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School of Population Health
School of Population Health
Staff Profile

A/Prof Elizabeth Eakin

Position: Principal Research Fellow

Phone: +61 7 334 64692

Fax: +61 7 336 55540

Email: e.eakin@uq.edu.au

 

Location: 334

Building: Public Health Building

Centre or Group: Cancer Prevention Research Centre

Biography:

A/Prof Elizabeth Eakin is a Principal Research Fellow in the Cancer Prevention Research Centre of the School of Population Health at the University of Queensland. She holds an NHMRC Career Development Award in Population Health (2003 – 2007), is the immediate past president of the Australasian Society for Behavioural Health & Medicine, and is the former Head of the Behavioural Science Unit in the Viertel Centre for Research in Cancer Control at the Queensland Cancer Fund. Over the past 15 years, she has built a program of research in behavioural approaches to chronic disease prevention and management, with an emphasis on physical activity and dietary behaviour interventions. Her program emphasises broadly applicable intervention models and delivery mechanisms that have the potential to reach large segments of the population, especially hard-to-reach subgroups who have numerous barriers to accessing existing community services/supports. A/Prof Eakin has collaborations with a number of key Australian and international behavioural science research teams and is currently a chief investigator on 4 grants, including those funded by the NHMRC, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and Queensland Health.

Research Interests:

  • Cancer Prevention
  • Health Behaviour Interventions
  • Nutrition
  • Physical Activity

 

Publications

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  • Beesley VL, Janda M, Eakin EG, Auster JF, Chambers SK, Aitken J, et al. Gynaecological cancer survivors and community support services: referral, awareness, utilisation and satisfaction. Psycho-Oncology. in press; .
  • Ferney SL, Marshall AL, Eakin EG, Owen N. Randomized trial of a neighborhood environment-focused physical activity website intervention. Preventive Medicine. 2009; 48(2):144-150.
  • Eakin E, Reeves M, Lawler S, Graves N, Oldenburg B, Del Mar C, et al. Telephone counseling for physical activity and diet in primary care. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2009; 36(2):142-149.
  • Rogers C, Kvaskoff M, DiSipio T, Youlden D, Whiteman D, Eakin E, et al. Prevalence and determinants of sunburn in Queensland, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2008 in press; .
  • Hausdorf K, Eakin E, Whiteman D, Rogers C, Aitken J, Newman B. Prevalence and correlates of multiple cancer risk behaviors in an Australian population-based survey: results from the Queensland Cancer Risk Study. Cancer Causes and Control. 2008; 19(10):1339-1347.
  • Janda M, Steginga S, Dunn J, Langbecker D, Walker D, Eakin E. Unmet supportive care needs and interest in services among patients with a brain tumour and their carers. Patient Education and Counseling. 2008; 71(2):251-58.
  • Hughes K, van Beurden E, Eakin E, Barnett L, Patterson E, Backhouse J, et al. Older people’s perception of fall risk: Implications for falls-prevention campaigns. American Journal of Public Health. 2008; 98(2):351-57.
  • Eakin EG, Reeves MM, Lawler S, Oldenburg B, Del Mar C, Wilkie K, et al. The Logan Healthy Living Program: A cluster randomized trial of a telephone-delivered physical activity and dietary behaviour intervention for primary care patients with type 2 diabetes or hypertension from a socially disadvantaged community - rationale, design and recruitment. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2008 Nov 4; 29:439-454.
  • Beesley V, Eakin E, Steginga S, Aitken J, Dunn J, Battistutta D. Unmet needs of gynaecological cancer survivors: Implications for developing community support services. Psycho-Oncology. 2008; 17(4):392-400.
  • Beesley VL, Eakin EG, Janda M, Battistutta D. Gynecological cancer survivors' health behaviors and their associations with quality of life. Cancer Causes and Control. 2008; 19(7):775-782.
  • Vandelanotte C, Spathonis KM, Eakin EG, Owen N. Website-Delivered Physical Activity Interventions - A Review of the Literature. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007; 33(1):54-64.
  • Spence RR, Heesch KC, Eakin EG, Brown WJ. Randomised controlled trial of a supervised exercise rehabilitation program for colorectal cancer survivors immediately after chemotherapy: Study protocol. BMC Cancer. 2007; 7(154). View Publication
  • Reeves M, Eakin E, Lawler S, Demark-Wahnefried W. Health behaviours in survivors of childhood cancer. Australian Family Physician. 2007 Jan-Feb; 36(1-2):95-6.
  • Lawler S, Spathonis K, McDermott L, Eakin E, Gallois C, Leslie E, et al. Promoting Comprehensive Sun Protection in Outdoor Sports: A Qualitative Study of Perceived Priorities and Practicalities. Environmental Health. 2007; 7(4):40-49.
  • Lawler S, Spathonis K, Eakin E, Gallois C, Leslie E, Owen N. Sun exposure and sun protection behaviours among young adult sport competitors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2007; 31(3):230-234.
  • Janda M, Steginga S, Langbecker D, Dunn J, Walker D, Eakin E. Quality of life among patients with a brain tumor and their carers. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2007; 63(6):617-623.
  • Gordon L, Graves N, Hawkes A, Eakin E. A review of the cost-effectiveness of face-to-face behavioural interventions for smoking, physical activity, diet and alcohol. Chronic Illness. 2007; 3(2):101-129.
  • Gardiner P, Vandelanotte C, Sugiyama T, Eakin E, Owen N. Correlates of television viewing time differ according to age group. In: Australian Conference on Science and Medicine in Sport; 2007 13-16th October Adelaide.
  • Eakin EG, Youlden DR, Baade PD, Lawler SP, Reeves MM, Heyworth JS, et al. Health Behaviors of Cancer Survivors: Data from an Australian Population-based Survey. Cancer Causes and Control. 2007; 18(8):881-894.
  • Eakin E, Reeves M, Lawler S, Graves N, Oldenburg B, Del Mar C, et al. Short-term outcomes from the Logan Healthy Living Program: A telephone-delivered intervention for physical activity and diet in low-income patients with multiple chronic conditions. In: 3rd Annual National Disease Management Conference; 2007 7 September Melbourne.

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