M Hobbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 68372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Hobbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hobbs |
| SIGNATURE | HOBBS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8398-7485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Feasibility of software prompts to support antenatal vaccination decision-making: A cross-sectional study
Objectives: Vaccination in pregnancy is recommended to protect newborn infants against whooping cough, and pregnant people and their infants against influenza. Influenza vaccination is recommended at any time in pregnancy and pertussis vaccination is recommended after 16 weeks gestation. However, some pregnant people are not aware of recommendations or the importance of antenatal vaccination. This study explores the feasibility of adding a target…
Complex problems, local solutions: Understanding systems approaches to obesity prevention in the UK
Local systems approaches to obesity prevention are emerging across the UK, but implementation is largely in early stages. Whilst the complexity of obesity is widely recognised, more support is required to help local teams intervene within the obesogenic environment
Investigating the factors associated with preterm birth using evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort: A retrospective geospatial study
Adherence to recommended food groups (breads and cereals), junk dietary patterns, low iron supplement intake after the first trimester, and rural residence with moderate urban influence were associated with increased PTB odds. Addressing maternal nutrition and geographic disparities could help mitigate this risk
Environmental influences on mental health: Eight-Year Longitudinal Data Show a Bi-Directional Association Between Residential Mobility and Mental Health Outcomes
An observational study of intergenerational sex differences in mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand
Internationally, there are observable sex differentials in mortality in many countries, most notably in affluent countries, with women living longer than men. To understand if this is also the case in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), we visualise the precise nature and evolution of sex differentials in mortality by age over time, within a wider context of increasing life expectancy and falling mortality. This allows us to determine if NZ mirrors other …
Typologies of Residential Mobility in Childhood and Associations with Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Aotearoa New Zealand
Despite documented associations between childhood area-level socioeconomic status (SES), residential mobility and health, studies in this domain rarely use lifecourse study designs. This study examined temporal patterns of four residential mobility typologies based on area-level SES exposure from birth to 16 years. We devised four main residential mobility typologies: advantaged stayers (remaining in high SES areas), disadvantaged stayers (remain…
Investigating the spatial and temporal variation of vape retailer provision in New Zealand: A cross-sectional and nationwide study
Smoking rates have decreased in Aotearoa New Zealand in recent years however, vaping has shown a dramatic upward trend especially among young people; up to 10% of young New Zealanders are now regular vapers. Importantly, the long-term health consequences for their future life are largely unknown. The accessibility of vape retailers is important, particularly in relation to the youths' daily activities and places such as schools where they spend a…
Investigating the spatial clustering of drowning events in the United Kingdom: A geospatial cross-sectional study
Improving longitudinal research in geospatial health: An agenda
Towards a better understanding of residential mobility and the environments in which adults reside: A nationwide geospatial study from Aotearoa New Zealand
Examining spatial variation for immunisation coverage in pregnant women: A nationwide and geospatial retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand
Data from our retrospective cohort study show significant regional variation in maternal immunisation coverage for both influenza and pertussis from 2013 to 2020. Maximal coverage was around 50% in the best performing regions, which means that half of the women who were pregnant (183,737 women) were not protected. In addition, we found significant spatio-temporal variation and clustering of immunisation coverage. Our findings are interactively av…
An assessment of compliance with optimal fluoride levels for oral health benefit by New Zealand drinking water suppliers
Noncompliance with CWF targets was common. Epidemiological studies that rely on fluoridation status as their exposure may underestimate the oral health benefits of CWF. Our results highlight future challenges with the feasibility of expanding CWF under new legislation as well as the weaknesses in drinking water surveillance
Health-promoting and health-constraining environmental features and physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adolescence: A geospatial cross-sectional study
A city profile of Ōtautahi Christchurch
The environment an adult resides within is associated with their health behaviours, and their mental and physical health outcomes: A Nationwide Geospatial Study
Accuracy of buffers and self-drawn neighbourhoods in representing adolescent GPS measured activity spaces: An exploratory study
National movement patterns during the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand: The unexplored role of neighbourhood deprivation
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has asked unprecedented questions of governments around the world. Policy responses have disrupted usual patterns of movement in society, locally and globally, with resultant impacts on national economies and human well-being. These interventions have primarily centred on enforcing lockdowns and introducing social distancing recommendations, leading to questions of trust and competency around the role of institut…
Close proximity to alcohol outlets is associated with increased crime and hazardous drinking: Pooled nationally representative data from New Zealand
Deprivation matters: Understanding associations between neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets, unhealthy dietary behaviours and child body size using structural equation modelling
BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important for excess child body size, less is known about how neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets and unhealthy dietary behaviours are interlinked. METHODS: This study involves children aged 8-13 years (n=1029) and resided i…
Examining longitudinal associations between the recreational physical activity environment, change in body mass index, and obesity by age in 8864 Yorkshire Health Study participants
Reconsidering the relationship between fast-food outlets, area-level deprivation, diet quality and body mass index: An exploratory structural equation modelling approach
BACKGROUND: Internationally, the prevalence of adults with obesity is a major public health concern. Few studies investigate the explanatory pathways between fast-food outlets and body mass index (BMI). We use structural equation modelling to explore an alternative hypothesis to existing research using area-level deprivation as the predictor of BMI and fast-food outlets and diet quality as mediators. METHODS: Adults (n=7544) from wave II of the Y…
Associations between food environment typologies and body mass index: Evidence from Yorkshire, England
Neural tube defects in Western Australia 1966-81 and a review of Australian data 1942-81
Cases of neural tube defects born in Western Australia during the years 1966-81 were identified from hospital records and death certificates. The overall rate for the 16 year period was 1.81 cases of neural tube defects per 1000 births. The rate rose and then fell over the 16 years. The initial lower rate may have been due to underascertainment, but the recent dramatic fall is statistically significant and has been observed in other Australian st…
Hostel Care for Elderly People: The Association with Hospital and Nursing Home
In order to achieve its purpose a hostel should have a clearly defined association with both acute hospital and nursing home. This report is a study of the reasons for separation of residents from a hostel over a period of four years; it included temporary admissions to an acute hospital situation and permanent transfer to a nursing home. It is estimated that one nursing home place is needed for every three residents in this kind of hostel. Thirt…
Study of disease associations from linked records
Comparisons are made between the principal diagnosis on discharge from hospital in successive periods of inpatient care for persons in the Oxford Record Linkage Study area admitted over a period of years. The observed numbers of pairs of diagnoses are compared with expected numbers computed to take account of the discharge rates in the population by age and sex and the number of man years of exposure. Three topics have been selected to display so…
Improving longitudinal research in geospatial health: An agenda
The environment an adult resides within is associated with their health behaviours, and their mental and physical health outcomes: A Nationwide Geospatial Study
Associations between food environment typologies and body mass index: Evidence from Yorkshire, England
Deprivation matters: Understanding associations between neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets, unhealthy dietary behaviours and child body size using structural equation modelling
BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important for excess child body size, less is known about how neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets and unhealthy dietary behaviours are interlinked. METHODS: This study involves children aged 8-13 years (n=1029) and resided i…
Reconsidering the relationship between fast-food outlets, area-level deprivation, diet quality and body mass index: An exploratory structural equation modelling approach
BACKGROUND: Internationally, the prevalence of adults with obesity is a major public health concern. Few studies investigate the explanatory pathways between fast-food outlets and body mass index (BMI). We use structural equation modelling to explore an alternative hypothesis to existing research using area-level deprivation as the predictor of BMI and fast-food outlets and diet quality as mediators. METHODS: Adults (n=7544) from wave II of the Y…
Close proximity to alcohol outlets is associated with increased crime and hazardous drinking: Pooled nationally representative data from New Zealand
Towards a better understanding of residential mobility and the environments in which adults reside: A nationwide geospatial study from Aotearoa New Zealand
Accuracy of buffers and self-drawn neighbourhoods in representing adolescent GPS measured activity spaces: An exploratory study
National movement patterns during the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand: The unexplored role of neighbourhood deprivation
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has asked unprecedented questions of governments around the world. Policy responses have disrupted usual patterns of movement in society, locally and globally, with resultant impacts on national economies and human well-being. These interventions have primarily centred on enforcing lockdowns and introducing social distancing recommendations, leading to questions of trust and competency around the role of institut…
Health-promoting and health-constraining environmental features and physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adolescence: A geospatial cross-sectional study
Risk of anenceply in migrant and non-migrant women in the Oxford area
Geographical variation in the incidence of neural tube abnormalities, particularly anencephalus, is well documented. Penrose (1957) reviewed the available European data and found that the highest rates for anencephalus were found in Ireland, Wales, and westem regions of England and Scot- land, and that they decreased progressively to- wards Eastern Europe
Risk of anenceply in migrant and non-migrant women in the Oxford area
Geographical variation in the incidence of neural tube abnormalities, particularly anencephalus, is well documented. Penrose (1957) reviewed the available European data and found that the highest rates for anencephalus were found in Ireland, Wales, and westem regions of England and Scot- land, and that they decreased progressively to- wards Eastern Europe
Study of disease associations from linked records
Comparisons are made between the principal diagnosis on discharge from hospital in successive periods of inpatient care for persons in the Oxford Record Linkage Study area admitted over a period of years. The observed numbers of pairs of diagnoses are compared with expected numbers computed to take account of the discharge rates in the population by age and sex and the number of man years of exposure. Three topics have been selected to display so…
Neural tube defects in Western Australia 1966-81 and a review of Australian data 1942-81
Cases of neural tube defects born in Western Australia during the years 1966-81 were identified from hospital records and death certificates. The overall rate for the 16 year period was 1.81 cases of neural tube defects per 1000 births. The rate rose and then fell over the 16 years. The initial lower rate may have been due to underascertainment, but the recent dramatic fall is statistically significant and has been observed in other Australian st…
Hostel Care for Elderly People: The Association with Hospital and Nursing Home
In order to achieve its purpose a hostel should have a clearly defined association with both acute hospital and nursing home. This report is a study of the reasons for separation of residents from a hostel over a period of four years; it included temporary admissions to an acute hospital situation and permanent transfer to a nursing home. It is estimated that one nursing home place is needed for every three residents in this kind of hostel. Thirt…
Examining longitudinal associations between the recreational physical activity environment, change in body mass index, and obesity by age in 8864 Yorkshire Health Study participants
Reconsidering the relationship between fast-food outlets, area-level deprivation, diet quality and body mass index: An exploratory structural equation modelling approach
BACKGROUND: Internationally, the prevalence of adults with obesity is a major public health concern. Few studies investigate the explanatory pathways between fast-food outlets and body mass index (BMI). We use structural equation modelling to explore an alternative hypothesis to existing research using area-level deprivation as the predictor of BMI and fast-food outlets and diet quality as mediators. METHODS: Adults (n=7544) from wave II of the Y…
Associations between food environment typologies and body mass index: Evidence from Yorkshire, England
Close proximity to alcohol outlets is associated with increased crime and hazardous drinking: Pooled nationally representative data from New Zealand
Deprivation matters: Understanding associations between neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets, unhealthy dietary behaviours and child body size using structural equation modelling
BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important for excess child body size, less is known about how neighbourhood deprivation, unhealthy food outlets and unhealthy dietary behaviours are interlinked. METHODS: This study involves children aged 8-13 years (n=1029) and resided i…
Accuracy of buffers and self-drawn neighbourhoods in representing adolescent GPS measured activity spaces: An exploratory study
National movement patterns during the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand: The unexplored role of neighbourhood deprivation
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has asked unprecedented questions of governments around the world. Policy responses have disrupted usual patterns of movement in society, locally and globally, with resultant impacts on national economies and human well-being. These interventions have primarily centred on enforcing lockdowns and introducing social distancing recommendations, leading to questions of trust and competency around the role of institut…
An assessment of compliance with optimal fluoride levels for oral health benefit by New Zealand drinking water suppliers
Noncompliance with CWF targets was common. Epidemiological studies that rely on fluoridation status as their exposure may underestimate the oral health benefits of CWF. Our results highlight future challenges with the feasibility of expanding CWF under new legislation as well as the weaknesses in drinking water surveillance
Health-promoting and health-constraining environmental features and physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adolescence: A geospatial cross-sectional study
A city profile of Ōtautahi Christchurch
The environment an adult resides within is associated with their health behaviours, and their mental and physical health outcomes: A Nationwide Geospatial Study
Investigating the spatial clustering of drowning events in the United Kingdom: A geospatial cross-sectional study
Improving longitudinal research in geospatial health: An agenda
Towards a better understanding of residential mobility and the environments in which adults reside: A nationwide geospatial study from Aotearoa New Zealand
Examining spatial variation for immunisation coverage in pregnant women: A nationwide and geospatial retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand
Data from our retrospective cohort study show significant regional variation in maternal immunisation coverage for both influenza and pertussis from 2013 to 2020. Maximal coverage was around 50% in the best performing regions, which means that half of the women who were pregnant (183,737 women) were not protected. In addition, we found significant spatio-temporal variation and clustering of immunisation coverage. Our findings are interactively av…
Typologies of Residential Mobility in Childhood and Associations with Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Aotearoa New Zealand
Despite documented associations between childhood area-level socioeconomic status (SES), residential mobility and health, studies in this domain rarely use lifecourse study designs. This study examined temporal patterns of four residential mobility typologies based on area-level SES exposure from birth to 16 years. We devised four main residential mobility typologies: advantaged stayers (remaining in high SES areas), disadvantaged stayers (remain…
Investigating the spatial and temporal variation of vape retailer provision in New Zealand: A cross-sectional and nationwide study
Smoking rates have decreased in Aotearoa New Zealand in recent years however, vaping has shown a dramatic upward trend especially among young people; up to 10% of young New Zealanders are now regular vapers. Importantly, the long-term health consequences for their future life are largely unknown. The accessibility of vape retailers is important, particularly in relation to the youths' daily activities and places such as schools where they spend a…
Investigating the factors associated with preterm birth using evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort: A retrospective geospatial study
Adherence to recommended food groups (breads and cereals), junk dietary patterns, low iron supplement intake after the first trimester, and rural residence with moderate urban influence were associated with increased PTB odds. Addressing maternal nutrition and geographic disparities could help mitigate this risk
Environmental influences on mental health: Eight-Year Longitudinal Data Show a Bi-Directional Association Between Residential Mobility and Mental Health Outcomes
An observational study of intergenerational sex differences in mortality in Aotearoa New Zealand
Internationally, there are observable sex differentials in mortality in many countries, most notably in affluent countries, with women living longer than men. To understand if this is also the case in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), we visualise the precise nature and evolution of sex differentials in mortality by age over time, within a wider context of increasing life expectancy and falling mortality. This allows us to determine if NZ mirrors other …
Feasibility of software prompts to support antenatal vaccination decision-making: A cross-sectional study
Objectives: Vaccination in pregnancy is recommended to protect newborn infants against whooping cough, and pregnant people and their infants against influenza. Influenza vaccination is recommended at any time in pregnancy and pertussis vaccination is recommended after 16 weeks gestation. However, some pregnant people are not aware of recommendations or the importance of antenatal vaccination. This study explores the feasibility of adding a target…
Medicine (21 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Geography (14 works) · Demography (13 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (9 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Aotearoa (6 works)