COMPaRE-PHC presentations

This page contains links to links to abstracts, slides, posters or audio (as available) of COMPaRE-PHC conference and other presentations.

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2016

Behaviour Change Conference: Digital Health and Wellbeing; London, 24 & 25 February 2016

Sarah Taki The development and application of an engagement index on the participants’ use of an infant feeding app: the Growing healthy program (poster)

Sarah Taki Exploration of mothers’ engagement with the Growing Healthy program: a week-by-week app to promote healthy infant feeding practices (poster)

Dietitians Association of Australia 33rd National Conference, Melbourne, 19-21 May 2016

Rachel Laws and Sarah Taki: Growing healthy

Nouhad El-Haddad: Readability and content analysis of lifestyle education resources for weight management in Australian general practice (poster)

Primary Health Care Research Conference, June Canberra 2016

Catherine Spooner et al: Self esteem and public distress experienced by of obese patients attending general practice in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas

Nighat Faruqi et al: Relationship of health literacy with diet and physical activity of obese patients attending general practice in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas (poster)

2015

Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 16-18 October 2015

Mark Harris et al: Obesity management in middle age adults with low health literacy in general practice: The Better Weight Management in General Practice Trial (poster)

Karen Campbell et al: Early life protein intake: food sources, correlates and tracking across the first five years of life

Nouhad El-Haddad et al: Readability and content analysis of lifestyle education resources for weight management in Australian general practice

Georgina Russell et al: Excess weight gain in infants: an exploration of the beliefs and behaviours of socioeconomically disadvantaged mothers

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson et al: Obesity prevention in infants using m-health: lessons from the Growing healthy program (poster)

Rachel Laws: From research to reality: The experience of translating the Infant Feeding, Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT) for community wide implementation

Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Melbourne, 7-9 December 2015

Mark Harris et al: Limitations experienced by general practitioners and nurses relating to health literacy and obesity management in primary health care

Jodi Gray et al: Experiencing obesity, seeking support in general practice

International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Meeting; Edinburgh, Scotland, 3-6 June 2015

Rachel Laws et al: Translating an early childhood obesity prevention program for local community delivery: The Melbourne Infant Program

Rachel Laws et al: Developing an mhealth intervention: Key challenges and lessons from Growing healthy (poster)

NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation, Sydney, 27-28 October 2015

Catherine Spooner et al: How can knowledge translation & exchange be supported by a multi-institution research centre? (poster)

Population Health Congress, Hobart, 6-9 September 2015

Jodi Gray et al: Weight management in general practice: piloting the Counterweight Program in Australia (poster)

Georgina Russell: Excess weight gain in infants: an exploration of the beliefs and behaviours of socioeconomnically disadvantaged mothers

Rachel Laws et al: Translating research interventions into real world practice: Lessons from the Infant Feeding, Activity and Nutrition Trial (InFANT) Program

Primary Health Care Research Conference, Adelaide, 29-31 July 2015

Mark Harris et al: Managing health literacy for weight loss in primary health care

Nighat Faruqi et al: Provision of preventive care activities for primary cardiovascular disease: results from a general practitioner clinical audit (poster)

Georgina Russell et al: Developing and using m-health interventions in PHC: lessons from the Growing healthy program

Jodi Gray et al: Engaging practice nurses in obesity management – a clinical academic partnership to pilot the Counterweight Program

Nouhad El-Haddad et al: Readability and content analysis of educational resources related to weight management in general practice

Catherine Spooner et al: Lessons from establishing and managing multi-institution centres of research excellence (poster)

Tresillian Annual Conference, Sydney 27 November 2015

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson Rethinking the focus of infant feeding advice

COMPaRE-PHC international visitor: Professor Susan Jebb 2015

Presentations relating to Professor Susan Jebb's visit to Australia in 2015 are available here.

2014

Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, 16-18 October 2014

Sarah Taki et al: Smartphone applications and websites on infant feeding: A systematic analysis of quality, suitability and comprehensibility (poster)

Nighat Faruqi et al: Better management of weight in general practice - study protocol

Nouhad El-Haddad et al: Improving health literacy for weight management in overweight or obese non-English speaking migrants in primary health care: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative data (poster)

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson et al: Growing healthy: A week by week, m-health intervention for parents of infants 0-9 months (poster)

Kylie Ball et al: Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity: Why do they arise, and what can we do about them?

GP14 The RACGP Conference for General Practice, Adelaide, 9-11 October 2014

Mark Harris: Implementation of NHMRC obesity guideline recommendations

International Conference on Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Biocultural, Relational and Spatial Perspectives, Cumbria, UK, June 2014

Sarah Taki et al: Effects of parent and child behaviours on weight in infants and young children from socioeconomically disadvantaged and Indigenous backgrounds

Rachel Laws et al: Obesity prevention in early life: The role and practice of Maternal and Child Health Nurses in Victoria, Australia (poster)

Primary Health Care Research Conference, Canberra, 23-25 July 2014

Mark Harris et al: Obesity prevention and management: Identifying needs and tailoring strategies in Medicare Locals and practices

Nouhad El-Haddad et al: The role of ethnicity in health literacy for weight management in migrants in primary health care (poster)

Nighat Faruqi et al: Weight loss interventions targeting knowledge and/or skills of overweight or obese patients in primary healthcare settings: a systematic review (poster)

Lin-Lee Yeong et al: Case study of GP attitudes and approaches to referral for obesity intervention in two NSW Medicare Locals

Sarah Taki et al: Parent and child effects on overweight and obesity in infants and young children from low socioeconomic and indigenous families: systematic review with narrative synthesis (poster)

TEDxBond University Innovation Alley, Gold Coast, May 2014

Sarah Taki et al: What's APPening in infant feeding? (poster)

Nouhad El-Haddad et al: The role of ethnicity in health literacy for weight management in migrants in primary health care

Symposium at Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, 8 October 2014

Mark Harris: Improving the effectiveness of primary healthcare with obese patients

UTS Science in Focus at UTS Sydney, 9 September 2014

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson: The case of prevention

COMPaRE-PHC international visitor: Professor Iain Broom, Feb-Mar 2014

Presentations relating to Professor Iain Broom's visit to Australia in 2014 are available here.

2013

Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 2013

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson et al. Assisting parents to prevent obesity in their young children: the COMPaRE-PHC early childhood research program (poster)

Nighat Faruqi et al. What health literacy interventions are effective in the primary healthcare settings in weight loss management – a systematic review

Rachel Laws et al. The effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy weight gain in infants and young children from socioeconomically disadvantaged and Indigenous families: A systematic review

Catherine Spooner et al: Centre for Obesity Management & Prevention Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (poster)

North American Primary Care Research Group Meeting (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2013

Mark Harris: Improving preventive care for patients with low health literacy in Australian General Practice

Primary Health Care Research Conference, Sydney 2013

Catherine Spooner et al: Establishment of multi-institution centres of research excellence—tips for new players

Guest lecture to Child and Family Health, October

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson: Assessing and managing excess weight in children (and a bit about babies as well)

UTSpeaks public lecture, Sydney, 18 September

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson et al: Fighting Fat (webcast)

Annual National Conference: CDM: Innovation, Adaptation & Evolution, Sydney, 22 August 2013

Mark Harris: Preventing chronic disease in primary health care especially for disadvantaged groups (keynote)

Radio interview on 2SER's Panacea Program, 13 August

Elizabeth Denney-Wilson: Fighting fat in children a weighty issue

COMPaRE-PHC international visitor: Dr William Dietz, July 2013

Presentations relating to Dr William Dietz's visit to Australia in July 2013 are available here

Public Seminar at Australian National University, Canberra, 28 June 2013

Mark Harris et al: Effective Weight Management in Primary Health Care: Multidisciplinary Solutions for a Wicked Problem?