Better evidence about wicked issues in tackling health inequities (2009)
Petticrew, Mark, Tugwell, Peter, Welch, Vivian, Ueffing, Erin, Kristjansson, Elizabeth, Armstrong, Rebecca, ...
Comorbidites of overweight/obesity experienced in adolescence : longitudinal study (2009)
Wake, Melissa, Centreford, Louise, Patton, George, Hesketh, Kylie, Hardy, Polly, Williams, Joanne, ...
Objectives: Adolescent obesity is linked to measurable, asymptomatic metabolic and cardiovascular precursors, but its associations with adolescents’ experienced health and morbidity is less...
How do school day activity patterns differ with age and gender across adolescence? (2009)
Olds, Tim, Wake, Melissa, Patton, George, Ridley, Kate, Waters, Elizabeth, Williams, Joanne, ...
PurposeA knowledge of how young people use their time could be instrumental in informing health interventions, modeling consumer behaviors, and planning service delivery. The aim of the present study...
Improving the reporting of public health intervention research: advancing TREND and CONSORT (2008)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Waters, Elizabeth, Moore, Laurence, Riggs, Elisha, Cuervo, Luis Gabriel, Lumbiganon, Pisake, ...
Background Evidence-based public health decision-making depends on high quality and transparent accounts of what interventions are effective, for whom, how and at what cost. Improving the quality of...
Davis, Elise, Davies, Belinda, Cook, Kay, Waters, Elizabeth, Gibbs, Lisa, Priest, Naomi
Social exclusion is a risk factor for mental health problems. This study aims to identify the factors that contribute to social exclusion for children from several cultural backgrounds, living in...
Moving towards increased cultural competency in public health research (2008)
Gibbs, Lisa, Waters, Elizabeth, Renzaho, Andre, Kulkens, Maree
There has been a renewed focus in recent decades on collaborative approaches in community-based public health research and interventions. This is an important grounding for addressing the needs of...
The nature of evidence resources and knowledge translation for health promotion practitioners (2007)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Waters, Elizabeth, Crockett, Belinda, Keleher, Helen
Governments and other public health agencies have become increasingly interested in evidence-informed policy and practice. Translating research evidence into programmatic change has proved...
Waters, Elizabeth, Priest, Naomi, Armstrong, Rebecca, Oliver, Sandy, Baker, Philip, McQueen, David, ...
Evidence-informed practice is a key component of public health and the focus of much discussion, of which the nature of evidence and how it is best gathered and appraised has formed a large part....
Waters, Elizabeth, Armstrong, Rebecca
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit organisation that aims to produce high quality systematic reviews of the effectiveness of health interventions. This work is conducted by 51...
How should activity guidelines for young people be operationalised? (2007)
Olds, Tim, Ridley, Kate, Wake, Melissa, Hesketh, Kylie, Waters, Elizabeth, Patton, George, ...
If guidelines regarding recommended activity levels for young people are to be meaningful and comparable, it should be clear how they are operationalised. It is usually open to interpretation whether...
How should activity guidelines for young people be operationalised? (2007)
Olds, Timothy S, Ridley, Kate, Wake, Melissa, Hesketh, Kylie, Waters, Elizabeth, Patton, G, ...
Davis, Elise, Nicolas, Caroline, Waters, Elizabeth, Cook, Kay, Gibbs, Lisa, Gosch, Angela, ...
Background: Although parent-proxy reports of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are only moderately correlated with child reported HRQOL, it remains unknown why these scores differ. The aim of...
Psychometric properties of the quality of life questionnaire for children with CP (2007)
Waters, Elizabeth, Davis, Elise, Mackinnon, A., Boyd, R., Kerr, G., Lo, Sing Kai, ...
This paper describes the development and psychometric properties of a condition-specific quality of life instrument for children with cerebral palsy (CP QOL-Child). A sample of 205 primary caregivers...
How should activity guidelines for young people be operationalised? (2007)
Olds, Tim, Ridley, Kate, Wake, Melissa, Hesketh, Kylie, Waters, Elizabeth, Patton, George, ...
Background: If guidelines regarding recommended activity levels for young people are to be meaningful and comparable, it should be clear how they are operationalised. It is usually open to...
Hesketh, Kylie, Wake, Melissa, Graham, Melissa, Waters, Elizabeth
BackgroundWhile much cross-sectional data is available, there have been few longitudinal investigations of patterns of electronic media use in children. Further, the possibility of a bi-directional...
Waters, Elizabeth, Priest, Naomi, Armstrong, Rebecca, Oliver, Sandy, Baker, Philip, McQueen, David, ...
Evidence-informed practice is a key component of public health and the focus of much discussion, of which the nature of evidence and how it isbest gathered and appraised has formed a large part....
Addressing the potential adverse effects of school-based BMI assessments on children (2007)
Gibbs, Lisa, O`Connor, Thea, Waters, Elizabeth, Booth, Michael, Walsh, Orla, Green, Julie, ...
Introduction. Do child obesity prevention research and intervention measures have the potential to generate adverse concerns about body image by focussing on food, physical activity and body weight?...
Obesity prevention programs demand high-quality evaluations (2007)
Swinburn, Boyd, Bell, Colin, King, Lesley, Magarey, Anthea, O`Brien, Kerrry, Waters, Elizabeth
Obesity prevention programs are at last underway or being planned in Australia and New Zealand. However, it is imperative that they are well-evaluated so that they can contribute to continuous...
Waters, Elizabeth, Armstrong, Rebecca
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit organisation that aims to produce high quality systematic reviews of the effectiveness of health interventions. This work is conducted by 51...
How should activity guidelines for young people be operationalised? (2007)
Olds, Timothy S, Ridley, Kate, Wake, Melissa, Hesketh, Kylie, Waters, Elizabeth, Patton, G, ...
Multi-sectoral health promotion and public health : the role of evidence (2006)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Doyle, Jodie, Lamb, Chris, Waters, Elizabeth
Background Evidence-informed health promotion and public health is an emerging and ever-changing theme in research and practice. A collaborative approach to gathering and applying evidence is crucial...
The role and theoretical evolution of knowledge translation and exchange in public health (2006)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Waters, Elizabeth, Roberts, Helen, Oliver, Sandy, Popay, Jennie
Background There is an increased emphasis in public health research on effective models and strategies to support knowledge translation (KT), the exchange, synthesis and ethically sound application...
Multi-sectoral health promotion and public health: the role of evidence (2006)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Doyle, Jodie, Lamb, Chris, Waters, Elizabeth
Background Evidence-informed health promotion and public health is an emerging and ever-changing theme in research and practice. A collaborative approach to gathering and applying evidence is crucial...
The role and theoretical evolution of knowledge translation and exchange in public health (2006)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Waters, Elizabeth, Roberts, Helen, Oliver, Sandy, Popay, Jennie
Background There is an increased emphasis in public health research on effective models and strategies to support knowledge translation (KT), the exchange, synthesis and ethically sound application...
Davis, Elise, Waters, Elizabeth, Mackinnon, Andrew, Reddihough, Dinah, Graham, H. Kerr, Mehmet-Radji, Ozlem, ...
With an increasing number of paediatric quality of life (QOL) instruments being developed, it is becoming difficult for researchers and clinicians to select the most appropriate instrument. Reviews...
Waters, Elizabeth, Doyle, Jodie, Jackson, Nicki, Howes, Faline, Brunton, Ginny, Oakley, Ann
Public health decision makers, funders, practitioners, and the public are increasingly interested in the evidence that underpins public health decision making. Decisions in public health cover a vast...
Priest, Naomi, Waters, Elizabeth
Background and Aims: There is a lack of literature on the evaluation of programmes addressing the motor and sensory development of preschool children. This paper presents and discusses an exploratory...
The role and theoretical evolution of knowledge translation and exchange in public health (2006)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Waters, Elizabeth, Roberts, Helen, Oliver, Sandy, Popay, Jennie
Background There is an increased emphasis in public health research on effective models and strategies to support knowledge translation (KT), the exchange, synthesis and ethically sound application...
Rikard-Bell, G., Waters, Elizabeth, Ward, J.
We report within a case study a reproducible process to facilitate the explicit incorporation of evidence by a multidisciplinary group into clinical policy development. To support the decision-making...
Early childhood caries: current evidence for aetiology and prevention (2006)
Gussy, Mark, Waters, Elizabeth, Walsh, Orla, Kilpatrick, Nicola
Background: Despite the fact that it is largely preventable, dental caries (decay) remains one of the most common chronic diseases of early childhood. Dental decay in young children frequently leads...
Gussy, M. G., Waters, Elizabeth, Kilpatrick, N. M.
Objective To explore the oral health beliefs and practices of primary health care professionals which may act as barriers to the development of a model of shared care for the oral health of...
McCallum, Z., Wake, M., Gerner, B., Baur, L. A., Gibbons, K., Gold, Lisa, ...
OBJECTIVES: To reduce gain in body mass index (BMI) in overweight/mildly obese children in the primary care setting.DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial (RCT) nested within a baseline cross-sectional...
Multi-sectoral health promotion and public health : the role of evidence (2006)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Doyle, Jodie, Lamb, Chris, Waters, Elizabeth
Background Evidence-informed health promotion and public health is an emerging and ever-changing theme in research and practice. A collaborative approach to gathering and applying evidence is crucial...
Early childhood caries: Current evidence for aetiology and prevention (2006)
GUSSY, MARK, Waters, Elizabeth, Walsh, Orla, Kilpatrick, Nicola Mary
The role and theoretical evolution of knowledge translation and exchange in public health (2006)
Armstrong, Rebecca, Waters, Elizabeth, Roberts, Helen, Oliver, Sandy, Popay, Jennie
Background There is an increased emphasis in public health research on effective models and strategies to support knowledge translation (KT), the exchange, synthesis and ethically sound application...
Early childhood caries: Current evidence for aetiology and prevention (2006)
GUSSY, MARK, Waters, Elizabeth, Walsh, Orla, Kilpatrick, Nicola Mary
What works at enhancing health equity? Cochrane and Campbell collaboration evidence base (2005)
Robinson, V., Tugwell, P., Petticrew, M., Kristjansson, E., Waters, Elizabeth, Cuervo, L., ...
Evidence-based public health: what does it offer developing countries? (2005)
McMichael, Celia, Waters, Elizabeth, Volmink, Jimmy
The global burden of disease and illness is primarily situated in developing countries. As developing countries have limited resources, it is particularly important to invest in public health and...
Evidence-based public health: what does it offer developing countries? (2005)
McMichael, Celia, Waters, Elizabeth, Volmink, Jimmy
The global burden of disease and illness is primarily situated in developing countries. As developing countries have limited resources, it is particularly important to invest in public health and...
New condition specific quality of life scale for children with cerebral palsy (2005)
Waters, Elizabeth, Davis, Elise, Reddihough, Dinah, Graham, H. Kerr, Mackinnon, Andrew, Wolfe, Rory, ...
Armstrong, Rebecca, Jackson, Nicki, Doyle, Jodie, Waters, Elizabeth, Howes, Faline
Background While there is an emerging evidence base in public health, the evidence can often be difficult to find. Indexing of journals in MEDLINE has assisted those conducting systematic reviews to...
Toumbourou, John, Williams, Joanne, Patton, George, Waters, Elizabeth
This chapter examines the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions aiming to reduce drug-related harm by improving conditions for healthy develeopment in the earliest years through...
Gibbs, Lisa, Waters, Elizabeth, Sherrard, J., Ozanne-Smith, J., Robinson, J., Young, S., ...
Objectives: To develop an understanding of factors acting as barriers and motivators to parental uptake of child poison safety strategies.Design: A qualitative study involving semistructured...
Population health and wellbeing: identifying priority areas for Victorian children (2005)
Davis, Elise, Waters, Elizabeth, Wake, Melissa, Goldfeld, Sharon, Williams, Joanne, Mehmet-Radji, Ozlem, ...
BackgroundPopulation health information, collected using soundly-designed methodologies, is essential to inform policy, research, and intervention programs. This study aimed to derive policy-oriented...
Waters, Elizabeth, Davis, Elise, Salmon, L., Riddihough, Dinah, Boyd, Roslyn
Background: Although there is increasing recognition that quality of life (QOL) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are important outcome variables in clinical trials for children with...
Doyle, Jodie, Waters, Elizabeth, Yach, Derek, McQueen, David, De Francisco, Andres, Stewart, Tony, ...
Background: Systematic reviews of health promotion and public health interventions are increasingly being conducted to assist public policy decision making. Many intra-country initiatives have been...
Armstrong, Rebecca, Jackson, Nicki, Doyle, Jodie, Waters, Elizabeth, Howes, Faline
Background While there is an emerging evidence base in public health, the evidence can often be difficult to find. Indexing of journals in MEDLINE has assisted those conducting systematic reviews to...
Health-related quality of life of overweight and obese children (2005)
Williams, Joanne, Wake, Melissa, Hesketh, Kylie, Maher, Elise, Waters, Elizabeth
Context: The negative effects of childhood overweight and obesity on quality of life (QOL) have been shown in clinical samples but not yet in population-based community samples.Objective: To...
Evidence-based public health: what does it offer developing countries? (2005)
McMichael, Celia, Waters, Elizabeth, Volmink, Jimmy
The global burden of disease and illness is primarily situated in developing countries. As developing countries have limited resources, it is particularly important to invest in public health and...
Criteria for the systematic review of health promotion and public health interventions (2005)
Jackson, N., Waters, Elizabeth
Systematic reviews of public health interventions are fraught with challenges. Complexity is inherent; this may be due to multi-component interventions, diverse study populations, multiple outcomes...
Hesketh, Kylie, Waters, Elizabeth, Green, J., Salmon, L., Williams, J.
Preventative health strategies incorporating the views of target participants have improved the likelihood of success. This qualitative study aimed to elicit child and parent views regarding social...
Jackson, N.W., Howes, F.S., Gupta, S., Doyle, Jodie, Waters, Elizabeth
The sport and recreation sector is viewed as a priority area for increasing rates of physical activity. Participation rates have been shown to be lower in females, decline with age, and are reduced...
Jackson, N. W., Howes, F. S., Gupta, S., Doyle, Jodie, Waters, Elizabeth
BackgroundSporting organisations provide an important setting for health promotion strategies that involve policies, communication of healthy messages and creation of health promoting environments....
McCallum, Zoë, Wake, Melissa, Gerner, Bibi, Harris, Claire, Gibbons, Kay, Gunn, Jane, ...
Background: General practitioners (GPs) could make an important contribution to management of childhood overweight. However, there are no efficacy data to support this, and the feasibility of this...
Interventions for preventing obesity in children (Review) (2005)
Summerbell, C., Waters, Elizabeth, Edmunds, L., Kelly, S., Brown, T., Campbell, Karen
BackgroundObesity prevention is an international public health priority. The prevalence of obesity and overweight is increasing in child populations throughout the world, impacting on short and...
Green, Julie, Howes, Faline, Waters, Elizabeth, Davis, Elise, Oberklaid, Frank
Schools are key settings for promoting the social and emotional health and well-being of children. This study investigated the effectiveness of interventions to improve the social and emotional...
A new condition specific quality of life scale for children with cerebral palsy (2005)
Waters, Elizabeth, Davis, Elise, Reddihough, Dinah, Graham, H. Kerr, Mackinnon, Andrew, Wolfe, Rory, ...
What works at enhancing health equity? Cochrane and Campbell collaboration evidence base (2005)
Robinson, V., Tugwell, P., Petticrew, M., Kristjansson, E., Waters, Elizabeth, Cuervo, L., ...
Evidence-based public health: what does it offer developing countries? (2005)
McMichael, Celia, Waters, Elizabeth, Volmink, Jimmy
The global burden of disease and illness is primarily situated in developing countries. As developing countries have limited resources, it is particularly important to invest in public health and...
Population health and wellbeing: identifying priority areas for Victorian children (2005)
Elise Davis, Elizabeth Waters, Melissa Wake, Sharon Goldfeld, Joanne Williams, Ozlem Mehmet-Radji, ...
In contrast to previous population survey programs nationally and internationally, this study seeks to extract contemporary policy-oriented domains for inclusion in a strategic program of child...
Population health and wellbeing: identifying priority areas for Victorian children (2005)
Elise Davis, Elizabeth Waters, Melissa Wake, Sharon Goldfeld, Joanne Williams, Ozlem Mehmet-Radji, ...
In contrast to previous population survey programs nationally and internationally, this study seeks to extract contemporary policy-oriented domains for inclusion in a strategic program of child...
Population health and wellbeing: identifying priority areas for Victorian children (2005)
Elise Davis, Elizabeth Waters, Melissa Wake, Sharon Goldfeld, Joanne Williams, Ozlem Mehmet-Radji, ...
In contrast to previous population survey programs nationally and internationally, this study seeks to extract contemporary policy-oriented domains for inclusion in a strategic program of child...
The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia: A review of the evidence. (2004)
Loxley, Wendy, Toumbouro, John, Ryder, David, Stockwell, Tim, Haines, Ben, Scott, Katie, ...
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Hesketh, Kylie, Wake, M., Waters, Elizabeth
OBJECTIVE: To clarify relationships between body mass index (BMI) and self-esteem in young children at a population level. To assess whether low self-esteem precedes or follows development of...
Hesketh, Kylie, Wake, Melissa, Waters, Elizabeth, Carlin, John, Crawford, David
Objective: To investigate the prevalence and incidence of overweight and obesity, the frequency of overweight resolution and the influence of parental adiposity during middle childhood.Design: As...
A glossary for evidence based public health (2004)
Rychetnik, Lucie, Hawe, Penelope, Waters, Elizabeth, Barratt, Alexandra, Frommer, Michael
This glossary seeks to define and explain some of the main concepts underpinning evidence based public health. It draws on the published literature, experience gained over several years analysis of...
Waters, Elizabeth, Stewart-Brown, S, Fitzpatrick, R
Objective To examine parent and adolescent agreement on physical, emotional, mental and social health and well-being in a representative population.Methodology An epidemiological design was used to...
Evidence-based paediatric practice and its relation to the Cochrane Collaboration (2003)
Focuses on the relation between evidence-based pediatric practice and the Cochrane Collaboration on health care. Formation of the collaboration; Aim of Cochrane Collaboration; Reaction of...
Television, computer use and body mass index in Australian primary school children (2003)
Wake, M., Hesketh, Kylie, Waters, Elizabeth
Objective: To investigate relationships between children's body mass index (BMI) and parent reports of children's television and video game/computer habits, controlling for other potential risk...
Green, Julie, Waters, Elizabeth, Haikerwal, A, ONeill, C, Raman, S, Booth, M, ...
Aim: This study set out to examine the socio-cultural, familial and environmental factors influencing health, eating habits and patterns of physical activity contributing to child and adolescent...
A review of epidemiological studies on children`s health and wellbeing (2003)
Maher, Elise, Waters, Elizabeth, Wake, Melissa, Goldfeld, Sharon, Williams, Joanne, Okerlaid, Frank
New epidemiological studies on children's health and wellbeing are essential to guide policy development. To ensure that these studies are based on the current conceptualisation of health, they...
Wake, M., Salmon, L., Waters, Elizabeth, Wright, M., Hesketh, Kylie
Introduction: Childhood overweight/obesity is associated with poor physical and psychosocial health in clinical samples. However, there is little information on the health status of overweight and...
Family and carer smoking control programmes for reducing children (2002)
Roseby, Rob, Waters, Elizabeth, Polnay, Adam, Campbell, Rona, Webster, Premila, Spencer, Nick
Background: Exposure to other people’s cigarette smoke (environmental tobacco smoke, or ETS) is an important child health issue.Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of interventions...
Waters, Elizabeth, Salmon, Louisa A., Wake, Melissa, Wright, Martin, Hesketh, Kylie
Purpose: To evaluate a new generic measure of adolescent health status, the self-report version of the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ), and provide population-based data. Furthermore, we aimed to...
Interventions for preventing obesity in childhood. A systematic review (2001)
Campbell, Karen, Waters, Elizabeth, O'Meara, S., Summerbell, C.
Background The prevalence of obesity and overweight is increasing worldwide. Obesity in children impacts on their health in both short- and long-term. Obesity prevention strategies are poorly...
Oliver, Sandy, Oakley, L, Lumley, J, Waters, Elizabeth
Objectives: To increase a review's relevance to practitioners and service users and identify the implications for systematic review methodology. Methods: A systematic review of the...
Interventions for educating children who have attended the emergency room for asthma (Review) (2001)
Haby, Michelle, Waters, Elizabeth, Robertson, Colin, Gibson, Peter G., Ducharme, Francine M.
Background: Asthma is one of the most common reasons for paediatric admissions to hospital, with substantial cost to the community. There is some evidence to suggest that many hospital admissions...
Waters, Elizabeth, Salmon, Louisa, Wake, Melissa
Objective: To improve the ability to describe and compare child health within and between countries, using standardized multidimensional child health measures. Methods: Data on population-specific...