B Ewald

Summary

Affiliation: University of Newcastle
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi How many steps/day are enough? For older adults and special populations
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Walking Behaviour Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:80. 2011
  2. ncbi A self-controlled case series to assess the effectiveness of beta blockers for heart failure in reducing hospitalisations in the elderly
    Emmae N Ramsay
    Data Management and Analysis Centre, Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
    BMC Med Res Methodol 11:106. 2011
  3. ncbi Physical activity of older Australians measured by pedometry
    Ben Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
    Australas J Ageing 28:127-33. 2009
  4. ncbi Is there a risk of malaria transmission in NSW?
    Ben D Ewald
    Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service
    N S W Public Health Bull 19:127-31. 2008
  5. ncbi Australian Bat Lyssavirus: examination of post-exposure treatment in NSW
    Ben Ewald
    Newcastle University, New South Wales, Australia
    N S W Public Health Bull 19:104-7. 2008
  6. ncbi Pedometer counts superior to physical activity scale for identifying health markers in older adults
    B Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
    Br J Sports Med 44:756-61. 2010
  7. ncbi Post hoc choice of cut points introduced bias to diagnostic research
    Ben Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, University of Newcastle, Maddison Building, Level 3, NSW, Australia corrected
    J Clin Epidemiol 59:798-801. 2006
  8. ncbi Which test to detect microalbuminuria in diabetic patients? A systematic review
    Ben Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, New South Wales
    Aust Fam Physician 33:565-7, 571. 2004
  9. ncbi Cost analysis of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in initiating antihypertensive drug treatment in Australian general practice
    Ben Ewald
    Central Australian Division of General Practice, Alice Springs, NT
    Med J Aust 176:580-3. 2002
  10. ncbi The epidemiology of pertussis in the Australian Capital Territory, 1999 to 2005--epidemics of testing, disease or false positives?
    Clare E Wylks
    Australian Capital Territory Health Protection Service
    Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 31:383-91. 2007

Collaborators

  • Janine Duke
  • David N Durrheim
  • Richard C Russell
  • Emmae N Ramsay
  • Catrine Tudor-Locke
  • Clare E Wylks
  • Lesley D Lutes
  • Elizabeth E Roughead
  • David A Rowe
  • Karen A Croteau
  • Cora L Craig
  • Farah A Ramirez-Marrero
  • Nicole L Pratt
  • Philip Ryan
  • Andrew W Gardner
  • Yoshiro Hatano
  • Mark A Tully
  • Laura Q Rogers
  • Sandra M Matsudo
  • Yukitoshi Aoyagi
  • Steven N Blair
  • Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
  • Michael D Schmidt
  • Rhonda C Bell
  • Charles Guest

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi How many steps/day are enough? For older adults and special populations
    Catrine Tudor-Locke
    Walking Behaviour Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:80. 2011
    ..Those living with disability and/or chronic illness (that limits mobility and or/physical endurance) display lower levels of background daily activity, and this will affect whole-day estimates of recommended physical activity...
  2. ncbi A self-controlled case series to assess the effectiveness of beta blockers for heart failure in reducing hospitalisations in the elderly
    Emmae N Ramsay
    Data Management and Analysis Centre, Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
    BMC Med Res Methodol 11:106. 2011
    ..To determine the suitability of using the self-controlled case series design to assess improvements in health outcomes using the effectiveness of beta blockers for heart failure in reducing hospitalisations as the example...
  3. ncbi Physical activity of older Australians measured by pedometry
    Ben Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
    Australas J Ageing 28:127-33. 2009
    ..To established population norms for pedometer determined step counts in older Australians...
  4. ncbi Is there a risk of malaria transmission in NSW?
    Ben D Ewald
    Hunter New England Population Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service
    N S W Public Health Bull 19:127-31. 2008
    ..The public health implications are that there should be systematic screening of immigrants from malaria endemic countries on arrival, and that the public health capacity to identify and respond to a malaria outbreak should be maintained...
  5. ncbi Australian Bat Lyssavirus: examination of post-exposure treatment in NSW
    Ben Ewald
    Newcastle University, New South Wales, Australia
    N S W Public Health Bull 19:104-7. 2008
    ..Post-exposure treatment can be withheld or ceased if the bat test result is negative...
  6. ncbi Pedometer counts superior to physical activity scale for identifying health markers in older adults
    B Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
    Br J Sports Med 44:756-61. 2010
    ..We examined their capacity to detect expected associations between physical activity and a range of surrogate health measures...
  7. ncbi Post hoc choice of cut points introduced bias to diagnostic research
    Ben Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, University of Newcastle, Maddison Building, Level 3, NSW, Australia corrected
    J Clin Epidemiol 59:798-801. 2006
    ..To examine the extent of bias introduced to diagnostic test validity research by the use of post hoc data driven analysis to generate an optimal diagnostic cut point for each data set...
  8. ncbi Which test to detect microalbuminuria in diabetic patients? A systematic review
    Ben Ewald
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, New South Wales
    Aust Fam Physician 33:565-7, 571. 2004
    ..There is a range of possible tests. We looked for studies that compared a timed urine sample (the gold standard) with a random spot sample...
  9. ncbi Cost analysis of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in initiating antihypertensive drug treatment in Australian general practice
    Ben Ewald
    Central Australian Division of General Practice, Alice Springs, NT
    Med J Aust 176:580-3. 2002
    ..To compare the cost of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) with the putative savings made through treatment avoided by identification and non-treatment of those with "white coat" hypertension...
  10. ncbi The epidemiology of pertussis in the Australian Capital Territory, 1999 to 2005--epidemics of testing, disease or false positives?
    Clare E Wylks
    Australian Capital Territory Health Protection Service
    Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 31:383-91. 2007
    ..Because of the uncertainty surrounding the timing of the false positive serology results, the study provides weaker support for a true epidemic of pertussis in 2005...