Health 30:375-82. 2006..To describe the population prevalence of key cancer risk behaviours in Queensland... - Gynecological cancer survivors and community support services: referral, awareness, utilization and satisfactionVanessa L Beesley
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Psychooncology 19:54-61. 2010..To quantify gynecological cancer survivors' referral to, awareness of, utilization of and satisfaction with community support services, as well as the factors associated with service use... - Occupational sitting time and overweight and obesity in Australian workersW Kerry Mummery
School of Health and Human Performance, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Am J Prev Med 29:91-7. 2005.... - Who participates in physical activity intervention trials?Lauren Ashleigh Waters
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
J Phys Act Health 8:85-103. 2011.... - Supportive care needs of people with brain tumours and their carersMonika Janda
Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, Queensland Cancer Fund, Spring Hill, Australia
Support Care Cancer 14:1094-103. 2006..A qualitative investigation was conducted to examine the supportive care needs of patients with brain tumour and their carers... - Older persons' perception of risk of falling: implications for fall-prevention campaignsKaren Hughes
School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, 4059, Australia
Am J Public Health 98:351-7. 2008..We examined older people's attitudes about falls and implications for the design of fall-prevention awareness campaigns... - Non-cancer mortality among people diagnosed with cancer (Australia)Peter D Baade
Epidemiology Unit, Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control, Queensland Cancer Fund, Spring Hill QLD, Brisbane, Australia
Cancer Causes Control 17:287-97. 2006..To investigate whether people diagnosed with cancer have an increased risk of death from non-cancer causes compared to the general population... - Reaching those most in need: a review of diabetes self-management interventions in disadvantaged populationsElizabeth G Eakin
Queensland University of Technology, Schools of Public Health and Human Movement Studies, Brisbane, Australia
Diabetes Metab Res Rev 18:26-35. 2002..Studies that explicitly address the community context and that address multiple issues related to public health impact of DSME interventions are recommended to enhance long-term results... - 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...