Dr Rebecca Hodder
NHMRC Early Career Fellow
School of Medicine and Public Health
- Email:rebecca.hodder@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4924 6297
Career Summary
Biography
Career Summary
Dr Hodder is a NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle, and a Program Manager at Hunter New England Population Health with over 17 years’ experience in the implementation and evaluation of large-scale chronic disease prevention programs. She has an excellent and accelerating track record despite only having been awarded her PhD in 2018, with over 100 publications and over $7 million in funding.
Expertise
Dr Hodder has over 17 years’ experience in the implementation and evaluation of large-scale health promotion programs addressing key risk factors for non-communicable chronic diseases in community settings, with a focus on the school setting. She was Research and Evaluation Manager on Australia’s largest childhood obesity trial, Good for Kids. Good for Life which has been awarded multiple awards including the National Preventive Health Agency Research Translation Awards and is the basis of current NSW child obesity policy. For her PhD, she led a large (>10,000 students) cluster-randomised controlled trial of a school-based resilience intervention to reduce adolescent tobacco, alcohol and illicit substance use.
Dr Hodder has extensive expertise in systematic reviews (28 of her publications relate to systematic reviews) and is an international leader in the generation of living evidence and leads the first Cochrane living systematic review which utilises Cochrane Collaboration ‘next generation’ evidence systems.
Publication Summary
Dr Hodder has 125 publications (111 in peer-reviewed journals, 41 as first or senior author) in leading journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, American Journal of Public Health and the International Journal of Behavioural Medicine, and numerous invited journal submissions (including the Drug and Alcohol Review and Best Practice and Research Clinical Rheumatology). Her publications have been cited 4712 times (February 2024). Dr Hodder has presented her work on more than 40 occasions (predominantly at international conferences) including an invited plenary session at the Cochrane Australasian Symposium.
Research Support
Dr Hodder has established a successful track record of research funding having been awarded over $7 million funding, predominantly from competitive funding schemes, including an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship. She has received multiple awards for her work including an Early Career Award from the International Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Award for PhD Excellence from the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia.
Collaboration and contribution
Dr Hodder is an active collaborator with numerous national (e.g. NSW Ministry of Health, NSW Department of Education) and international organisations (e.g. World Health Organisation, Oxford University, the Cochrane Collaboration) on a range of research projects focused on reducing the key behavioural risk factors for chronic diseases. She holds multiple executive positions (including the Cochrane Living Systematic Review Steering Group) and holds numerous professional memberships. Dr Hodder is a Research Associate for Cochrane Public Health and Associate Editor for BMC Public Health.
Supervision
Dr Hodder has successfully supervised five PhD students to thesis submission, and currently supervises another 5 PhD students and team of research practitioners embedded within the Hunter New England Local Health District.
Current Projects
Dr Hodder currently leads the following projects:
- A series of studies as part of the National Centre of Implementation Science (a NHMRC funded Centre for Research Excellence):
- Investigating the international and national evidence-practice gaps in schools-based chronic disease prevention targeting healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use
- Investigating the international and national evidence-practice gaps in sporting-based chronic disease prevention targeting healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use
- Effectiveness of strategies to implement community chronic disease prevention interventions in schools, childcare settings and workplaces targeting health diet, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use
- Identifying the effective behaviour change techniques of both school-based obesity prevention interventions, and the strategies to increase their implementation
- A program of work investigating the co-benefits of school-based interventions targeting health risk behaviours for chronic disease to improve their translation, including a trial to determine the effectiveness of secondary school programs targeting multiple health risk behaviours
- Cochrane living systematic reviews: Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under
Dr Hodder is also an investigator or active collaborator on the following research programs:
- Getting quality evidence to policymakers and practitioners more quickly: Applying novel methods to identify effective, scalable interventions to prevent e-cigarette use in youth (funded by MRFF Maternal Health and Health Lifestyles)
- Learning health systems approach to optimise implementation of prevention programs (TAPPC Rapid Response Research Grant)
- Effectiveness of a text message program to prevent adolescent e-cigarette use
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy in Behavioural Sciences, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), University of Newcastle
- Master of Applied Psychology, University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Drug and alcohol prevention
- Evidence synthesis
- Obesity prevention
- School-based health promotion
- Systematic reviews
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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420603 | Health promotion | 100 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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NHMRC Early Career Fellow | University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/7/2019 - | NHMRC Early Career Fellow | The University of Newcastle Australia |
1/5/2018 - 30/6/2019 | Hunter Medical Research Institute Research Fellow | The University of Newcastle Australia |
1/6/2016 - 1/2/2018 | Hunter Medical Research Institute Research Fellow | Hunter Medical Research Institute/ The University of Newcastle Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/2/2018 - | Program Manager | Hunter New England Population Health Health Promotion |
1/2/2015 - 1/2/2018 | Project Officer | Hunter New England Population Health Health Promotion |
1/7/2010 - 1/2/2012 | Program Manager | Hunter New England Population Health |
1/8/2008 - 1/7/2010 | Research and Evaluation Manager | Hunter New England Population Health Good for Kids. Good for Life |
Awards
Award
Year | Award |
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2019 |
2019 CAPHIA Award for PhD Excellence in Public Health Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australia |
2019 |
Early Care and Education SIG: Best Publication International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity |
2019 |
Early Career Research and Innovation Excellence Award School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle |
2018 |
Priority Research Centre in Health Behaviour, The University of Newcastle: Leading Female Researcher – PhD category Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
2017 |
2017 Paper of the Year Award – Higher Degree Research Student category - High Commendation School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle |
2015 |
National Excellence in Obesity Prevention Award NSW – awarded to Good for Kids. Good for Life team Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites (CO-OPS Collaboration) |
2014 |
Early Career Award for the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine in Groningen, The Netherlands International Society of Behavioral Medicine |
2013 |
NSW Health: Director General’s Award for Health Innovation Across the State – awarded to Good for Kids. Good for Life team NSW Health |
2013 |
NSW Health: Health Innovation Award for Health Living – awarded to Good for Kids. Good for Life team NSW Health |
2013 |
Hunter New England Local Health District: HNE Quality Awards – Keeping people healthy to avoid unnecessary hospitalisation Hunter New England Local Health District |
2008 |
Health Impact Assessment Award University of NSW: Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity |
2008 |
Healthcare Unit of the Year - HNE Health Staff Achievement Award - Awarded to the Good for Kids. Good for Life Team Hunter New England Area Health Service |
2008 |
Minister's NSW Aboriginal Health Award - Awarded to the Good for Kids. Good for Life Team NSW Government |
2008 |
FAME Food Marketing Awards - Awarded to the Good for Kids. Good for Life Team The Parents Jury |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (96 outputs)
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2024 |
Hodder RK, Vogel JP, Wolfenden L, Turner T, 'Living Systematic Reviews and Living Guidelines to Maintain the Currency of Public Health Guidelines', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 114 21-26 (2024)
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2024 |
Grady A, Jackson J, Wolfenden L, Lum M, Milat A, Bauman A, et al., 'Assessing the scalability of evidence-based healthy eating and physical activity interventions in early childhood education and care: A cross-sectional study of end-user perspectives', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48 100122-100122 (2024) [C1]
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2023 |
Finch M, Lum M, Yoong SL, Hodder RK, Grady A, Wolfenden L, 'Dissemination of public health research evidence and guidelines to Australian Early Childhood Education and Care staff: Views about source, content and format.', Health Promot J Austr, (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Barnes C, Turon H, McCrabb S, Hodder RK, Yoong SL, Stockings E, et al., 'Interventions to prevent or cease electronic cigarette use in children and adolescents.', Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 11 CD015511 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
McCrabb S, Hall A, Milat A, Bauman A, Hodder R, Mooney K, et al., 'Disseminating health research to public health policy-makers and practitioners: a survey of source, message content and delivery modality preferences.', Health Res Policy Syst, 21 121 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Grady A, Pearson N, Lamont H, Leigh L, Wolfenden L, Barnes C, et al., 'The Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve User Engagement With Digital Health Interventions Targeting Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Overweight and Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.', J Med Internet Res, 25 e47987 (2023) [C1]
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2022 |
Wolfenden L, Mooney K, Gonzalez S, Hall A, Hodder R, Nathan N, et al., 'Increased use of knowledge translation strategies is associated with greater research impact on public health policy and practice: an analysis of trials of nutrition, physical activity, sexual health, tobacco, alcohol and substance use interventions', HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS, 20 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Robson E, Kamper SJ, Lee H, Palazzi K, O'Brien KM, Williams A, et al., 'Compliance with telephone-based lifestyle weight loss programs improves low back pain but not knee pain outcomes: complier average causal effects analyses of 2 randomised trials.', Pain, 163 e862-e868 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Yoong SL, Turon H, Grady A, Hodder R, Wolfenden L, 'The benefits of data sharing and ensuring open sources of systematic review data', JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 44 E582-E587 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Wolfenden L, McCrabb S, Barnes C, O'Brien KM, Ng KW, Nathan NK, et al., 'Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco or alcohol use.', The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 8 CD011677 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Doherty E, Kingsland M, Wiggers J, Wolfenden L, Hall A, McCrabb S, et al., 'The effectiveness of implementation strategies in improving preconception and antenatal preventive care: a systematic review.', Implementation science communications, 3 121 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
da Silva PV, Kamper SJ, Robson E, Davidson SRE, Gleadhill C, Donald B, et al., '"Myths and Facts" Education Is Comparable to "Facts Only" for Recall of Back Pain Information but May Improve Fear-Avoidance Beliefs: An Embedded Randomized Trial', JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY, 52 586-594 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Chakraborty D, Bailey BA, Seidler AL, Yoong S, Hunter KE, Hodder RK, et al., 'Exploring the application of behaviour change technique taxonomies in childhood obesity prevention interventions: A systematic scoping review', Preventive Medicine Reports, 29 (2022) [C1] Behaviour change technique (BCT) taxonomies provide one approach to unpack the complexity of childhood obesity prevention interventions. This scoping review sought to examine how ... [more] Behaviour change technique (BCT) taxonomies provide one approach to unpack the complexity of childhood obesity prevention interventions. This scoping review sought to examine how BCT taxonomies have been applied to understand childhood obesity prevention interventions targeting children aged 12 years or under and/or their caregivers. A systematic search was conducted in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL and PROSPERO, to capture all eligible research up to February 2021. No limits were placed on country, language, publication dates, or full text availability. Eligible studies included any study design that applied a BCT taxonomy and evaluated behavioural childhood obesity prevention interventions targeting children aged 12 years or under and/or their parents or caregivers. Sixty-three records, describing 54 discrete studies were included; 32 applied a BCT taxonomy prospectively (i.e., to design interventions) and 23 retrospectively (i.e., to assess interventions), 1 study did both. There was substantial variation in the methods used to apply BCT taxonomies and to report BCT-related methods and results. There was a paucity of detail reported in how BCTs were selected in studies applying BCT taxonomies prospectively. Our review provides important insight into the application of BCT taxonomies in childhood obesity prevention and several ongoing challenges, pointing to the need for best practice reporting guidance.
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2022 |
Hodder RK, O'Brien KM, Lorien S, Wolfenden L, Moore THM, Hall A, et al., 'Interventions to prevent obesity in school-aged children 6-18 years: An update of a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis including studies from 2015-2021.', EClinicalMedicine, 54 101635 (2022) [C1]
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2021 |
McCarthy N, Hall A, Shoesmith A, Sutherland R, Hodder R, Campbell E, Nathan N, 'Australian children are not meeting recommended physical activity levels at school: Analysis of objectively measured physical activity data from a cross sectional study', PREVENTIVE MEDICINE REPORTS, 23 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Yoong SL, Hall A, Stacey F, Nathan N, Reilly K, Delaney T, et al., 'An exploratory analysis to identify behavior change techniques of implementation interventions associated with the implementation of healthy canteen policies', Translational Behavioral Medicine, 11 1606-1616 (2021) [C1] Empirical studies to disentangle the effects of multicomponent implementation interventions are needed to inform the development of future interventions. This study aims to examin... [more] Empirical studies to disentangle the effects of multicomponent implementation interventions are needed to inform the development of future interventions. This study aims to examine which behavior change techniques (BCTs) primarily targeting canteen manager are associated with school's healthy canteen policy implementation. This is a secondary data analysis from three randomized controlled trials assessing the impact of a "high,""medium,"and "low"intensity intervention primarily targeting canteen managers on school's implementation of a healthy canteen policy. The policy required primary schools to remove all "red"(less healthy items) or "banned"(sugar sweetened beverages) items from regular sale and ensure that "green"(healthier items) dominated the menu (>50%). The delivery of BCTs were retrospectively coded. We undertook an elastic net regularized logistic regression with all BCTs in a single model. Five k-fold cross-validation elastic net models were conducted. The percentage of times each strategy remained across 1,000 replications was calculated. For no "red"or "banned"items (n = 162), the strongest BCTs were: problem solving, goal setting (behavior), and review behavior goals. These BCTs were identified in 100% of replications as a strong predictor in the cross-validation elastic net models. For the outcome relating to >50% "green"items, the BCTs problem solving, instruction on how to perform behavior and demonstration of behavior were the strongest predictors. Two strategies were identified in 100% of replications as a strong (i.e., problem solving) or weak predictor (i.e., feedback on behavior). This study identified unique BCTs associated with the implementation of a healthy canteen policy.
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2021 |
Wiggers J, Tindall J, Hodder RK, Gillham K, Kingsland M, Lecathelinais C, 'Public opinion and experiences of crime two and five years following the implementation of a targeted regulation of licensed premises in Newcastle, Australia', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 40 489-498 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
O'Brien KM, Barnes C, Yoong S, Campbell E, Wyse R, Delaney T, et al., 'School-Based Nutrition Interventions in Children Aged 6 to 18 Years: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews', NUTRIENTS, 13 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Wolfenden L, Foy R, Presseau J, Grimshaw JM, Ivers NM, Powell BJ, et al., 'Designing and undertaking randomised implementation trials: guide for researchers', BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 372 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Barnes C, McCrabb S, Stacey F, Nathan N, Yoong SL, Grady A, et al., 'Improving implementation of school-based healthy eating and physical activity policies, practices, and programs: a systematic review', TRANSLATIONAL BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, 11 1365-1410 (2021) [C1]
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2020 |
McCarthy N, Hope K, Sutherland R, Campbell E, Hodder R, Wolfenden L, Nathan N, 'Australian primary school principals', teachers', and parents' attitudes and barriers to changing school uniform policies from traditional uniforms to sports uniforms', Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 17 1019-1024 (2020) [C1] Background: To determine Australian primary school principals', teachers', and parents' attitudes to changing school uniform policies to allow students to wear spor... [more] Background: To determine Australian primary school principals', teachers', and parents' attitudes to changing school uniform policies to allow students to wear sports uniforms every day and to assess associations between participant characteristics and their attitudes. A secondary aim was to identify principals' and teachers' perceived barriers to uniform changes. Methods: Cross-sectional surveys of principals, teachers, and parents of children in grades 2 to 3 (age 7-10 y) from 62 Australian primary schools (Oct 2017-Mar 2018) were undertaken. Mixed logistic regression analyses assessed the associations between participant characteristics and attitudes toward uniform changes. Results: In total, 73% of the principals (38/52) who responded reported that their school only allowed children to wear a sports uniform on sports days. Overall, 38% of the principals (18/47), 63% of the teachers (334/579), and 78% of the parents (965/1231) reported they would support a policy that allowed children to wear daily sports uniforms. The most commonly reported barrier was the perception that sports uniforms were not appropriate for formal occasions. Conclusions: Although the majority of the principals were not supportive of a change to a daily sports uniform, the majority of the teachers and parents were. Strategies to improve principal support may be required if broader adoption of physical activity-supporting uniforms is to be achieved.
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2020 |
Fehily CMC, Bartlem KM, Wiggers JH, Hodder RK, Gibson LK, Hancox N, Bowman JA, 'Uptake of a preventive care consultation offered to clients of a community mental health service', Preventive Medicine Reports, 18 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Fehily CMC, Bartlem KM, Wiggers JH, Wye PM, Clancy RV, Castle DJ, et al., 'Effectiveness of embedding a specialist preventive care clinician in a community mental health service in increasing preventive care provision: A randomised controlled trial', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54 620-632 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Nathan N, Murawski B, Hope K, Young S, Sutherland R, Hodder R, et al., 'The efficacy of workplace interventions on improving the dietary, physical activity and sleep behaviours of school and childcare staff: A systematic review', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 1-24 (2020) [C1] There is a need for effective interventions that improve the health and wellbeing of school and childcare staff. This review examined the efficacy of workplace interventions to im... [more] There is a need for effective interventions that improve the health and wellbeing of school and childcare staff. This review examined the efficacy of workplace interventions to improve the dietary, physical activity and/or sleep behaviours of school and childcare staff. A secondary aim of the review was to assess changes in staff physical/mental health, productivity, and students¿ health behaviours. Nine databases were searched for controlled trials including randomised and non-randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental trials published in English up to October 2019. PRISMA guidelines informed screening and study selection procedures. Data were not suitable for quantitative pooling. Of 12,396 records screened, seven articles (based on six studies) were included. Most studies used multi-component interventions including educational resources, work-based wellness committees and planned group practice (e.g., walking groups). Multiple outcomes were assessed, findings were mixed and on average, there was moderate risk of bias. Between-group differences in dietary and physical activity behaviours (i.e., fruit/vegetable intake, leisure-time physical activity) favoured intervention groups, but were statistically non-significant for most outcomes. Some of the studies also showed differences favouring controls (i.e., nutrient intake, fatty food consumption). Additional robust studies testing the efficacy of workplace interventions to improve the health of educational staff are needed.
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2020 |
Brown A, Barnes C, Byaruhanga J, McLaughlin M, Hodder RK, Booth D, et al., 'Effectiveness of technology-enabled knowledge translation strategies in improving the use of research in public health: Systematic review', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Yoong SL, Bolsewicz K, Grady A, Wyse R, Sutherland R, Hodder RK, et al., 'Adaptation of public health initiatives: expert views on current guidance and opportunities to advance their application and benefit', Health education research, 35 243-257 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Saragiotto BT, Kamper SJ, Hodder R, Silva PV, Wolfenden L, Lee H, et al., 'Interventions targeting smoking cessation for patients with chronic pain: An evidence synthesis', Nicotine and tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 22 135-140 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Fehily C, Ling R, Searles A, Bartlem K, Wiggers J, Hodder R, et al., 'An economic evaluation of a specialist preventive care clinician in a community mental health service: A randomised controlled trial', BMC Health Services Research, 20 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Shoesmith A, Hall A, Hope K, Sutherland R, Hodder RK, Trost SG, et al., 'Associations between in-school-hours physical activity and child health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in a sample of Australian primary school children', Preventive Medicine Reports, 20 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Robson EK, Hodder RK, Kamper SJ, O'Brien KM, Williams A, Lee H, et al., 'Effectiveness of weight-loss interventions for reducing pain and disability in people with common musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review with meta-analysis', Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 50 319-333 (2020) [C1] Objective: To assess the effectiveness of weight-loss interventions on pain and disability in people with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) and spinal pain. Design: Intervention sy... [more] Objective: To assess the effectiveness of weight-loss interventions on pain and disability in people with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) and spinal pain. Design: Intervention systematic review. Literature Search: Twelve online databases and clinical trial registries. Study Selection Criteria: Randomized controlled trials of any weight-loss intervention (eg, diet, physical activity, surgical, pharmaceutical) that reported pain or disability outcomes in people with knee or hip OA or spinal pain. Data Synthesis: We calculated mean differences or standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We used the Cochrane risk of bias tool to assess risk of bias and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation tool to judge credibility of evidence. Results: Twenty-two trials with 3602 participants were included. There was very low- to very low-credibility evidence for a moderate effect of weight-loss interventions on pain intensity (10 trials, n = 1806; SMD, -0.54; 95% CI: -0.86, -0.22; I2 = 87%, P<.001) and a small effect on disability (11 trials, n = 1821; SMD, -0.32; 95% CI: -0.49, -0.14; I2 = 58%, P <.001) compared to minimal care for people with OA. For knee OA, there was low- to moderate-credibility evidence that weight-loss interventions were not more effective than exercise only for pain intensity and disability, respectively (4 trials, n = 673; SMD, -0.13; 95% CI: -0.40, 0.14; I2 = 55%; 5 trials, n = 737; SMD, -0.20; 95% CI: -0.41, 0.00; I2 = 32%). Conclusion: Weight-loss interventions may provide small to moderate improvements in pain and disability for OA compared to minimal care. There was limited and inconclusive evidence for weight-loss interventions targeting spinal pain.
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2020 |
Nepal S, Kypri K, Tekelab T, Hodder RK, Attia J, Bagade T, et al., 'Effects of extensions and restrictions in alcohol trading hours on the incidence of assault and unintentional injury: Systematic review', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 81 5-23 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Hodder RK, O'Brien KM, Tzelepis F, Wyse RJ, Wolfenden L, 'Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Wolfenden L, Barnes C, Jones J, Finch M, Wyse RJ, Kingsland M, et al., 'Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Fehily C, Hodder R, Bartlem K, Wiggers J, Wolfenden L, Dray J, et al., 'The effectiveness of interventions to increase preventive care provision for chronic disease risk behaviours in mental health settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Preventive Medicine Reports, 19 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
Hodder RK, O'Brien KM, Stacey FG, Tzelepis F, Wyse RJ, Bartlem KM, et al., 'Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Williams A, van Dongen JM, Kamper SJ, O'Brien KM, Wolfenden L, Yoong SL, et al., 'Economic evaluation of a healthy lifestyle intervention for chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 23 621-634 (2019) [C1] Background: Economic evaluations which estimate cost-effectiveness of potential treatments can guide decisions about real-world healthcare services. We performed an economic evalu... [more] Background: Economic evaluations which estimate cost-effectiveness of potential treatments can guide decisions about real-world healthcare services. We performed an economic evaluation of a healthy lifestyle intervention targeting weight loss, physical activity and diet for patients with chronic low back pain, who are overweight or obese. Methods: Eligible patients with chronic low back pain (n¿=¿160) were randomized to an intervention or usual care control group. The intervention included brief advice, a clinical consultation and referral to a 6-month telephone-based healthy lifestyle coaching service. The primary outcome was quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Secondary outcomes were pain intensity, disability, weight and body mass index. Costs included intervention costs, healthcare utilization costs and work absenteeism costs. An economic analysis was performed from the societal perspective. Results: Mean total costs were lower in the intervention group than the control group (-$614; 95%CI: -3133 to 255). The intervention group had significantly lower healthcare costs (-$292; 95%CI: -872 to -33), medication costs (-$30; 95%CI: -65 to -4) and absenteeism costs (-$1,000; 95%CI: -3573 to -210). For all outcomes, the intervention was on average less expensive and more effective than usual care, and the probability of the intervention being cost-effective compared to usual care was relatively high (i.e., 0.81) at a willingness-to-pay of $0/unit of effect. However, the probability of cost-effectiveness was not as favourable among sensitivity analyses. Conclusions: The healthy lifestyle intervention seems to be cost-effective from the societal perspective. However, variability in the sensitivity analyses indicates caution is needed when interpreting these findings. Significance: This is an economic evaluation of a randomized controlled trial of a healthy lifestyle intervention for chronic low back pain. The findings suggest that a healthy lifestyle intervention may be cost-effective relative to usual care.
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2019 |
Nathan N, Janssen L, Sutherland R, Hodder RK, Evans CEL, Booth D, et al., 'The effectiveness of lunchbox interventions on improving the foods and beverages packed and consumed by children at centre-based care or school: a systematic review and meta-analysis', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 16 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Bailey JM, Bartlem KM, Wiggers JH, Wye PM, Stockings EAL, Hodder RK, et al., 'Systematic review and meta-analysis of the provision of preventive care for modifiable chronic disease risk behaviours by mental health services', Preventive Medicine Reports, 16 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Williams A, Lee H, Kamper SJ, O Brien KM, Wiggers J, Wolfenden L, et al., 'Causal mechanisms of a healthy lifestyle intervention for patients with musculoskeletal pain who are overweight or obese', Clinical Rehabilitation, 33 1088-1097 (2019) [C1] Purpose: To assess the causal mechanisms of a healthy lifestyle intervention for patients with chronic low back pain and knee osteoarthritis, who are overweight or obese. Methods:... [more] Purpose: To assess the causal mechanisms of a healthy lifestyle intervention for patients with chronic low back pain and knee osteoarthritis, who are overweight or obese. Methods: We conducted causal mediation analyses of aggregated data from two randomized controlled trials (RCTs); which included 160 patients with chronic low back pain, and 120 patients with knee osteoarthritis. The intervention consisted of brief advice and referral to a six-month telephone-based healthy lifestyle coaching service. We used causal mediation to estimate the indirect, direct and path-specific effects of hypothesized mediators including: self-reported weight, diet, physical activity, and pain beliefs. Outcomes were pain intensity, disability, and quality of life (QoL). Results: The intervention did not reduce weight, improve diet or physical activity or change pain beliefs, and these mediators were not associated with the outcomes. Sensitivity analyses showed that our estimates were robust to the possible effects of unknown and unmeasured confounding. Conclusions: Our findings show that the intervention did not cause a meaningful change in the hypothesized mediators, and these mediators were not associated with patient-reported outcomes.
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2019 |
Tzelepis F, Paul CL, Williams CM, Giligan C, Regan T, Daly J, et al., 'Real-time video counselling for smoking cessation', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Gilligan C, Wolfenden L, Foxcroft DR, Williams AJ, Kingsland M, Hodder RK, et al., 'Family-based prevention programmes for alcohol use in young people', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (2019) [C1]
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Wolfenden L, Reilly K, Kingsland M, Grady A, Williams CM, Nathan N, et al., 'Identifying opportunities to develop the science of implementation for community-based non-communicable disease prevention: A review of implementation trials', Preventive Medicine, 118 279-285 (2019) [C1] Implementation of interventions in community organisations such as schools, childcare centres, and sporting clubs are recommended to target a range of modifiable risks of non-comm... [more] Implementation of interventions in community organisations such as schools, childcare centres, and sporting clubs are recommended to target a range of modifiable risks of non-communicable diseases. Poor implementation, however, is common and has contributed to the failure of non-communicable disease interventions globally. This study aimed to characterise experimental research regarding strategies to improve implementation of chronic disease prevention programs in community settings. The review used data collected in three comprehensive systematic reviews undertaken between August 2015 and July 2017. Randomised controlled trials, including cluster design, and non-randomised trials with a parallel control group were included. The data were extracted to describe trial characteristics, implementation strategies employed, implementation outcomes and study quality. Of the 40 implementation trials included in the study, unhealthy diet was the most common risk factor targeted (n = 20). The most commonly reported implementation strategies were educational meetings (n = 38, 95%), educational materials (n = 36, 90%) and educational outreach visits (n = 29, 73%). Few trials were conducted ¿at-scale¿ (n = 8, 20%) or reported adverse effects (n = 5, 13%). The reporting of implementation related outcomes; intervention adoption (n = 13, 33%); appropriateness (n = 11, 28%); acceptability (n = 8, 20%); feasibility (n = 8, 20%); cost (n = 3, 8%); and sustainability (n = 2, 5%); was limited. For the majority of trials, risk of bias was high for blinding of study personnel/participants and outcome assessors. Testing of strategies to improve implementation of non-communicable disease prevention strategies in community settings, delivered ¿at-scale¿, utilising implementation frameworks, including a comprehensive range of implementation outcomes should be priority areas for future research in implementation science.
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Kamper SJ, Michaleff ZA, Campbell P, Dunn KM, Yamato TP, Hodder RK, et al., 'Back pain, mental health and substance use are associated in adolescents', Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 41 487-493 (2019) [C1] BACKGROUND: During adolescence, prevalence of pain and health risk factors such as smoking, alcohol use and poor mental health all rise sharply. The aim of this study was to descr... [more] BACKGROUND: During adolescence, prevalence of pain and health risk factors such as smoking, alcohol use and poor mental health all rise sharply. The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between back pain and health risk factors in adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional data from the Healthy Schools Healthy Futures study, and the Australian Child Wellbeing Project was used, mean age: 14-15 years. Children were stratified according to back pain frequency. Within each strata, the proportion of children that reported drinking alcohol or smoking or that experienced feelings of anxiety or depression was reported. Test-for-trend analyses assessed whether increasing frequency of pain was associated with health risk factors. RESULTS: Data was collected from ~2500 and 3900 children. Larger proportions of children smoked or drank alcohol within each strata of increasing pain frequency. The trend with anxiety and depression was less clear, although there was a marked difference between the children that reported no pain, and pain more frequently. CONCLUSION: Two large, independent samples show adolescents that experience back pain more frequently are also more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and report feelings of anxiety and depression. Pain appears to be part of the picture of general health risk in adolescents.
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Wolfenden L, Bolsewicz K, Grady A, McCrabb S, Kingsland M, Wiggers J, et al., 'Optimisation: Defining and exploring a concept to enhance the impact of public health initiatives', Health Research Policy and Systems, 17 (2019) [C1]
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O'Brien KM, Hodder RK, Wiggers J, Williams A, Campbell E, Wolfenden L, et al., 'Effectiveness of telephone-based interventions for managing osteoarthritis and spinal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis', PEERJ, 6 (2018) [C1]
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Hodder RK, Homer S, Freund M, Bowman JA, Lecathelinais C, Coly-Vas K, et al., 'The association between adolescent condom use and individual and environmental resilience protective factors', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 230-233 (2018) [C1] Objective: Individual and environmental resilience protective factors are suggested to be associated with adolescent condom use; however, previous studies have not comprehensively... [more] Objective: Individual and environmental resilience protective factors are suggested to be associated with adolescent condom use; however, previous studies have not comprehensively examined such associations. This study aimed to determine the associations between condom use, and numerous individual and environmental resilience protective factors in sexually active Australian adolescents. Methods: Participants were Grade 10 students attending 28 Australian government high schools (n=1,688). An online survey (2011) collected data regarding: sexual intercourse (past year), condom use and 14 individual and environmental resilience protective factors. Multivariable backward stepwise logistic regression models examined associations between student condom use and protective factors (total, subscale). Results: Only total environmental protective factors remained in the final total score model; students with higher total environmental protective factors scores were 2.59 times more likely to always use a condom(95%CI:1.80-3.74). Only three of 14 protective factor subscales were associated with a higher likelihood of always using a condom in the final subscale model (individual: goals/aspirations; environmental: community participation, pro-social peers). Conclusions: Total environmental and three protective factor subscales demonstrated prominent associations with consistent use of condoms in sexually active adolescents. Implications for public health: Consideration of particular resilience protective factors in adolescent sexual risk behaviour prevention, such as condom use, is warranted.
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O'Brien KM, Wiggers J, Williams A, Campbell E, Hodder RK, Wolfenden L, et al., 'Telephone-based weight loss support for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial', Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26 485-494 (2018) [C1] Objective: To determine the effectiveness of telephone-based weight loss support in reducing the intensity of knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis, who are overweight or... [more] Objective: To determine the effectiveness of telephone-based weight loss support in reducing the intensity of knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis, who are overweight or obese, compared to usual care. Design: We conducted a parallel randomised controlled trial (RCT), embedded within a cohort multiple RCT of patients on a waiting list for outpatient orthopaedic consultation at a tertiary referral hospital in NSW, Australia. Patients with knee osteoarthritis, classified as overweight or obese [body mass index (BMI) between =27 kg/m2 and <40 kg/m2] were randomly allocated to receive referral to an existing non-disease specific government funded 6-month telephone-based weight management and healthy lifestyle service or usual care. The primary outcome was knee pain intensity measured using an 11-point numerical rating scale (NRS) over 6-month follow-up. A number of secondary outcomes, including self-reported weight were measured. Data analysis was by intention-to-treat according to a pre-published analysis plan. Results: Between May 19 and June 30 2015, 120 patients were randomly assigned to the intervention (59 analysed, one post-randomisation exclusion) or usual care (60 analysed). We found no statistically significant between group differences in pain intensity [area under the curve (AUC), mean difference 5.4, 95%CI: -13.7 to 24.5, P = 0.58] or weight change at 6 months (self-reported; mean difference -0.4, 95%CI: -2.6 to 1.8, P = 0.74). Conclusions: Among patients with knee osteoarthritis who are overweight, telephone-based weight loss support, provided using an existing 6-month weight management and healthy lifestyle service did not reduce knee pain intensity or weight, compared with usual care. Trial registration number: ACTRN12615000490572
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Nathan N, Elton B, Babic M, McCarthy N, Sutherland R, Presseau J, et al., 'Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of physical activity policies in schools: A systematic review', Preventive Medicine, 107 45-53 (2018) [C1]
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Hodder RK, O'Brien KM, Stacey FG, Wyse RJ, Clinton-McHarg T, Tzelepis F, et al., 'Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under (Review)', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (2018) [C1]
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Williams A, Wiggers J, O'Brien KM, Wolfenden L, Yoong SL, Hodder RK, et al., 'Effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention for chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial.', Pain, 159 1137-1146 (2018) [C1]
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Hodder RK, Campbell E, Gilligan C, Lee H, Lecathelinais C, Green S, et al., 'Association between Australian adolescent alcohol use and alcohol use risk and protective factors in 2011 and 2014.', Drug and alcohol review, 37 Suppl 1 S22-S33 (2018) [C1]
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Wolfenden L, Goldman S, Stacey FG, Grady A, Kingsland M, Williams CM, et al., 'Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.', Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 11 CD012439 (2018) [C1]
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Stockings E, Bartlem K, Hall A, Hodder R, Gilligan C, Wiggers J, et al., 'Whole-of-community interventions to reduce population-level harms arising from alcohol and other drug use: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Addiction, 113 1984-2018 (2018) [C1]
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Hodder RK, Freund M, Bowman J, Wolfenden L, Campbell E, Dray J, et al., 'Differential intervention effectiveness of a universal school-based resilience intervention in reducing adolescent substance use within student subgroups: Exploratory assessment within a cluster-randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 8 (2018) [C1]
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O'Brien KM, van Dongen JM, Williams A, Kamper SJ, Wiggers J, Hodder RK, et al., 'Economic evaluation of telephone-based weight loss support for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial', BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 18 (2018) [C1]
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McLaren N, Kamper SJ, Hodder RK, Wiggers JH, Wolfenden L, Bowman J, et al., 'Increased Substance Use and Poorer Mental Health in Adolescents With Problematic Musculoskeletal Pain', Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 47 705-711 (2017) [C1]
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Wolfenden L, Nathan NK, Sutherland R, Yoong SL, Hodder RK, Wyse RJ, et al., 'Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting risk factors for chronic disease', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (2017) [C1]
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Hodder RK, Stacey FG, Wyse RJ, O'Brien KM, Clinton-McHarg T, Tzelepis F, et al., 'Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under', COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (2017) [C1]
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Dray J, Bowman J, Campbell E, Freund M, Hodder R, Wolfenden L, et al., 'Effectiveness of a pragmatic school-based universal intervention targeting student resilience protective factors in reducing mental health problems in adolescents', Journal of Adolescence, 57 74-89 (2017) [C1] Worldwide, 10¿20% of adolescents experience mental health problems. Strategies aimed at strengthening resilience protective factors provide a potential approach for reducing menta... [more] Worldwide, 10¿20% of adolescents experience mental health problems. Strategies aimed at strengthening resilience protective factors provide a potential approach for reducing mental health problems in adolescents. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a universal, school-based intervention targeting resilience protective factors in reducing mental health problems in adolescents. A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted in 20 intervention and 12 control secondary schools located in socio-economically disadvantaged areas of NSW, Australia. Data were collected from 3115 students at baseline (Grade 7, 2011), of whom 2149 provided data at follow up (Grade 10, 2014; enrolments in Grades 7 to 10 typically aged 12¿16 years; 50% male; 69.0% retention). There were no significant differences between groups at follow-up for three mental health outcomes: total SDQ, internalising problems, and prosocial behaviour. A small statistically significant difference in favour of the control group was found for externalising problems. Findings highlight the continued difficulties in developing effective, school-based prevention programs for mental health problems in adolescents. Trial registration ANZCTR (Ref no: ACTRN12611000606987).
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Hodder RK, Wolfenden L, Kamper SJ, Lee H, Williams A, O'Brien KM, Williams CM, 'Developing implementation science to improve the translation of research to address low back pain: A critical review', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 30 1050-1073 (2017) [C1]
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Lee H, Mansell G, McAuley JH, Kamper SJ, Hübscher M, Moseley GL, et al., 'Causal mechanisms in the clinical course and treatment of back pain', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 30 1074-1083 (2017) [C1]
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Thomas J, Noel-Storr A, Marshall I, Wallace B, McDonald S, Mavergames C, et al., 'Living systematic reviews: 2. Combining human and machine effort', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 91 31-37 (2017) [C1] New approaches to evidence synthesis, which use human effort and machine automation in mutually reinforcing ways, can enhance the feasibility and sustainability of living systemat... [more] New approaches to evidence synthesis, which use human effort and machine automation in mutually reinforcing ways, can enhance the feasibility and sustainability of living systematic reviews. Human effort is a scarce and valuable resource, required when automation is impossible or undesirable, and includes contributions from online communities (¿crowds¿) as well as more conventional contributions from review authors and information specialists. Automation can assist with some systematic review tasks, including searching, eligibility assessment, identification and retrieval of full-text reports, extraction of data, and risk of bias assessment. Workflows can be developed in which human effort and machine automation can each enable the other to operate in more effective and efficient ways, offering substantial enhancement to the productivity of systematic reviews. This paper describes and discusses the potential¿and limitations¿of new ways of undertaking specific tasks in living systematic reviews, identifying areas where these human/machine ¿technologies¿ are already in use, and where further research and development is needed. While the context is living systematic reviews, many of these enabling technologies apply equally to standard approaches to systematic reviewing.
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Akl EA, Meerpohl JJ, Elliott J, Kahale LA, Schünemann HJ, Agoritsas T, et al., 'Living systematic reviews: 4. Living guideline recommendations', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 91 47-53 (2017) [C1] While it is important for the evidence supporting practice guidelines to be current, that is often not the case. The advent of living systematic reviews has made the concept of ¿l... [more] While it is important for the evidence supporting practice guidelines to be current, that is often not the case. The advent of living systematic reviews has made the concept of ¿living guidelines¿ realistic, with the promise to provide timely, up-to-date and high-quality guidance to target users. We define living guidelines as an optimization of the guideline development process to allow updating individual recommendations as soon as new relevant evidence becomes available. A major implication of that definition is that the unit of update is the individual recommendation and not the whole guideline. We then discuss when living guidelines are appropriate, the workflows required to support them, the collaboration between living systematic reviews and living guideline teams, the thresholds for changing recommendations, and potential approaches to publication and dissemination. The success and sustainability of the concept of living guideline will depend on those of its major pillar, the living systematic review. We conclude that guideline developers should both experiment with and research the process of living guidelines.
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Simmonds M, Salanti G, McKenzie J, Elliott J, Agoritsas T, Hilton J, et al., 'Living systematic reviews: 3. Statistical methods for updating meta-analyses', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 91 38-46 (2017) [C1] A living systematic review (LSR) should keep the review current as new research evidence emerges. Any meta-analyses included in the review will also need updating as new material ... [more] A living systematic review (LSR) should keep the review current as new research evidence emerges. Any meta-analyses included in the review will also need updating as new material is identified. If the aim of the review is solely to present the best current evidence standard meta-analysis may be sufficient, provided reviewers are aware that results may change at later updates. If the review is used in a decision-making context, more caution may be needed. When using standard meta-analysis methods, the chance of incorrectly concluding that any updated meta-analysis is statistically significant when there is no effect (the type I error) increases rapidly as more updates are performed. Inaccurate estimation of any heterogeneity across studies may also lead to inappropriate conclusions. This paper considers four methods to avoid some of these statistical problems when updating meta-analyses: two methods, that is, law of the iterated logarithm and the Shuster method control primarily for inflation of type I error and two other methods, that is, trial sequential analysis and sequential meta-analysis control for type I and II errors (failing to detect a genuine effect) and take account of heterogeneity. This paper compares the methods and considers how they could be applied to LSRs.
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Elliott JH, Synnot A, Turner T, Simmonds M, Akl EA, McDonald S, et al., 'Living systematic review: 1. Introduction the why, what, when, and how', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 91 23-30 (2017) [C1] Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systema... [more] Systematic reviews are difficult to keep up to date, but failure to do so leads to a decay in review currency, accuracy, and utility. We are developing a novel approach to systematic review updating termed ¿Living systematic review¿ (LSR): systematic reviews that are continually updated, incorporating relevant new evidence as it becomes available. LSRs may be particularly important in fields where research evidence is emerging rapidly, current evidence is uncertain, and new research may change policy or practice decisions. We hypothesize that a continual approach to updating will achieve greater currency and validity, and increase the benefits to end users, with feasible resource requirements over time.
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Hodder RK, Freund M, Wolfenden L, Bowman J, Nepal S, Dray J, et al., 'Systematic review of universal school-based resilience interventions targeting adolescent tobacco, alcohol or illicit substance use: A meta-analysis', Preventive Medicine, 100 248-268 (2017) [C1] Universal school-based interventions that address adolescent ¿resilience¿ may represent a means of reducing adolescent substance use, however previous systematic reviews have not ... [more] Universal school-based interventions that address adolescent ¿resilience¿ may represent a means of reducing adolescent substance use, however previous systematic reviews have not examined the effectiveness of such an intervention approach. A systematic review was undertaken to 1) assess whether universal school-based ¿resilience¿ interventions are effective in reducing the prevalence of tobacco, alcohol or illicit substance use by adolescents, and 2) describe such effectiveness per intervention characteristic subgroups. Eligible studies were peer-reviewed reports (1994¿2015) of randomised controlled trials including participants aged 5¿18¿years that reported adolescent tobacco, alcohol or illicit substance use, and implemented a universal school-based ¿resilience¿ intervention (i.e. those addressing both individual (e.g. self-esteem) and environmental (e.g. school connectedness) protective factors of resilience). Trial effects for binary outcomes were synthesised via meta-analyses and effect sizes reported as odds ratios. Subgroup (by intervention type, prevention approach, setting, intervention duration, follow-up length) and sensitivity analyses (excluding studies at high risk of bias) were conducted. Nineteen eligible studies were identified from 16,619 records (tobacco: n¿=¿15, alcohol: n¿=¿17, illicit: n¿=¿11). An overall intervention effect was found for binary measures of illicit substance use (n¿=¿10; OR: 0.78, 95%CI: 0.6¿0.93, p¿=¿0.007,Tau2¿=¿0.0, I2¿=¿0%), but not tobacco or alcohol use. A similar result was found when studies assessed as high risk of bias were excluded. Overall intervention effects were evident for illicit substance use within multiple intervention characteristic subgroups, but not tobacco and alcohol. Such results support the implementation of universal school-based interventions that address ¿resilience¿ protective factors to reduce adolescent illicit substance use, however suggest alternate approaches are required for tobacco and alcohol use. PROSPERO registration: CRD42014004906.
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Hodder RK, Freund M, Bowman J, Wolfenden L, Campbell E, Dray J, et al., 'Effectiveness of a pragmatic school-based universal resilience intervention in reducing tobacco, alcohol and illicit substance use in a population of adolescents: cluster-randomised controlled trial', BMJ OPEN, 7 (2017) [C1]
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Dray J, Bowman J, Campbell E, Freund M, Wolfenden L, Hodder RK, et al., 'Systematic Review of Universal Resilience-Focused Interventions Targeting Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the School Setting', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 56 813-824 (2017) [C1] Objective To examine the effect of universal, school-based, resilience-focused interventions on mental health problems in children and adolescents. Method Eligible studies were ra... [more] Objective To examine the effect of universal, school-based, resilience-focused interventions on mental health problems in children and adolescents. Method Eligible studies were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of universal, school-based interventions that included strategies to strengthen a minimum of 3 internal resilience protective factors, and included an outcome measure of mental health problems in children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years. Six databases were searched from 1995 to 2015. Results were pooled in meta-analyses by mental health outcome (anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, hyperactivity, conduct problems, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and general psychological distress), for all trials (5-18 years). Subgroup analyses were conducted by age (child: 5-10 years; adolescent: 11-18 years), length of follow-up (short: post-=12 months; long: >12 months), and gender (narrative). Results A total of 57 included trials were identified from 5,984 records, with 49 contributing to meta-analyses. For all trials, resilience-focused interventions were effective relative to a control in reducing 4 of 7 outcomes: depressive symptoms, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and general psychological distress. For child trials (meta-analyses for 6 outcomes), interventions were effective for anxiety symptoms and general psychological distress. For adolescent trials (meta-analyses for 5 outcomes), interventions were effective for internalizing problems. For short-term follow-up, interventions were effective for 2 of 7 outcomes: depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms. For long-term follow-up (meta-analyses for 5 outcomes), interventions were effective for internalizing problems. Conclusion The findings may suggest most promise for using universal resilience-focused interventions at least for short-term reductions in depressive and anxiety symptoms for children and adolescents, particularly if a cognitive-behavioral therapy-based approach is used. The limited number of trials providing data amenable for meta-analysis for some outcomes and subgroups, the variability of interventions, study quality, and bias mean that it is not possible to draw more specific conclusions. Identifying what intervention qualities (such as number and type of protective factor) achieve the greatest positive effect per mental health problem outcome remains an important area for future research. Systematic review protocol and registration Systematic Review of Universal Resilience Interventions Targeting Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the School Setting; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0172-6; PROSPERO CRD42015025908.
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2016 |
Kingsland M, Wiggers JH, Vashum KP, Hodder RK, Wolfenden L, 'Interventions in sports settings to reduce risky alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm: a systematic review.', Systematic reviews, 5 12 (2016) [C1]
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Hodder RK, Freund M, Bowman J, Wolfenden L, Gillham K, Dray J, Wiggers J, 'Association between adolescent tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use and individual and environmental resilience protective factors.', BMJ Open, 6 e012688 (2016) [C1]
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Dray J, Bowman J, Freund M, Campbell E, Hodder R, Lecathelinais C, Wiggers J, 'Mental health problems in a regional population of Australian adolescents: association with socio-demographic characteristics', Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 10 32-43 (2016) [C1]
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Williams CM, Nathan NK, Wyse RJ, Yoong SL, Delaney T, Wiggers J, et al., 'Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting risk factors for chronic disease', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 (2015) This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The primary aims of the review are to examine the effectiveness of strategies aiming to ... [more] This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The primary aims of the review are to examine the effectiveness of strategies aiming to improve the implementation of school-based policies, programs or practices that aim to promote healthy or reduce unhealthy behaviours relating to child diet, physical activity, obesity, or tobacco or alcohol use. Secondary objectives of the review are to: examine the effectiveness of implementation strategies on health behavioural (e.g. fruit and vegetable consumption) and anthropometric outcomes (e.g. BMI, weight); describe the impact of such strategies on the knowledge, skills or attitudes of stakeholders involved in implementing health promoting policies, programs or practices; describe the cost or cost effectiveness of such strategies; describe any unintended adverse effects of strategies on schools, school staff or children.
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Dray J, Bowman J, Wolfenden L, Campbell E, Freund M, Hodder R, Wiggers J, 'Systematic review of universal resilience interventions targeting child and adolescent mental health in the school setting: Review protocol', Systematic Reviews, (2015) [C3] © 2015 Dray et al. Background: The mental health of children and adolescents is a key area of health concern internationally. Previous empirical studies suggest that resilience ma... [more] © 2015 Dray et al. Background: The mental health of children and adolescents is a key area of health concern internationally. Previous empirical studies suggest that resilience may act as a protective mechanism towards the development of mental health problems. Resilience refers to the ability to employ a collection of protective factors to return to or maintain positive mental health following disadvantage or adversity. Schools represent a potential setting within which protective factors of all children and adolescents may be fostered through resilience-focussed interventions. Despite this potential, limited research has investigated the effectiveness of universal school-based resilience-focussed interventions on mental health outcomes in children and adolescents. The objective of the present review is to assess the effects of universal school-based resilience-focussed interventions, relative to a comparison group, on mental health outcomes in children and adolescents. Methods/design: Eligible studies will be randomised (including cluster-randomised) controlled trials of universal interventions explicitly described as resilience-focussed or comprising strategies to strengthen a minimum of three internal protective factors, targeting children aged 5 to 18 years, implemented within schools, and reporting a mental health outcome. Screening for studies will be conducted across six electronic databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). Two reviewers will retrieve eligible articles, assess risk of bias, and extract data. Where studies are sufficiently homogenous and reported outcomes are amenable for pooled synthesis, meta-analysis will be performed. Narrative description will be used to synthesise trial outcome data where data cannot be combined or heterogeneity exists. Discussion: This review will aid in building an evidence base for the effectiveness of universal school-based resilience-focussed interventions and in doing so provide an opportunity to better inform the development of interventions to potentially prevent mental health problems in child and adolescent populations. Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42015025908
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Dray J, Bowman J, Freund M, Campbell E, Wolfenden L, Hodder RK, Wiggers J, 'Improving adolescent mental health and resilience through a resilience-based intervention in schools: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.', Trials, 15 289 (2014) [C3]
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Hodder RK, Freund M, Wolfenden L, Bowman J, Gillham K, Dray J, Wiggers J, 'Systematic review of universal school-based resilience interventions targeting adolescent tobacco, alcohol or illicit drug use: review protocol.', BMJ Open, 4 e004718 (2014) [C3]
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Bell AC, Wolfenden L, Sutherland R, Coggan L, Young K, Fitzgerald M, et al., 'Harnessing the power of advertising to prevent childhood obesity', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 10 (2013) [C1]
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Hodder RK, Freund MA, Bowman JA, Wolfenden L, Campbell EM, Wye PM, et al., 'A cluster randomised trial of a school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use in secondary school students: Study protocol', BMC Public Health, 12 1009 (2012) [C3]
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Hodder RK, Daly JB, Freund MA, Bowman JA, Hazell T, Wiggers JH, 'A school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use in high school students', BMC Public Health, 11 (2011) [C1]
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Wolfenden L, Kypri K, Freund MA, Hodder R, 'Obtaining active parental consent for school-based research: A guide for researchers', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33 270-275 (2009) [C1]
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Fehily C, Bartlem K, Wiggers J, Hodder R, Gibson L, Bowman J, 'Client uptake of and views towards a 'healthy lifestyle clinician' in a community mental health service', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE (2021)
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Grady A, Barnes C, Wolfenden L, Mclaughlin M, Delaney T, Finch M, et al., 'The effectiveness of strategies to improve user engagement with digital health interventions to improve risk factors for chronic disease: A systematic review', The effectiveness of strategies to improve user engagement with digital health interventions to improve risk factors for chronic disease: A systematic review, Prague (2020)
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Williams C, Kamper S, Michaleff Z, Campbell P, Wiggers J, Hodder R, Dunn K, 'ADVERSE HEALTH RISKS IN ADOLESCENTS WITH BACK PAIN', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE (2018)
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Hodder RK, Freund M, Bowman J, Wolfenden L, Gillham K, Dray J, Wiggers J, 'ADOLESCENT TOBACCO, ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG USE: DOES RESILIENCE MATTER?', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE, Brainerd, MN (2014)
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Dray J, Freund M, Bowman J, Campbell E, Wiggers J, Wollenden L, et al., 'MENTAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE IN ADOLESCENCE: A RESILIENCE-BASED INTERVENTION', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE (2014)
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Dray J, Freund M, Bowman J, Campbell E, Wiggers J, Wolfenden L, et al., 'Mental Health and Resilience in Adolescence: A resilience-based intervention', International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2014; 21(S1): S203., Groningen, The Netherlands (2014) [E3]
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2014 |
Freund M, Bowman J, Campbell E, Hodder R, Wiggers J, Gillham K, Gillham K, 'The Mental Health of Adolescents: What Differences Exist?', International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2014; 21(S1): S203., Groningen, The Netherlands (2014) [E3]
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2011 |
James EL, Wolfenden L, Wyse R, Britton B, Campbell K, Hodder R, et al., 'Interventions to increase fruit and vegetable consumption amongst preschool aged children: A systematic review of randomised trials', 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) eProceedings, Melbourne, VIC (2011) [E3]
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2009 |
Wyse R, Campbell EM, Wolfenden L, Hodder R, 'Policies and practices promoting physical activity in primary schools: A survey of principals from the Hunter New England area, NSW, Australia', 26th ACHPER International Conference: Creating Active Futures: Program & Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3]
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2007 |
Daly J, Freund MA, Wiggers J, Wells VL, Gillham K, 'The One Stop Shop Project - increasing school capacity to support student health and wellbeing, and its impact on student tobacco use (Poster)', Oceania Tobacco Control Conference: From Vision to Reality. Programme and Presentations, Auckland (2007) [E3]
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Preprint (2 outputs)
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2023 |
Grady A, Pearson N, Lamont H, Leigh L, Wolfenden L, Barnes C, et al., 'The Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve User Engagement With Digital Health Interventions Targeting Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Overweight and Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Preprint) (2023)
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2019 |
Brown A, Barnes C, Byaruhanga J, McLaughlin M, Hodder RK, Booth D, et al., 'Effectiveness of Technology-Enabled Knowledge Translation Strategies in Improving the Use of Research in Public Health: Systematic Review (Preprint) (2019)
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Report (11 outputs)
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2020 |
Hodder R, O'Brien K, Wolfenden L, Nathan N, Gilham K, Bowman J, et al., 'Evaluation of the Life Education Program in NSW', NSW Ministry of Health, 287 (2020)
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2020 |
Yoong SL, Tursan d Espaignet E, Wiggers J, St Claire S, Mellin-Olsen J, Grady A, et al., 'WHO tobacco knowledge summaries: tobacco and postsurgical outcomes', World Health Organization (2020)
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2019 |
Hodder R, Wolfenden L, O'Brien KM, Barnes C, Brown A, Stacey F, 'Effectiveness of obesity prevention approaches targeting children aged 5-12 delivered in primary schools: a rapid evidence review', Sax Institute (2019)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 45 |
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Total funding | $6,532,693 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20231 grants / $1,934,109
Getting quality evidence to policy makers and practitioners more quickly: Applying novel methods to identify effective, scalable interventions to prevent e-cigarette use in youth$1,934,109
Funding body: Department of Health and Aged Care
Funding body | Department of Health and Aged Care |
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Project Team | Professor Luke Wolfenden, Professor Emily Banks, Dr Serene Yoong, Doctor Anna Lene Seidler, Doctor Andrew Milat, Dr Anna Seidler, AProf Sze Yoong, Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Mr Andrew Milat, Doctor Sam McCrabb |
Scheme | MRFF - PPHRI - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2026 |
GNo | G2200769 |
Type Of Funding | C1300 - Aust Competitive - Medical Research Future Fund |
Category | 1300 |
UON | Y |
20225 grants / $2,005,452
Prevention Research Support Program$1,650,000
Funding body: NSW Ministry of Health
Funding body | NSW Ministry of Health |
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Project Team | Professor John Wiggers, Conjoint Professor David Durrheim, Doctor Alix Hall, Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Doctor Melanie Kingsland, Peter Massey, Associate Professor Nicole Nathan, Ms Penny Reeves, Associate Professor Rachel Sutherland, Associate Professor Flora Tzelepis, Associate Professor Christopher Williams, Professor Luke Wolfenden, Doctor Serene Yoong |
Scheme | Prevention Research Support Program (PRSP) |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2026 |
GNo | G2101299 |
Type Of Funding | C2300 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Own Purpose |
Category | 2300 |
UON | Y |
Implementation of person-centred cancer preventive care in mental health settings: perspectives of consumers and peer-workers$101,025
Funding body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Funding body | Hunter Medical Research Institute |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Caitlin Fehily, Doctor Kate Bartlem, Professor Jennifer Bowman, Doctor Julia Dray, Doctor Rebecca Hodder |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2024 |
GNo | G2200056 |
Type Of Funding | C3300 – Aust Philanthropy |
Category | 3300 |
UON | Y |
Learning health systems approach to optimise implementation of prevention programs$99,735
Funding body: The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre
Funding body | The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre |
---|---|
Project Team | A/Prof Serene Yoong, Dr Alice Grady, Dr Rebecca Hodder, Dr Luke Wolfenden, Prof Gary Sacks, A/Prof Hayley Christian, A/Prof John Wiggers, Dr Christopher Oldmeadow, Miss Melanie Lum, Ms Karen Gillham, Christine Innes-Hughes |
Scheme | Rapid Response Research Grant Program |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1700 - Aust Competitive - Other |
Category | 1700 |
UON | N |
Survey of chronic disease prevention programs in HNE primary and secondary schools$89,400
Funding body: Hunter New England Local Health District
Funding body | Hunter New England Local Health District |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Rebecca Hodder |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | G2200146 |
Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
Category | 2400 |
UON | Y |
Good Sports Proposal$65,292
Funding body: Alcohol and Drug Foundation Incorporated
Funding body | Alcohol and Drug Foundation Incorporated |
---|---|
Project Team | Professor Luke Wolfenden, Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Doctor Melanie Kingsland |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | G2201273 |
Type Of Funding | C1700 - Aust Competitive - Other |
Category | 1700 |
UON | Y |
20212 grants / $212,500
Formative evaluation of secondary school-based multiple risk program$208,000
Funding body: Hunter New England Local Health District
Funding body | Hunter New England Local Health District |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Rebecca Hodder |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | G2101201 |
Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
Category | 2400 |
UON | Y |
NCOIS national survey of school principals$4,500
Funding body: Mid North Coast Local Health District
Funding body | Mid North Coast Local Health District |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Rebecca Hodder |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | G2101149 |
Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
Category | 2400 |
UON | Y |
20201 grants / $9,500
Effectiveness of an adapted multicomponent intervention to increase school menu adherence with a new state-wide canteen policy$9,500
Funding body: Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Hodder RK, Wolfenden L, Nathan N |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20194 grants / $416,848
Improving the translation of school-based interventions targeting health risk behaviours for chronic disease$359,413
Funding body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Funding body | NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council) |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Rebecca Hodder |
Scheme | Early Career Fellowships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | G1800229 |
Type Of Funding | C1100 - Aust Competitive - NHMRC |
Category | 1100 |
UON | Y |
Effectiveness of obesity prevention approaches targeting children aged 5-12 in primary schools$31,250
Funding body: Health Administration Corporation
Funding body | Health Administration Corporation |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Professor Luke Wolfenden, Luke Wolfenden |
Scheme | NSW Government PMS Prequalification Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1900796 |
Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
Category | 2400 |
UON | Y |
Disseminating an efficacious healthy eating intervention to primary schools across the Hunter New England region$21,208
Funding body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Funding body | Hunter Medical Research Institute |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Rebecca Wyse, Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Associate Professor Rachel Sutherland, Associate Professor Nicole Nathan |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | G1901537 |
Type Of Funding | C3300 – Aust Philanthropy |
Category | 3300 |
UON | Y |
Implementation strategies to improve preconception and antenatal care for tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and weight management$4,977
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Project Team | 4. Doherty E, Kingsland M, Wolfenden L, Hollis J, Daly J, Bailey K, Dray J, Tully B, Attia J, Elliott E J, Hunter M, Symonds I, Tremain D, Hodder R |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20189 grants / $900,994
Increasing the implementation of mandatory physical activity policy in NSW primary schools across three NSW jurisdictions$490,000
Funding body: Medical Research Future Fund
Funding body | Medical Research Future Fund |
---|---|
Project Team | Nathan N, Gillham K, Bailey A, Kerr N, Kajons N, Wolfenden L, Sutherland R, Hodder RK, Oldmeadow C, Searles A, Reeves P |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1300 - Aust Competitive - Medical Research Future Fund |
Category | 1300 |
UON | N |
Using technology platforms to improve the use of chronic disease prevention services to reduce child obesity$200,000
Funding body: Medical Research Future Fund
Funding body | Medical Research Future Fund |
---|---|
Project Team | Wolfenden L, Sutherland R, Nathan N, Gillham K, Bailey A, Evans N, Searles A, Hodder RK, Yoong SZ, Oldmeadow C |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1300 - Aust Competitive - Medical Research Future Fund |
Category | 1300 |
UON | N |
Addressing the health risk behaviours of the education workforce: A program to enhance the wellbeing of primary school teachers$124,700
Funding body: Teachers Health Foundation
Funding body | Teachers Health Foundation |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Nicole Nathan, Professor Luke Wolfenden, Doctor Serene Yoong, Associate Professor Flora Tzelepis, Associate Professor Rachel Sutherland, Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Doctor Kathryn Reilly, Doctor Elaine Toomey |
Scheme | Research Funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | G1800853 |
Type Of Funding | C3200 – Aust Not-for Profit |
Category | 3200 |
UON | Y |
Enhancing Teacher's Health$70,000
Funding body: Hunter New England Population Health
Funding body | Hunter New England Population Health |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Nicole Nathan, Professor Luke Wolfenden, Doctor Serene Yoong, Associate Professor Flora Tzelepis, Associate Professor Rachel Sutherland, Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Doctor Kathryn Reilly, Doctor Elaine Toomey |
Scheme | Research Project |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | G1800924 |
Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
Category | 2400 |
UON | Y |
Assessment of parental attitudes and acceptability towards nutrition and canteen strategies targeting adolescents$4,900
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
‘Out of School Hours Care’ service compliance with nutrition guidelines to identify need for implementation intervention to increase compliance$4,848
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Project Team | Seward K, Hodder RK |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Travel award for International Congress of Behavioural Medicine$3,750
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Effectiveness of telephone-based interventions for managing osteoarthritis and spinal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis$1,546
Funding body: Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Hodder RK, O’Brien KM |
Scheme | Publication Scheme Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Publication Award$1,250
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Scheme | Publication award |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20174 grants / $310,977
Evaluation of the Life Education program New South Wales$263,000
Funding body: Health Administration Corporation
Funding body | Health Administration Corporation |
---|---|
Project Team | Professor John Wiggers, Doctor Rebecca Hodder |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1701028 |
Type Of Funding | C2300 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Own Purpose |
Category | 2300 |
UON | Y |
RWJF Living Systematic Review pilot study$44,277
Funding body: The Cochrane Collaboration
Funding body | The Cochrane Collaboration |
---|---|
Project Team | Doctor Rebecca Hodder, Professor Luke Wolfenden |
Scheme | Cochrane Evidence Crowds & Machine Reading |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | G1701200 |
Type Of Funding | C3500 – International Not-for profit |
Category | 3500 |
UON | Y |
Systematic review to examine the effectiveness of resilience interventions in reducing tobacco, alcohol and illicit substance use in children and adolescents with chronic pain$3,350
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
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Project Team | 17. Hodder RK, Lee H, Nathan N, Kamper S, Williams C |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Australasian Cochrane Symposium$350
Funding body: Cochrane Australia
Funding body | Cochrane Australia |
---|---|
Scheme | Invited plenary and sponsored symposium attendance |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C3212 - International Not for profit |
Category | 3212 |
UON | N |
20168 grants / $29,745
A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of physical activity policies and programs in schools and application to the Theoretical Domains Framework’$9,360
Funding body: HCRA Hunter Cancer Research Alliance
Funding body | HCRA Hunter Cancer Research Alliance |
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Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Not Known |
Category | UNKN |
UON | N |
Family-based prevention programs for alcohol use in young people$5,000
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviors
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviors |
---|---|
Project Team | Gilligan C, Wolfenden L, Wiggers J, Hodder R, Williams A, Kingsland M, Tindall J, Sherker S, Rae J, Stockings E, Foxcroft D |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Project Grant$5,000
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Project Team | Dray J, Bowman J, Wiggers J, Campbell E, Freund M, Hodder R, Lecathelinais C |
Scheme | Grant Funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
The association between adolescent tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use and individual and environmental resilience protective factors$2,590
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Project Team | Hodder R, Wiggers J, Freund M, Bowman J |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Project grant$2,160
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Project Team | O’Brien K, Williams C, Wiggers J, Campbell E, Hodder R |
Scheme | Grant Funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Travel award for International Congress of Behavioural Medicine$2,135
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
---|---|
Project Team | Hodder R, Wiggers J, Freund M, Bowman J |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Project Grant $2,000
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour |
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Project Team | Williams C, Lee H, Hodder R, Williams A, O’Brien K |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Travel scholarship for attendance at 42nd Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society$1,500
Funding body: Travel grant
Funding body | Travel grant |
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Scheme | Travel grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Not Known |
Category | UNKN |
UON | N |
20154 grants / $10,815
Investigating differential effectiveness within subgroups of a school-based resilience intervention in improving adolescent substance use$5,465
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB)
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB) |
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Project Team | Hodder R, Freund M, Campbell L, Wiggers J. |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Efficacy of a school-based resilience intervention in improving academic achievement and absenteeism$3,000
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB)
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB) |
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Project Team | Hodder R, Freund M, Campbell L, Wiggers J. |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Efficacy of a school-based resilience intervention in reducing weekly consumption tobacco and alcohol use$2,000
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB)
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB) |
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Project Team | Hodder R, Freund M, Campbell L, Wiggers J |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
“Turning research into reality: Implementation science for population health” $350
Funding body: Hunter Cancer Research Alliance
Funding body | Hunter Cancer Research Alliance |
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Project Team | R Hodder |
Scheme | Workshop attendance. 12th Behavioural Research in Cancer Control Conference |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Not Known |
Category | UNKN |
UON | N |
20141 grants / $1,500
Early Career Award for the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine$1,500
Funding body: International Society of Behavioral Medicine
Funding body | International Society of Behavioral Medicine |
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Project Team | R Hodder |
Scheme | Early career award |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C3212 - International Not for profit |
Category | 3212 |
UON | N |
20131 grants / $8,250
PRCHB Research Assistant Funding$8,250
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB)
Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour (CHB) |
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Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20104 grants / $367,250
Good for Kids. Good for Life Household Survey$150,000
Funding body: NSW Health, Centre for Health Advancement
Funding body | NSW Health, Centre for Health Advancement |
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Scheme | Research Project |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - State |
Category | 2OPS |
UON | N |
Good for Life Follow-Up Survey 2010 (additional funding)$116,000
Funding body: NSW Health, Centre for Health Advancement
Funding body | NSW Health, Centre for Health Advancement |
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Project Team | Wiggers J, Hodder R |
Scheme | Research Project |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C2220 - Aust StateTerritoryLocal - Other |
Category | 2220 |
UON | N |
PhD Scholarship: Effectiveness of a Resilience Intervention in Reducing Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Among Secondary School Students$67,500
Funding body: Australian Government
Funding body | Australian Government |
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Scheme | Australian Government |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Not Known |
Category | UNKN |
UON | N |
PhD Scholarship top up: Effectiveness of a Resilience Intervention in Reducing Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Among Secondary School Students$33,750
Funding body: Hunter New England Population Health
Funding body | Hunter New England Population Health |
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Project Team | R Hodder |
Scheme | Scholarship |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Local |
Category | 2OPL |
UON | N |
20091 grants / $324,753
Good for Kids. Good for Life Follow-Up Survey 2010$324,753
Funding body: NSW Health, Centre for Health Advancement
Funding body | NSW Health, Centre for Health Advancement |
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Project Team | Wiggers J, Hodder R |
Scheme | Research Project |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2009 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - State |
Category | 2OPS |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2021 | PhD | Identifying and Exploring The Evidence and Practice Gaps of Obesity Prevention Interventions in The Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Setting in Australia and Internationally | PhD (Public Health & BehavSci), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | Exploring the Potential of Secondary School-Based Programs that Address Multiple Health, Educational and Psycho-Social Outcomes | PhD (Public Health & BehavSci), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | Identifying International and Australian Priorities for School-Based Obesity Prevention Targeting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity | PhD (Public Health & BehavSci), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | Identifying Effective Behaviour Change Techniques to Facilitate Implementation of Nutrition, Physical Activity, Tobacco and Alcohol Use Prevention Programs in Children and Adolescents | PhD (Public Health & BehavSci), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Exploring the Use of e-Mental Health Tools in the Delivery of Mental Health Services | PhD (Psychology - Science), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2024 | PhD | Active School Uniforms: a Scalable Intervention to Improve Primary School Students' Physical Activity | PhD (Public Health & BehavSci), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2023 | PhD | A Practice Change Intervention to Increase the Provision of Antenatal Care Addressing Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy | PhD (Public Health & BehavSci), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2023 | PhD | Combined Management of Musculoskeletal Conditions and Lifestyle Risk Factors | PhD (Behavioural Science), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Translation of Chronic Disease Preventive Care Guidelines into Mental Health Service Delivery | PhD (Psychology - Science), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Telephone-Based Management for Patients with Osteoarthritis and Other Musculoskeletal Conditions | PhD (Behavioural Science), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2016 | Honours | Effectiveness of a universal school-based resilience intervention on secondary school student bullying | Psychology, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
News
News • 12 Sep 2018
Teen back pain linked to substance use
Adolescents with frequent back pain are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and report feelings of anxiety and depression, according to new research led by the University of Sydney and University of Newcastle (UON).
News • 16 Aug 2018
Funding success to address chronic disease
Researchers from the University of Newcastle have received more than $5.8 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), in addition to the $1.4 million for male and female health strategies announced earlier this week.
Dr Rebecca Hodder
Position
NHMRC Early Career Fellow
School of Medicine and Public Health
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Contact Details
rebecca.hodder@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4924 6297 |
Office
Room | 1190 |
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Building | Booth Building, Wallsend Campus |
Location | Hunter New England Population Health, Longworth Avenue Wallsend NSW 2287 , |