8 results on '"Dollman, James"'
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2. Changing associations of Australian parents' physical activity with their children's sport participation: 1985 to 2004
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Dollman, James
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Elementary school students -- Physiological aspects ,Parent and child -- Physiological aspects ,Sports for children -- Forecasts and trends ,Parental influences -- Physiological aspects ,Market trend/market analysis ,Health - Abstract
Objective: The socio-ecological milieu of children's physical activity is changing, perhaps causing perturbations within the causal 'web' that explains physical activity behaviours. It is unclear if the relative importance of parental role modelling is changing. Accordingly, this study examined associations of child-perceived parent physical activity and children's sport participation in 1985 and 2004. Methods: In 1985 (179 girls, 211 boys) and 2004 (210 girls, 218 boys), Australian schoolchildren (9-15 years) in the same eight schools were surveyed on sport participation and perceptions of parents' physical activity. Results: In the 1985 sample, girls with active fathers played more sport. In 2004, boys and girls with active fathers or active mothers reported higher sport participation. In 1985, there were no differences in sport participation between those with both, either or neither parent active. In 2004, sport participation was highest among boys and girls with both parents active. Conclusions: These results underscore the current role of parents as socialising agents for physical activity. Implications: Intervention design should be founded on the most recent evidence of children's physical activity correlates. Key words: children, physical activity, sport, role modelling, parents. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00617.x
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- 2010
3. Day type and the relationship between weight status and sleep duration in children and adolescents
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Olds, Tim, Blunden, Sarah, Dollman, James, and Maher, Carol A.
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Adolescent medicine -- Research ,Sleep -- Physiological aspects ,Sleep -- Demographic aspects ,Body weight -- Measurement ,Body weight -- Demographic aspects ,Children -- Health aspects ,Children -- Research ,Health - Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to explore sleep duration in young Australians on different types of days across weight classes. Methods: Use of time and anthropometric data were collected on 8,866 nights from 3,884 9-18 year old Australians. The association between sleep duration and weight status was examined using factorial ANOVA for four day types: S-S (to bed and waking on school days); S-NS (to bed on school day and waking on non-school day); NS-NS (to bed and waking on non-school days); NS-S (to bed on non-school day and waking on school day). Results: Sleep duration varied with weight status when all day types were considered together (p=0.0-012). Obese adolescents slept less than normal and underweight adolescents. However, the relationship varied for different day types; with the strongest relationship for NS-S days (on which obese children slept 65 min less than very underweight children, p Conclusions: The association between weight status and sleep duration showed consistent gradients across weight categories, but only for certain day types. Implications: These patterns cast light on the direction of causation in the obesity-sleep duration relationship. Findings suggest that short sleep duration contributes to obesity, or that a third unidentified factor has an impact on both. Key words: sleep, adolescent, overweight, obese, children. Aust NZ J Public Health. 201 O; 34:165-71 doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00502.x
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- 2010
4. Trends in health attitudes and self-perceptions among school-age South Australians between 1985 and 2004
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Dollman, James and Lewis, Felicity
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Health attitudes -- Evaluation ,Health behavior in children -- Research ,Self-perception -- Evaluation ,Health - Abstract
Objective: To describe trends in health attitudes and self-perceptions among school-age South Australians between 1985 and 2004. Methods: The questionnaire from the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey was administered during 2004 in those South Australian schools that participated in the 1985 survey. Using chi square, responses were compared for 10-15 year-olds (1985, n=398; 2004, n=467) on attitudes to: visiting the doctor and dentist, smoking, sleep, diet, exercise, stress, having friends, and knowledge about fitness and health. Additionally, self-perceptions of health and fitness were compared. Results: Among boys and girls between 1985 and 2004, there were significant declines in the perceived importance of regularly visiting the dentist and doctor, but improved attitudes to being a non-smoker. Among boys, the perceived importance of sleep and diet declined between surveys. A smaller percentage of boys and girls in the latter survey perceived their current health status as 'good'. In the lower SES sample, the percentage of girls rating healthy diet as 'very important' was lower in 2004. Conclusions: There have been general declines in perceived importance of many health-related behaviours among South Australian youth between 1985-2004. In contrast, the perceived importance of not smoking was higher in 2004 than 1985. Implications: The relative success of anti-smoking campaigns targeting youth suggests that health education must be accompanied by broader environmental support in order to effect positive behavioural change. Key words: children; health; health attitudes; trends.
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- 2007
5. Changes in body composition between 1997 and 2002 among South Australian children: influences of socio-economic status and location of residence
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Dollman, James and Pilgrim, Amanda
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Body composition -- Comparative analysis ,Children -- Health aspects ,Health - Abstract
Objective: To compare rates of change in South Australian children's body composition between 1997 and 2002 in subsamples based on location of residence and socioeconomic status. Methods: Year 6 children from randomly selected South Australian schools in 1997 (32 schools, n=1,423) and 2002 (29 schools, n=992) were compared on: body mass index (BMI), sum of triceps and abdominal skinfolds (skinfold sum) and waist girth. Samples were partitioned into urban (population >20,000) and rural ( Results: Between surveys, there were significant increases in boys' waist girth (p=0.004) and skinfold sum (p=0.007), and girls' BMI (p=0.0005) and skinfold sum (p Conclusions: Secular trends in Australian children's body fatness are continuing. Further, the rates of change in girls are affected by the socio-demographic milieu. Implications: The development of targeted interventions to combat child obesity will depend on a clearer understanding of how environmental influences on weight status are distributed across the socio-demographic landscape.
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- 2005
6. Physical activity recommendations from general practitioners in Australia. Results from a national survey
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Kate M. Gunn, Camille E. Short, Corneel Vandelanotte, Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen, Deborah Turnbull, James Dollman, Amanda L. Rebar, Mitch J. Duncan, Mel Hayman, Katrien De Cocker, Short, Camille E, Hayman, Mel, Rebar, Amanda L, Gunn, Kate M, De Cocker, Katrien, Duncan, Mitch J, Turnbull, Deborah, Dollman, James, Van Uffelen, Jannique GZ, and Vandelanotte, Corneel
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Health Behavior ,Alternative medicine ,Directive Counseling ,physical activity ,Health Promotion ,Motor Activity ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Promotion (rank) ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,general practitioners ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Practice Patterns, Physicians' ,Disease management (health) ,Medical prescription ,Young adult ,Exercise ,intervention ,Aged ,media_common ,Primary Health Care ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Australia ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,030229 sport sciences ,Middle Aged ,Health Surveys ,Health promotion ,Health Care Surveys ,Family medicine ,Female ,business - Abstract
Objective: To identify subgroups of Australian adults likely to receive physical activity advice from their general practitioner and to evaluate the content of the advice provided. Methods: Participants (n=1,799), recruited from the Australian Health and Social Science panel, completed an online survey. Signal Detection Analysis was used to identify subgroups that were more/less likely to have received physical activity recommendations. Results: Overall, 18% of participants received a physical activity recommendation from their general practitioner in the past 12 months and eight unique subgroups were identified. The subgroup with the highest proportion (54%) of participants reporting that they received a physical activity recommendation was those with poor physical and mental health-related quality of life and an average daily sitting time of
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- 2016
7. Day type and the relationship between weight status and sleep duration in children and adolescents
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Carol Maher, Sarah Blunden, Tim Olds, James Dollman, Olds, Tim, Blunden, Sarah, Dollman, James, and Maher, Carol A
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Adolescent ,Overweight ,Body Mass Index ,Age Distribution ,children ,medicine ,overweight ,Humans ,sleep ,Sex Distribution ,Child ,Weight status ,Analysis of Variance ,Schools ,obese ,business.industry ,Body Weight ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Australia ,medicine.disease ,Sleep in non-human animals ,Obesity ,Health Surveys ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Duration (music) ,adolescent ,Regression Analysis ,Female ,Analysis of variance ,medicine.symptom ,Underweight ,business ,Sleep ,Body mass index - Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to explore sleep duration in young Australians on different types of days across weight classes. Methods: Use of time and anthropometric data were collected on 8,866 nights from 3,884 9–18 year old Australians. The association between sleep duration and weight status was examined using factorial ANOVA for four day types: S-S (to bed and waking on school days); S-NS (to bed on school day and waking on non-school day); NS-NS (to bed and waking on non-school days); NS-S (to bed on non-school day and waking on school day). Results: Sleep duration varied with weight status when all day types were considered together (p=0.0012). Obese adolescents slept less than normal and underweight adolescents. However, the relationship varied for different day types; with the strongest relationship for NS-S days (on which obese children slept 65 min less than very underweight children, p
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- 2013
8. Trends in health attitudes and self-perceptions among school-age South Australians between 1985 and 2004
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Felicity Lewis, James Dollman, Dollman, James, and Lewis, Felicity
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trends ,Gerontology ,Male ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified ,health attitudes ,Perception ,South Australia ,Chi-square test ,Medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Children ,media_common ,School age child ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,health ,Healthy diet ,Environmental support ,Health Surveys ,Self Concept ,Health education ,Female ,business ,Attitude to Health - Abstract
Objective: To describe trends in health attitudes and self-perceptions among school-age South Australians between 1985 and 2004. Methods: The questionnaire from the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey was administered during 2004 in those South Australian schools that participated in the 1985 survey. Using chi square, responses were compared for 10–15 year-olds (1985, n=398; 2004, n=467) on attitudes to: visiting the doctor and dentist, smoking, sleep, diet, exercise, stress, having friends, and knowledge about fitness and health. Additionally, self-perceptions of health and fitness were compared. Results: Among boys and girls between 1985 and 2004, there were significant declines in the perceived importance of regularly visiting the dentist and doctor, but improved attitudes to being a non-smoker. Among boys, the perceived importance of sleep and diet declined between surveys. A smaller percentage of boys and girls in the latter survey perceived their current health status as ‘good’. In the lower SES sample, the percentage of girls rating healthy diet as ‘very important’ was lower in 2004. Conclusions: There have been general declines in perceived importance of many health-related behaviours among South Australian youth between 1985–2004. In contrast, the perceived importance of not smoking was higher in 2004 than 1985. Implications: The relative success of anti-smoking campaigns targeting youth suggests that health education must be accompanied by broader environmental support in order to effect positive behavioural change.
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- 2007
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