Verity Cleland
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 326177 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Verity Cleland |
| NOMBRES | Verity |
| APELLIDO | Cleland |
| FIRMA | CLELAND V |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Tasmania |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8358-3237 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 59 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Walkability in small rural towns
INTRODUCTION: The evidence base for how the physical environment hinders or supports walking for people living in rural and regional areas, where residents are at high risk for chronic disease and inactivity, is limited. This study investigated the built, physical environmental and spatial characteristics of small rural towns that influence walkability and identified community priorities for action. METHODS: Using a mixed methods approach this st…
Empowering Rural Communities to Measure Walkability
BACKGROUND: Local neighbourhood environments are important for shaping walkability, but few instruments exist to assess walkability in rural areas. Furthermore, there are no existing tools that have been designed with and for communities to collect local data on walkability, which has the potential to empower communities with ownership and knowledge of the resulting information. OBJECTIVE: This paper aimed to describe the development and evaluati…
Subjective well-being of people with disability in Tasmania
Despite recent legislative and policy reforms, people with disability in Australia and globally remain disproportionately affected by inequalities in the social determinants of health. Neighborhoods are recognized as important settings for addressing the social determinants through the livability model of urban planning. However, people with disability remain underrepresented in research investigating livable and health-promoting neighborhoods. T…
Embedding coproduction
Long-term inter-organizational research-policy collaborations that support research coproduction are uncommon and an overlooked preventive health research impact pathway. This study examines how an Australian research-policy coalition involving approximately 25 research and policy members from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research (Menzies), University of Tasmania and Public Health Services, Tasmanian Government Department of Health has evol…
Who stays and who plays? Participant retention and smartphone app usage in a longitudinal travel survey
Longitudinal studies have become increasingly popular for investigating changes in behaviour, but present additional challenges around participant recruitment, retention, engagement with survey tasks, additional burden and ultimately data quality. Personal technologies, particularly smartphones, have become integral to tackling these challenges but come with their own caveats around user acceptance and engagement. The current paper investigates t…
We Want parkrun to Well Outlive Us
parkrun is a free, weekly organized mass participation physical activity event providing a remarkable example of at-scale dissemination, with over 1 million participants and 150,000 volunteers in Australia. This qualitative study draws on stakeholders' experiences to explore how parkrun succeeded with its dissemination and sustainability in Australia. Maximum variation and snowball sampling methods were used to select interviewees representing th…
Physical Activity and Food Environments in and around Schools
A better understanding of the physical activity (PA) infrastructure in schools, the walkability of neighborhoods close to schools, and the food environments around schools, particularly in rural, socioeconomically challenged areas such as the North-West (NW) of Tasmania, could be important in the wider effort to improve the health of school-age children. Accordingly, this research aimed to assess PA resources, walkability, and food environments i…
Impacts of life-events on sitting, TV viewing and computer use among women from disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Among women, declines in SB were observed amongst those experiencing life events. Interventions to decrease SB may consider targeting women with no children, and future research should further explore how changes in employment type (e.g., non-manual to manual jobs) impact SB
Patterns and Predictors of Sitting among Women from Disad-Vantaged Neighbourhoods over Time
Background : Our aim was to describe patterns of sitting over time and determine the sociodemographic predictors of sitting over time among women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Methods: Women age between 18 and 45 years (mean = 34.4 ±8.1, n = 4349) reported their sitting time, sociodemographic (e.g., age), and health (e.g., body mass index) three times over 5 years. Linear mixed modelling was used to determine the predi…
Childhood factors related to diverging body mass index trajectories from childhood into mid-adulthood
Longitudinal associations between TV viewing and BMI not explained by the ‘mindless eating’ or ‘physical activity displacement’ hypotheses among adults
Factors other than changes in TV-related FBC or LTPA may explain the longitudinal relationship between TV viewing and increasing BMI among young adults. Findings confirm that TV viewing is a risk factor for weight gain in young adults but the underlying causal mechanisms remain unclear
Associations between sedentary behaviours and dietary intakes among adolescents
Objective The purpose of the current study was to examine associations of individual and aggregated screen-based behaviours, and total sitting time, with healthy and unhealthy dietary intakes among adolescents. Design Cross-sectional study of adolescents. Participants self-reported durations of television viewing, computer use, playing electronic games (e-games), total sitting time, daily servings of fruits and vegetables, and frequency of consum…
Lifestyle behaviours associated with 5-year weight gain in a prospective cohort of Australian adults aged 26-36 years at baseline
Individuals who adopted healthier behaviours between baseline and follow-up had similar weight gain to those who met the guidelines at both time points. Encouraging young adults to meet these simple guidelines may reduce weight gain
What predicts children's active transport and independent mobility in disadvantaged neighborhoods
A cross-sectional study of geographic differences in health risk factors among young Australian adults
Living outside metropolitan areas was associated with more risk factors in these young adults. Individual SEP and area-level disadvantage generally did not explain these differences, suggesting that a focus on geographic location as its own social determinant of health, beyond SEP, is warranted
Is a perceived supportive physical environment important for self-reported leisure time physical activity among socioeconomically disadvantaged women with poor psychosocial characteristics? An observa…
Acknowledging the cross-sectional study design, the findings suggest that a physical environment perceived to be supportive of physical activity might help women with less favourable psychosocial characteristics achieve moderate amounts of LTPA (i.e. ≥120 minutes/week). This study provides further support for research and public health interventions to target perceptions of the physical environment as a key component of strategies to promote phys…
Are associations between the perceived home and neighbourhood environment and children′s physical activity and sedentary behaviour moderated by urban/rural location
Socioeconomic position and physical activity among women in Melbourne, Australia
Predictors of time spent outdoors among children
BACKGROUND: Given the importance of physical activity for health and age-related declines in physical activity, understanding influences on related behaviours, such as time outdoors, is crucial. This study aimed to understand individual, social and physical environmental influences on longitudinal changes in urban children's time outdoors. METHODS: The time children spent outdoors in 2001, 2004 and 2006 (aged 5-6 and 10-12 years at baseline) was …
Individual, social and environmental correlates of physical activity among women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Love thy neighbour? Associations of social capital and crime with physical activity amongst women
Women's work. Maintaining a healthy body weight
Love thy neighbour? Associations of social capital and crime with physical activity amongst women
Individual, social and environmental correlates of physical activity among women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods
What predicts children's active transport and independent mobility in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Socioeconomic position and physical activity among women in Melbourne, Australia
Predictors of time spent outdoors among children
BACKGROUND: Given the importance of physical activity for health and age-related declines in physical activity, understanding influences on related behaviours, such as time outdoors, is crucial. This study aimed to understand individual, social and physical environmental influences on longitudinal changes in urban children's time outdoors. METHODS: The time children spent outdoors in 2001, 2004 and 2006 (aged 5-6 and 10-12 years at baseline) was …
Are associations between the perceived home and neighbourhood environment and children′s physical activity and sedentary behaviour moderated by urban/rural location
Women's work. Maintaining a healthy body weight
Women's work. Maintaining a healthy body weight
Predictors of time spent outdoors among children
BACKGROUND: Given the importance of physical activity for health and age-related declines in physical activity, understanding influences on related behaviours, such as time outdoors, is crucial. This study aimed to understand individual, social and physical environmental influences on longitudinal changes in urban children's time outdoors. METHODS: The time children spent outdoors in 2001, 2004 and 2006 (aged 5-6 and 10-12 years at baseline) was …
Individual, social and environmental correlates of physical activity among women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Love thy neighbour? Associations of social capital and crime with physical activity amongst women
Socioeconomic position and physical activity among women in Melbourne, Australia
Is a perceived supportive physical environment important for self-reported leisure time physical activity among socioeconomically disadvantaged women with poor psychosocial characteristics? An observa…
Acknowledging the cross-sectional study design, the findings suggest that a physical environment perceived to be supportive of physical activity might help women with less favourable psychosocial characteristics achieve moderate amounts of LTPA (i.e. ≥120 minutes/week). This study provides further support for research and public health interventions to target perceptions of the physical environment as a key component of strategies to promote phys…
Are associations between the perceived home and neighbourhood environment and children′s physical activity and sedentary behaviour moderated by urban/rural location
A cross-sectional study of geographic differences in health risk factors among young Australian adults
Living outside metropolitan areas was associated with more risk factors in these young adults. Individual SEP and area-level disadvantage generally did not explain these differences, suggesting that a focus on geographic location as its own social determinant of health, beyond SEP, is warranted
Lifestyle behaviours associated with 5-year weight gain in a prospective cohort of Australian adults aged 26-36 years at baseline
Individuals who adopted healthier behaviours between baseline and follow-up had similar weight gain to those who met the guidelines at both time points. Encouraging young adults to meet these simple guidelines may reduce weight gain
What predicts children's active transport and independent mobility in disadvantaged neighborhoods
Longitudinal associations between TV viewing and BMI not explained by the ‘mindless eating’ or ‘physical activity displacement’ hypotheses among adults
Factors other than changes in TV-related FBC or LTPA may explain the longitudinal relationship between TV viewing and increasing BMI among young adults. Findings confirm that TV viewing is a risk factor for weight gain in young adults but the underlying causal mechanisms remain unclear
Associations between sedentary behaviours and dietary intakes among adolescents
Objective The purpose of the current study was to examine associations of individual and aggregated screen-based behaviours, and total sitting time, with healthy and unhealthy dietary intakes among adolescents. Design Cross-sectional study of adolescents. Participants self-reported durations of television viewing, computer use, playing electronic games (e-games), total sitting time, daily servings of fruits and vegetables, and frequency of consum…
Childhood factors related to diverging body mass index trajectories from childhood into mid-adulthood
Patterns and Predictors of Sitting among Women from Disad-Vantaged Neighbourhoods over Time
Background : Our aim was to describe patterns of sitting over time and determine the sociodemographic predictors of sitting over time among women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Methods: Women age between 18 and 45 years (mean = 34.4 ±8.1, n = 4349) reported their sitting time, sociodemographic (e.g., age), and health (e.g., body mass index) three times over 5 years. Linear mixed modelling was used to determine the predi…
Physical Activity and Food Environments in and around Schools
A better understanding of the physical activity (PA) infrastructure in schools, the walkability of neighborhoods close to schools, and the food environments around schools, particularly in rural, socioeconomically challenged areas such as the North-West (NW) of Tasmania, could be important in the wider effort to improve the health of school-age children. Accordingly, this research aimed to assess PA resources, walkability, and food environments i…
Impacts of life-events on sitting, TV viewing and computer use among women from disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Among women, declines in SB were observed amongst those experiencing life events. Interventions to decrease SB may consider targeting women with no children, and future research should further explore how changes in employment type (e.g., non-manual to manual jobs) impact SB
Embedding coproduction
Long-term inter-organizational research-policy collaborations that support research coproduction are uncommon and an overlooked preventive health research impact pathway. This study examines how an Australian research-policy coalition involving approximately 25 research and policy members from the Menzies Institute for Medical Research (Menzies), University of Tasmania and Public Health Services, Tasmanian Government Department of Health has evol…
Who stays and who plays? Participant retention and smartphone app usage in a longitudinal travel survey
Longitudinal studies have become increasingly popular for investigating changes in behaviour, but present additional challenges around participant recruitment, retention, engagement with survey tasks, additional burden and ultimately data quality. Personal technologies, particularly smartphones, have become integral to tackling these challenges but come with their own caveats around user acceptance and engagement. The current paper investigates t…
We Want parkrun to Well Outlive Us
parkrun is a free, weekly organized mass participation physical activity event providing a remarkable example of at-scale dissemination, with over 1 million participants and 150,000 volunteers in Australia. This qualitative study draws on stakeholders' experiences to explore how parkrun succeeded with its dissemination and sustainability in Australia. Maximum variation and snowball sampling methods were used to select interviewees representing th…
Walkability in small rural towns
INTRODUCTION: The evidence base for how the physical environment hinders or supports walking for people living in rural and regional areas, where residents are at high risk for chronic disease and inactivity, is limited. This study investigated the built, physical environmental and spatial characteristics of small rural towns that influence walkability and identified community priorities for action. METHODS: Using a mixed methods approach this st…
Empowering Rural Communities to Measure Walkability
BACKGROUND: Local neighbourhood environments are important for shaping walkability, but few instruments exist to assess walkability in rural areas. Furthermore, there are no existing tools that have been designed with and for communities to collect local data on walkability, which has the potential to empower communities with ownership and knowledge of the resulting information. OBJECTIVE: This paper aimed to describe the development and evaluati…
Subjective well-being of people with disability in Tasmania
Despite recent legislative and policy reforms, people with disability in Australia and globally remain disproportionately affected by inequalities in the social determinants of health. Neighborhoods are recognized as important settings for addressing the social determinants through the livability model of urban planning. However, people with disability remain underrepresented in research investigating livable and health-promoting neighborhoods. T…
Medicine (16 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 obras) · Demography (12 obras) · Demography (11 obras) · Gerontology (10 obras) · Physical activity (10 obras) · Physical Activity and Health (10 obras) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (10 obras) · Environmental health (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras)