Neville Owens
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 380171 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Neville Owens |
| PRENOMES | Neville |
| SOBRENOME | Owens |
| ASSINATURA | OWENS N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2784-4820 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 115 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 460 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 115 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1980 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 12 |
Dose-response associations between a walkability index and adults' domain-specific walking
We examined dose–response relations between a Japan Postcode-level Walkability Index (JPWI) and total walking, walking for leisure; and walking for transport, among adults living in 95 cities across the country. This nationwide cross-sectional study included 40,286 adults (males 50.5%, 49.4 ± 15.6 years) residing in a wide range of urban and rural settings, who responded to a web-based survey conducted in 2021 using quota sampling. The JPWI was c…
Neighbourhood socioeconomic disparities in active travel and car dependency in Australian urban settings
Variations in Cycling Distances by Trip Purpose and Socio-Demographic Attributes
To better understand environmental attributes associated with cycling, it is necessary to identify an area within which such attributes are measured. Various sizes of a "buffer" drawn from home have been used for this purpose. The distances adults cycle to/from their homes may inform the determination of empirically supported buffer sizes. We examined the distribution of cycling distances using Australian travel survey data collected between 2012…
Are area-level socioeconomic inequalities in obesity moderated by neighbourhood greenery
Consistent with previous studies, our study found that participants living in disadvantaged suburbs were likely to have a larger waist circumference than those living in advantaged suburbs. However, we also found that such socioeconomic inequalities in obesity were mitigated in the areas with medium levels of greenery for this sample of Australian adults. Our findings suggest that there may be an optimum level of greenery where inequalities in ob…
Joint associations of neighbourhood walkability and greenery with walking among middle-aged and older adults
There is evidence that neighbourhood walkability and greenery are associated with walking, but less is known about their joint associations. We investigated this using data from the AusDiab3 study (2011/12) with 3032 adults (mean age 60 years). Two-level logistic regression models were used with binary walking outcomes. There was an inverse relationship (r = -0.5) between walkability (a composite measure of residential, destinations and intersect…
Increased Prolonged Sitting in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Imposed social distancing measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak were associated with decreased physical activity and increased prolonged sedentary behavior, but did not change clinical symptoms sitting among patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in overweight and obesity
Associations of neighbourhood environmental attributes and socio-economic status with health-related quality of life in urban mid-aged and older adults
This study examined the associations of objectively assessed physical features of the neighbourhood environment with physical and mental aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as measured by the SF-36, and the roles of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in these associations. We used data from a national sample of Australian mid-aged and older adults living in urban areas (N = 4141). Environmental attributes were computed for 1-…
Active Aging and Public Health
By 2050, 20% of the world's population will be over the age of 65 years, with projections that 80% of older adults will be living in low- to middle-income countries. Physical inactivity and sedentary time are particularly high in older adults, presenting unique public health challenges. In this article, we first review evidence that points to multiple beneficial outcomes of active aging, including better physical function, cognitive function, men…
Television-viewing time and bodily pain in Australian adults with and without type 2 diabetes
Bodily pain severity increased with age in middle-aged and older Australian adults over a 12-year period, and increments in TV time predicted increased bodily pain severity at any given period, which was more pronounced in those with T2D. While increasing physical activity is a mainstay of the prevention and management of chronic health problems, these new findings highlight the potential of reducing sedentary behaviours in this context
Sitting less and moving more for improved metabolic and brain health in type 2 diabetes
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Neighbourhood walkability and dietary attributes
Objective: Higher neighbourhood walkability would be expected to contribute to better health, but the relevant evidence is inconsistent. This may be because residents’ dietary attributes, which vary with socio-economic status (SES) and influence their health, can be related to walkability. We examined associations of walkability with dietary attributes and potential effect modification by area-level SES. Design: The exposure variable of this cros…
Associations of park features with park use and park-based physical activity in an urban environment in Asia
Geographic distribution of physically active and sedentary travel in an Asian megalopolis
The built environment and mental health among older adults in Dalian
Rise and Recharge
This feasibility study explored the contextual factors influencing office workers' adherence to an e-health intervention targeting total and prolonged sedentary time over 12 weeks. A three-arm quasi-randomized intervention included prompts at 30 or 60 min intervals delivered via a smartphone application, and a no-prompt comparison arm. Fifty-six office workers completed baseline (64% female) and 44 completed the 12 week follow-up (80% retention).…
Variations between major and regional Australian cities in physically active and sedentary travel behaviors
Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity
Creating more physical activity–supportive built environments is recommended by the World Health Organization for controlling noncommunicable diseases. The IPEN (International Physical Activity and Environment Network) Adult Study was undertaken to provide international evidence on associations of built environments with physical activity and weight status in 12 countries on 5 continents ( n > 14,000). This article presents reanalyzed data from e…
Associations of built environment attributes with bicycle use for transport
An increasing number of studies have examined neighbourhood built environment attributes associated with cycling. Some of them suggest non-linear relationships between built environment attributes and cycling. This study examined the strength and shape of associations of cycling for transport with objectively measured built environment attributes. Data were from 9146 Australian adults who took part in the 2009 South-East Queensland Travel Survey.…
Rise and Recharge
This feasibility study evaluated the effects of an individual-level intervention to target office workers total and prolonged sedentary behaviour during working hours, using an e-health smartphone application. A three-arm (Prompt-30 or 60 min Intervention arm and a No-Prompt Comparison arm), quasi-randomised intervention was conducted over 12 weeks. Behavioural outcomes (worktime sitting, standing, stepping, prolonged sitting, and physical activi…
Agreement between the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and Accelerometry in Adults with Orthopaedic Injury
Orthopaedic injury can lead to decreased physical activity. Valid measures for assessing physical activity are therefore needed in this population. The aim of this study was to determine the agreement and concordance between the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ) and device-measured physical activity and sitting time in orthopaedic injury patients. Adults with isolated upper or lower limb fracture ( n = 46; mean age o…
Changes in rural older adults’ sedentary and physically-active behaviors between a non-snowfall and a snowfall season
In older adults, activity behaviors were changed unfavorably during snowfall season, particularly so for men. The degree of seasonal change was greatest for SB. Development of strategies to keep rural older adults active during the snowfall season may be needed for maintaining a consistently-active lifestyle for their health
Controversies in the Science of Sedentary Behaviour and Health
The development in research concerning sedentary behaviour has been rapid over the past two decades. This has led to the development of evidence and views that have become more advanced, diverse and, possibly, contentious. These include the effects of standing, the breaking up of prolonged sitting and the role of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in the association between sedentary behaviour and health outcomes. The present aim is to…
Population density is beneficially associated with 12-year diabetes risk marker change among residents of lower socio-economic neighborhoods
Natural movement
Walking to get to and from local destinations including shops, services, and transit stops is a major source of adults' health-related physical activity. Research has been using space syntax measures in examining how urban form is related to such routine walking for transport. This paper proposes to apply a theory of space syntax, natural movement, which posits street layout as a primary factor influencing pedestrian movement. Discussing how this…
Walkability of local communities
Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health
Associations of neighbourhood greenness with physical and mental health
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown associations between health indices and access to "green" environments but the underlying mechanisms of this association are not clear. OBJECTIVES: To examine associations of perceived neighbourhood "greenness" with perceived physical and mental health and to investigate whether walking and social factors account for the relationships. METHODS: A mailed survey collected the following data from adults (n = 1895) in A…
Mismatch between perceived and objectively assessed neighborhood walkability attributes
Residents’ perceptions of walkability attributes in objectively different neighbourhoods
Associations Between Recreational Walking and Attractiveness, Size, and Proximity of Neighborhood Open Spaces
Objectives. We examined associations of attractiveness, size, and proximity of multiple neighborhood open spaces (NOSs) with recreational walking. Methods. Adults participating in the Residential Environments (RESIDE) study (n = 1366) in Perth, Australia, reported time spent engaging in recreational walking within their neighborhoods. Park audit data and geographic information systems were used to identify the most attractive, largest, and neares…
Relationships of Land Use Mix with Walking for Transport
Destinations that matter
Explaining socio-economic status differences in walking for transport
Does Walking in the Neighbourhood Enhance Local Sociability
The walkability of urban neighbourhoods has emerged as a strong component in policy and design models for active, liveable communities. This paper examines the proposition that more walkable neighbourhoods encourage local social interaction, a sense of community, informal social control and social cohesion; and that the relationship is explained by walking for transport or for recreation. Multilevel analyses of data from an Australian sample show…
Objectively-assessed neighbourhood destination accessibility and physical activity in adults from 10 countries
Relationships between neighborhood walkability and adults' physical activity
The built environment and mental health among older adults in Dalian
Effects of workplace smoking bans on cigarette consumption
A sample of staff working in the Australian Public Service (n = 2113) were surveyed two to four weeks before a mandated total ban on workplace smoking was introduced, and again five to six months later. Among the 391 smokers on whom complete data were available, the workplace smoking bans were associated with reduced rates of smoking, particularly among heavier smokers where the reduction in consumption was over 25 percent
Perceived neighborhood environmental attributes associated with adults’ leisure-time physical activity
Physical activity for recreation or exercise on neighbourhood streets
Street network measures and adults' walking for transport
Associations between perceived neighborhood environmental attributes and adults' sedentary behavior
Physical activity as a mediator of the associations between neighborhood walkability and adiposity in Belgian adults
Residential density and adolescent overweight in a rapidly urbanising region of mainland China
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the association of residential density with overweight among adolescents in an urban area of China. METHODS: Using multistage proportional sampling methods, a population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Nanjing between September and November 2004 (n=2375; mean age=13.9 ± 1.0 years old; 46.2% boys; survey response rate=89.3%). Body mass index was calculated from self-reported body weight and height. O…
Natural movement
Walking to get to and from local destinations including shops, services, and transit stops is a major source of adults' health-related physical activity. Research has been using space syntax measures in examining how urban form is related to such routine walking for transport. This paper proposes to apply a theory of space syntax, natural movement, which posits street layout as a primary factor influencing pedestrian movement. Discussing how this…
Moderating effects of age, gender and education on the associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with accelerometer-based physical activity
Walk Score and Australian adults' home-based walking for transport
Associations of Residential Density with Adolescents’ Physical Activity in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area of Mainland China
Associations of street layout with walking and sedentary behaviors in an urban and a rural area of Japan
Social and behavioural dimensions of community health
A course is described which presented views, to fourth year students in psychology, on the contributions that the psychologist potentially can make to community health as practitioners working collaboratively with a range of other professions in the health care System. Drawing upon contributions from other disciplines a broad range of views were described and evaluated. Data were available from student evaluations of the course and these are pres…
Exercise persistence
Aerobic exercise (regular, vigorous, physical activity) has a range of established and putative health, psychological, and social benefits. Exercise at lower levels of intensity and frequency may also be beneficial. However, research evidence indicates that exercise patterns are poorly maintained. This paper considers stages of behaviour change relevant to exercise, evidence concerning the factors which influence exercise adoption and maintenance…
Towards more rigorous evaluation of health promotion programmes
Psychological theory and research have much to contribute in strengthening the development and evaluation of health promotion programmes. It is argued that programmes, large-scale campaigns and public policy should be anchored more firmly in basic research, but that there are inevitable incompatibilities between maximal validity and ideal generality of behavioural research in health promotion. However, compromises may be sought which attempt to m…
Current status of sport psychology
This paper considers a range of possible goals for psychological intervention in sport psychology, identifies the sporting settings in which psychologists are likely to work, and examines the types of interventions which may be developed from a behavioural perspective. Operant and cognitive-behavioural frameworks provide a number of strategies for enhancing sporting performance, some of which are described and illustrated. There is a need for car…
Psychology, public health, and cigarette smoking
Cigarette smoking is the single most lethal risk to health in Australia: it contributes significantly to premature mortality and morbidity, particularly from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Smoking appears to be initiated and maintained by a range of biological, psychological and social influences, and is a behaviour pattern which can be very resistant to change. Psychologists have contributed to the development of more effective face-to-face …
Effects of workplace smoking bans on cigarette consumption
A sample of staff working in the Australian Public Service (n = 2113) were surveyed two to four weeks before a mandated total ban on workplace smoking was introduced, and again five to six months later. Among the 391 smokers on whom complete data were available, the workplace smoking bans were associated with reduced rates of smoking, particularly among heavier smokers where the reduction in consumption was over 25 percent
Aids prevention
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a fatal disease caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The infection may be transmitted through exposure of the bloodstream to bodily fluids from an infected person. This occurs most frequently in Australia, and in other industrialised countries, through sexual intercourse (particularly anal intercourse between males), and through the sharing of needles by intravenous drug u…
Regulatory influences on health-related behaviours
Recent community-wide health-promotion campaigns in Australia and other industrialised countries have been concerned with reducing cardiovascular disease and cancer risk, and have focused on such behaviours as cigarette smoking, dietary choices, and exercising. Psychological research on the modification of health-related behaviours has largely been concerned with individual learning and behaviour-change processes, emphasising an implicit sequence…
Effects of a national mass-media campaign on physical activity participation
Regular physical activity has an important role in disease prevention and the promotion of positive health. Population-wide campaigns to promote physical activity are a potentially important health promotion strategy to increase participation, but little is known about their effects. A mass-media campaign, supported by a range of community events, was conducted by the National Heart Foundation (NHF) of Australia in 1990 It comprised television ad…
Perspectives on the management of type II diabetes
Adult-onset diabetes (Type II, or noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus) is a disease which affects about 2% of adult Australians and which causes a range of health problems, particularly of the cardiovascular system. Important aspects of the management of this disease can be better understood through the application of concepts familiar to practicing psychologists. We describe the nature and the extent of this disease in Australia, the health p…
Work-site cardiovascular risk reduction
OBJECTIVES. This study reports an efficacy trial of four work-site health promotion programs. It was predicted that strategies making use of behavioral counseling would produce a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk factors than screening and educational strategies. METHODS. Twenty-eight work sites were randomly allocated to a health risk assessment, risk factor education, behavioral counseling, or behavioral counseling plus incentive…
A perspective on the behavioural epidemiology, the determinants, and the stages of exercise involvement
Habitual physical activity is associated with a number of health benefits, particularly in relation to the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Psychological research has made useful contributions to the understanding of physical activity as a pattern of behaviour. We describe the behavioural epidemiology of physical activity, exercise assessment issues, and Australian data on the population prevalence and recent trends in exercise participation…
Serial mass-media campaigns to promote physical activity
Changes associated with two serial, nationwide, mass-media-based campaigns to promote physical activity conducted by the National Heart Foundation of Australia in 1990 and 1991 were examined. Surveys conducted before and after each campaign found statistically significant differences in message awareness (46% vs 71% in 1990; 63% vs 74% in 1991). In 1990, there were significant increases in walking, particularly among older people, and in intentio…
Strategic initiatives to promote participation in physical activity
Future reductions in the overall burden of ill-health and premature death from cardiovascular disease are likely to follow from reductions in the proportions of the population who are physically inactive. More benefit is likely to be gained from activating the sedentary than from persuading those who are already active to become more active. Population studies of exercise behaviour from New Zealand, North America and Australia have found that 25–…
Trends in prevalence and acceptance of workplace smoking bans among indoor workers in South Australia
The data suggest that smoking bans are now the norm for indoor workers and that further gains in promoting and supporting workplace bans will be made by directing efforts at smaller workplaces, where unrestricted smoking is most prevalent
Physical Activity Preferences, Preferred Sources of Assistance, and Perceived Barriers to Increased Activity among Physically Inactive Australians
Delayed compensatory cigarette consumption after a workplace smoking ban
Reductions in cigarette consumption among smokers frequently seen after implementation of a worksite smoking ban may diminish over time. This effect is more likely to occur when the initial response to a smoking ban is a large reduction in cigarette consumption
Composite cardiovascular risk outcomes of a work-site intervention trial
OBJECTIVES: Two composite outcome measures were used to assess the efficacy of work-site risk factor interventions: the Framingham multiple logistic function and a standardized composite equation that was an unweighted combination of risk factors. METHODS: Twenty-eight work sites in Sydney, Australia, were randomly assigned to health risk assessment, risk factor education, behavioral counseling, or behavioral counseling plus incentives. RESULTS: …
V-Lab
The delivery of higher education courses is changing significantly with the rapid growth of new technologies which offer possibilities for learners that have previously not been available. In particular, the potential benefits of interactive multimedia (IMM) in educational environments have been well documented (see for example, Latchem et al, 1993; Laurillard, 1993; Halal and Liebowitz, 1994; Bates, 1995; Brookes, 1997; Reeves and Reeves, 1997).…
Social–Cognitive and Perceived Environment Influences Associated with Physical Activity in Older Australians
Perceived Environmental Aesthetics and Convenience and Company Are Associated with Walking for Exercise among Australian Adults
Toward a better understanding of the influences on physical activity
Correlates of adults??? participation in physical activity
PURPOSE: To review and update the evidence relating to the personal, social, and environmental factors associated with physical activity (PA) in adults. METHODS: Systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature to identify papers published between 1998 and 2000 with PA (and including exercise and exercise adherence). Qualitative reports or case studies were not included. RESULTS: Thirty-eight new studies were located. Most confirmed the existenc…
Physical activity and sedentary behavior
The associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with barriers, enjoyment, and preferences were examined in a population-based mail survey of 1,332 adults. Respondents reporting high enjoyment and preference for physical activity were more likely to report high levels of activity. Those reporting cost, the weather, and personal barriers to physical activity were less likely to be physically active. Preference for sedentary behavior wa…
Perceived environment attributes, residential location, and walking for particular purposes
Medicine (103 obras) · Environmental health (68 obras) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (58 obras) · Psychology (57 obras) · Physical activity (54 obras) · Physical Activity and Health (52 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (48 obras) · Geography (46 obras) · Physical therapy (41 obras) · Demography (33 obras)