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School of Population Health
School of Population Health
Staff Profile

Prof Neville Owen

Position: Director CPRC

Phone: +61 7 336 55528

Fax: +61 7 336 55540

Email: n.owen@sph.uq.edu.au

 

Location: 317(B)

Building: Public Health Building

Centre or Group: Cancer Prevention Research Centre

Biography:

Neville is Professor of Health Behaviour and Director of the Cancer Prevention Research Centre. He was previously Professor of Health Psychology & Exercise Science and Associate Dean the Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences at the University of Wollongong; and, at Deakin University, as Foundation Professor of Human Movement Science, Head of the School of Human Movement and Director of Research for the Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences. His cancer prevention research program is supported by a core infrastructure grant from Queensland Health, and he currently holds (with colleagues Adrian Bauman and Wendy Brown) a Program Grant and a Capacity Building Grant in Population Health from the NHMRC on related aspects of “Understanding and influencing physical activity to improve population health outcomes”. He contributes to service and advisory activities for state, national and international physical activity, cancer-prevention, and health promotion bodies.

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Philosophy  (1972)
    University of Western Australia
  • Bachelor of Arts, Honours  (1969)
    University of New South Wales

Research Interests:

  • Cancer Prevention
  • Health Behaviour Interventions
  • Health Psychology
  • Physical Activity
  • Tobacco Control

 

Publications

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  • Sugiyama T, Leslie E, Giles-Corti B, Owen N. Physical activity for recreation or exercise on neighbourhood streets: Associations with perceived environmental attributes. Health and Place. 2009 in press; . View Publication
  • Wijndaele K, Lynch B M, Owen N, Dunstan D W, Sharp S, Aitken J F. Television viewing time and weight gain in colorectal cancer survivors: a prospective population-based study. Cancer Causes and Control. 2009 in press; :1-8. View Publication
  • Brown W, Bauman A, Owen N. Stand up, sit down, keep moving: turning circles in physical activity research?. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2009; 43(2):86-88.
  • Cerin E, Leslie E, Owen N. Explaining socio-economic status differences in walking for transport: An ecological analysis of individual, social and environmental factors. Social Science and Medicine. 2009; 68(6):1013-1020.
  • Clark BK, Sugiyama T, Healy GN, Salmon J, Dunstan DW, Owen N. Validity and reliability of measures of television viewing time and other non-occupational sedentary behaviour of adults: a review. Obesity Reviews. 2009; 10(1):7 - 16.
  • 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.
  • Gebel K, Bauman A, Owen N. Correlates of Non-Concordance between Perceived and Objective Measures of Walkability. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2009 Apr; 37(2):228-238.
  • Janssen E, Sugiyama T, Winkler E, de Vries H, te Poel F, Owen N. Psychosocial correlates of leisure-time walking among Australian adults of lower and higher socio-economic status. Health Education Research. 2009; Advance Access published online.
  • McDermott L, Dobson A, Owen N. Determinants of continuity and change over 10 years in young women’s smoking. Addiction. 2009; 104(3):478-487.
  • Owen N. Exercise psychology: Building ecological underpinnings for public-health action. International Journal of Sport Psychology. 2009; 40(1):177-181.
  • Owen N, Bauman A, Brown W. Too much sitting: A novel and important predictor of chronic disease risk?. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2009; 43(2):81-82.
  • Ferney S, Marshall AL, Eakin EG, Owen N. Randomized trial of a neighborhood environment-focused physical activity website intervention. Preventive Medicine. 2008; e pub 6 Nov.
  • Bauman A, Bowles HR, Huhman M, Heitzler CD, Owen N, Smit BJ, et al. Testing the Hierarchy of Effects model - Pathways from awareness to outcomes in the VERB campaign 2002-2003. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2008; 34(6 SUPPL.):S249-S256.
  • Cerin E, Leslie E, Owen N, Bauman A. An Australian version of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale: Construct and factorial validity. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 2008; 12:31-51.
  • Cerin E, Taylor L, Leslie E, Owen N. How confident are we that social support mediates changes in walking behavior? Well, it depends ... Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2008; 35(S94-S94 Suppl. 1).
  • Cole R, Leslie E, Donald M, Cerin E, Neller A, Owen N. Motivational readiness for active commuting by university students: Incentives and barriers. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2008; 19:210-215.
  • Freedson PS, Brendley K, Ainsworth BE, Kohl H, W III, Leslie E, et al. New techniques and issues in assessing walking behavior and its contexts. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2008; 40(7):S574-S583.
  • Hamilton MT, Healy GN, Dunstan DW, Zderic TW, Owen N. Too little exercise and too much sitting: inactivity physiology and the need for new recommendations on sedentary behaviour. Curr CV Risk Reports. 2008; 2(4):292-298.
  • Hawkes AL, Lynch BM, Youlden DR, Owen N, Aitken JF. Health behaviors of Australian colorectal cancer survivors, compared with noncancer population controls. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2008; 16(10):1097-1104.
  • Hawkes AL, Lynch B, Youlden D, Owen N, Aitken J. Health behaviors of Australian colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors compared with non-cancer population controls. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2008; 35(S195-S195 Suppl. 1).

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