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Prof Steven Allender

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Position

Professor

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Health & Social Dev

Campus

Geelong Waterfront Campus

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Ballarat, 2002

Research interests

Professor Allender has an ongoing program of research on the burden of disease and obesity prevention. Recent work has seen a particular interest in the emerging burden of chronic disease in developing countries and the possibilities for using complex systems methodologies in community based interventions. Further work is in the development and understanding of community based approaches to chronic disease prevention.

Affiliations

Oxford Health Alliance, 2008-ongoing



Cardio and Vascular Coalition Modelling Burden of CVD Working Group, 2007ongoing



European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, Prevention and Health Policy Section Nucleus, 2006-ongoing



European Public Health Association Public Health Epidemiology, 2006-ongoing



European Public Health Association Public health and Policy, 2006-ongoing



International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2005-ongoing



Society for Social Medicine, 2002-ongoing



Public Health Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2002-ongoing



Australian Council of Health Physical, Education and Recreation, 2002-ongoing

Teaching interests

Teaching Interests

Professor Allender has a Research Intensive role within the Centre for Population Health Research. He focuses on supervision of research students: PhD, Doctoral, Masters, and fourth year students.

Some teaching highlights includes:
Postgraduate teaching

World Health Organization CC for Obesity Prevention short Course (Course Director and Teacher). The Epidemiology of Obesity; Determinants of obesity; Leadership in chronic disease prevention; Dissemination in obesity prevention. Deakin University, Aus, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

World Health Organization CC for Obesity Prevention short Course (Course Director and Teacher). Systems approaches to preventing obesity. Fiji National University 2012

Department of Health and Ageing. Obesity prevention in communities (Course Director and Teacher). Melbourne 2012.

World Heart Federation
Faculty - International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 41st ten day international teaching seminar on cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. Fiji 2015

Faculty - International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 41st ten day international teaching seminar on cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. Oxford, UK, 2008

University of Oxford 
Systems thinking in NCD prevention. WHO Global Short Course on NCD Prevention. University of Oxford 2015.
Next steps in NCD prevention. Prevention Strategies for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). September 2013 Department of Public Health, Department for Continuing Education.
Tools to prioritise different policy options. Prevention Strategies for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
15 – 20 July 2012 Department of Public Health, Department for Continuing Education.
How can community based interventions for NCD prevention be developed? Prevention Strategies for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) 15 – 20 July 2012 Department of Public Health, Department for Continuing Education.
Prevention of Chronic disease from randomized trials to systems intervention: Global Health Summer School, 2011-
Developing policy options from epidemiology: Global Health Summer School, 2009
MSc in Evidence Based Health Care: Centre for Continuing Education, 2003-2005
Introduction to Social Research Methods: Centre for Continuing Education, 2003-2005
Ecology of chronic disease risk factors: Human Sciences MSc, 2006 – 2007
Chronic disease epidemiology: Human Performance MSc, 2006 - 2007


Knowledge areas

Epidemiology, Obesity, Prevention, Systems thinking, Public Health

Awards

Consultant, Prevention, Health Policy and Epidemiology Section, European Association for Cardiac Prevention and Care 2010

Honorary Membership Faculty of Public Health. Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom, 2009

Nominated Future Leader within the Deakin University Developing Research Leaders Program 2010

Merit review award (recurring) for outstanding contribution above that expected of the grade. Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, 2009

World Heart Federation Fellowship. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention, 2006

University of Oxford. Medical Sciences Division Research Fund Travel Award, 2002

International Society for Equity in Health. Kellogg Foundation Travel Award, 2002

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Doctoral level student award for excellence, creative and original thinking and relevance to the field, 2002

Publications

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2024

Developing and Evaluating a Data-Driven and Systems Approach to Health Promotion Among Vocational Students: Protocol for the Data Health Study

Clara Heinze, Rikke Hartmeyer, Anne Sidenius, Lene Ringgaard, Anne-Louise Bjerregaard, Rikke Krølner, Steven Allender, Adrian Bauman, Charlotte Klinker

(2024), Vol. 13, pp. 1-16, JMIR Research Protocols, Toronto, Ont., C1

journal article

Healthy together Victoria and childhood obesity study: effects of a large scale, community-based cluster randomised trial of a systems thinking approach for the prevention of childhood obesity among secondary school students 2014-2016

C Strugnell, L Orellana, N Crooks, M Malakellis, B Morrissey, C Rennie, J Hayward, J Bliss, B Swinburn, C Gaskin, S Allender

(2024), Vol. 24, pp. 355-, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

How healthy are the healthcare staff in a rural health service? A cross-sectional study

K Bolton, P Fraser, S Allender, R Fitzgerald, S Brumby

(2024), Vol. 6, pp. 1-16, International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

The common drivers of children and young people's health and wellbeing across 13 local government areas: a systems view

S O’Halloran, J Hayward, M Valdivia Cabrera, T Felmingham, P Fraser, C Needham, J Poorter, D Creighton, M Johnstone, M Nichols, S Allender

(2024), Vol. 24, BMC Public Health, C1

journal article
2023

Using Agent-Based Modeling to Extrapolate Community-Wide Impact from a Stakeholder-Driven Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention: Shape Up under 5

M Kasman, R Hammond, A Mack-Crane, R Purcell, A Korn, J Appel, E Hennessy, B Swinburn, S Allender, C Economos

(2023), Vol. 19, pp. 130-138, Childhood Obesity, C1

journal article

Overweight and obesity prevention for and with adolescents: The "Confronting obesity: Co-creating policy with youth" (CO-CREATE) project

K Klepp, A Helleve, H Brinsden, C Bröer, I Budin-Ljøsne, J Harbron, C Knai, N Lien, A Luszczynska, S Nesrallah, K Oldridge-Turner, A Rito, O Samdal, N Savona, M Stensdal, S Allender, D Hoelscher, H Rutter

(2023), Vol. 24, Obesity Reviews, England, C1

journal article

Understanding weight status and dietary intakes among Australian school children by remoteness: A cross-sectional study

Jane Jacobs, Claudia Strugnell, Denise Becker, Jill Whelan, Josh Hayward, Melanie Nichols, Andrew Brown, Victoria Brown, Steven Allender, Colin Bell, Andrew Sanigorski, Liliana Orellana, Laura Alston

(2023), Vol. 26, pp. 1185-1193, Public Health Nutrition, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

A longitudinal study of lifestyle behaviours in emerging adulthood and risk for symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress

S Collins, E Hoare, S Allender, L Olive, R Leech, E Winpenny, F Jacka, M Lotfalian

(2023), Vol. 327, pp. 244-253, Journal of Affective Disorders, C1

journal article

Double- and triple-duty actions in childhood for addressing the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change: A scoping review

C Venegas Hargous, C Strugnell, S Allender, L Orellana, C Corvalan, C Bell

(2023), Vol. 24, pp. 1-18, Obesity Reviews, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Participatory System Dynamics Approach Targeting Childhood Health in a Small Danish Community (Children's Cooperation Denmark): Protocol for a Feasibility Study Design

Knud Ryom, Helene Kirkegaard, Steven Allender, Anna Aaby, Christina Breddam, Helle Maindal, Jane Østergaard

(2023), Vol. 12, pp. 1-11, JMIR Research Protocols, Toronto, Ont., C1

journal article

Community coalition efforts to prevent childhood obesity: two-year results of the Shape Up Under 5 study

C Economos, L Calancie, A Korn, S Allender, J Appel, P Bakun, E Hennessy, P Hovmand, M Kasman, M Nichols, M Pachucki, B Swinburn, A Tovar, R Hammond

(2023), Vol. 23, pp. 1-10, BMC Public Health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Success of community-based system dynamics in prevention interventions: A systematic review of the literature

T Felmingham, K Backholer, E Hoban, A Brown, P Nagorcka-Smith, S Allender

(2023), Vol. 11, pp. 1-29, Frontiers in public health, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1-1

journal article

Measuring Shifts in Mental Models in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Rural Australia

Tiana Felmingham, Kristy Bolton, Penny Fraser, Steven Allender, Andrew Brown

(2023), pp. 1-9, Health Education & Behavior, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Lived experience of participants who engaged in the co-creation of initiatives to improve children's health in a rural Australian community

C Vargas, M Hillenaar, C Strugnell, S Allender, L Marks, M Green, C Hargous, M Jackson, C Bell, J Whelan

(2023), Vol. 31, pp. 659-669, Australian Journal of Rural Health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Co-creation of health-enabling initiatives in food retail: academic perspectives

C Vargas, J Brimblecombe, S Allender, J Whelan

(2023), Vol. 23, pp. 1-10, BMC Public Health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

CO-creation and evaluation of food environments to Advance Community Health (COACH)

J Whelan, J Brimblecombe, M Christian, C Vargas, M Ferguson, E McMahon, A Lee, C Bell, T Boelsen-Robinson, M Blake, M Lewis, L Alston, S Allender

(2023), Vol. 2, pp. 1-12, AJPM Focus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Dietary patterns in rural and metropolitan Australia: a cross-sectional study exploring dietary patterns, inflammation and association with cardiovascular disease risk factors

L Alston, M Nichols, S Allender, V Versace, L Brown, T Schumacher, G Howard, J Shikany, K Bolton, K Livingstone, C Zorbas, S Judd

(2023), Vol. 13, pp. e069475-, BMJ open, England, C1

journal article

Developing Co-Creation Research in Food Retail Environments: A Descriptive Case Study of a Healthy Supermarket Initiative in Regional Victoria, Australia

C Vargas, J Whelan, L Feery, D Greenslade, M Farrington, J Brimblecombe, F Thuruthikattu, S Allender

(2023), Vol. 20, pp. 1-18, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

A systematic review of economic evidence for community-based obesity prevention interventions in children

M Sultana, M Nichols, M Moodie, S Allender, V Brown

(2023), Vol. 24, pp. 1-14, Obesity Reviews, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Perceived impacts of COVID-19 and bushfires on the implementation of an obesity prevention trial in Northeast Victoria, Australia

J Whelan, M Hillenaar, P Fraser, S Allender, M Jackson, C Strugnell, C Bell

(2023), Vol. 18, pp. 1-18, PLoS One, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Addressing Complexity in Chronic Disease Prevention Research

Melanie Pescud, Lucie Rychetnik, Sharon Friel, Michelle Irving, Therese Riley, Diane Finegood, Harry Rutter, Ray Ison, Steven Allender

(2023), Vol. 11, pp. 1-35, Systems, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

How healthy and affordable are foods and beverages sold in school canteens? A cross-sectional study comparing menus from Victorian primary schools

A Hill, M Blake, L Alston, M Nichols, C Bell, P Fraser, H Le, C Strugnell, S Allender, K Bolton

(2023), pp. 1-30, Public Health Nutrition, England, C1

journal article

Participatory systems science for enhancing health and wellbeing in the Indian Ocean territories

Steven Allender, Syarifah Munira, Siobhan Bourke, Emily Lancsar

(2023), Vol. 11, pp. 1-9, Frontiers in Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Combining systems thinking approaches and implementation science constructs within community-based prevention: a systematic review

J Whelan, P Fraser, K Bolton, P Love, C Strugnell, T Boelsen-Robinson, M Blake, E Martin, S Allender, C Bell

(2023), Vol. 21, Health Research Policy and Systems, C1

journal article

Systems thinking in local government: intervention design and adaptation in a community-based study

T Felmingham, S O’Halloran, J Poorter, E Rhook, C Needham, J Hayward, P Fraser, S Kilpatrick, D Leahy, S Allender

(2023), Vol. 21, Health Research Policy and Systems, C1

journal article

Enhancing healthcare at home for older people in rural and regional Australia: A protocol for co-creation to design and implement system change

C Needham, N Wheaton, A Shee, K McNamara, M Malakellis, M Murray, L Alston, A Peeters, A Ugalde, C Huggins, S Yoong, S Allender

(2023), Vol. 18, PLoS ONE, C1

journal article

Cultural adaptations and methodological innovations to group model building for the systems actions to reduce malnutrition in all its forms in Southeast Asian countries and China (SYSTAM CHINA-SEACS International Consortium) project

B Li, Z He, R Peters, S Allender, Y Zou, W Zhou, J Lao, B Poh, B Swinburn

(2023), Vol. 20, pp. 1-16, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, London, Eng., C1

journal article

System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review

A Aguiar, M Gebremariam, E Romanenko, F Önal, B Kopainsky, N Savona, A Brown, S Allender, N Lien

(2023), Vol. 24, pp. 1-21, Obesity Reviews, London, Eng., C1

journal article

BMI and the Food Retail Environment in Melbourne, Australia: Associations and Temporal Trends

C Needham, C Strugnell, S Allender, L Alston, L Orellana

(2023), Vol. 15, pp. 1-13, Nutrients, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

A qualitative system model to describe the causes and drivers of frequent potentially avoidable presentations to the emergency department

M Malakellis, A Wong Shee, M Murray, L Alston, V Versace, S Allender, K Mc Namara

(2023), Vol. 9, pp. 1-13, Heliyon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

National nutrition surveillance programmes in 18 countries in South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions: a systematic scoping review

R Peters, B Li, B Swinburn, S Allender, Z He, S Lim, M Chea, G Ding, W Zhou, P Keonakhone, M Vongxay, S Khamphanthong, R Selamat, A Dayanghirang, E Abella, F Costa, S Chotivichien, N Ungkanavin, M Truong, S Nguyen, B Poh

(2023), Vol. 101, pp. 690-706, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Potential Mediating Roles of Children's Health-Related Quality of Life and Weight-Related Behaviors in the Relationship Between Socio-Educational Advantage and Weight Status

C Bell, D Becker, C Gaskin, C Strugnell, K Bolton, P Fraser, H Le, S Allender, L Orellana

(2023), Childhood Obesity, C1

journal article

Minding our futures: Understanding climate-related mental wellbeing using systems science

R Patrick, S Noy, C Henderson-Wilson, J Hayward, S Allender, H Gunasiri, N Bruges, T Snell, T Capetola

(2023), Vol. 84, Health and Place, C1

journal article

Diet-Related Disease Prevention in a Rural Australian Setting: Understanding Barriers, Enablers, and the Role of Rural Health Services in Supporting Changes in Local Rural Food Environments

N Wheaton, E Alston, V Versace, M Field, A Wong Shee, J Jacobs, K Backholer, S Allender, M Nichols, C Needham, K Bolton, M Blake, F Stewart, E Close, L Alston

(2023), Vol. 15, pp. 4979-4979, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Adapting the Planetary Health Diet Index for children and adolescents

Carolina Venegas Hargous, Liliana Orellana, Claudia Strugnell, Camila Corvalan, Steven Allender, Colin Bell

(2023), Vol. 20, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Spillover effects of childhood obesity prevention interventions: A systematic review

V Brown, H Tran, J Jacobs, J Ananthapavan, C Strugnell, K Backholer, M Sultana, M Alsubhi, S Allender, R Novotny, M Nichols

(2023), pp. e13692-, Obesity Reviews, England, C1

journal article
2022

Diet and Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Review

S Collins, S Dash, S Allender, F Jacka, E Hoare

(2022), Vol. 10, pp. 645-659, Emerging Adulthood, C1

journal article

A Theory of Change for Community-Based Systems Interventions to Prevent Obesity

A Brown, J Whelan, K Bolton, P Nagorcka-Smith, J Hayward, P Fraser, C Strugnell, T Felmingham, M Nichols, C Bell, H Le, S Allender

(2022), Vol. 62, pp. 786-794, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Testing the accuracy of a bedside screening tool framework to clinical records for identification of patients at risk of malnutrition in a rural setting: An exploratory study

L Alston, M Green, M Nichols, S Partridge, A Buccheri, K Bolton, V Versace, M Field, A Launder, A Lily, S Allender, L Orellana

(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 1-9, Nutrients, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Beyond food swamps and food deserts: exploring urban Australian food retail environment typologies

C Needham, C Strugnell, S Allender, L Orellana

(2022), Vol. 25, pp. 1140-1152, Public Health Nutrition, England, C1

journal article

Scaling-up food policies in the Pacific Islands: protocol for policy engagement and mixed methods evaluation of intervention implementation

J Webster, G Waqa, A Thow, S Allender, T Lung, M Woodward, K Rogers, I Tukana, A Kama, D Wilson, S Mounsey, R Dodd, E Reeve, B McKenzie, C Johnson, C Bell

(2022), Vol. 21, pp. 1-11, Nutrition Journal, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Participatory research with a rural Aboriginal Community Controllled Health Organisation: Lessons Learned using the CONDIDER statement

H Beks, T Amos, J Bell, J Ryan, J Hayward, A Brown, C Mckenzie, B Allen, G Ewing, K Hudson, R Clark, B Morphett, S Allender, D Creighton, M Johnstone, V Versace

(2022), Vol. 22, pp. 1-13, Rural and Remote Health, Cairns, Qld., C1

journal article

Use of artificial intelligence to enable dark nudges by transnational food and beverage companies: analysis of company documents

R Brooks, D Nguyen, A Bhatti, S Allender, M Johnstone, C Lim, K Backholer

(2022), Vol. 25, pp. 1291-1299, Public Health Nutrition, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

The Public Health 12 framework: interpreting the 'Meadows 12 places to act in a system' for use in public health

K Bolton, J Whelan, P Fraser, C Bell, S Allender, A Brown

(2022), Vol. 80, pp. 1-8, Archives of Public Health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Relationship between "Blue Space" Proximity and Children's Weight Status, Health Behaviors, and Health-Related Quality of Life among a Sample of Regional Victorian Primary School Children

N Crooks, D Becker, C Gaskin, M Nichols, K Bolton, L Orellana, P Fraser, H Le, A Brown, C Bell, J Bliss, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2022), Vol. 18, pp. 1-13, Childhood Obesity, New Rochelle, New York, C1

journal article

Describing workplace interventions aimed to improve health of staff in hospital settings - a systematic review

V Worley, P Fraser, S Allender, K Bolton

(2022), Vol. 22, pp. 1-17, BMC Health Services Research, London, Eng., C1

journal article

The Sleep-Obesity Nexus: Assessment of Multiple Sleep Dimensions and Weight Status Among Victorian Primary School Children

B Morrissey, L Orellana, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 581-591, Nature and Science of Sleep, Macclesfield, Eng., C1

journal article

Generating change through collective impact and systems science for childhood obesity prevention: The GenR8 Change case study

Kristy Bolton, Penny Fraser, Janette Lowe, Marj Moodie, Colin Bell, Claudia Strugnell, Josh Hayward, Jaimie McGlashan, Lynne Millar, Jillian Whelan, Andrew Brown, Steven Allender

(2022), Vol. 17, pp. 1-20, PLoS One, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Co-creation of healthier food retail environments: A systematic review to explore the type of stakeholders and their motivations and stage of engagement

C Vargas, J Whelan, J Brimblecombe, J Brock, M Christian, S Allender

(2022), Vol. 23, pp. 1-20, Obesity Reviews, London, England, C1

journal article

Co-creation, co-design and co-production for public health: a perspective on definitions and distinctions

C Vargas, J Whelan, J Brimblecombe, S Allender

(2022), Vol. 32, Public Health Research and Practice, Australia, C1

journal article

The impact of coalition characteristics on outcomes in community-based initiatives targeting the social determinants of health: a systematic review

P Nagorcka-Smith, K Bolton, J Dam, M Nichols, L Alston, M Johnstone, S Allender

(2022), Vol. 22, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Healthy weight, health behaviours and quality of life among Aboriginal children living in regional Victoria

J Browne, D Becker, L Orellana, J Ryan, T Walker, J Whelan, L Alston, M Egan, B Johnson, A Rossignoli, N Crooks, A Brown, K Bolton, P Fraser, H Le, C Bell, J Hayward, A Sanigorski, K Backholer, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2022), pp. 1-9, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

A mixed-methods evaluation of a health-promoting café located in a small health service in rural Victoria, Australia

J Whelan, P Love, J Aitken, L Millar, C Morley, N Melgren, S Allender, C Bell

(2022), pp. 1-9, Australian Journal of Rural Health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Four-Year Accelerometry Outcomes from a Cluster Randomized Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity.

Claudia Strugnell, Nic Crooks, Cadeyrn Gaskin, Denise Becker, Liliana Orellana, Kristy Bolton, Penny Fraser, Andrew Brown, Ha Le, Colin Bell, Steven Allender

(2022), Childhood Obesity, New Rochelle, N.Y., C1

journal article

Strategies for Alleviating Spatial Disadvantage: A Systems Thinking Analysis and Plan of Action

Richard Tucker, Louise Johnson, Jian Liang, Steven Allender

(2022), Vol. 14, pp. 1-18, Sustainability, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevention Obesity and Non-communicable Disease (RESPOND): Protocol and baseline outcomes for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised prevention trial

J Whelan, J Hayward, M Nichols, A Brown, L Orellana, V Brown, D Becker, C Bell, B Swinburn, A Peeters, M Moodie, S Geddes, C Chadwick, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2022), Vol. 12, BMJ Open, England, C1

journal article

System dynamics modelling to engage community stakeholders in addressing water and sugar sweetened beverage consumption

A Brown, K Bolton, B Clarke, P Fraser, J Lowe, J Kays, P Hovmand, S Allender

(2022), Vol. 19, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, England, C1

journal article

Shifting the social determinants of food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Australian experience

C Zorbas, J Browne, A Chung, A Peeters, S Booth, C Pollard, S Allender, A Isaacs, C Hawkes, K Backholer

(2022), Food Security, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Research protocol for impact assessment of a project to scale up food policies in the Pacific

D Patay, K Trieu, B McKenzie, S Ramanathan, A Hure, C Bell, A Thow, S Allender, E Reeve, A Palu, M Woodward, G Waqa, J Webster

(2022), Vol. 20, Health Research Policy and Systems, England, C1

journal article

System mapping with adolescents: Using group model building to map the complexity of obesity

N Savona, A Brown, T Macauley, A Aguiar, J Hayward, S Ayuandini, J Habron, N Grewal, A Luszczynska, S Mendes, K Klepp, H Rutter, S Allender, C Knai

(2022), Obesity Reviews, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Leadership for systems change: Researcher practices for enhancing research impact in the prevention of chronic disease

M Pescud, L Rychetnik, S Allender, M Irving, E Howse, H Rutter, R Ison, T Riley, S Friel, D Finegood

(2022), Vol. 10, Frontiers in Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Building capacity for the use of systems science to support local government public health planning: A case study of the VicHealth Local Government Partnership in Victoria, Australia

S O'Halloran, J Hayward, C Strugnell, T Felmingham, J Poorter, S Kilpatrick, P Fraser, C Needham, E Rhook, A Demaio, S Allender

(2022), Vol. 12, BMJ Open, C1

journal article
2021

Socio-economic and Regional Differences in Walkability and Greenspace Around Primary Schools: A Census of Australian Primary School Neighbourhoods

J Jacobs, K Backholer, C Strugnell, S Allender, M Nichols

(2021), Vol. 46, pp. 98-107, Journal of Community Health, Netherlands, C1

journal article

Understanding the healthfulness of outlets providing lunch and dinner meals: a census of a rural food retail environment in Victoria, Australia

L Alston, V Versace, E Brown, M Nichols, J Whelan, K Bolton, G Sacks, C Needham, L Orellana, S Allender

(2021), Vol. 45, pp. 65-70, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Australia, C1

journal article

The impact of covid-19 on rural food supply and demand in australia: Utilising group model building to identifyretailer and customer perspectives

J Whelan, A Brown, L Coller, C Strugnell, S Allender, L Alston, J Hayward, J Brimblecombe, C Bell

(2021), Vol. 13, pp. 1-11, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Identifying the views of adolescents in five european countries on the drivers of obesity using group model building

N Savona, T Macauley, A Aguiar, A Banik, M Boberska, J Brock, A Brown, J Hayward, H Holbæk, A Rito, S Mendes, F Vaaheim, M Van Houten, G Veltkamp, S Allender, H Rutter, C Knai

(2021), Vol. 31, pp. 391-396, European Journal of Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Four‐Year Behavioral, Health‐Related Quality of Life, and BMI Outcomes from a Cluster Randomized Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity

Steven Allender, Liliana Orellana, Nic Crooks, Kristy Bolton, Penny Fraser, Andrew Brown, Ha Le, Janette Lowe, Kayla de la Haye, Lynne Millar, Marjorie Moodie, Boyd Swinburn, Colin Bell, Claudia Strugnell

(2021), Vol. 29, pp. 1022-1035, Obesity, London, Eng., C1

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Association between the school physical activity environment, measured and self-reported student physical activity and active transport behaviours in Victoria, Australia

N Crooks, L Alston, M Nichols, K Bolton, S Allender, P Fraser, H Le, J Bliss, C Rennie, L Orellana, C Strugnell

(2021), Vol. 18, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, England, C1

journal article

Tracking implementation within a community-led whole of system approach to address childhood overweight and obesity in south west Sydney, Australia

N Maitland, K Wardle, J Whelan, B Jalaludin, D Creighton, M Johnstone, J Hayward, S Allender

(2021), Vol. 21, pp. 1233-, BMC public health, England, C1

journal article

Inequalities in early childhood body-mass index Z scores in Victoria, Australia: a 15-year observational study

M Nichols, S Allender, B Swinburn, L Orellana

(2021), Vol. 6, pp. e462-e471, The Lancet Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Is the physical activity environment surrounding primary schools associated with students' weight status, physical activity or active transport, in regional areas of Victoria, Australia? A cross-sectional study

J Jacobs, N Crooks, S Allender, C Strugnell, K Backholer, M Nichols

(2021), Vol. 11, BMJ Open, England, C1

journal article

Systems thinking for Aboriginal Health: Understanding the value and acceptability of group model building approaches

J Browne, T Walker, A Brown, S Sherriff, R Christidis, M Egan, V Versace, S Allender, K Backholer

(2021), Vol. 15, SSM - Population Health, England, C1

journal article

From understanding to impactful action: Systems thinking for systems change in chronic disease prevention research

M Pescud, L Rychetnik, S Allender, M Irving, D Finegood, T Riley, R Ison, H Rutter, S Friel

(2021), Vol. 9, Systems, C1

journal article

Change in cardiometabolic risk factors among Asian Indian adults recruited in a mHealth-based diabetes prevention trial

S Muralidharan, H Ranjani, R Anjana, Y Gupta, S Ambekar, V Koppikar, N Jagannathan, S Jena, N Tandon, S Allender, V Mohan

(2021), Vol. 7, Digital Health, United States, C1

journal article

Associations between indicators of diet quality and psychological distress, depression and anxiety in emerging adults: Results from a nationally representative observational sample

S Collins, M Lotfalian, W Marx, M Lane, S Allender, F Jacka, E Hoare

(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-8, Mental Health and Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

The impact of a community-based intervention on weight, weight-related behaviours and health-related quality of life in primary school children in Victoria, Australia, according to socio-economic position

J Jacobs, C Strugnell, S Allender, L Orellana, K Backholer, K Bolton, P Fraser, H Le, A Brown, M Nichols

(2021), Vol. 21, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article
2020

A comparison of the modelled impacts on CVD mortality if attainment of public health recommendations was achieved in metropolitan and rural Australia

L Alston, J Jacobs, S Allender, M Nichols

(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 339-347, Public Health Nutrition, England, C1

journal article

A systematic review of the Australian food retail environment: Characteristics, variation by geographic area, socioeconomic position and associations with diet and obesity

C Needham, G Sacks, L Orellana, E Robinson, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2020), Vol. 21, Obesity Reviews, England, C1

journal article

Bayesian strategy selection identifies optimal solutions to complex problems using an example from GP prescribing

S Allender, J Hayward, S Gupta, A Sanigorski, S Rana, H Seward, S Jacobs, S Venkatesh

(2020), Vol. 3, npj Digital Medicine, England, C1

journal article

Evaluation outcomes of a knowledge translation platform: a structure for support and exchange in prevention

Tahna Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Shae Johnson, Penelope Love, Timothy Gill, John Coveney, Boyd Swinburn, Steven Allender

(2020), Vol. 16, pp. 99-121, Evidence & policy, Bristol, Eng., C1

journal article

Building a systems thinking prevention workforce

M Bensberg, S Allender, G Sacks

(2020), Vol. 31, pp. 436-446, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Australia, C1

journal article

Sleep and obesity among children: A systematic review of multiple sleep dimensions

B Morrissey, E Taveras, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2020), Vol. 15, Pediatric Obesity, England, C1

journal article

Food retail environments in greater melbourne 2008-2016: Longitudinal analysis of intra-city variation in density and healthiness of food outlets

C Needham, L Orellana, S Allender, G Sacks, M Blake, C Strugnell

(2020), Vol. 17, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Tools and analytic techniques to synthesise community knowledge in CBPR using computer-mediated participatory system modelling

J Hayward, S Morton, M Johnstone, D Creighton, S Allender

(2020), Vol. 3, npj Digital Medicine, England, C1

journal article

Integrating Complex Systems Methods to Advance Obesity Prevention Intervention Research

E Hennessy, C Economos, R Hammond, L Sweeney, L Brukilacchio, V Chomitz, J Collins, E Nahar, N Rioles, S Allender, B Swinburn, M Gillman, P Hovmand, M Kasman, M Nichols

(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 213-223, Health Education and Behavior, United States, C1

journal article

Process evaluation of a whole-of-community systems approach to address childhood obesity in western Victoria, Australia

E Jenkins, J Lowe, S Allender, K Bolton

(2020), Vol. 20, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Responsibility for evidence-based policy in cardiovascular disease in rural communities: Implications for persistent rural health inequalities

L Alston, L Bourke, M Nichols, S Allender

(2020), Vol. 44, pp. 527-534, Australian health review, Clayton, Vic., C1

journal article

Profiling malnutrition prevalence among australian rural in-patients using a retrospective census of electronic medical files over a 12-month period

L Alston, M Green, V Versace, K Bolton, K Widdicombe, A Buccheri, D Imran, S Allender, L Orellana, M Nichols

(2020), Vol. 17, pp. 1-11, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Protocol for the measurement of changes in knowledge and engagement in the stepped wedge cluster randomised trial for childhood obesity prevention in Australia: (Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-communicable Disease (RESPOND))

J Whelan, C Strugnell, S Allender, A Korn, A Brown, L Orellana, J Hayward, V Brown, C Bell, M Moodie, A Peeters, M Nichols

(2020), Vol. 21, Trials, England, C1

journal article

Beyond the black stump: rapid reviews of health research issues affecting regional, rural and remote Australia

S Osborne, L Alston, K Bolton, J Whelan, E Reeve, A Wong Shee, J Browne, T Walker, V Versace, S Allender, M Nichols, K Backholer, N Goodwin, S Lewis, H Dalton, G Prael, M Curtin, R Brooks, S Verdon, J Crockett, G Hodgins, S Walsh, D Lyle, S Thompson, L Browne, S Knight, S Pit, M Jones, M Gillam, M Leach, D Gonzalez-Chica, K Muyambi, T Eshetie, K Tran, E May, G Lieschke, V Parker, A Smith, C Hayes, A Dunlop, H Rajappa, R White, P Oakley, S Holliday

(2020), Vol. 213, pp. S3-S32.e1, Medical Journal of Australia, Australia, C1

journal article

Retail initiatives to improve the healthiness of food environments in rural, regional and remote communities

Laura Alston, Kristy Bolton, Jill Whelan, Erica Reeve, Anna Shee, Jennifer Browne, Troy Walker, Vincent Versace, Steven Allender, Melanie Nichols, Kathryn Backholer

(2020), Vol. 213, pp. S5-+, MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, C1

journal article

Getting Australia active III : A systems approach to physical activity for policy makers

S Allender, J Atkinson, A Bauman, B Bellew, N Cavill, J Chau, M Crane, R Copeland, M Ding, R Eime, L Engelen, J Evans, B Foley, K Gebel, B Giles-Corti, M Harris, J Kite, J Leavy, K Milton, R MacNiven, D Merom, T Nau, A Okely, Z Pedisic, R Plotnikoff, H Ruttler, L Reece, J Richards, G Rocha, J Salmon, C Huckel Schneider, K Shearn, T Shilton, B Smith, J Varney

(2020), Sydney, N.S.W., A6

research report/technical paper
2019

Is school community perception of student weight status a barrier for addressing childhood obesity?

J Marks, L Barnett, S Allender

(2019), Vol. 30, pp. 28-36, Health promotion journal of Australia, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Personal Network Characteristics as Predictors of Change in Obesity Risk Behaviors in Early Adolescence

J Marks, K de la Haye, L Barnett, S Allender

(2019), Vol. 29, pp. 710-723, Journal of Research on Adolescence, United States, C1

journal article

Variation in the physical activity environment according to area-level socio-economic position-a systematic review

Jane Jacobs, Laura Alston, Cindy Needham, Kathryn Backholer, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, Melanie Nichols

(2019), Vol. 20, pp. 686-700, Obesity reviews, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Associations between combined overweight and obesity, lifestyle behavioural risk and quality of life among Australian regional school children: Baseline findings of the Goulburn Valley health behaviours monitoring study

E Hoare, N Crooks, J Hayward, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2019), Vol. 17, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, England, C1

journal article

The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

B Swinburn, V Kraak, S Allender, V Atkins, P Baker, J Bogard, H Brinsden, A Calvillo, O De Schutter, R Devarajan, M Ezzati, S Friel, S Goenka, R Hammond, G Hastings, C Hawkes, M Herrero, P Hovmand, M Howden, L Jaacks, A Kapetanaki, M Kasman, H Kuhnlein, S Kumanyika, B Larijani, T Lobstein, M Long, V Matsudo, S Mills, G Morgan, A Morshed, P Nece, A Pan, D Patterson, G Sacks, M Shekar, G Simmons, W Smit, A Tootee, S Vandevijvere, W Waterlander, L Wolfenden, W Dietz

(2019), Vol. 393, pp. 791-846, The Lancet, England, C1

journal article

Policy makers' perceptions of the high burden of heart disease in rural Australia: Implications for the implementation of evidence-based rural health policy

L Alston, M Nichols, S Allender

(2019), Vol. 14, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

Dietary and activity factors influence poor sleep and the sleep-obesity nexus among children

B Morrissey, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2019), Vol. 16, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Lessons from Iceland: developing scalable and sustainable community approaches for the prevention of mental disorders in young Australians

E Hoare, I Thorisdóttir, A Kristjansson, I Sigfusdóttir, J Hayward, S Allender, C Strugnell, N Reavley, G Patton, M Berk, F Jacka

(2019), Vol. 15, pp. 1-4, Mental health and prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Engagement and Weight Loss: Results from the Mobile Health and Diabetes Trial

S Muralidharan, H Ranjani, R Mohan Anjana, S Jena, N Tandon, Y Gupta, S Ambekar, V Koppikar, N Jagannathan, S Allender, V Mohan

(2019), Vol. 21, pp. 507-513, Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, United States, C1

journal article

Generating political commitment for ending malnutrition in all its forms: A system dynamics approach for strengthening nutrition actor networks

P Baker, A Brown, K Wingrove, S Allender, H Walls, K Cullerton, A Lee, A Demaio, M Lawrence

(2019), Vol. 20, pp. 30-44, Obesity Reviews, C1

journal article

Translating systems thinking into practice for community action on childhood obesity

S Allender, A Brown, K Bolton, P Fraser, J Lowe, P Hovmand

(2019), Vol. 20, pp. 179-184, Obesity Reviews, England, C1

journal article

Activating a Community: An Agent-Based Model of Romp & Chomp, a Whole-of-Community Childhood Obesity Intervention

M Kasman, R Hammond, B Heuberger, A Mack-Crane, R Purcell, C Economos, B Swinburn, S Allender, M Nichols

(2019), Vol. 27, pp. 1494-1502, Obesity, United States, C1

journal article

Design and methods of Shape up under 5: Integration of systems science and community-engaged research to prevent early childhood obesity

J Appel, K Fullerton, E Hennessy, A Korn, A Tovar, S Allender, P Hovmand, M Kasman, B Swinburn, R Hammond, C Economos

(2019), Vol. 14, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

Associations between school food environments, body mass index and dietary intakes among regional school students in Victoria, Australia: A cross-sectional study

L Alston, N Crooks, C Strugnell, L Orellana, S Allender, C Rennie, M Nichols

(2019), Vol. 16, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Collaboration in Complex Systems: Multilevel Network Analysis for Community-Based Obesity Prevention Interventions

J McGlashan, K de la Haye, P Wang, S Allender

(2019), Vol. 9, Scientific Reports, England, C1

journal article

A rural community moves closer to sustainable obesity prevention - an exploration of community readiness pre and post a community-based participatory intervention

J Whelan, P Love, L Millar, S Allender, C Morley, C Bell

(2019), Vol. 19, pp. 1420-, BMC public health, England, C1

journal article

Campbelltown - Changing our Future: Study protocol for a whole of system approach to childhood obesity in South Western Sydney

N Maitland, M Williams, B Jalaludin, S Allender, C Strugnell, A Brown, J Hayward, N Crooks, J Tredoux, V Li, K Wardle

(2019), Vol. 19, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Weight status and obesity-related dietary behaviours among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in Victoria, Australia

B Scott, K Bolton, C Strugnell, S Allender, J Marks

(2019), Vol. 19, BMC Pediatrics, England, C1

journal article
2018

Obesity in Australia

O Huse, J Hettiarachchi, E Gearon, M Nichols, S Allender, A Peeters

(2018), Vol. 12, pp. 29-39, Obesity research & clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Understanding a successful obesity prevention initiative in children under 5 from a systems perspective

B Owen, A Brown, J Kuhlberg, L Millar, M Nichols, C Economos, S Allender

(2018), Vol. 13, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

Sustaining obesity prevention in communities: a systematic narrative synthesis review

J Whelan, P Love, L Millar, S Allender, C Bell

(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 839-851, Obesity Reviews, England, C1

journal article

Active (Opt-In) consent underestimates mean BMI-z and the prevalence of overweight and obesity compared to passive (Opt-Out) consent. Evidence from the healthy together victoria and childhood obesity study

C Strugnell, L Orellana, J Hayward, L Millar, B Swinburn, S Allender

(2018), Vol. 15, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Networks for prevention in 19 communities at the start of a large-scale community-based obesity prevention initiative

J Marks, A Sanigorski, B Owen, J McGlashan, L Millar, M Nichols, C Strugnell, S Allender

(2018), Vol. 8, pp. 575-584, Translational behavioral medicine, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Social network analysis of stakeholder networks from two community-based obesity prevention interventions

J McGlashan, M Nichols, A Korn, L Millar, J Marks, A Sanigorski, M Pachucki, B Swinburn, S Allender, C Economos

(2018), Vol. 13, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

Protocol for an economic evaluation of WHO STOPS childhood obesity stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial

R Sweeney, M Moodie, P Nguyen, P Fraser, K Bolton, A Brown, J Marks, N Crooks, C Strugnell, C Bell, L Millar, L Orellana, S Allender

(2018), Vol. 8, BMJ Open, England, C1

journal article

Evaluation of complex community-based childhood obesity prevention interventions

D Karacabeyli, S Allender, S Pinkney, S Amed

(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 1080-1092, Obesity reviews, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Development and testing of a novel survey to assess Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion of childhood obesity prevention efforts

A Korn, E Hennessy, R Hammond, S Allender, M Gillman, M Kasman, J McGlashan, L Millar, B Owen, M Pachucki, B Swinburn, A Tovar, C Economos

(2018), Vol. 18, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Regional variation in cardiovascular mortality in Australia 2009-2012: the impact of remoteness and socioeconomic status

J Jacobs, K Peterson, S Allender, L Alston, M Nichols

(2018), Vol. 42, pp. 467-473, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Australia, C1

journal article

You can't find healthy food in the bush: Poor accessibility, availability and adequacy of food in rural Australia

J Whelan, L Millar, C Bell, C Russell, F Grainger, S Allender, P Love

(2018), Vol. 15, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Comparing complex perspectives on obesity drivers: action-driven communities and evidence-oriented experts

J McGlashan, J Hayward, A Brown, B Owen, L Millar, M Johnstone, D Creighton, S Allender

(2018), Vol. 4, pp. 575-581, Obesity Science and Practice, United States, C1

journal article
2017

Rural Inequalities in the Australian Burden of Ischaemic Heart Disease: A Systematic Review

L Alston, S Allender, K Peterson, J Jacobs, M Nichols

(2017), Vol. 26, pp. 122-133, Heart Lung and Circulation, Australia, C1

journal article

Establishing a sustainable childhood obesity monitoring system in regional Victoria

N Crooks, C Strugnell, C Bell, S Allender

(2017), Vol. 28, pp. 96-102, Health promotion journal of Australia, Clayton, Vic., C1

journal article

Comparison between measured and perceived weight status in a nationally representative sample of Australian adults

J Herbert, K Peterson, L Alston, S Allender, M Nichols

(2017), Vol. 11, pp. 414-425, Obesity research & clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

'Maximising shareholder value': a detailed insight into the corporate political activity of the Australian food industry

M Mialon, B Swinburn, S Allender, G Sacks

(2017), Vol. 41, pp. 165-171, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Australia, C1

journal article

Mobile health technology in the prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes

S Muralidharan, H Ranjani, R Anjana, S Allender, V Mohan

(2017), Vol. 21, pp. 334-340, Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism, Mumbai, India, C1

journal article

Depression, psychological distress and Internet use among community-based Australian adolescents: A cross-sectional study

E Hoare, K Milton, C Foster, S Allender

(2017), Vol. 17, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

School-based systems change for obesity prevention in adolescents: outcomes of the Australian Capital Territory 'It's Your Move!'

M Malakellis, E Hoare, A Sanigorski, N Crooks, S Allender, M Nichols, B Swinburn, C Chikwendu, P Kelly, S Petersen, L Millar

(2017), Vol. 41, pp. 490-496, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Australia, C1

journal article

Exploring the dynamics of food-related policymaking processes and evidence use in Fiji using systems thinking

G Waqa, M Moodie, W Snowdon, C Latu, J Coriakula, S Allender, C Bell

(2017), Vol. 15, Health Research Policy and Systems, England, C1

journal article

Quantifying the role of modifiable risk factors in the differences in cardiovascular disease mortality rates between metropolitan and rural populations in Australia: A macrosimulation modelling study

L Alston, K Peterson, J Jacobs, S Allender, M Nichols

(2017), Vol. 7, BMJ Open, C1

journal article

Mobile health technology (mDiab) for the prevention of type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

S Muralidharan, V Mohan, R Anjana, S Jena, N Tandon, S Allender, H Ranjani

(2017), Vol. 6, JMIR Research Protocols, Canada, C1

journal article
2016

A snapshot of the scope of obesity prevention practice in Australia

T Pettman, K Bolton, P Love, E Waters, T Gill, J Whelan, S Boylan, R Armstrong, J Coveney, S Booth, B Swinburn, S Allender

(2016), Vol. 31, pp. 582-594, Health Promotion International, England, C1

journal article

The association between self-reported diet quality and health-related quality of life in rural and urban Australian adolescents

K Bolton, F Jacka, S Allender, P Kremer, L Gibbs, E Waters, A de Silva

(2016), Vol. 24, pp. 317-325, Australian journal of rural health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Evaluation of a knowledge translation and exchange platform to advance non-communicable disease prevention

T Pettman, R Armstrong, E Waters, S Allender, P Love, T Gill, J Coveney, S Boylan, S Booth, K Bolton, B Swinburn

(2016), Vol. 12, pp. 109-126, Evidence and policy, Bristol, Eng., C1

journal article

Depressive symptomatology, weight status and obesogenic risk among Australian adolescents: A prospective cohort study

E Hoare, L Millar, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, H Skouteris, M Nichols, M Malakellis, B Swinburn, S Allender

(2016), Vol. 6, BMJ Open, England, C1

journal article

Sleep duration and risk of obesity among a sample of Victorian school children

B Morrissey, M Malakellis, J Whelan, L Millar, B Swinburn, S Allender, C Strugnell

(2016), Vol. 16, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Systematic examination of publiclyavailable information reveals the diverse and extensive corporate political activity of the food industry in Australia

M Mialon, B Swinburn, S Allender, G Sacks

(2016), Vol. 16, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Healthy together Victoria and childhood obesity-a methodology for measuring changes in childhood obesity in response to a community-based, whole of system cluster randomized control trial

C Strugnell, L Millar, A Churchill, F Jacka, C Bell, M Malakellis, B Swinburn, S Allender

(2016), Vol. 74, Archives of Public Health, England, C1

journal article

Characterising the extent of misreporting of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes using the Australian Health Survey

K Peterson, J Jacobs, S Allender, L Alston, M Nichols

(2016), Vol. 16, BMC Public Health, C1

journal article

The cross-sectional association between diet quality and depressive symptomology amongst Fijian adolescents

R Sinclair, L Millar, S Allender, W Snowdon, G Waqa, F Jacka, M Moodie, S Petersen, B Swinburn

(2016), Vol. 11, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

A systematic review of published interventions for primary and secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in rural populations of Australia

L Alston, K Peterson, J Jacobs, S Allender, M Nichols

(2016), Vol. 16, BMC Public Health, C1

journal article

Composition of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour participation across the school-day, influence of gender and weight status: cross-sectional analyses among disadvantaged Victorian school children

C Strugnell, K Turner, M Malakellis, J Hayward, C Foster, L Millar, S Allender

(2016), Vol. 6, pp. e011478-, BMJ open, England, C1

journal article

The associations between sedentary behaviour and mental health among adolescents: A systematic review

E Hoare, K Milton, C Foster, S Allender

(2016), Vol. 13, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, England, C1

journal article

Lifestyle factors and adolescent depressive symptomatology: Associations and effect sizes of diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour

J Hayward, F Jacka, H Skouteris, L Millar, C Strugnell, B Swinburn, S Allender

(2016), Vol. 50, pp. 1064-1073, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, England, C1

journal article

When There Is Not Enough Evidence and When Evidence Is Not Enough: An Australian Indigenous Smoking Policy Study

D Vujcich, M Rayner, S Allender, R Fitzpatrick

(2016), Vol. 4, Frontiers in Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Quantifying a systems map: Network analysis of a childhood obesity causal loop diagram

J McGlashan, M Johnstone, D Creighton, K De La Haye, S Allender

(2016), Vol. 11, PLoS ONE, United States, C1

journal article

Whole of systems trial of prevention strategies for childhood obesity: WHO STOPS childhood obesity

S Allender, L Millar, P Hovmand, C Bell, M Moodie, R Carter, B Swinburn, C Strugnell, J Lowe, K De La Haye, L Orellana, S Morgan

(2016), Vol. 13, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Turning points in political and health policy history: the case of Cambodia 1975-2014

John Grundy, Elizabeth Hoban, Steven Allender

(2016), Vol. 18, pp. 89-110, Health history, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article
2015

Systematic review of mental health and well-being outcomes following community-based obesity prevention interventions among adolescents

E Hoare, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, H Skouteris, L Millar, M Nichols, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 5, BMJ Open, England, C1

journal article

A map of community-based obesity prevention initiatives in Australia following obesity funding 2009-2013

J Whelan, P Love, A Romanus, T Pettman, K Bolton, E Smith, T Gill, J Coveney, E Waters, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 39, pp. 168-171, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, C1

journal article

Web search activity data accurately predict population chronic disease risk in the USA

T Nguyen, T Tran, W Luo, S Gupta, S Rana, Q Phung, M Nichols, L Millar, S Venkatesh, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 69, pp. 693-699, Journal of epidemiology and community health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Cardiovascular prevention model from Kenyan slums to migrants in the Netherlands

S van de Vijver, S Oti, E Moll van Charante, S Allender, C Foster, J Lange, B Oldenburg, C Kyobutungi, C Agyemang

(2015), Vol. 11, pp. 1-6, Globalization and health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Is demography destiny? Application of machine learning techniques to accurately predict population health outcomes from a minimal demographic dataset

W Luo, T Nguyen, M Nichols, T Tran, S Rana, S Gupta, Q Phung, S Venkatesh, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 10, pp. 1-13, PLoS One, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

The stability of weight status through the early to middle childhood years in Australia: a longitudinal study

N Wheaton, L Millar, S Allender, M Nichols

(2015), Vol. 5, pp. 1-9, BMJ open, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Changing from primary to secondary school highlights opportunities for school environment interventions aiming to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour: a longitudinal cohort study

J Marks, L Barnett, C Strugnell, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 12, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, England, C1

journal article

A community based systems diagram of obesity causes

S Allender, B Owen, J Kuhlberg, J Lowe, P Nagorcka-Smith, J Whelan, C Bell

(2015), Vol. 10, pp. 1-12, PLoS One, San Francisco, CA, C1

journal article

A systematic review of how researchers characterize the school environment in determining its effect on student obesity

K Turner, C Foster, S Allender, E Plugge

(2015), Vol. 2, pp. 1-6, BMC obesity, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Change of school in early adolescence and adverse obesity-related dietary behavior: a longitudinal cohort study, Victoria, Australia, 2013-2014

J Marks, L Barnett, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 12, pp. 1-11, Preventing chronic diseases: public health research, practice, and policy, Atlanta, Ga., C1

journal article

Critical design features for establishing a childhood obesity monitoring program in Australia

K Lacy, M Nichols, A De Silva, S Allender, B Swinburn, E Leslie, L Jones, P Kremer

(2015), Vol. 21, pp. 369-372, Australian journal of primary health, Melbourne, Vic, C1

journal article

Friendship network characteristics are associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior in early adolescence

J Marks, K de la Haye, L Barnett, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 10, pp. 1-15, PLoS One, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

The social and political construction of health-care systems-historical observations from selected countries in Asia

J Grundy, E Hoban, S Allender

(2015), Vol. 4, pp. 124-137, Health systems, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article
2014

Associations between obesogenic risk factors and depression among adolescents : a systematic review

E Hoare, H Skouteris, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, L Millar, S Allender

(2014), Vol. 15, pp. 40-51, Obesity reviews, Chichester, England, C1

journal article

Relationship between raised BMI and sugar sweetened beverage and high fat food consumption among children

L Millar, B Rowland, M Nichols, B Swinburn, C Bennett, H Skouteris, S Allender

(2014), Vol. 22, Obesity, Hoboken, N. J., C1

journal article

Associations between obesogenic risk and depressive symptomatology in Australian adolescents : a cross-sectional study

E Hoare, L Millar, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, H Skouteris, M Nichols, F Jacka, B Swinburn, C Chikwendu, S Allender

(2014), Vol. 68, pp. 767-772, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, London, England, C1

journal article

A systematic review and meta-analysis of whole of community interventions to prevent excessive population weight gain

L Wolfenden, R Wyse, M Nichols, S Allender, L Millar, P McElduff

(2014), Vol. 62, pp. 193-200, Preventive medicine, Maryland Heights, Missouri, C1

journal article

Urbanicity and Lifestyle Risk Factors for Cardiometabolic Diseases in Rural Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

J Riha, A Karabarinde, G Ssenyomo, S Allender, G Asiki, A Kamali, E Young, M Sandhu, J Seeley

(2014), Vol. 11, PLoS Medicine, United States, C1

journal article

Systematic review of incidental physical activity community interventions

R Reynolds, S McKenzie, S Allender, K Brown, C Foulkes

(2014), Vol. 67, pp. 46-64, Preventive Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

The inter-section of political history and health policy in Asia - the historical foundations for health policy analysis

J Grundy, E Hoban, S Allender, P Annear

(2014), Vol. 117, pp. 150-159, Social Science & Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Lessons from obesity prevention for the prevention of mental disorders: The primordial prevention approach

J Hayward, F Jacka, E Waters, S Allender

(2014), Vol. 14, pp. 1-4, BMC Psychiatry, London, England, C1

journal article
2013

Population-level changes to promote cardiovascular health

T Jorgensen, S Capewell, E Prescott, S Allender, S Sans, T Zdrojewski, D De Bacquer, J de Sutter, O Franco, S Logstrup, M Volpe, S Malyutina, P Marques-Vidal, Z Reiner, G Tell, M Verschuren, D Vanuzzo

(2013), Vol. 20, pp. 409-421, European journal of preventive cardiology, London, England, C1

journal article

The possibility of regulating for obesity prevention - understanding regulation in the Commonwealth Government

B Crammond, C Van, S Allender, A Peeters, M Lawrence, G Sacks, H Mavoa, B Swinburn, B Loff

(2013), Vol. 14, pp. 213-221, Obesity reviews, Chichester, England, C1

journal article

Increasing community capacity and decreasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in a community based intervention among Australian adolescents

L Millar, N Robertson, S Allender, M Nichols, C Bennett, B Swinburn

(2013), Vol. 56, pp. 379-384, Preventive medicine, Maryland Heights, Mo., C1

journal article

Inconsistent associations between sweet drink intake and 2-year change in BMI among Victorian children and adolescents

B Jensen, M Nichols, S Allender, A de Silva-Sanigorski, L Millar, P Kremer, K Lacy, B Swinburn

(2013), Vol. 8, pp. 271-283, Pediatric obesity, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Using social network analysis to identify key child care center staff for obesity prevention interventions: a pilot study

J Marks, L Barnett, C Foulkes, P Hawe, S Allender

(2013), Vol. 2013, pp. 1-9, Journal of obesity, New York, N.Y., C1

journal article

Community-based efforts to prevent obesity: Australia-wide survey of projects

M Nichols, R Reynolds, E Waters, T Gill, L King, B Swinburn, S Allender

(2013), pp. 1-7, Health promotion journal of Australia, Camperdown, N. S. W., C1

journal article

Evidence and obesity prevention : developing evidence summaries to support decision making

R Clark, E Waters, R Armstrong, R Conning, S Allender, B Swinburn

(2013), Vol. 9, pp. 547-556, Evidence & policy : a journal of research , debate & practice, Bristol, England, C1

journal article

Population changes to promote cardiovascular health

T Jorgensen, S Capewell, E Prescott, S Allender, S Sans, T Zdrojewski, D De Bacquer, J De Sutter, O Franco, S Logstrup, M Volpe, S Malyutina, P Marques-Vidal, Z Reiner, G Tell, W Verschuren, D Vanuzzo

(2013), Vol. 14, pp. 393-403, Giornale Italiano di cardiologia, Roma, Italy, C1-1

journal article
2012

Relative deprivation between neighbouring wards is predictive of coronary heart disease mortality after adjustment for absolute deprivation of wards

S Allender, P Scarborough, T Keegan, M Rayner

(2012), Vol. 66, pp. 803-808, Journal of epidemiology & community health, London, England, C1

journal article

The decline in coronary heart disease mortality is slowing in young adults (Australia 1976-2006) : a time trend analysis

M O'Flaherty, S Allender, R Taylor, C Stevenson, A Peeters, S Capewell

(2012), Vol. 158, pp. 193-198, International journal of cardiology, County Clare, Ireland, C1-1

journal article

Policy change to create supportive environments for physical activity and healthy eating : which options are the most realistic for local government?

S Allender, E Gleeson, B Crammond, G Sacks, M Lawrence, A Peeters, B Loff, B Swinburn

(2012), Vol. 27, pp. 261-274, Health promotion international, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Screen time and physical activity behaviours are associated with health-related quality of life in Australian adolescents

K Lacy, S Allender, P Kremer, A de Silva-Sanigorski, L Millar, M Moodie, L Mathews, M Malakellis, B Swinburn

(2012), Vol. 21, pp. 1085-1099, Quality of life research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Government regulation to promote healthy food environments : a view from inside state governments

J Shill, H Mavoa, S Allender, M Lawrence, G Sacks, A Peeters, B Crammond, B Swinburn

(2012), Vol. 13, pp. 162-173, Obesity reviews, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

What is the optimal level of population alcohol consumption for chronic disease prevention in England? Modelling the impact of changes in average consumption levels

M Nichols, P Scarborough, S Allender, M Rayner

(2012), Vol. 2, pp. 1-10, BMJ Open, London, England, C1

journal article

Contribution of climate and air pollution to variation in coronary heart disease mortality rates in England

P Scarborough, S Allender, M Rayner, M Goldacre

(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-6, Plos One, San Francisco, Calif., C1-1

journal article

Modelling the health impact of environmentally sustainable dietary scenarios in the UK

P Scarborough, S Allender, D Clarke, K Wickramasinghe, M Rayner

(2012), Vol. 66, pp. 710-715, European journal of clinical nutrition, London, England, C1

journal article

The appropriateness of opt-out consent for monitoring childhood obesity in Australia

K Lacy, P Kremer, A de Silva-Sanigorski, S Allender, E Leslie, L Jones, S Fornaro, B Swinburn

(2012), Vol. 7, Pediatric obesity, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Consumption patterns of sweet drinks in a population of Australian children and adolescents (2003-2008)

B Jensen, M Nichols, S Allender, A de Silva-Sanigorski, L Millar, P Kremer, K Lacy, B Swinburn

(2012), Vol. 12, pp. 1-12, BMC public health, London, England, C1

journal article

An analysis of potential barriers and enablers to regulating the television marketing of unhealthy foods to children at the state government level in Australia

A Chung, J Shill, B Swinburn, H Mavoa, M Lawrence, B Loff, B Crammond, G Sacks, S Allender, A Peeters

(2012), Vol. 12, pp. 1-6, BMC public health, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Regulation to create environments conducive to physical activity : understanding the barriers and facilitators at the Australian State Government level

J Shill, H Mavoa, B Crammond, B Loff, A Peeters, M Lawrence, S Allender, G Sacks, B Swinburn

(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-11, PLoS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1-1

journal article

Prevention of diabetes in rural India with a telemedicine intervention

V Mohan, M Deepa, R Pradeepa, V Prathiba, M Datta, S Ravikumar, H Rakesh, Y Sucharita, P Webster, S Allender, A Kapur, R Anjana

(2012), Vol. 6, pp. 1355-1364, Journal of diabetes science and technology, Foster City, Calif., C1-1

journal article

The development and validation of an urbanicity scale in a multi-country study

N Novak, S Allender, P Scarborough, D West

(2012), Vol. 12, pp. 1-12, BMC public health, London, England, C1

journal article
2011

An index of unhealthy lifestyle is associated with coronary heart disease mortality rates for small areas in England after adjustment for deprivation

P Scarborough, S Allender, M Rayner, M Goldacre

(2011), Vol. 17, pp. 691-695, Health & place, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

The development of a network for community based obesity prevention : the CO-OPS collaboration

S Allender, M Nichols, C Foulkes, R Reynolds, E Waters, L King, T Gill, R Armstrong, B Swinburn

(2011), Vol. 11, pp. 1-8, BMC public health, London, England, C1

journal article

Increased energy intake entirely accounts for increase in body weight in women but not in men in the UK between 1986 and 2000

P Scarborough, M Burg, C Foster, B Swinburn, G Sacks, M Rayner, P Webster, S Allender

(2011), Vol. 105, pp. 1399-1404, British journal of nutrition, Cambridge, England, C1

journal article

Quantifying urbanisation as a risk factor for non-communicable disease

S Allender, K Wickramasinghe, M Goldacre, D Matthews, P Katulanda

(2011), Vol. 88, pp. 906-918, Journal of urban health, New York, N. Y., C1-1

journal article

Best practice principles for community-based obesity prevention : development, content and application

L King, T Gill, S Allender, B Swinburn

(2011), Vol. 12, pp. 329-338, Obesity reviews, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Associations between activity-related behaviours and standardized BMI among Australian adolescents

S Allender, P Kremer, A de Silva-Sanigorski, K Lacy, L Millar, L Mathews, M Malakellis, B Swinburn

(2011), Vol. 14, pp. 512-521, Journal of science and medicine in sport, Mitchell, A.C.T., C1-1

journal article

The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK : an update to 2006-07 NHS costs

P Scarborough, P Bhatnager, K Wickramasinghe, S Allender, C Foster, M Rayner

(2011), Vol. 33, pp. 527-535, Journal of public health, Oxford, England, C1

journal article
2010

Level of urbanization and noncommunicable disease risk factors in Tamil Nadu, India

S Allender, B Lacey, P Webster, M Rayner, M Deepa, P Scarborough, C Arambepola, M Datta, V Mohan

(2010), Vol. 88, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, C1-1

journal article

The incidence of all stroke and stroke subtype in the United Kingdom, 1985 to 2008 : a systematic review

P Bhatnagar, P Scarborough, N Smeeton, S Allender

(2010), Vol. 10, pp. 1-11, BMC Public health, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Distinct Contributions of Rod, Cone, and Melanopsin Photoreceptors to Encoding Irradiance

Gurprit Lall, Victoria Revell, Hiroshi Momiji, Jazi Al Enezi, Cara Altimus, Ali Gueler, Carlos Aguilar, Morven Cameron, Susan Allender, Mark Hankins, Robert Lucas

(2010), Vol. 66, pp. 417-428, NEURON, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article
2009

Moving beyond 'rates, roads and rubbish' : how do local governments make choices about healthy public policy to prevent obesity?

S Allender, E Gleeson, B Crammond, G Sacks, M Lawrence, A Peeters, B Loff, B Swinburn

(2009), Vol. 6, pp. 1-8, Australia and New Zealand health policy, London, England, C1

journal article

The burden of smoking related ill health in the UK

S Allender, R Balakrishnan, P Scarborough, P Webster, M Rayner

(2009), Vol. 18, pp. 262-267, Tobacco control, London, England, C1

journal article

'Tell us something new!' : the response of planning and transport professionals to public health guidance on the built environment and physical activity

S Allender, N Cavill, M Parker, C Foster

(2009), Vol. 30, pp. 102-116, Journal of public health policy, Basingstoke, England, C1

journal article

The burden of alcohol-related ill health in the United Kingdom

R Balakrishnan, S Allender, P Scarborough, P Webster, M Rayner

(2009), Vol. 31, pp. 366-373, Journal of public health, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Cardiovascular disease in Europe

M Rayner, S Allender, P Scarborough

(2009), Vol. 16, pp. 43-47, European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation, Philadelphia, Pa., C1

journal article

Validation of model-based estimates (synthetic estimates) of the prevalence of risk factors for coronary heart disease for wards in England

P Scarborough, S Allender, M Rayner, M Goldacre

(2009), Vol. 15, pp. 596-605, Health and place, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article
2008

Over-nutrition

S Allender, M Rayner

(2008), pp. 28-29, The atlas of food : who eats what, where, and why, London, England, B1-1

book chapter

Occupational and non-occupational physical activity and the social determinants of physical activity : results from the Health Survey for England

S Allender, C Foster, A Boxer

(2008), Vol. 5, pp. 104-116, Journal of physical activity & health, Champaign, Ill., C1-1

journal article

Quantification of urbanization in relation to chronic diseases in developing countries : a systematic review

S Allender, C Foster, L Hutchinson, C Arambepola

(2008), Vol. 85, pp. 938-951, Journal of urban health, New York, N.Y., C1-1

journal article

Life-change events and participation in physical activity : a systematic review

S Allender, L Hutchinson, C Foster

(2008), Vol. 23, pp. 160-172, Health promotion international, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Patterns of coronary heart disease mortality over the 20th century in England and Wales : possible plateaus in the rate of decline

S Allender, P Scarborough, M O'Flaherty, S Capewell

(2008), Vol. 8, pp. 148-148, BMC public health, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Urban living and obesity : is it independent of its population and lifestyle characteristics?

C Arambepola, S Allender, R Ekanayake, D Fernando

(2008), Vol. 13, pp. 448-457, Tropical medicine & international health, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Factors affecting the offer of pulmonary rehabilitation to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by primary care professionals : a qualitative study

D Harris, M Hayter, S Allender

(2008), Vol. 9, pp. 280-290, Primary health care research & development, Cambridge, England, C1-1

journal article

Improving the uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD : qualitative study of experiences and attitudes

D Harris, M Hayter, S Allender

(2008), Vol. 58, pp. 703-710, British journal of general practice, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Coronary heart disease trends in England and Wales from 1984 to 2004 : concealed levelling of mortality rates among young adults

M O'Flaherty, E Ford, S Allender, P Scarborough, S Capewell

(2008), Vol. 94, pp. 178-181, Heart, [London, UK], C1-1

journal article

The North-South gap in overweight and obesity in England

P Scarborough, S Allender

(2008), Vol. 100, pp. 677-684, British journal of nutrition : an international journal of nutritional science, Cambridge, England, C1-1

journal article

Quality of occupational health provision: two rating scales and their determinants

K Venables, S Allender

(2008), Vol. 58, pp. 439-442, Occupational medicine, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance in England: variability by region and clinical characteristics

H Bethell, R Lewin, J Evans, S Turner, S Allender, S Petersen

(2008), Vol. 28, pp. 386-391, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, United States, C1-1

journal article

Regulatory change for obesity prevention at local government level in Victoria

S Allender, E Gleeson, B Crammond, B Swinburn, M Lawrence, A Peeters, B Loff

(2008), A global world - practical action for health and well being : Proceedings of the Population Health Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, E1-1

conference
2007

The burden of physical activity-related ill health in the UK

S Allender, C Foster, P Scarborough, M Rayner

(2007), Vol. 61, pp. 344-348, Journal of epidemiology and community health, London, England, C1-1

journal article

The burden of overweight and obesity-related ill health in the UK

S Allender, M Rayner

(2007), Vol. 8, pp. 467-473, Obesity reviews, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

New work ethics? The corporate athlete's back end index and organisational performance

P Kelly, S Allender, D Colquhoun

(2007), Vol. 14, pp. 267-285, Organization, Thousand Oaks, Calif., C1-1

journal article

Cardiovascular surveys : manual of operations

P Primatesta, S Allender, P Ciccarelli, A Doring, S Graff-Iversen, J Holub, S Panico, A Trichopoulou, W Verschuren

(2007), Vol. 14, European journal of cardiovascular prevention & rehabilitation, Philadelphia, Pa., C1-1

journal article

What determines the size of occupational health services in UK universities?

K Venables, S Allender

(2007), Vol. 57, pp. 210-213, Occupational medicine, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Occupational health provision in UK universities

K Venables, S Allender

(2007), Vol. 57, pp. 162-168, Occupational medicine, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Population-based register of stroke : manual of operations

S Giampaoli, N Hammar, R Adany, C De Peretti, EUROCISS Research Group, S Allender

(2007), Vol. 14, Journal of cardiovascular risk, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Population-based register of acute myocardial infarction : manual of operations

M Madson, V Gundnason, A Pajak, L Palmieri, E Rocha, V Salomaa, K Steinbach, D Vanuzzo, EUROCISS Research Group, S Allender

(2007), Vol. 14, Journal of cardiovascular risk, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2006

The competing discourses of workplace health

S Allender, D Colquhoun, P Kelly

(2006), Vol. 10, pp. 75-93, Health : an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine, Thousand Oaks, Calif., C1-1

journal article

Understanding participation in sport and physical activity amongst children and adults : A systematic review of qualitative studies

S Allender, G Cowburn, C Foster

(2006), Vol. 21, pp. 826-835, Health education research, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Symptoms, ill-health and quality of life in a support group of Porton Down veterans

S Allender, N Maconochie, T Keegan, C Brooks, T Fletcher, M Nieuwenhuijsen, P Doyle, L Carpenter, K Venables

(2006), Vol. 56, pp. 329-337, Occupational medicine, Oxford, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Values underlying the National Service Framework for coronary heart disease in England : a discourse analysis

M Rayner, P Scarborough, S Allender

(2006), Vol. 11, pp. 67-73, Journal of health services research and policy, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Occupational health needs of universities : a review with an emphasis on the United Kingdom

K Venables, S Allender

(2006), Vol. 63, pp. 159-167, Occupational and environmental medicine, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Current occupational health policy issues for universities in the United Kingdom

K Venables, S Allender

(2006), Vol. 10, pp. 45-51, Perspectives : policy and practice in higher education, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Governing the working population : knowledge, self and power in workplace health programs

S Allender, D Colquhoun, P Kelly

(2006), Vol. 16, pp. 131-142, Critical public health, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2005

New work ethics, the professionalisation of stress management and effective schools

D Colquhoun, P Kelly, S Allender

(2005), pp. 1-1, AARE 2005 : Creative dissent: constructive solutions: proceedings of the AARE 2005 international education research conference, Sydney, N.S.W., E1-1

conference
2004

Understanding participation in sport and physical activity amongst children and adults

C Foster, M Hillsdon, N Cavill, S Allender, G Cowburn

(2004), Oxford, England, A6-1

research report/technical paper

New work ethics? Foucault and the spirit of 21st century capitalism

P Kelly, D Colquhoun, S Allender

(2004), pp. 398-405, ASBBS 2004 : Proceedings of the 7th American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences conference 2004, Cairns, Qld., E1

conference
2002

Questions and answers

G Parker, S Simoens, S St Leger, W Solesbury, J Sherval, S Allender, R Gurbutt, J Boyce, R Mannion, D Kernick

(2002), Vol. 7, pp. 254-256, Journal of health services research and policy, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Centre of Research Excellence on Policy Research on Obesity and Food Systems

Emeritus Professor Rob Carter, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Prof Marj Moodie, Prof Richard Osborne, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Mark Lawrence, A/Prof Jan Barendregt, Prof Bruce Neal, Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Kelly Brownell, Prof Steven Allender

NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence

  • 2018: $596
  • 2017: $340,167
  • 2016: $431,611
  • 2015: $434,875
  • 2014: $452,808
  • 2013: $276,834
  • 2012: $65,432

How can a systems approach be efficiently and effectively applied to prevent childhood obesity?

Prof Steven Allender

NHMRC CDF - Career Development Fellowship

  • 2017: $39,727
  • 2016: $117,535
  • 2015: $125,401
  • 2014: $105,323
  • 2013: $74,640

How can a systems approach be efficiently and effectively applied to prevent childhood obesity?

Prof Steven Allender

NHF Fellowship - Career Development - National Heart Foundation of Australia

  • 2013: $30,000

Healthy Together Kids Evaluation

Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Dr Lynne Millar

NHF Vanguard Grant - National Heart Foundation of Australia

  • 2014: $74,812

Whole of System Trial for Obesity Prevention in Childhood Obesity (WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity)

Prof Steven Allender, Dr Lynne Millar, Dr Peter Hovmand, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, Emeritus Professor Rob Carter, Prof Boyd Swinburn

NHMRC - Partnership Project

  • 2021: $143,797
  • 2020: $347,726
  • 2019: $347,616
  • 2018: $321,180
  • 2017: $261,154
  • 2016: $77,171

RESPOND: Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease

Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Boyd Swinburn, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Andrew Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, Prof Liliana Orellana

NHMRC - Partnership Project

  • 2023: $311,209
  • 2022: $311,201
  • 2021: $297,552
  • 2020: $305,461
  • 2019: $247,775
  • 2018: $85,145

A Center of Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments for Health (RE-FRESH)

Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Julie Brimblecombe, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Adrian Cameron, Prof Amanda Lee, Prof Gary Sacks, Dr Jaithri Ananthapavan, A/Prof Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Prof Bruce Neal

NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence

  • 2024: $271
  • 2023: $289,061
  • 2022: $339,375
  • 2021: $311,936
  • 2020: $421,716
  • 2019: $333,411
  • 2018: $87,972

Reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases for future rural dwelling Australians

Dr Laura Alston, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Vincent Versace

NHF Fellowship - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - National Heart Foundation of Australia

  • 2022: $15,000
  • 2021: $60,960
  • 2020: $45,000

Scaling up food policy interventions to reduce noncommunicable diseases in the Pacific Islands

Dr Jacqui Webster, Prof Colin Bell, Dr Anne-Marie Thow, Mrs Gade Waqa, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Thomas Lung, Dr Kris Rogers, Prof Mark Woodward

NHMRC/Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

  • 2024: $13,500
  • 2023: $39,000
  • 2022: $24,000
  • 2021: $24,000
  • 2020: $24,000
  • 2019: $12,000

Food and Nutrition Policy for First Nations peoples- translating evidence into action

Dr Jennifer Browne, Prof Kathryn Backholer, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Yin Paradies

NHF Fellowship - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - National Heart Foundation of Australia

  • 2022: $76,200
  • 2021: $75,000

Systems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial

Prof Colin Bell, Dr Jill Whelan, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Luke Wolfenden, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Dr Victoria Brown, A/Prof Serene Yoong, Prof Liliana Orellana, A/Prof Kristy Bolton

NHMRC - Partnership Project

  • 2024: $94,777
  • 2023: $115,020

Delivering enhanced healthcare at home for older people in rural Australia

Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Vincent Versace, Mr Craig Wilding, Prof Wendy Chapman, Prof Terry Haines, Dr Anna Wong Shee, A/Prof Joanne Porter, Prof Warren Payne, Dr Louise Greenstock, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Laura Alston, A/Prof Anna Borda, A/Prof Anna Ugalde, Dr Olivia King, Mrs Fiona Mitchell, Dr Hannah Beks, Ms Sue Williams, Prof Adam Elshaug, Prof Martin Hensher, Dr Joannne Enticott, A/Prof Michele Callisaya, Prof Bodil Rasmussen, A/Prof Kevin Mc Namara

MRFF (DISER) Rapid Applied Research Translation

  • 2023: $1,235,064
  • 2022: $1,223,738

Promoting CHANGE (Community Health And Nutrition, and Government Engagement): a Randomised Controlled Trial to accelerate healthy food retail in local government settings

Dr Miranda Blake, Prof Adrian Cameron, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Jaithri Ananthapavan, Dr Helena Romaniuk, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Gary Sacks, Dr Luke Wolfenden, Dr Emma McMahon

NHMRC - Partnership Project

  • 2024: $76,156
  • 2023: $148,803
  • 2022: $16,911

Centre of Research Excellence in Food Retail EnvironmentS for Health: Next Generation (RE-FRESHING)

Prof Adrian Cameron, Prof Gary Sacks, Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Simone Pettigrew, Dr Megan Ferguson, Prof Kathryn Backholer, Prof Steven Allender, A/Prof Serene Yoong, Dr Jaithri Ananthapavan, Dr Miranda Blake

NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence

  • 2024: $85,833

Other Public Sector Funding

(Phase 2) - Provision and Evaluation of the It's Your Move Program in the ACT. (Phase 1) - systems-based interventions to promote healthy weight in ACT secondary schools - program planning

A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Dr Lynne Millar, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Prof Steven Allender

Aust Capital Territory Department of Health ACT Government Health Information

  • 2014: $106,146
  • 2012: $118,000
  • 2011: $5,537

CO-OPS (Mark 11) Prevention Network

Prof Steven Allender, Prof Boyd Swinburn

DHA Grant - Research - Department of Health and Ageing

  • 2015: $367,044
  • 2014: $457,689
  • 2013: $169,749
  • 2012: $851,423

G21 Regional Health and Wellbeing Plan 2013-17

Prof Steven Allender, Prof Richard Osborne

G21 Grant - Research - Geelong Region Alliance

  • 2014: $12,272
  • 2013: $30,000

A connected community and clinical journey to health

Dr Penny Love, Dr Jill Whelan, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Colin Bell

Rural Northwest Health

  • 2015: $29,000

STICK-E Healthy Eating - Systems Thinking In Community Knowledge Exchange

Prof Steven Allender, Prof Douglas Creighton, A/Prof Michael Johnstone, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Boyd Swinburn

VicHealth Innovation Research Grant 2015 & Onwards (Cat 2)

  • 2018: $20,000
  • 2017: $90,000
  • 2016: $90,000

YCHANGe obesity prevention mapping into physical activity determinants - environmental and personal

Dr Jill Whelan, Dr Penny Love, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Colin Bell

Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria

  • 2016: $120,000

Victoria Police StEPS Project: Systems Evaluation for the Prevention of Suicide

Prof Tony LaMontagne, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Allison Milner, Dr Josh Hayward

Victoria Police Grant - Research

  • 2017: $37,500
  • 2016: $37,500

STICK-E ACT Health Promotion

Prof Steven Allender, Mr Andrew Brown

ACT Health Grant - Research

  • 2017: $2,140

STICK-E MansfieldSC Municipal Public Health Plan

Prof Steven Allender, Mr Andrew Brown, Dr Josh Hayward

Mansfield Shire Council

  • 2018: $39,000
  • 2017: $15,000

Enhancing wellness in Fiji

Prof Colin Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, Prof Steven Allender, Dr I Tukana, Dr Ilisapeci Kubuabola, Dr Jillian Wate

VicHealth Grant - Research

  • 2017: $18,000

RESPOND: Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease

Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Boyd Swinburn, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Andrew Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, Prof Liliana Orellana

VicHealth - Partnership

  • 2020: $25,000
  • 2019: $25,000
  • 2018: $25,000

Food environment inequalities and obesity in Victorian Growth Areas, from paddock to shopping centre gate

Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Gary Sacks, Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Cindy Needham

VicHealth Innovation Research Grant 2015 & Onwards (Cat 2)

  • 2020: $7,254
  • 2019: $90,000
  • 2018: $90,000

Campbelltown Changing our Future: A whole of systems approach to childhood obesity in south western Sydney

Prof Steven Allender, Mr Andrew Brown, Dr Josh Hayward, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Mr Nic Crooks

South Western Sydney Local Health District

  • 2019: $42,248
  • 2018: $252,248

The health and related economic benefits of providing better tasting water

Dr Jaithri Ananthapavan, Dr Phuong Nguyen, Prof Marj Moodie, Prof Steven Allender

WW Grant - Research - Wannon Region Water Corporation (Wannon Water)

  • 2018: $12,700

Food and nutrition policies for Aboriginal Victorians: Evidence and Advocates for change

Dr Jennifer Browne, Prof Kathryn Backholer, Prof Steven Allender, Mr Andrew Brown, Ms Mikaela Egan

VicHealth Impact Research Grant

  • 2023: $20,000
  • 2020: $90,000
  • 2019: $90,000

Healthy Weight Systems Science Project

Prof Steven Allender

East Metropolitan Health Service

  • 2019: $25,392

Food swamps, deserts or swampy deserts? Do regional Victorian children have access to healthy food retail? Does this influence weight status, dietary intake and wellbeing

Dr Claudia Strugnell, Dr Cindy Needham, Prof Liliana Orellana, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Miranda Blake, Ms Jane Jacobs, Prof Gary Sacks

VicHealth Partnerships for Impact Research Grant

  • 2023: $19,000
  • 2022: $30,000
  • 2021: $150,000

Healthy and sustainable cities: tool for assessing local government food policy

Prof Gary Sacks, Prof Adrian Cameron, Dr Miranda Blake, Dr Belinda Reeve, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Karen Anderson, Prof Timothy Skinner, Dr Davina Mann

VicHealth Impact Research Grant

  • 2023: $10,000
  • 2021: $90,000

Systems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial

Prof Colin Bell, Dr Jill Whelan, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Luke Wolfenden, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Dr Victoria Brown, A/Prof Serene Yoong, Prof Liliana Orellana, A/Prof Kristy Bolton

VicHealth - NHMRC Partnership Project Grants

  • 2024: $20,000

Group Model Building: a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to reduce potentially avoidable visits to the Emergency Department.

Dr Anna Wong Shee, Prof Vincent Versace, A/Prof Kevin Mc Namara, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Laura Alston

Ballarat Health Services

  • 2023: $30,000
  • 2021: $18,036

'' Making big busines everybody's business ''

Dr Jennifer Browne, Dr Mark Lock, Prof Kathryn Backholer, Prof Yin Paradies, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Karen Hill, Mr Troy Walker, Mrs Fiona Mitchell, Ms Joleen Ryan

VicHealth

  • 2024: $10,000
  • 2023: $80,000
  • 2022: $90,000

Review of, and update, the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity for Adults, Adolescents and Children in Australia.

Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Jo Salmon, Prof Judi Porter, Prof Ralph Maddison, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Kylie Hesketh, Prof Linda Sweet, Prof Gary Sacks, Dr Anna Chapman, A/Prof Kristy Bolton, Dr Shaun Mason, Dr Vidanka Vasilevski

National Health and Medical Research Council

  • 2023: $550,766
  • 2022: $1,363,636

Southern Grampians and Glenelg Primary School Health Behaviours Monitoring Study 2023.

Dr Claudia Strugnell, A/Prof Kristy Bolton, Dr Michelle Jackson, Mrs Penny Fraser, Prof Steven Allender

Western District Health Service

  • 2023: $60,000
  • 2022: $42,241

LPHU SYSTEMS THINKING PARTNERSHIP

Prof Steven Allender, Ms Tiana Felmingham, Mrs Penny Fraser, Dr Cindy Needham

VicHealth Grant - Research

  • 2023: $74,000

Collaborating for Health: Grampians Public Health Unit and Deakin University Partnership.

Prof Suzanne Robinson, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Feby Savira, Dr Sean Randall

Grampians Health

  • 2023: $200,000

TransformUs Wellbeing

Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Jo Salmon, A/Prof Natalie Lander, A/Prof Alison Booth, A/Prof Kristy Bolton, A/Prof Serene Yoong, Dr Cadeyrn Gaskin, Mr Andrew Brown, Dr Michelle Jackson, Prof Steven Allender

VicHealth

  • 2023: $125,000

The evaluation of Vichealth's Food Hubs on local food systems.

Dr Rebecca Lindberg, Dr Erica Reeve, Dr Kate Wingrove, A/Prof Kristy Bolton, Dr Penny Love, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Gary Sacks

VicHealth

  • 2024: $18,500
  • 2023: $37,000

Industry and Other Funding

Developing a resource for evidence based healthy living programs

Prof Steven Allender, Prof Boyd Swinburn, A/Prof Melanie Nichols

Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science Limited

  • 2012: $80,000

Systems Science to Guide Whole-of-Community Childhood Obesity Prevention

A/Prof Matthew Gillman, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Boyd Swinburn

NIH Grant - Research - National Institutes of Health

  • 2018: $93,038
  • 2017: $163,168
  • 2016: $47,931
  • 2015: $157,688
  • 2014: $88,470

HeartStats Project: The Heart Foundation/Deakin University Australian Heart Disease Statistics Project

Prof Steven Allender, A/Prof Melanie Nichols

NHF Health Professional Scholarship - National Heart Foundation of Australia, NHF Grant Cat 3 - Research - National Heart Foundation of Australia

  • 2015: $160,694
  • 2014: $169,230
  • 2013: $144,932

What is the relationship between diet quality and health-related quality of life in rural, Victorian adolescents (12-18 years old)?

A/Prof Kristy Bolton, Prof Steven Allender

Windermere Foundation Grant - Research

  • 2014: $14,991

Friends & Health Behaviour over the primary to secondary school transition

Prof Steven Allender, Prof Lisa Barnett, Ms Jennifer Marks

Windermere Foundation Grant - Research

  • 2014: $15,000

NCD strategic action plan development - Fiji

Prof Steven Allender, Ms Wendy Snowdon

JTA International Pty Ltd

  • 2014: $6,488

Systems Thinking in Community Knowledge - Exchange (STICK - E)

Prof Steven Allender

GMHBA Grant - Research - Geelong Medical Hospital Benefits Association

  • 2014: $40,000

A connected community and clinical journey to health

Dr Penny Love, Dr Jill Whelan, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Colin Bell

Ian Potter Foundation Grant - Research

  • 2016: $5,454
  • 2015: $54,545

Whole of System Trial for Obesity Prevention in Childhood Obesity (WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity)

Prof Steven Allender, Dr Lynne Millar, Dr Peter Hovmand, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, Emeritus Professor Rob Carter, Prof Boyd Swinburn

Western Alliance

  • 2021: $50,000
  • 2020: $50,000
  • 2019: $50,000
  • 2017: $50,000
  • 2016: $50,000

Developing Systems Knowledge to prevent suicide in Victoria Police

Dr Amanda Allisey, Prof Tony LaMontagne, Dr Allison Milner, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Andrew Noblet

Gallagher Bassett Services

  • 2015: $50,000

Systems Thinking Workshops for City of Glenorchy, Tasmania

Prof Steven Allender

The Sax Institute

  • 2015: $10,000

Greater Shepparton's Primary School Health Behaviours Monitoring Proposal

Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Steven Allender

Goulburn Valley Primary Care Partnership

  • 2016: $29,755

YCHANGe - A connected community and clinical journey to health - YSC and RFDS

Dr Jill Whelan, Prof Colin Bell, Dr Penny Love, Prof Steven Allender

Royal Flying Doctors Service, Victoria Section

  • 2017: $40,000
  • 2016: $40,000

STICK-E Research Workshop - EGPCP

Prof Steven Allender, Mr Andrew Brown

Gippsland Lakes Community Health

  • 2017: $25,000

STICK-E TAPPC Prevention Tracker

Prof Steven Allender, Mr Andrew Brown, Dr Josh Hayward

The Sax Institute

  • 2018: $30,000
  • 2017: $30,000

RESPOND: Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease

Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Boyd Swinburn, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Andrew Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, Prof Liliana Orellana

Goulburn Valley Primary Care Partnership

  • 2019: $22,500
  • 2018: $22,500

Let¿s have a yarn about chronic disease: a collaborative multi-disciplinary participatory action research approach to addressing Aboriginal health in South West Victoria

Dr Hannah Beks, Prof Vincent Versace, Ms Kerry Hudson, Mr John Bell, Ms Tamika Amos, Ms Candice Mckenzie, Prof Peter Harvey, A/Prof Barry Morphett, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Josh Hayward, A/Prof Michael Johnstone, Prof Douglas Creighton, Dr Constance Kourbelis, Ms Barbara Allen

Western Alliance

  • 2020: $22,781
  • 2019: $17,950
  • 2018: $34,072

Allender BC Childrens Hospital Systems Training

Prof Steven Allender

BC Children¿s Hospital Research Institute

  • 2018: $10,000

Childhood Advocacy Monitoring Project

Dr Claudia Strugnell, Mr Nic Crooks, Prof Steven Allender

Susan McKinnon Foundation

  • 2018: $174,831

Preventing chronic diseases in rural populations for future generations: The role of rural health services in guiding community efforts to improve the food environment.

Dr Laura Alston, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Vincent Versace, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, A/Prof Kristy Bolton

Western Alliance

  • 2023: $20,595
  • 2020: $20,595
  • 2019: $41,359

Confronting Obesity: Co-creating policy with youth - project

Prof Steven Allender, Prof Knut-Inge Klepp

Norwegian Institute of Public Health - Research

  • 2019: $24,525

Translate a community-based and 'systems informed' childhood obesity intervention.

Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Steven Allender, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Josh Hayward, Mr Andrew Brown

Nexus Primary Health

  • 2019: $70,000
  • 2018: $70,000

Assistance in strengthening Ballarat Community Health's delivery and impact on healthy eating and active living in their community.

A/Prof Kristy Bolton, Prof Steven Allender

Ballarat Community Health

  • 2020: $24,495

A review of evidence on interventions to improve the availability and promotion of healthy food in rural communities.

Dr Laura Alston, Prof Kathryn Backholer, Prof Vincent Versace, Prof Steven Allender, A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Dr Jill Whelan, Dr Erica Reeve, Dr Anna Wong Shee

Australasian Medical Publishing Co Proprietary Ltd

  • 2020: $10,000

The Pregnancy Research and Translation Ecosystem (PRT-E)

Prof Peter Vuillermin, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Prof Linda Sweet, Prof Vincent Versace, Dr Anna Wong Shee, Dr Thomas Quinn, Dr Vidanka Vasilevski

Western Alliance

  • 2023: $59,690
  • 2022: $59,690
  • 2021: $69,639

A Listening and Learning Healthcare System approach to improve outcomes for acute-care mental health consumers in the Barwon-Southwest Victoria Region.

Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Prof Michael Berk, Prof Olivia Dean, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Adrienne O'Neil, A/Prof Melissa O'Shea, Prof Rajesh Vasa, A/Prof Michael Johnstone, A/Prof Martin Hensher, Dr Josh Hayward, Dr Elijah Marangu, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Dr Mary Lou Chatterton, Miss Sally Buchanan-Hagen

Western Alliance

  • 2023: $79,045
  • 2021: $118,568

An evidence-based framework to support integrated mental health, alcohol and other drugs (MHAOD) care services in Western Victoria.

Prof Alison Hutchinson, Ms Renae Carolin, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Peter Miller

Western Victoria Primary Health Network Limited

  • 2024: $10,000
  • 2022: $10,000

Denmark Child Co-Op

Prof Steven Allender, Mr Andrew Brown, Dr Josh Hayward, Ms Tiana Felmingham, Dr Cindy Needham

Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus University Hospital

  • 2022: $63,668

Inhaler Project

Dr Mike Forrester, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Cindy Needham, Dr Susan Perlen, Prof Alison Hutchinson

Asthma Australia Ltd

  • 2023: $35,000

Other Funding Sources

International Society Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention (ISCEP)

A/Prof Melanie Nichols, Prof Steven Allender

International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention

  • 2017: $15,000
  • 2016: $15,000
  • 2015: $62,000

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2023

Maria del Carmen Vargas Ares

Thesis entitled: The Theory and Practice of Co-creation to Develop Health-Enabling Initiatives: a Food Retail Perspective

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

2020

Shruti Muralidharan

Thesis entitled: Mobile Health Technology for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

2017

Joshua Nicholas Hayward

Thesis entitled: Adolescent Lifestyle and Depressive Symptoms: Associations and Complex Community Determinants

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

2016

Erin Jane Hoare

Thesis entitled: Obesogenic risk and depression: patterns and prevention among adolescents

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

Jennifer Marks

Thesis entitled: Transition, School, Friends and Obesity Risk Models (The TranSFORM Study)

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

2013

Lynne Millar

Thesis entitled: Community-based obesity prevention in children

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

Executive Supervisor
2019

Jaimie McGlashan

Thesis entitled: The Use of Network Analysis to Evaluate Community-Based Obesity Prevention Interventions

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

Co-supervisor
2022

Sam Collins

Thesis entitled: Diet and mental health during emerging adulthood: evidence from Australia

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

Associate Supervisor
2021

Cindy Needham

Thesis entitled: The Australian Food Outlet, Obesity and Diet (FOOD) Study

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

Jane Jacobs

Thesis entitled: Socio-economic and regional variation in childhood obesity prevalence and determinants

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

Bridget Morrissey

Thesis entitled: CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND SLEEP: A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ISSUE

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

2019

Laura Veronica Alston

Thesis entitled: Policy priorities to reduce disparities in ischaemic heart disease among rural Australians

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

Jillian Maree Whelan

Thesis entitled: Can a rural Australian community lead and sustain obesity prevention?

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

2017

Melissa Amina Madeleine Cavallo Mialon

Thesis entitled: Monitoring the corporate political activity of the food industry

Doctor of Philosophy (Nutrition & Exercise) (High Cost), School of Health and Social Development

2015

John Joseph Grundy

Thesis entitled: Health Systems and Social Transition in Asia

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development