Ralph Maddison

Biographic Data

ID	1819468
NAME	Ralph Maddison
GIVEN NAMES	Ralph
FAMILY NAME	Maddison
SIGNATURE	MADDISON R
AFFILIATIONS	Deakin University
ORCID	0000-0001-8564-5518
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	35
TOTAL CITATIONS	6
WORKS AS AUTHOR	35
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	2

Cognitive Reablement Using Digital Voice Assistants for People Living With Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment
Open AccessTracy Yiannis, Helen Macpherson et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2026
BACKGROUND: Digital health technology has the potential to increase access to home-based reablement programmes for people living with dementia (PLwD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to support everyday living. Digital Voice Assistants (DVAs) offer a possible solution to overcome usability issues with traditional technologies due to associated cognitive, motor and visual impairments. This paper describes the co-design of a personalised reableme…
Exploring the Self-Care Experiences of Adults With Heart Failure in Australia
Open AccessRebecca Nourse, Lars Kayser et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2025References: 46
Heart failure is a complex, progressive syndrome with significant impacts on quality of life and daily functioning. This study aimed to understand the self-care experiences of community-dwelling adults with heart failure in Australia while also portraying the context and impact of these experiences on participants. We focused on patients' accounts of self-care, irrespective of their alignment with existing definitions or guidelines. A qualitative…
Co-design of a personalised digital intervention to improve vegetable intake in adults living in Australian rural communities
Open AccessKatherine M Livingstone, Jonathan C Rawstorn et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024
Rural-dwelling adults expressed preferences for personalised intervention features that can enhance food literacy and engagement with community food environments. This research will inform the development of the prototyping (evaluation phase) and feasibility testing (post-design phase) of this intervention
Design and development of a smartphone app for hypertension management
Open AccessElton H Lobo, Chandan Karmakar et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023
Background: Several research studies have demonstrated the potential of mobile health apps in supporting health management. However, the design and development process of these apps are rarely presented. Objective: We present the design and development of a smartphone-based lifestyle app integrating a wearable device for hypertension management. Methods: We used an intervention mapping approach for the development of theory- and evidence-based in…
A thematic cluster analysis of parents' online discussions about fussy eating
Open AccessBrittany Markides, Rachel Laws et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022
Food fussiness is associated with non-responsive parent feeding practices, such as persuasive and instrumental feeding. Although most children described as 'fussy eaters' are likely exhibiting developmentally typical behaviours, up to half of the parents of children 2-5 years old express concerns. Concern for fussy eating may mediate the use of non-responsive feeding practices and so must be addressed in parent feeding interventions. Therefore, i…
Development of a behavioural support intervention for e-bike use in Australia
Open AccessJenna McVicar, Rebecca Nourse et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
To our knowledge, this is the first study to combine co-design and the BCW to develop a comprehensive behavioural support intervention for e-bike use. Theory based intervention options should be considered when providing e-bikes to individuals to help them increase their habitual PA levels
Views of the public about SnacktivityTM
Open AccessKajal Gokal, Rebecca J Amos-Hirst et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
The SnacktivityTM approach to promoting physical activity was viewed positively by the public and interventions to test the merits of such an approach now need to be developed and tested in a variety of everyday contexts
Understanding Australian adolescent girls’ use of digital technologies for healthy lifestyle purposes
Open AccessKate Parker, Laura Gould et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
The findings reiterate that one size doesn't fit all girls, and often one size might not even fit one girl, and thus highlight the challenge of catering to such varied use cases. Overall, it appears that current digital technology offerings meet the needs and preferences of adolescent girls for healthy lifestyle purposes, however there may be benefit in allowing greater customisation of use, and consumer driven tailoring of content, according to …
Concordance between Different Criteria for Self-Reported Physical Activity Levels and Risk Factors in People with High Blood Pressure in a Rural District in Bangladesh
Open AccessAmirul Islam, Jahar Bhowmik et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021
Self-reported assessment of physical activity (PA) is commonly used in public health research. The present study investigated the concordance of self-reported PA assessed using the global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) and two different measurement approaches. Participants ( n = 307, aged 30-75 years with hypertension) were recruited from a rural area in Bangladesh. We analyzed the difference between the World Health Organization (WHO) re…
Knowledge of and Intention to Participate in Physical Activity Programs and Their Associated Sociodemographic Factors in People with High Blood Pressure in a Rural Area of Bangladesh
Open AccessAmirul Islam, Mohammad Arzan Hosen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021
This initial investigation aimed to investigate the knowledge of the health benefits of physical activity (PA) and attitudes towards participation in PA. The study recruited 307 people aged 30-75 years with hypertension as part of a cluster randomized controlled trial from a rural area in Bangladesh. Of the 307 participants, 135 participated less than 2.5 h of physical activity per week, from which we collected data on attitudes toward PA. Regres…
Educational differences in diabetes and diabetes self-management behaviours in WHO Sage countries
Open AccessK E Lamb, David Crawford et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
Associations between education and diabetes, and behavioural self-management (India only) was more evident in the two least developed (Ghana and India) of the WHO SAGE countries, indicating increasing diabetes diagnosis with greater numbers of years of education. The lack of gradients elsewhere may reflect shifting risk from higher to lower educated populations. While there was some suggestion that self-management behaviours were greater with inc…
Factors associated with antihypertensive medication use and blood pressure control in a rural area in Bangladesh
Open AccessAmirul Islam, Fakir M Amirul Islam et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
Of the total participants, 144 (46.9%) were on antihypertensive medications. After multivariate adjustment, binary logistic regression revealed that employees (odds ratio, (95% confidence interval (CI)) (OR 3.58, 95%CI 1.38-9.28) compared to farmers, and people with diabetes (OR 2.43, 95%CI 1.13-5.26) compared to people without diabetes were associated with a higher proportion of antihypertensive medications use. Of 144 participants on antihypert…
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019
Open AccessTheo Vos, Stephen S Lim et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020
BACKGROUND: In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-communicable diseases and injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence on trends by cause at the national level is essential. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) provides a systematic scientific assessment of published, publicly available, and contributed data on incidence, prevalence, and mortality for a mutually exclusive…
Getting Active with Active Video Games
Open AccessYan Liang, Wing Chung Lau et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020
Given the cultural emphasis on academic achievement and environmental constraints to physical activity (PA), active video games (AVGs) may be used to decrease sedentary behavior and increase PA of Hong Kong children. This study explored the potential of a school-based AVG intervention on sedentary time, PA, body composition, and psychosocial factors among children. Eighty-seven children (intervention n = 30) were recruited from one primary school…
The relationship between household chaos and child, parent, and family outcomes
Open AccessSamantha Marsh, Rosie Dobson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
There is consistent evidence for associations between household chaos and a number of adverse child, parent, and family-level outcomes. Household chaos may also help describe variations in outcomes between low SES and child development
Rugby Fans in Training New Zealand (Rufit-NZ)
Open AccessRalph Maddison, Elaine A Hargreaves et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019
The trial was prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12616000137493 , 05/12/2016
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017
Open AccessDaniel Dicker, Grant Nguyen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018
BACKGROUND: Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of previous iterations of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD). Previous iterations of the GBD used population estimates from UNPOP, which were not derived in a way that was internally consistent wit…
The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) study to promote physical activity through active transportation in healthy adults
Open AccessAnna Ek, Christina Alexandrou et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03086837 ; 22 March, 2017
A 12-month follow-up of a mobile-based (mHealth) obesity prevention intervention in pre-school children
Open AccessChristine Delisle Nyström, Sven Sandin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018
ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT02021786 ; 20 Dec 2013)
Exercise to Support Indigenous Pregnant Women to Stop Smoking
Open AccessVaughan S Roberts, Vaughan Roberts et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2017
Screen Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH)
Open AccessLara Foley, Louise Foley et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016
The trial was registered in the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (no. ACTRN12611000164998 ); registration date: 10/02/2011
Smartphone apps to improve fitness and increase physical activity among young people
Open AccessArtur Direito, Yannan Jiang et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12613001030763. Registered 16 September 2013
A web- and mobile phone-based intervention to prevent obesity in 4-year-olds (Ministop)
Open AccessChristine Delisle, Sven Sandin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02021786 ; 20 Dec 2013
Do physical activity and dietary smartphone applications incorporate evidence-based behaviour change techniques
Open AccessArtur Direito, Leila Pfaeffli Dale et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
Presence of BCTs varied by app type and price; however, BCTs associated with increased intervention effectiveness were in general more common in paid apps. The taxonomy checklist can be used by independent raters to reliably identify BCTs in physical activity and dietary behaviour smartphone apps
The remote exercise monitoring trial for exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (Remote-CR)
Open AccessRalph Maddison, Jonathan C Rawstorn et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials RegistryStudy ID number: ACTRN12614000843651. Registered 7 August 2014