Rachel E Laxer

Biographic Data

ID5409820
NAMERachel E Laxer
GIVEN NAMESRachel E
FAMILY NAMELaxer
SIGNATURELAXER R E
AFFILIATIONSPublic Health Ontario
ORCID0000-0002-9043-5264
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Inequities in sleep duration and quality among adolescents in Canada

    Open AccessJessica Mitchell, Megan J Magier et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Differences in sleep duration and quality were most profound among adolescents from the lowest and highest SES. Racial disparities were more evident on weekdays. Compensatory weekend sleep appears more pronounced in females than males. Addressing sleep inequities is critical, as a robust predictor of multiple health outcomes

  • Inequities in dietary intake and eating behaviours among adolescents in Canada

    Open AccessKaren A Patte, Markus J Duncan et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2024References: 54

    Results emphasize gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in the diets and eating behaviours of adolescents. There is a critical need to address the structural factors contributing to inequities and prevent the consequences of dietary disparities

  • Can We Reverse this Trend? Exploring Health and Risk Behaviours of Grade 12 Cohorts of Ontario Students from 2013–2019

    Open AccessAdam G Cole, Rachel E Laxer et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Adolescents engage in multiple health risk behaviours that put them at risk of future chronic disease. By the time students graduate from secondary school, they may be engaging in behaviours that set them on a particular health trajectory. It is important to monitor the co-occurrence of health risk behaviours of cohorts of grade 12 students over time to highlight important areas for intervention. The purpose of this study was to examine trends in…

  • Exploring Factors Contributing to the Implementation of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge

    Open AccessMichelle M Vine, Rachel E Laxer et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    (1) Background: To explore factors contributing to the Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC) program implementation; (2) Methods: Data were collected through a quantitative survey (n = 124) and in-depth telephone interviews (n = 16) with program providers. Interviews were recorded and transcribed for thematic analysis using NVivo; (3) Results: Provincial funding and in-kind support from community partners were key. Initiatives were feasible to …

  • Priority setting for school nutrition research

    Open AccessMichelle M Vine, Scott T Leatherdale et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2020References: 17

  • An early implementation assessment of Ontario’s Healthy Kids Community Challenge

    Open AccessMichelle M Vine, Jocelyn W Jarvis et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Results indicate that the HKCC was considered beneficial for enhancing access to health promoting programs, could be feasibly implemented with adherence to centrally-developed social marketing messages, and was amendable to local adaptation. Despite this, few private partnerships were reported. Going forward, there is opportunity to further evaluate factors contributing to HKCC program implementation, particularly as it relates to buy-in from int…

  • Clustering of risk-related modifiable behaviours and their association with overweight and obesity among a large sample of youth in the Compass study

    Open AccessRachel E Laxer, Ross C Brownson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Four distinct subpopulations of youth were identified based on their patterns of health and risk behaviours. The three clusters demonstrating poorer health behaviour were all at an increased risk of being overweight/obese compared to their somewhat healthier peers. Obesity-related public health interventions and health promotion efforts might be more effective if consideration is given to population segments with certain behavioural patterns, tar…

  • An analysis of weight perception and physical activity and dietary behaviours among youth in the Compass study

    Open AccessKaren A Patte, Rachel E Laxer et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2016

    Overall, weight perceptions of "about right" appear more favourable for health behaviours among youth across the weight range. Results suggest obesity prevention strategies aiming to increase awareness of weight status may have unintended effects

  • Weight Perception and Weight-control Intention among Youth in the Compass Study

    Karen A Patte, Rachel E Laxer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2016

    While youth with overweight BMIs did not necessarily perceive their weight as such, accurate perceptions were more likely once BMI reached the obese range. Results suggest weight perception is a more useful predictor of weight-control intentions than self-reported weight status among youth

  • The Compass study

    Open AccessScott T Leatherdale, Karen Brown et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    COMPASS is the first study with the infrastructure to robustly evaluate the impact that changes in multiple school-level programs, policies, and BE characteristics within or surrounding a school might have on multiple youth health behaviours or outcomes over time. COMPASS will provide valuable new insight for planning, tailoring and targeting of school-based prevention initiatives where they are most likely to have impact