Rebecca Armstrong
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4205341 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Rebecca Armstrong |
| PRENOMES | Rebecca |
| SOBRENOME | Armstrong |
| ASSINATURA | ARMSTRONG R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4146-7427 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1966 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Ancient World
This chapter takes three plant types – the shady tree, the happy crop, and the wayside flower – as starting points for an exploration of ancient attitudes towards plants as both in harmony with and divergent from human worldviews and goals. It demonstrates how the same or similar plants can represent very different moods in different settings, sometimes positively reinforcing a human view, sometimes obstructing it. The connection between the sens…
Une loi en préparation, de nouvelles perspectives de politiques culturelles
Trees and Time
Roman literature includes many reflections on the overlaps and differences between time as perceived and experienced by humans and by trees. Trees can offer ways for humans to conceptualise expanses of time which go far beyond their own lifespans, even stretching back to the primordial, as well as mapping onto more readily understood annual and generational cycles. Moreover, trees offer particularly fertile material for thinking about the more fl…
Sombre horizon
Depression, Vascular Burden, and Dementia Prevalence in Late Middle-Aged and Older Black Adults
Results suggest late-life depression and WMH have independent and joint relationships with dementia and that Black individuals may be particularly at risk due to these factors
Comparison of Health Literacy Assessment Tools among Beijing School-Aged Children
Health literacy is a broad and multidimensional construct, making its measurement and conclusions inconsistent. This study aims to compare the patterning of health literacy using different assessment tools and examine their impact on children's developmental outcomes. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 650 students in Years 7-9 from four secondary schools in Beijing. Health literacy was measured by the eight-item health literacy assessmen…
Adolescent Health Literacy in Beijing and Melbourne
While adolescent health literacy has gained momentum, it is under-researched from a cross-cultural perspective. This study aims to compare health literacy among two cultural groups of secondary students in Beijing and Melbourne. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 770 students from five secondary schools in Beijing and Melbourne. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect information on health literacy (the eight-item health…
Hercules and the Stone Tree
In ancient literature and religion, Hercules—in common with many other deities—is frequently associated with particular trees or types of tree. There are tales connecting him with the wild olive, laurel and oak, but his most prominent and frequent arboreal link is with the poplar ( populus Alcidae gratissima , ‘the poplar is most delightful to Hercules’, Verg. Ecl . 7.61), an association mentioned twice in the Hercules-heavy first half of Aeneid …
Behind the Mask
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the ninet…
A cross-country study of mis-implementation in public health practice
Decisions about continuing or ending a program were often seen as a function of program popularity and funding availability as opposed to effectiveness. Policies and practices pertaining to programmatic decision-making should be improved in light of these findings. Future studies are needed to understand and minimize the individual, organizational, and political-level drivers of mis-implementation
Evaluation outcomes of a knowledge translation platform
Evaluation outcomes of a knowledge translation platform
Obesity prevention is an urgent public health priority that requires action at multiple levels. Collaboration between academics, policy and practice is necessary to ensure best-practice implementation. A national knowledge translation and exchange (KT) platform, the Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites (CO-OPS), was delivered and evaluated over three years (2013–15). A mixed-methods evaluation used communications and website …
A snapshot of the scope of obesity prevention practice in Australia
Community-based initiatives (CBIs) that build capacity and promote healthy environments hold promise for preventing obesity and non-communicable disease, however their characteristics remain poorly understood and lessons are learned in isolation. This limits understanding of likely effectiveness of CBIs; the potential for actively supporting practice; and the translation of community-based knowledge into policy. Building on an initial survey (201…
Evaluation of a knowledge translation and exchange platform to advance non-communicable disease prevention
Coordinated systems are required to ensure evidence-informed practice and evaluation of community-based interventions (CBIs). Knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) strategies show promise, but these require evaluation. This paper describes implementation and evaluation of COOPS, a national KTE platform to support best practice in obesity prevention CBIs. A logic model guides KTE activities including knowledge brokering, networking, tailored co…
Evidence and obesity prevention
Public health practitioners make decisions based on research evidence in combination with a variety of other influences. Evidence summaries are one of a range of knowledge translation options used to support evidence-informed decision making. The literature relevant to obesity prevention requires synthesis for it to be accessible and relevant to end-users. As part of a national collaboration on obesity prevention, we used a stakeholder-focused ap…
Journeys and Nostalgia in Catullus
This article explores the themes of travel, homecoming and homesickness in Catullus' poetry. A recurrent interest throughout much of the poet's oeuvre, the idea of the journey offers the reader multiple angles of interpretation: from the emotional to the metapoetic, and from contemporary social contexts to far-off mythical ones, all along the way contributing to the complex presentation of the poet himself. Ultimately, the reader is left with a p…
Staple food choices in Samoa
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease has become a considerable health problem throughout the South Pacific, including Samoa. The increase in these diseases is most often associated with changes in dietary intake; including increased consumption of fats and sugars concurrent with reduced consumption of fibre and complex carbohydrates. We conducted this study in order to better understand …
Interventions for preventing obesity in children
BACKGROUND: Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development and well-being. The international evidence base for strategies that governments, communities and families can implement to prevent obesity, and promote health, has been accumulating but remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: This review primarily aims to update the previous…
'Scoping the scope' of a cochrane review
Systematic reviews use a transparent and systematic process to define a research question, search for studies, assess their quality and synthesize findings qualitatively or quantitatively. A crucial step in the systematic review process is to thoroughly define the scope of the research question. This requires an understanding of existing literature, including gaps and uncertainties, clarification of definitions related to the research question an…
An exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial of knowledge translation strategies to support evidence-informed decision-making in local governments (The KT4LG study)
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12609000953235
Engaging policy makers in action on socially determined health inequities
This article describes an innovative knowledge translation project involving researchers and key stakeholders commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). The project aimed to develop ‘cameo’ reports of evidence-based policies and interventions addressing social determinants of health, intended for use by leaders and advocates, as well as policy and programme decision makers, to a…
Virgil's Cucumber
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The nature of evidence resources and knowledge translation for health promotion practitioners
Governments and other public health agencies have become increasingly interested in evidence-informed policy and practice. Translating research evidence into programmatic change has proved challenging and the evidence around how to effectively promote and facilitate this process is still relatively limited. This paper presents the findings from an evaluation of a series of evidence-based health promotion resources commissioned by the Victorian De…
The Aeneid
Cretan Women
This book studies in detail the representations of Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin poetry. It investigates both the literary history of the myths (the Greek roots, the interactions between Roman versions) and their cultural resonance. In addition to close readings of the major treatments of each woman's story (in Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca), the book offers extended thematic explorations of the importance of memory, wildness, and …
Retiring Apollo
The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Armstrong, R. (2004). 'Retiring Apollo: Ovid on the politics and poetics of self-sufficiency', Classical Quarterly 54(2), 528-550. [Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=caq]
Cretan Women
This book studies in detail the representations of Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin poetry. It investigates both the literary history of the myths (the Greek roots, the interactions between Roman versions) and their cultural resonance. In addition to close readings of the major treatments of each woman's story (in Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca), the book offers extended thematic explorations of the importance of memory, wildness, and …
Crete in the Aeneid
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Crazy Mule’S Maps Of The Upper Missouri, 1877-1880
Two maps from the Joslyn Art Museum are identified as the work of John Crazy Mule, a northern Cheyenne scout who served at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory, from 1877 to about 1891. The maps were drawn in pencil and ink on ledger paper between 1877 and 1880. The first shows the Yellowstone and Milk drainages and is a record of Crazy Mule's accomplishments as a government scout. These include the Lame Deer fight and the capture of Chief Joseph's Nez …
Journeys and Nostalgia in Catullus
This article explores the themes of travel, homecoming and homesickness in Catullus' poetry. A recurrent interest throughout much of the poet's oeuvre, the idea of the journey offers the reader multiple angles of interpretation: from the emotional to the metapoetic, and from contemporary social contexts to far-off mythical ones, all along the way contributing to the complex presentation of the poet himself. Ultimately, the reader is left with a p…
Virgil's Cucumber
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Evaluation outcomes of a knowledge translation platform
Obesity prevention is an urgent public health priority that requires action at multiple levels. Collaboration between academics, policy and practice is necessary to ensure best-practice implementation. A national knowledge translation and exchange (KT) platform, the Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites (CO-OPS), was delivered and evaluated over three years (2013–15). A mixed-methods evaluation used communications and website …
Evaluation of a knowledge translation and exchange platform to advance non-communicable disease prevention
Coordinated systems are required to ensure evidence-informed practice and evaluation of community-based interventions (CBIs). Knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) strategies show promise, but these require evaluation. This paper describes implementation and evaluation of COOPS, a national KTE platform to support best practice in obesity prevention CBIs. A logic model guides KTE activities including knowledge brokering, networking, tailored co…
Evidence and obesity prevention
Public health practitioners make decisions based on research evidence in combination with a variety of other influences. Evidence summaries are one of a range of knowledge translation options used to support evidence-informed decision making. The literature relevant to obesity prevention requires synthesis for it to be accessible and relevant to end-users. As part of a national collaboration on obesity prevention, we used a stakeholder-focused ap…
Primary and Secondary Precepts in Thomistic Natural Law Teaching
Crazy Mule’S Maps Of The Upper Missouri, 1877-1880
Two maps from the Joslyn Art Museum are identified as the work of John Crazy Mule, a northern Cheyenne scout who served at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory, from 1877 to about 1891. The maps were drawn in pencil and ink on ledger paper between 1877 and 1880. The first shows the Yellowstone and Milk drainages and is a record of Crazy Mule's accomplishments as a government scout. These include the Lame Deer fight and the capture of Chief Joseph's Nez …
Crete in the Aeneid
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Retiring Apollo
The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Armstrong, R. (2004). 'Retiring Apollo: Ovid on the politics and poetics of self-sufficiency', Classical Quarterly 54(2), 528-550. [Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=caq]
The Aeneid
Cretan Women
This book studies in detail the representations of Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin poetry. It investigates both the literary history of the myths (the Greek roots, the interactions between Roman versions) and their cultural resonance. In addition to close readings of the major treatments of each woman's story (in Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca), the book offers extended thematic explorations of the importance of memory, wildness, and …
The nature of evidence resources and knowledge translation for health promotion practitioners
Governments and other public health agencies have become increasingly interested in evidence-informed policy and practice. Translating research evidence into programmatic change has proved challenging and the evidence around how to effectively promote and facilitate this process is still relatively limited. This paper presents the findings from an evaluation of a series of evidence-based health promotion resources commissioned by the Victorian De…
Virgil's Cucumber
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Engaging policy makers in action on socially determined health inequities
This article describes an innovative knowledge translation project involving researchers and key stakeholders commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). The project aimed to develop ‘cameo’ reports of evidence-based policies and interventions addressing social determinants of health, intended for use by leaders and advocates, as well as policy and programme decision makers, to a…
Interventions for preventing obesity in children
BACKGROUND: Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given the significant impact of obesity on acute and chronic diseases, general health, development and well-being. The international evidence base for strategies that governments, communities and families can implement to prevent obesity, and promote health, has been accumulating but remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: This review primarily aims to update the previous…
'Scoping the scope' of a cochrane review
Systematic reviews use a transparent and systematic process to define a research question, search for studies, assess their quality and synthesize findings qualitatively or quantitatively. A crucial step in the systematic review process is to thoroughly define the scope of the research question. This requires an understanding of existing literature, including gaps and uncertainties, clarification of definitions related to the research question an…
An exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial of knowledge translation strategies to support evidence-informed decision-making in local governments (The KT4LG study)
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12609000953235
Staple food choices in Samoa
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease has become a considerable health problem throughout the South Pacific, including Samoa. The increase in these diseases is most often associated with changes in dietary intake; including increased consumption of fats and sugars concurrent with reduced consumption of fibre and complex carbohydrates. We conducted this study in order to better understand …
Evidence and obesity prevention
Public health practitioners make decisions based on research evidence in combination with a variety of other influences. Evidence summaries are one of a range of knowledge translation options used to support evidence-informed decision making. The literature relevant to obesity prevention requires synthesis for it to be accessible and relevant to end-users. As part of a national collaboration on obesity prevention, we used a stakeholder-focused ap…
Journeys and Nostalgia in Catullus
This article explores the themes of travel, homecoming and homesickness in Catullus' poetry. A recurrent interest throughout much of the poet's oeuvre, the idea of the journey offers the reader multiple angles of interpretation: from the emotional to the metapoetic, and from contemporary social contexts to far-off mythical ones, all along the way contributing to the complex presentation of the poet himself. Ultimately, the reader is left with a p…
Evaluation of a knowledge translation and exchange platform to advance non-communicable disease prevention
Coordinated systems are required to ensure evidence-informed practice and evaluation of community-based interventions (CBIs). Knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) strategies show promise, but these require evaluation. This paper describes implementation and evaluation of COOPS, a national KTE platform to support best practice in obesity prevention CBIs. A logic model guides KTE activities including knowledge brokering, networking, tailored co…
A snapshot of the scope of obesity prevention practice in Australia
Community-based initiatives (CBIs) that build capacity and promote healthy environments hold promise for preventing obesity and non-communicable disease, however their characteristics remain poorly understood and lessons are learned in isolation. This limits understanding of likely effectiveness of CBIs; the potential for actively supporting practice; and the translation of community-based knowledge into policy. Building on an initial survey (201…
Evaluation outcomes of a knowledge translation platform
Evaluation outcomes of a knowledge translation platform
Obesity prevention is an urgent public health priority that requires action at multiple levels. Collaboration between academics, policy and practice is necessary to ensure best-practice implementation. A national knowledge translation and exchange (KT) platform, the Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites (CO-OPS), was delivered and evaluated over three years (2013–15). A mixed-methods evaluation used communications and website …
Behind the Mask
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the ninet…
A cross-country study of mis-implementation in public health practice
Decisions about continuing or ending a program were often seen as a function of program popularity and funding availability as opposed to effectiveness. Policies and practices pertaining to programmatic decision-making should be improved in light of these findings. Future studies are needed to understand and minimize the individual, organizational, and political-level drivers of mis-implementation
Adolescent Health Literacy in Beijing and Melbourne
While adolescent health literacy has gained momentum, it is under-researched from a cross-cultural perspective. This study aims to compare health literacy among two cultural groups of secondary students in Beijing and Melbourne. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 770 students from five secondary schools in Beijing and Melbourne. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect information on health literacy (the eight-item health…
Hercules and the Stone Tree
In ancient literature and religion, Hercules—in common with many other deities—is frequently associated with particular trees or types of tree. There are tales connecting him with the wild olive, laurel and oak, but his most prominent and frequent arboreal link is with the poplar ( populus Alcidae gratissima , ‘the poplar is most delightful to Hercules’, Verg. Ecl . 7.61), an association mentioned twice in the Hercules-heavy first half of Aeneid …
Comparison of Health Literacy Assessment Tools among Beijing School-Aged Children
Health literacy is a broad and multidimensional construct, making its measurement and conclusions inconsistent. This study aims to compare the patterning of health literacy using different assessment tools and examine their impact on children's developmental outcomes. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 650 students in Years 7-9 from four secondary schools in Beijing. Health literacy was measured by the eight-item health literacy assessmen…
Sombre horizon
Medicine (16 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Classical Antiquity Studies (9 obras) · Computer Science (9 obras) · Health Policy Implementation Science (9 obras) · Nursing (9 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · History (8 obras) · Knowledge management (8 obras) · Art (7 obras)