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The impact of a cancer diagnosis on the health behaviors of cancer survivors and their family and friendsNancy Humpel
Centre for Health Behaviour and Communication Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Support Care Cancer 15:621-30. 2007..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a cancer diagnosis on the health behaviors of cancer survivors and their family and friends, and to determine whether a cancer diagnosis could be a teachable moment for intervention...- "I don't really know, so it's a guess": women's reasons for breast cancer risk estimationNancy Humpel
Health and Productivity Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522 Australia
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 5:428-32. 2004..Meaningful communication of health risk in need of further improvement if it is to be useful in changing health related knowledge and behaviours... - Perceived environment attributes, residential location, and walking for particular purposesNancy Humpel
Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Prev Med 26:119-25. 2004..We examined associations of perceived environmental attributes with walking for four different purposes: general neighborhood walking, walking for exercise, walking for pleasure, and walking to get to and from places... - Changes in neighborhood walking are related to changes in perceptions of environmental attributesNancy Humpel
Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Ann Behav Med 27:60-7. 2004..Prospective relations with environmental factors have been examined for vigorous activity, but not for the moderate-intensity activities that environmental and policy initiatives are being designed to influence... - Trial of print and telephone delivered interventions to influence walkingN Humpel
Health and Productivity Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Prev Med 39:635-41. 2004..This study examined their effectiveness in an intervention aimed specifically at promoting walking for specific purposes... - Gaining insight into the what, why and where of complementary and alternative medicine use by cancer patients and survivorsN Humpel
Centre for Health Behaviour and Communication Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 15:362-8. 2006..Reasons for commencing and stopping use of CAM and the quality of the CAM information source will be imperative to uncover, especially as the Internet is increasing in importance as a source for health information... - Review and critique of the quality of exercise recommendations for cancer patients and survivorsNancy Humpel
Centre for Health Behaviour and Communication Research, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Support Care Cancer 13:493-502. 2005..Given the current interest in cancer and exercise, there is an urgent need for an evidence-based set of exercise guidelines to be developed... - 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... 
Impact of the global financial crisis on employed Australian baby boomers: a national surveyKate O'Loughlin
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australas J Ageing 29:88-91. 2010..This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) on employed Australian baby boomers...- Australian baby boomers talk about the global financial crisisNancy Humpel
University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australas J Ageing 29:130-3. 2010..The aim of this qualitative study was to explore baby boomers' views and plans in the early days of the global financial crisis (GFC) in 2008... - Environmental factors associated with adults' participation in physical activity: a reviewNancy Humpel
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Prev Med 22:188-99. 2002..Prospective studies are required to identify possible causal relationships... - The health of Australian baby boomersNancy Humpel
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australas J Ageing 29:8-13. 2010..Future research can yield a better understanding of the health trajectories of baby boomers in order to plan for health and service needs for an ageing Australia... - The relationship between emotions and stress among mental health nursesN Humpel
Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Aust N Z J Ment Health Nurs 10:55-60. 2001..Gender differences were found in Trait Affectivity and Experienced Emotions. The results of the study have implications for the retention of mental health nurses in their profession... - Understanding environmental influences on walking; Review and research agendaNeville Owen
Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Am J Prev Med 27:67-76. 2004..Walking is the most common physical activity behavior of adults; environmental innovations may be able to influence rates of participation...