A5008388825- Obesity and Health Practices
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Health disparities and outcomes
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Family Support in Illness
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Rural development and sustainability
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Science and Climate Studies
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Empathy and Medical Education
The University of Sydney
2013-2025
IT for Change
2025
Cancer Council NSW
2024
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
2024
Morriston Hospital
2023
UNSW Sydney
2016-2021
University of Canberra
2019-2021
RMIT University
2021
Health Education England
2020
Australian National University
2017-2020
Abstract Background To investigate the alcohol, gambling, and unhealthy food marketing strategies during a nationally televised, free to air, sporting series in Australia. Methods/approach Using Australian National Rugby League 2012 State of Origin three-game series, we conducted mixed methods content analysis frequency, duration, placement advertising strategies, comparing these both within across three games. Results There were total 4445 episodes (mean = 1481.67, SD 336.58), 233.23...
We are a society that is fixated on the health consequences of 'being fat'. Public agencies play an important role in 'alerting' people about risks obesity poses both to individuals and broader society. Quantitative studies suggest comprehend physical involved but underestimate their own risk because they do not recognise obese. This qualitative study seeks expand existing research by exploring obese individuals' perceptions public messages risk, how apply these themselves personal social...
Obese adults face pervasive and repeated weight-based stigma. Few researchers have explored how obese individuals proactively respond to stigma outside of a dominant weight-loss framework. Using grounded theory approach, we the experiences 44 bloggers within Fatosphere--an online fat-acceptance community. We investigated participants' pathways into Fatosphere, they responded interacted with stigma, described impact fat acceptance on their health well-being. The concepts support associated...
As gambling products have diversified so too the ways in which industry has been able to target, reach and engage different sectors of community. Limited research explored individuals conceptualize respond marketing strategies. Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with 100 adults Victoria, Australia, who had gambled at least once during previous year. Participants described multi-layered was marketed concerned about role 'normalizing' for some groups. Male participants felt...
Using Australian Football League (AFL) matches as a case study, we investigated the frequency, length and content of marketing strategies for sports betting during two specific settings: 1) at stadiums four live matches; 2) eight televised broadcasts matches. Census Round 12 2011 AFL premiership season. Per match, there was an average 58.5 episodes (median 49.5, s.d 27.8) 341.1 minutes 324.1 44.5) stadiums, 50.5 53.5, 45.2) 4.8 5.0 minutes, 4.0) broadcasts. A diverse range techniques were...
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified existing workplace stresses and created new challenges for people working on the healthcare frontline, including rapid changes increasing uncertainty at work, along with fear of contracting virus. purpose this study is to examine described by Australian frontline health workers during pandemic. Drawing a national online anonymous survey 9518 workers, we analysed free-text responses question: "What did you find be main that faced pandemic?" A qualitative...
Operating room (OR) practice during the COVID-19 pandemic is driven by basic principles, shared experience and nascent literature. This study aimed to identify knowledge needs of global OR workforce, characterize supportive evidence establish consensus.
Abstract Background A multitude of information sources are available to publics when novel infectious diseases first emerge. In this paper, we adopt a qualitative approach investigate how Australians learnt about the coronavirus and COVID-19 what they had found most useful valuable during early months pandemic. Methods In-depth semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with diverse group 40 Australian adults in mid-2020 their experiences crisis. Participants recruited through...
Abstract Purpose To examine the effectiveness of professionally led support groups for people with advanced or metastatic cancer, and identify factors critical to implementation success within real-world settings. Methods Databases (MEDLINE; PsychINFO; CINAHL) grey literature were searched empirical publications evaluations. Articles screened eligibility data systematically extracted, charted summarised using a modified scoping review methodology. Implementation mapped Proctor’s framework...
Introduction This study explores what types of information obese individuals search for on the Internet, their motivations seeking and how they apply it in daily lives. Method In-depth telephone interviews with an Australian community sample 142 a BMI ≥ 30 were conducted. Theoretical, purposive strategic samplings employed. Data analysed using constant comparative method. Results Of who participated study, 111 (78%) searched about weight loss or obesity. these, three quarters solutions. The...
Frontline healthcare workers have experienced detrimental mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic including anxiety, emotional distress, stress, fatigue, and burnout. But little is known about how these professionals take care of their own in midst considerable personal, occupational social disruption. In this article, we use qualitative data from an Australian national survey to examine self-care strategies frontline employed manage wellbeing crisis. Findings reveal sought adjust...
Previous studies of public perceptions obesity interventions have been quantitative and based on general population surveys. This study aims to explore the opinions attitudes obese individuals towards individual for in Australia. Qualitative methods using in-depth semi-structured telephone interviews with a community sample adults (Body Mass Index ≥30). Theoretical, purposive strategic recruitment techniques were used ensure broad different types experiences their obesity. Participants asked...
Objectives: To investigate obese men's health behaviors and strategies for change.Methods: Qualitative interviews with 36 men (BMI 30 over).Results: All felt personally responsible their weight gain.Sedentary lifestyles, stress, lack of worklife balance weight-based stigma were all significant causes gain barriers to loss.These factors also contributed unwillingness seek help overweight.Conclusion: Addressing the self-blame associated obesity is important in developing improve well-being men.
The news media plays an important role in making visible and shaping public understandings of health risks. In relation to overweight obesity, it has been suggested that the is more likely engage alarmist reporting a climate which taken for granted obesity 'epidemic'. This study analyses Australian coverage report on Australia's Future 'Fat Bomb': long-term consequences expanding waistline cardiovascular disease, by one leading medical research institutes. Our found was consistently framed...
News reporting, in channels such as broadcast and print media, on obesity an issue has increased dramatically the last decade. A qualitative study, which we used in-depth interviews thematic analysis, was undertaken to explore 142 obese individuals’ perceptions of, responses to, news reporting about obesity. Participants believed that focused personal responsibility blame, portrayed people “freaks.” They described being “enemies” of society who were rarely given a voice or identity coverage...
Metastatic breast cancer is a disease of changing status-once an imminent death sentence, now chronic (albeit incurable) disease. Medical intervention advances mean women with metastatic have symptoms alleviated and, potentially, life extended. Living this disease, however, requires more than medical approach to symptoms. We were interested know whether manage, and if so, how, "live well" cancer. conducted interviews 18 women. Women differed in the approaches they used. Most common was...
A person-centered approach to goal-setting, involving collaboration between patients and health professionals, is advocated in policy support self-management. However, this difficult achieve practice, reducing the potential effectiveness of self-management support. Drawing on observations consultations we examined how goal-setting shaped patient-provider interactions. Analysis revealed three distinct interactional styles. In controlled interactions, professionals determine patients' goals...
In many contemporary healthcare systems, individuals are expected to be rational actors – weighing up available knowledge and making choices about their needs. the policy context, this has been most explicitly applied financing of where there is encouragement for purchase private health insurance. However, perceptions public provision, needs, types services people choose, far from straightforward. Drawing on Bourdieu's concepts habitus, field, capital, a study individual experiences choice...