Biography summary
Claudia Strugnell is a Reseach Fellow within the Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University. Claudia's research centres around the umbrella of child and adolescent obesity; with a particular focus on community-based systems interventions, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, diet quality, body composition, sleep behaviours and wellbeing among youth.
Claudia is currently the Director of Monitoring and Co-Stream Leader of the Obesity and Risk Factor Monitoring Stream within GLOBE. In this position, Claudia has focussed on the establishement of low cost, routine, high participatory and measured childhood obesity and risk factor monitoring systems among school-children. Key projects include the Healthy Together Victoria and Childhood Obesity study, the Whole of System Trial of Prevention Strategies for childhood obesity: WHO STOPS childhood obesity study and the RESPOND: Reflexive Evidence and Systems Interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease study.
Research interests
Child and adolescent physical activity, sedentary behaviour and diet quality
Child and adolescent overweight and obesity and central obesity
Socio-cultural influences on physical activity and sedentary behaviour participation and dietary intake
Whole of community systems interventions to prevent childhood obesity
Teaching interests
Claudia has been involved in teaching several units at the undergraduate and post-graduate level in the areas of obesity prevention, physical activity and nutritional assessment. In 2013, Claudia was the Honours Co-Course Leader in the School of Health and Social Development.
Publications
Impact of cultural background on fundamental movement skill and its correlates
Lisa Barnett, Rohan Telford, Claudia Strugnell, James Rudd, Lisa Olive, Richard Telford
(2019), Vol. 37, pp. 492-499, Journal of sports sciences, Abingdon, Eng., C1
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
Erin Hoare, Nicholas Crooks, Joshua Hayward, Steven Allender, Claudia Strugnell
(2019), Vol. 17, pp. 1-10, Health and quality of life outcomes, London, Eng., C1
Cost-effectiveness of community-based childhood obesity prevention interventions in Australia
Jaithri Ananthapavan, Phuong Nguyen, Steven Bowe, Gary Sacks, Ana Mantilla Herrera, Boyd Swinburn, Vicki Brown, Rohan Sweeney, Anita Lal, Claudia Strugnell, Marj Moodie
(2019), Vol. 43, pp. 1102-1112, International journal of obesity, London, Eng., C1
Dietary and activity factors influence poor sleep and the sleep-obesity nexus among children
Bridget Morrissey, Steven Allender, Claudia Strugnell
(2019), Vol. 16, International journal of environmental research and public health, Basel, Switzerland, C1
E Hoare, I Thorisdttir, A Kristjansson, I Sigfusdttir, 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
L Alston, N Crooks, C Strugnell, L Orellana, S Allender, C Rennie, M Nichols
(2019), Vol. 16, pp. 1-13, International journal of environmental research and public health, Basel, Switzerland, C1
C Strugnell, L Orellana, J Hayward, L Millar, B Swinburn, S Allender
(2018), Vol. 15, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, C1
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
Rohan Sweeney, Marj Moodie, Phuong Nguyen, Penny Fraser, Kristy Bolton, Andrew Brown, Jennifer Marks, Nic Crooks, Claudia Strugnell, Colin Bell, Lynne Millar, Liliana Orellana, Steven Allender
(2018), Vol. 8, pp. 1-10, BMJ Open, London, ENg., C1
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
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, pp. 1-8, BMC public health, London, Eng., C1
C Strugnell, L Millar, A Churchill, F Jacka, C Bell, M Malakellis, B Swinburn, S Allender
(2016), Vol. 74, pp. 1-16, Archives of public health, London, Eng., C1
C Strugnell, K Turner, M Malakellis, J Hayward, C Foster, L Millar, S Allender
(2016), Vol. 6, pp. 1-12, BMJ open, London, Eng., C1
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, London, Eng., C1
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, pp. 1-12, International journal of environmental research and public health, Basel, Switzerland, C1
J Marks, L Barnett, C Strugnell, S Allender
(2015), Vol. 12, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, C1
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour among Asian and Anglo-Australian adolescents.
C Strugnell, A Renzaho, K Ridley, C Burns
(2015), Vol. 26, pp. 105-114, Health promotion journal of Australia, Clayton, Vic., C1
C Strugnell, A Renzaho, K Ridley, C Burns
(2014), Vol. 14, BMC public health, London, England, C1
C Strugnell, D Dunstan, D Magliano, P Zimmet, J Shaw, R Daly
(2014), Vol. 18, pp. 540-546, Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, C1
A Renzaho, B Richardson, C Strugnell
(2012), Vol. 40, pp. 871-885, Journal of community psychology, London, England, C1
C Strugnell, A Renzaho, K Ridley, C Burns
(2011), Vol. 11, pp. 1-11, BMC medical research methodology, London, Eng., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Healthy Together Kids Evaluation
Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Dr Lynne Millar
NHF Vanguard Grant - National Heart Foundation of Australia
- 2014: $74,812
RESPOND: Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease
Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Dr Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Andrew Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, A/Prof Liliana Orellana
NHMRC - Partnership Project
- 2019: $144,535
- 2018: $85,145
Other Public Sector Funding
RESPOND: Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease
Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Dr Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Andrew Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, A/Prof Liliana Orellana
- 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, A/Prof Gary Sacks, A/Prof Liliana Orellana, Mrs Cindy Needham
- 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
- 2019: $42,248
- 2018: $252,248
Industry and Other Funding
Greater Shepparton's Primary School Health Behaviours Monitoring Proposal
Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Steven Allender
- 2016: $29,755
RESPOND: Reflexive Evidence and Systems interventions to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease
Prof Steven Allender, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Dr Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Andrew Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, A/Prof Liliana Orellana
- 2018: $22,500
Evaluation of the amended Victorian Achievement Program for schools - Pilot study of outcomes for teachers
Prof Anna Peeters, A/Prof Liliana Orellana, Prof Tony LaMontagne, Ms Melanie Nichols, Dr Claudia Strugnell, Ms Victoria Brown, Mr Nic Crooks
- 2019: $92,000
- 2018: $40,000
Childhood Advocacy Monitoring Project
Dr Claudia Strugnell, Mr Nic Crooks, Prof Steven Allender
- 2018: $174,831
Translate a community-based and 'systems informed' childhood obesity intervention.
Dr Claudia Strugnell, Prof Steven Allender, Dr Melanie Nichols, Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Marj Moodie, A/Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Josh Hayward, Mr Andrew Brown
- 2018: $70,000
Effectiveness of health promotion interventions delivered by local councils for healthy eating, physical activity, alcohol harm prevention and smoking cessation.
Prof Anna Peeters, Dr Kathryn Backholer, Prof Catherine Bennett, Dr Claudia Strugnell, A/Prof Gary Sacks, A/Prof Adrian Cameron
- 2019: $30,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report