Physical Activity and Population Health Education Research Group
This Programme of Research is now a University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre.
View the Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity & Nutrition website at: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/research-centre/pan/
Programme Leader:
Chief Investigators:
Assoc. Prof. Philip Morgan; Dr. David Lubans
Summary and significance of programme:
The Physical Activity and Population Health Education (PATH) Research Program will take a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to understanding physical activity and health with particular emphasis on education and health promotion related strategies for chronic disease prevention, treatment, and well-being. The program aims to examine these interrelationships across the lifespand, target populations, levels (individual, social, organisational, population) and settings (schools, clinics, workplaces, communities). Research and training activities will cover the spectrum of theory development, intervention building and testing, and knowledge transfer. The primary goal of PATH is high quality research, training, and knowledge translation in the development and testing of efficacious/effective, theory-driven, multi-level, population-based physical activity and health related interventions (and natural experiments) that can ultimately be used and sustained in practice.
Publications
Barnett, L.M., Morgan, P.J., van Beurden, E., Ball, K., & Lubans, D.R. (in press). A reverse pathway? Actual and perceived skill proficiency and physical activity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Accepted 19 September, 2010.
Barnett, L.M., van Beurden, E., Morgan P.J., Brooks, L.O., & Beard, J.R. (2010). Gender differences in motor skill proficiency from childhood to adolescence: A longitudinal study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 81, (2), 162-170.
Belanger, L.J., Plotnikoff, R.C., Clark, A. & Courneya, K.S. (in press). A Survey of Physical activity programming and counseling peferences in young adult cancer survivors. Cancer Nursing
Belanger, L.J., Plotnikoff, R.C., Clark, A. & Courneya, K.S. Physical activity and health-related quality of life in young adult cancer survivors: A Canadian provincial survey. Journal of Cancer Survivorship (doi: 10.1007/s11764-010-0146-6, published on-line 2nd September 2010)
Berry, T., Spence, J., Plotnikoff, R.C. & Bauman, A. (in press). Physical activity information seeking and advertising recall. Health Communication
Berry, T., Witcher, C., Holt, N., & Plotnikoff, R. (2010). A qualitative examination of perceptions of physical activity guidelines and preferences for format. Health Promotion Practice, 11, (6) (published on-line December 30, 2008 in Health Promot Pract OnlineFirst, doi:10.1177/1524839908325066)
Cliff, D.P., Okely, A.D., Morgan, P.J., Steele, J.R., Jones, R.A., Colyvas, K., & Baur, L.A. (2011). Movement skills and physical activity in obese children: randomised controlled trial. Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise, 43, (1), 90-100.
Collins, C.E., Morgan, P.J., Jones, P., Fletcher, K., Martin, J., Aguiar, E., Lucas, A., Neve, M., McElduff, P., & Callister, R. (2010). Evaluation of a commercial web-based weight loss and weight loss maintenance program in overweight and obese adults: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 10:669.
Collins, C.E., Morgan, P.J., Warren, J.M., Lubans, D.R., & Callister, R. (2011). Men participating in a weight loss intervention are able to implement key dietary messages, but not those relating to vegetables or alcohol: The SHED-IT study. Public Health Nutrition, 14, (1), 168-175.
Collins, C.E., Okely, A.D., Morgan, P.J., Jones, R.A., Burrows, T.L., Cliff, D.P., Colyvas, K., Warren, J.M., Steele, J.R., & Baur, L.A. (in press). Long-term outcomes of the HIKCUPS multi-site randomized trial: Efficacy of a parent-centred dietary-modification program, child-centred physical activity program or both in overweight children. Pediatrics. Accepted November 2010.
Farmanbar, R., Niknami, S., Hidarnia, A., Hajizadeh, E., & Lubans, D. R. (2010). Validity and reliability of the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 (BREQ-2) in Iranian university students. Social Behavior and Personality, 38, (1), 10. 2224/sbp.2010.2238.2221.
Faulkner, G., McCloy, C, Plotnikoff, R., & Tremblay, M. (in press). Relaunching a national social marketing campaign: Expectations and challenges for the ‘new’ ParticipACTION. Health Promotion Practice (published on-line October 27, 2009 in Health Promot Pract OnlineFirst, doi:10.1177/1524839909349180)
Finch, M., Wolfenden, L., Morgan, P.J, Freund, M., Wyse, R., & Wiggers, J. (2010). A cluster randomised trial to evaluate a physical activity intervention among 3-5 year old children attending long day care services: Study protocol. BMC Public Health, 10:534.
Flaman, L., Nykiforuk, C., Plotnikoff, R., & Raine, K. (2010). Exploring Facilitators and Barriers to Individual and Organizational Level Capacity Building: Outcomes of Participation in a Community Priority Setting Workshop. Global Health Promotion, 17, (2), 34-43.
Flaman, L., Plotnikoff, R., Nykiforuk, C.*, & Raine, K. (2010). Mechanisms for understanding the facilitators and barriers to capacity building for chronic disease prevention activities: An illustration. Health Promotion Practice (doi: 10.1177/1524839910366424, published online 20 August 2010 http://hpp.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/08/19/1524839910366424)
Fletcher, R., May, C., St George, J., Morgan, P.J., & Lubans, D.R. (in press). Fathers’ Perceptions of Rough & Tumble Play: implications for early childhood services, Australasian Journal of Early Childhood.
Forbes, C., Plotnikoff, R., Courneya, K., & Boulé, N. (2010). Physical Activity Preferences and Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring demographic, cognitive and behavioral differences. Diabetes Educator, 36, (5), 801-815
Hall, L., Collins, C. E., Burrows, T. L., Lubans, D. R., Callister, R., & Morgan. P.J. (in press). The relationship between dietary intake of fathers and their children. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Accepted January 2011.
Hall, L., Collins, C.E., Morgan, P.J., Burrows, T.L., Lubans, D.R. & Callister, R. (in press). Children’s intake of fruit and selected energy-dense nutrient-poor foods is associated with fathers’ intake. The Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Accepted 23 December 2010.
Imayama, I., Plotnikoff, R., Courneya, K.S. & Johnson, S. (in press) Determinants of quality of life in type 2 diabetes population: The inclusion of personality. Quality of Life Research.
Jones, R.A., Warren, J.M., Okely, A.D., Collins, C.E., Morgan, P.J., Cliff, D.P., Burrows, T., Cleary, J., & Baur, L.A. (2010). Process evaluation of the Hunter Illawarra Kids Challenge Using Parent Support study: a multi-site randomised controlled trial for the management of child obesity. Health Promotion Practice 11: 917-927.
Lubans, D. R., & Cliff, D. P. (in press). Muscular fitness, body composition and physical self-perception in adolescents. Journal of Science & Medicine in Sport. Accepted October 2010.
Lubans, D. R., Aguiar, E., & Callister, R. (2010). The effects of free weights and elastic tubing resistance training on physical self-perception in adolescents. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 11, (6), 497-504.
Lubans, D. R., Boreham, C. A., Kelly, P., & Foster, C. E. (in press). The relationship between active transportation to school and health-related fitness in youth: A systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. Accepted December 2010.
Lubans, D. R., Morgan, P. J., & McCormack, A. (in press). Adolescents and school sport: The relationship between beliefs, social support and physical self-perception. Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy, Accepted February 2010.
Lubans, D. R., Morgan, P. J., Aguiar, E., & Callister, R. (in press). Group randomised controlled trial of the Physical Activity Leaders (PALs) program for low-active adolescent boys from disadvantaged secondary schools. Preventive Medicine. Accepted January 2011.
Lubans, D. R., Morgan, P. J., Callister, R., Collins, C. E., & Plotnikoff, R. A. (2010). Exploring the mechanisms of physical activity and dietary behavior change in the Program X intervention for adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 47, (1), 83-91.
Lubans, D. R., Morgan, P. J., Callister, R., Plotnikoff, R. C., Eather, N., Riley N., Smith, C.J. (in press). Test-retest reliability of a battery of field-based health-related fitness measures for adolescents. Journal of Sports Sciences. Accepted December 2010.
Lubans, D. R., Morgan, P. J., Dewar, D., Collins, C. E., Plotnikoff, R. C., Okely, A. D., et al. (2010). The Nutrition and Enjoyable Activity for Teen Girls (NEAT Girls) randomized controlled trial for adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools: Rationale, study protocol, and baseline results. BMC Public Health.
Lubans, D. R., Sheaman, C., & Callister, R. (2010). Exercise adherence and intervention effects of two school-based resistance training programs for adolescents. Preventive Medicine, 50, (1), 56–62.
Lubans, D.R., Morgan, P.J., Cliff, D.P., Barnett, L.M., & Okely, A.D. (2010). Fundamental movement skills in children and adolescents: Review of associated health benefits. Sports Medicine, 40, (12) 1019-1035.
Morgan, P. J., Lubans, D. R., Callister, R., Okely, A. D., Burrows, T. L., Fletcher, R., et al. (in press). The 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' randomized controlled trial: Efficacy of a healthy lifestyle program for overweight fathers and their children. International Journal of Obesity. Accepted June, 2010.
Morgan, P. J., Lubans, D. R., Collins, C. E., Warren, J. M., & Callister, R. (in press). 12-month outcomes and process evaluation of the SHED-IT RCT: an Internet-based weight loss program targeting men. Obesity. Accepted April 2010.
Morgan, P.J., & Callister, R. (in press). Effects of a pre-season intervention on anthropometric characteristics of semi-professional rugby league players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Accepted September 1, 2009.
Morgan, P.J., Collins, C.E., Plotnikoff, R.C., McElduff, P., Burrows, T., Warren, J.M., Young, M.D., Berry, N., Saunders, K.L., Aguiar, E.J., & Callister, R. (in press). The SHED-IT community trial study protocol: a randomized controlled trial of weight loss programs for overweight and obese men. BMC Public Health, 10:701.
Morgan, P.J., Warren, J.M., Lubans, D.R., Saunders, K.L., Quick, G.I., & Collins, C.E. (2010). The impact of garden-enhanced nutrition curriculum on vegetable preference, knowledge and consumption and quality of school life among primary school students. Public Health Nutrition,13, (11), 1931-1940.
Neve, M., Morgan, P.J., & Collins, C.E. (2010). Participant characteristics and reach of a commercial web-based weight loss program. Nutrition & Dietetics, 67, 267-274.
Neve, M., Morgan, P.J., Jones, P.R., & Collins, C.E. (2010). Effectiveness of web-based interventions in achieving weight loss and weight loss maintenance in overweight and obese adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 11, (4), 306-321.
Neve, M.J., Collins, C.E., & Morgan, P.J. (2010). Dropout, Nonusage Attrition, and Pretreatment Predictors of Nonusage Attrition in a Commercial Web-Based Weight Loss Program. Journal of Medical Internet Research 12, (4), e69.
Okely, A.D., Collins, C.E., Morgan, P.J., Jones, R.A., Warren, J.M., Cliff, D.P., Burrows, T., Colyvas, K., Steele, J.R., & Baur, L.A. (2010). Multi-site randomized controlled trial of a child-centred physical activity program, a parent-centred dietary-modification program, or both in obese children: The HIKCUPS study. The Journal of Pediatrics, 157, (3), 388-94.
Plotnikoff, R. C., Johnson, S. T., Loucaides, C. A., Bauman, A. E., Karunamuni, N. D., Pickering, M. A. (2011). Population-based Estimates of Physical Activity for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A cautionary tale of potential confounding by weight status. Journal of Obesity, Special Issue ‘Update on Exercise and Weight Control, (vol. 2011, Article ID 561432, 5 pages, 2011, doi:10.1155/2011/561432)
Plotnikoff, R., & Trinh, L. (2010). Protection Motivation Theory: Is this a worthwhile theory for physical activity promotion? Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 38, (2), 91-98
Plotnikoff, R., Eves, N., Jung, M., Sigal, R., Padwal, R., & Karunamuni, N. (2010). Multi-component, home-based resistance training for obese adults with Type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Obesity, 34, 1733-1741
Plotnikoff, R., Johnson, S., Karunamuni, N., & Boulé, N. (2010). Physical activity related information sources predict physical activity behaviors in adults with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Health Communication, 15, (8), 846-858.
Plotnikoff, R., Johnson, S., Luchak, M., Pollock, C., Holt, N., Leahy, A., Liebreich, T., Sigal, R., & Boulé, N. (2010). Peer telephone counseling for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A case-study approach to inform the design, development, and evaluation of programs targeting physical activity. The Diabetes Educator 36, (5), 717-729.
Plotnikoff, R., Lightfoot, P., McFall, S., Spinola, C., Johnson, S., Prodaniuk, T., Predy, G., Tremblay, M., & Svenson, L. (2010). Child Health Ecological Surveillance System (CHESS) for childhood obesity: A feasibility study. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 30, (3), 96 -106.
Plotnikoff, R., Lippke, S., Johnson, S., Hugo, K., Rodgers, W., & Spence, J. (in press). Awareness of Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Living in a large community sample.
Plotnikoff, R., Lippke, S., Trinh, L., Courneya, K., Birkett, N., & Sigal R. (2010). Protection Motivation Theory and the Prediction of Physical Activity among Adults with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes in a Large Population Sample. British Journal of Health Psychology, 15, (3), 643–661.
Plotnikoff, R., Pickering, M., Flaman, L., & Spence, J. (2010). The role of self-efficacy on the relationship between the workplace environment and physical activity: A longitudinal mediation analysis. Health Education & Behavior, 37, (2), 170-185.
Plotnikoff, R., Pickering, M., Glenn, N., Doze, S., Reinbold-Matthews, M., McLeod, L., Lau, D., Fick, G., Johnson, S., & Flaman, L. (in press). The effects of a supplemental, theory-based physical activity counseling intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Physical Activity & Health.
Plotnikoff, R., Pickering, M., McCargar, L., Loucaides, C., & Hugo, K. (2010). Six month follow-up and participant use and satisfaction of an electronic mail intervention promoting physical activity and nutrition. American Journal of Health Promotion, 24, (4), 255-259.
Plotnikoff, R., Pickering, M., Rhodes, R., Courneya, K.A., & Spence, J.C. (2010). A test of cognitive mediation in a 12-month physical activity workplace intervention: Does it explain behavior change in women? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 7, (32).
Plotnikoff, R.C., & Karunmuni, N. (2011). Steps Towards Permanently Increasing Physical Activity in the Population. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 24, (2), 162-167.
Plotnikoff, R.C., Courneya, K., Sigal, R.J., Johnson, J.A., Birkett, N., Lau, D., Raine, K., Johnson, S.T., & Karunamuni, N. (2010). Alberta Diabetes and Physical Activity Trial (ADAPT): A randomized theory-based efficacy trial for adults with type 2 diabetes – rationale, design, recruitment, evaluation, and dissemination. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 11, (4).
Plotnikoff, R.C., Lippke, S., Courneya, K., Birkett, N., & Sigal, R. (2010). Physical activity and diabetes: An application of the theory of planned behavior to explain physical activity among type 1 and type 2 diabetes in an adult population sample. Psychology & Health, 25, (1), 7-23.
Plotnikoff, R.C., Lippke, S., Johnson, S.T., & Courneya, K. (2010). Physical activity and stages of change: A longitudinal test of a type 1 and type 2 diabetes samples. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 40, (2), 138–149.
Plotnikoff, R.C., Todosijczuk, I., Johnson, S.T., Karunamuni, N. (in press). Canada’s Physical Activity Guide: Examining print-based material for motivating physical activity in the workplace. Journal of Health Communication.
Plotnikoff, R.C., Trinh, L., Courneya, K.S., Karunamuni, N., & Sigal, R.J. (in press). Predicators of physical activity in adults with type 2 diabetes. American Journal of Health Behavior.
Raine, K., Plotnikoff, R., Nykiforuk, C., Deegan, H., Hemphill, E., Storey, K., Schopflocher, D., Veugelers, P., Wild, C., & Ohinmaa, A. (2010). Reflections on community-based population health intervention and evaluation for obesity and chronic disease prevention: The Healthy Alberta Communities Project. International Journal of Public Health, 55, 679–686.
Spence, J., Blanchard, C., Clark, M., Plotnikoff, R., Storey, K., Kennedy, L., & McCargar, L. (2010). The role of self-efficacy in explaining gender differences in physical activity among adolescents: A multilevel analysis. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 7, (2), 176-183.
Taylor, L. M., Spence, J. C., Raine, K., Plotnikoff, R. C., Vallance, J., & Sharma, A. M. (2010). Physical activity and health-related quality of life in individuals with prediabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 90, (1), 15-21.
Taymoori, P., Berry, T. R., & Lubans, D. R. (2010). Evaluation of the Health Promotion Model to predict physical activity in Iranian adolescent boys. Health Education & Behavior, 37, (1), 84-96.
Vallance, J., Plotnikoff, R.C., Karvinen, K.H., Mackey, J.R., & Courneya, K.S. (2010). Understanding physical activity maintenance in breast cancer survivors. American Journal of Health Behavior, 34, (2), 225-236.
Zhang, X., Geiss, L., Caspersen, C., Cheng, Y., Engelgau, M., Johnson, J., Plotnikoff, R., & Gregg, E. (2010). Physical activity levels and differences in the prevalence of diabetes between the United States and Canada. Preventive Medicine, 50, 241-245.