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| R McGeeSummaryAffiliation: University of Otago Country: New Zealand Publications
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Participation in clubs and groups from childhood to adolescence and its effects on attachment and self-esteemRob McGee
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, P O Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Adolesc 29:1-17. 2006..The effect of participation in adolescence is to widen the "social convoy" to which young people are exposed as well as strengthening relationships within that convoy...
Tobacco imagery on New Zealand television 2002-2004Rob McGee
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Box 913 Dunedin, New Zealand
Tob Control 15:412-4. 2006..The effect of this imagery in contributing to young viewers taking up smoking, and sustaining the addiction among those already smoking, deserves more research attention...- The long-term significance of teacher-rated hyperactivity and reading ability in childhood: findings from two longitudinal studiesRob McGee
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 43:1004-17. 2002.... - Purchasing of cigarettes by New Zealand secondary students in 2000Rob McGee
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:485-8. 2002..To examine the prevalence of under-age sales of cigarettes to New Zealand secondary school students in 2000 and to identify correlates of buying cigarettes... - Parental tobacco smoking behaviour and their children's smoking and cessation in adulthoodRob McGee
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Otago, New Zealand
Addiction 101:1193-201. 2006..To examine the extent to which childhood exposure to parental tobacco smoking, smoking cessation and parental disapproval of smoking predicts daily smoking and attempts to quit in adulthood... - Is cigarette smoking associated with suicidal ideation among young people?Rob McGee
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Am J Psychiatry 162:619-20. 2005..The authors examined the association between suicidal ideation in early adulthood and daily tobacco smoking in a community sample of adolescents... - Observations of summer sun protection among children in New Zealand: 1998-2000Rob McGee
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin
N Z Med J 115:103-6. 2002..To examine sun protection among New Zealand children (ten years and under) at beaches and playgrounds... - Weapon carrying in a sample of high school students in New ZealandRob McGee
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 29:13-5. 2005..To examine self-report of carrying weapons and correlates in a sample of New Zealand high school students... - Low self-esteem and hopelessness in childhood and suicidal ideation in early adulthoodR McGee
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Abnorm Child Psychol 29:281-91. 2001.... - Predictors of persistent smoking and quitting among women smokersRob McGee
Social and Behavioral Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Box 913, Dunedin, NZ, New Zealand
Addict Behav 31:1711-5. 2006..Being a young mother and number of cigarettes smoked at baseline predicted subsequent persistent smoking while high levels of anxiety significantly predicted subsequent quitting... 
Alcohol imagery on New Zealand televisionRob McGee
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Box 913 Dunedin, New Zealand
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2:6. 2007....- Tobacco smoking among fourth form school students in Wellington, New Zealand, 1991-97A I Reeder
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 23:494-500. 1999..To investigate trends in smoking and associated demographic factors among fourth form (14-15 years) school students... - Sun protection practices, knowledge and attitudes to tans among New Zealand adolescents, 1991-1997R Richards
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin
N Z Med J 114:229-31. 2001..To examine change in the self-reported sun protection, knowledge and attitudes to tans amongst fourth form students from 1991 to 1997... - Sunburn and sun protection among New Zealand adolescents over a summer weekendR Richards
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 25:352-4. 2001..To examine predictors of sunburn and sun protection practices during summer weekends within a sample of NZ adolescents... - The horizontal equity of health care in New ZealandD Peacock
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 23:126-30. 1999.... - Are young adults checking their skin for melanoma?H M Douglass
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 22:562-7. 1998..This study fills a gap in the literature regarding self screening for melanoma in young adults and identifies ways in which future prevention campaigns might be modified to address the concerns of this age group... - Inattentive and hyperactive behaviors and driving offenses in adolescenceS Nada-Raja
Health Research Council of New Zealand
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 36:515-22. 1997..The associations between symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, anxiety, or depression and no disorder in relation to driving offenses were examined in 916 adolescents... - Effectiveness and economic evaluation of a nurse delivered home exercise programme to prevent falls. 2: Controlled trial in multiple centresM C Robertson
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
BMJ 322:701-4. 2001..To assess the effectiveness of trained nurses based in general practices individually prescribing a home exercise programme to reduce falls and injuries in elderly people and to estimate the cost effectiveness of the programme... - Adolescents' perceptions of violence and its preventionLouise Marsh
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 31:224-9. 2007..This was in response to an earlier survey of Dunedin young people and will assist in the development of a broader quantitative study on aggression among high schools students... - Brief report: Disposable income, and spending on fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling by New Zealand secondary school studentsHelen Darling
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Adolesc 29:837-43. 2006..Spending by youth has obvious public health implications, particularly when it is concentrated on products that have a negative health impact... 
Brief report: Text bullying and traditional bullying among New Zealand secondary school studentsLouise Marsh
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Adolesc 33:237-40. 2010..Students involved in text bullying were significantly more likely to be involved in traditional forms of bullying and were less likely to feel safe at school...- College students' readiness to reduce binge drinking: criterion validity of a brief measureRob McGee
Cancer Society of NZ Social and Behavioural Research Unit, Preventive and Social Medicine, Frederick St, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Drug Alcohol Depend 109:236-8. 2010..The contemplation ladder for alcohol was sensitive to other alcohol-related behaviours, and may be useful in surveys of drinking where a brief measure of readiness to change is needed... - Making policy decisions about population screening for breast cancer: the role of citizens' deliberationCharlotte Paul
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Health Policy 85:314-20. 2008..In particular, whether the New Zealand government should offer free mammography screening to all women aged 40-49 years... - Is there a relation between school smoking policies and youth cigarette smoking knowledge and behaviors?Helen Darling
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Health Educ Res 21:108-15. 2006..The results suggest that having a school tobacco policy was unrelated to the prevalence of tobacco use among students, tobacco purchasing behavior and knowledge of the negative health effects of tobacco... - Access to tobacco products by New Zealand youthHelen Darling
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
N Z Med J 118:U1408. 2005..To describe the sources of cigarettes for under-age youth who had smoked in the previous month, the frequency of their purchases and the revenue generated... - Adolescent screen time and attachment to parents and peersRosalina Richards
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 9015
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:258-62. 2010..To examine associations between screen time (television, video or DVD, gaming, and computer use) and attachment to parents and peers in 2 cohorts of adolescents 16 years apart... - Nicotine dependence and attempts to quit or cut down among young adult smokersA I Reeder
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine
N Z Med J 114:403-6. 2001..To describe tobacco smoking behaviours, attempts to cut down or quit, and estimate the prevalence of DSM-IV nicotine dependence among young adult smokers. To relate these findings to population demand for national Quitline services... - High prevalence, persistent hazardous drinking among New Zealand tertiary studentsKypros Kypri
Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, P. O. Box 913, Dunedin
Alcohol Alcohol 37:457-64. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Hazardous drinking is widespread and persistent among students living in the halls of residence. There is a need for university alcohol policies and intervention approaches among New Zealand tertiary students... - Alcohol-related problems experienced by university students in New ZealandRob McGee
Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Public Health 28:321-3. 2004..A study of the effects of alcohol on actual academic performance of students is warranted... - Health outcomes in adolescence: associations with family, friends and school engagementMelissa Carter
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Adolesc 30:51-62. 2007..To examine the associations between connectedness to family and friends, and school engagement, and selected health compromising and health promoting behaviours in a sample of New Zealand adolescents... - Caries prevalence and severity in urban Fijian school childrenL M Jamieson
Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago School of Medicine, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Int J Paediatr Dent 14:34-40. 2004..The study findings contribute to the overall picture of Fijian school children's dental health... - An assessment of the validity and reliability of dental self-report items used in a National Child Nutrition SurveyLisa M Jamieson
Department of Oral Sciences, University of Otago School of Dentistry, Dunedin, New Zealand
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 32:49-54. 2004..The findings suggest that using dental self-report measures for children may be valuable in dental epidemiological investigations... - Interpretation of items in the AUDIT questionnaireKypros Kypri
Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, P. O. Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Alcohol Alcohol 37:465-7. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Caution is necessary before using individual AUDIT items as measures of consequences in population surveys, and the possibility of false positives in total scores should be borne in mind... - The health of New Zealand youthRob McGee
N Z Med J 116:U378. 2003 - Raising non-smokersJennie Connor
N Z Med J 120:U2865. 2007 - Associations between frequent headaches, persistent smoking, and attempts to quitKaren E Waldie
Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Headache 48:545-52. 2008..It remains unclear whether smoking behavior leads to headache or visa versa, mainly due to the cross-sectional nature of the majority of this research... - Adolescent nicotine useRob McGee
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:265. 2003