Publications list for Professor Chris Rissel

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2012

   
  • Wen, L., Baur, L., Rissel, C., Flood, V., Simpson, J., Hayes, A., Hardy, L., Wardle, K. (2012), Healthy Beginnings Trial Phase 2 study: Follow-up and cost-effectiveness analysis. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 33(2), 396-401. [Abstract]

2011

   
  • Meron, D., Rissel, C., Reinten-Reynolds, T., Hardy, L. (2011), Changes in active travel of school children from 2004 to 2010 in New South Wales, Australia. Preventive Medicine. 53(6), 408-410. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Baur, L., Simpson, J., Rissel, C., Flood, V. (2011), Effectiveness of an early intervention on infant feeding practices and "tummy time": a randomized controlled trial. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 165(8), 701-707. [Abstract]
  • Bauman, A., Titze, S., Rissel, C., Oja, P. (2011), Changing gears: bicycling as the panacea for physical inactivity?. British journal of sports medicine. 45(10), 761-2. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Simpson, J., Baur, L., Rissel, C., Flood, V. (2011), Family Functioning and Obesity Risk Behaviors: Implications for Early Obesity Intervention. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 19(0), 1252-8. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Rissel, C., Baur, L., Lee, E., Simpson, J. (2011), Who is NOT likely to access the Internet for health information? Findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. International journal of medical informatics. 80(6), 406-11. [Abstract]
  • Dirkis, H., Ng, H., Rissel, C. (2011), The effectiveness of school travel access guides (TAGs). Health Promotion Journal of Australia. , 77. [Abstract]
  • Hess, I., Borg, J., Rissel, C. (2011), Workplace nutrition and physical activity promotion at Liverpool Hospital. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 22(1), 44-50. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C., Martin, P. (2011), Trends in head injuries and helmet use in cyclists at an inner-city major trauma centre, 1991-2010. The Medical Journal of Australia. , 215-216. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Rissel, C., Simpson, J., Lee, E., Baur, L. (2011), Maternal smoking, weight status and dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in south-west Sydney, Australia. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 51(1), 31-37. [Abstract]
  • Daley, M., Rissel, C. (2011), Perspectives and images of cycling as a barrier or facilitator of cycling. Transport Policy. 18(1), 211-216.
  • Devine, E., Handmer, M., Bedford, K., Rissel, C., Low, E. (2011), Lessons learnt from a pilot bicycle program with community mental health service consumers. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 22(3), 240.
  • Rissel, C., Wen, L. (2011), The possible effect on frequency of cycling if mandatory bicycle helmet legislation was repealed in Sydney, Australia: a cross sectional survey. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 22(3), 178-183.
  • Rissel, C., Piper, T., Wen, L. (2011), Do first time mothers need a guideline for maximum periods of sitting or being sedentary?. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 22(3), 239.
  • Voukelatos, A., Merom, D., Rissel, C., Sherrington, C., Watson, W., Waller, K. (2011), The effect of walking on falls in older people: the 'Easy Steps to Health' randomized controlled trial study protocol. BMC Public Health. 11, 888. [Abstract]
  • Weber, D., Janson, A., Nolan, M., Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2011), Female employees' perceptions of organisational support for breastfeeding at work: findings from an Australian health service workplace. International Breastfeeding Journal. 6(1), 19. [Abstract]

2010

   
  • Wen, L., Rissel, C., Lee, E. (2010), Smoke-free home status and parents' smoking status among first-time mothers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. , 532-533. [Abstract]
  • Fry, D., Gleeson, S., Rissel, C. (2010), Health promotion and secondary prevention: response to Milat, O'Hara and Develin. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 21(2), 86-91. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Van der Ploeg, H., Kite, J., Cashmore, A., Rissel, C. (2010), A validation study of assessing physical activity and sedentary behavior in children aged 3 to 5 years. Pediatric Exercise Science. 22(3), 408-420. [Abstract]
  • Miskell, S., Xu, W., Rissel, C. (2010), Encouraging community cycling and physical activity: a user survey of a community bicycle loan scheme. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. , 153-154. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Baur, L., Simpson, J., Rissel, C. (2010), Mothers' awareness of their weight status and concern about their children being overweight: findings from first-time mothers in south-west Sydney. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 34(3), 293-297. [Abstract]
  • Perusco, A., Poder, N., Mohsin, M., Rikard-Bell, G., Rissel, C., Williams, M., Hua, M., Millen, E., Sabry, M., Guirguis, S. (2010), Evaluation of a comprehensive tobacco control project targeting Arabic-speakers residing in south west Sydney, Australia. Health promotion international. 25(2), 153-65. [Abstract]
  • Borg, J., Merom, D., Rissel, C. (2010), Staff walking program: a quasi-experimental trial of maintenance newsletters to maintain walking following a pedometer program. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 21(1), 26-32. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Merom, D., Rissel, C., Simpson, J. (2010), Weight status, modes of travel to school and screen time: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-13 years in Sydney. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 21(1), 57-63. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C., Merom, D., Bauman, A., Garrard, J., Wen, L., New, C. (2010), Current cycling, bicycle path use, and willingness to cycle more-findings from a community survey of cycling in southwest sydney, australia. Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 7(2), 267-272. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Kite, J., Rissel, C. (2010), Is there a role for workplaces in reducing employees' driving to work? Findings from a cross-sectional survey from inner-west Sydney, Australia. BMC Public Health. 10, 50. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Flood, V., Simpson, J., Rissel, C., Baur, L. (2010), Dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 7, 13. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C., Bonfiglioli, C., Emilsen, A., Smith, B. (2010), Representations of cycling in metropolitan newspapers - changes over time and differences between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. BMC Public Health. 10, 371. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C., New, C., Wen, L., Merom, D., Bauman, A., Garrard, J. (2010), The effectiveness of community-based cycling promotion: findings from the Cycling Connecting Communities project in Sydney, Australia. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. 7(1), 8. [Abstract]
  • Askie, L., Baur, L., Campbell, K., Daniels, L., Hesketh, K., Magarey, A., Mihrshahi, S., Rissel, C., Simes, J., Taylor, B., Taylor, R., Voysey, M., Wen, L. (2010), The Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildren (EPOCH) Collaboration - an Individual Patient Data Prospective Meta-Analysis. BMC Public Health. 10, 728. [Abstract]
  • Wardle, K., Murphy, D., Ireland, L., Holbeck, C., Davidson, C., Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2010), What we learnt – recruiting prenatal mothers to an RCT addressing the prevention of overweight and early childhood?. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 28(2), 41-45.
  • Capon, A., Rissel, C. (2010), Chronic disease and climate change: understanding co-benefits and their policy implications. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. 21(5-6), 109-113. [Abstract]

2009

   
  • Wen, L., De Domenico, M., Elliott, D., Bindon, J., Rissel, C. (2009), Evaluation of a feasibility study addressing risk factors for childhood obesity through home visits. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 45(10), 577-581. [Abstract]
  • Merom, D., Bauman, A., Phongsavan, P., Cerin, E., Kassis, M., Brown, W., Smith, B., Rissel, C. (2009), Can a Motivational Intervention Overcome an Unsupportive Environment for Walking-Findings from the Step-by-Step Study. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 38(2), 137-46. [Abstract]
  • Bauman, A., Rissel, C. (2009), Cycling and health: an opportunity for positive change?. The Medical Journal of Australia. 190, 347-348. [Abstract]
  • Bindon, J., Headley, E., Rissel, C., Wade, V. (2009), Improving the health and well-being of an urban Aboriginal men's group through a cycling promotion program. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal. 33, 4.
  • Rissel, C. (2009), Active travel: a climate change mitigation strategy with co-benefits for health. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin. 20(1-2), 10-13. [Abstract]
  • Dean, C., Rissel, C., Sharkey, M., Sherrington, C., Cumming, R., Barker, R., Lord, S., O'Rourke, S., Kirkham, C. (2009), Exercise intervention to prevent falls and enhance mobility in community dwellers after stroke: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Neurology. 9(0), 38. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Kite, J., Merom, D., Rissel, C. (2009), Time spent playing outdoors after school and its relationship with independent mobility: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-12 years in Sydney, Australia. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 6(0), 15. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Baur, L., Rissel, C., Alperstein, G., Simpson, J. (2009), Intention to breastfeed and awareness of health recommendations: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. International Breastfeeding Journal. 4, 9. [Abstract]
  • Hua, M., Rissel, C. (2009), Health Promotion and Health Education for a Multicultural Community. In: Population Health, Communities and Health Promotion. (pp.232-250).Australia: Oxford University Press.

2008

   
  • Wen, L., Fry, D., Merom, D., Rissel, C., Dirkis, H., Balafas, A. (2008), Increasing active travel to school: Are we on the right track? A cluster randomised controlled trial from Sydney, Australia. Preventive medicine. 47(6), 612-8. [Abstract]
  • Bedford, K., Wallace, C., Carroll, T., Rissel, C. (2008), Pregnant smokers are receptive to smoking cessation advice and use of nicotine replacement therapy. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 48(4), 424-426. [Abstract]
  • Richters, J., de Visser, R., Rissel, C., Grulich, A., Smith, A. (2008), Demographic and Psychosocial Features of Participants in Bondage and Discipline, "Sadomasochism" or Dominance and Submission (BDSM): Data from a National Survey. The journal of sexual medicine. 5(7), 1660-8. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C., Bauman, A., Ritchie, J. (2008), A changing of the guard. Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals. 19(1), 3. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Fry, D., Rissel, C., Dirkis, H., Balafas, A., Merom, D. (2008), Factors associated with children being driven to school: implications for walk to school programs. Health education research. 23(0), 325-34. [Abstract]
  • Hua, M., Rissel, C. (2008), Health Promotion and Health Education for a Multicultural Community. In: Population Health, Communities and Health Promotion. (pp.232-250).Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Ming Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2008), Inverse associations between cycling to work, public transport, and overweight and obesity: Findings from a population based study in Australia. Preventive medicine. 46(1), 29-32. [Abstract]

2007

   
  • Orr, N., Catsi, G., Guirguis, N., Balafas, A., Rissel, C. (2007), The use of a closed-circuit hospital television channel to promote health: the reach and appeal of RPAtv to patients and visitors. Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association. 31(4), 527-530. [Abstract]
  • Booth, M., Okely, A., Denney-Wilson, E., Hardy, L., Dobbins, T., Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2007), Characteristics of travel to and from school among adolescents in NSW, Australia. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 43(11), 755-61. [Abstract]
  • O'connor, C., Wen, L., Rissel, C., Shaw, M., Quine, S. (2007), Knowledge of STIs and blood-borne viruses among Vietnamese men in metropolitan Sydney. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health. 31(5), 464-467. [Abstract]
  • de Visser, R., Rissel, C., Richters, J., Smith, A. (2007), The impact of sexual coercion on psychological, physical, and sexual well-being in a representative sample of Australian women. Archives of sexual behavior. 36(5), 676-686. [Abstract]
  • Voukelatos, A., Cumming, R., Lord, S., Rissel, C. (2007), A Randomized, Controlled Trial of tai chi for the Prevention of Falls: The Central Sydney tai chi Trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 55(8), 1185-1191. [Abstract]
  • Bauman, A., O'Hara, L., Signal, L., Smith, B., Ritchie, J., Parker, E., Rissel, C. (2007), A perspective on changes in values in the profession of health promotion. Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals. 18, 3-6. [Abstract]
  • O'connor, C., Wen, L., Rissel, C., Shaw, M. (2007), Sexual Behaviour and Risk in Vietnamese Men Living in Metropolitan Sydney. Sexually transmitted infections. 83, 147-50. [Abstract]
  • Merom, D., Rissel, C., Phongsavan, P., Smith, B., Van Kemenade, C., Brown, W., Bauman, A. (2007), Promoting walking with pedometers in the community: the step-by-step trial. American journal of preventive medicine. 32(4), 290-297. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Orr, N., Rissel, C. (2007), The role of ethnicity in determining access to and acceptability of home visiting for early childhood health and wellbeing. Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association. 31(1), 132-139. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Baur, L., Rissel, C., Wardle, K., Alperstein, G., Simpson, J. (2007), Early intervention of multiple home visits to prevent childhood obesity in a disadvantaged population: a home-based randomised controlled trial (Healthy Beginnings Trial). BMC public health. 7, 76-76. [Abstract]
  • Smith, A., Richters, J., De Visser, R., Rissel, C. (2007), The impact of sexual coercion on psychological, physical, and sexual well-being in a representative sample of australian women. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 36(5), 676-686. [Abstract]
  • Zehle, K., Wen, L., Orr, N., Rissel, C. (2007), "It's not an issue at the moment": a qualitative study of mothers about childhood obesity. MCN: The American journal of maternal child nursing. 32(1), 36-41. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C., de Visser, R., Smith, A., Richters, J. (2007), Associations between religiosity and sexuality in a representative sample of Australian adults. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 36(1), 33-46. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C. (2007), Health Promotion - Principles and practice in the Australian context. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 31(4), 388-389. [Abstract]
  • Daley, M., Rissel, C., Lloyd, B. (2007), All dressed up and no-where to go? A qualitative research study of the barriers and enablers to cycling in inner Sydney. Road and Transport Research. 16, 42-52.

2006

   
  • Merom, D., Tudor-Locke, C., Bauman, A., Rissel, C. (2006), Active commuting to school among NSW primary school children: implications for public health. Health & place. 12, 678-87. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Orr, N., Bacon, S., Rissel, C. (2006), Sampling from childcare centres and pre-schools: how representative are they?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 30(5), 487-489. [Abstract]
  • Smith, A., de Visser, R., Rissel, C. (2006), Optimizing telephone-based population sampling - a reply. Annals of Epidemiology. 16(9), 734-735. [Abstract]
  • Richters, J., Smith, A., de Visser, R., Grulich, A., Rissel, C. (2006), Circumcision in Australia: prevalence and effects on sexual health. International journal of STD & AIDS. 17(8), 547-554. [Abstract]
  • Richters, J., de Visser, R., Rissel, C., Smith, A. (2006), Sexual practices at last heterosexual encounter and occurrence of orgasm in a national survey. Journal of Sex Research. 43(3), 217-226. [Abstract]
  • Wen, L., Orr, N., Millett, C., Rissel, C. (2006), Driving to work and overweight and obesity: findings from the 2003 New South Wales Health Survey, Australia. International Journal of Obesity. 30(5), 782-6. [Abstract]
  • Telfer, B., Rissel, C., Bindon, J., Bosch, T. (2006), Encouraging cycling through a pilot cycling proficiency training program among adults in central Sydney. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 9(1-2), 151-156. [Abstract]
  • Rissel, C. (2006), What price petrol?. Health promotion journal of Australia. 17, 3-4. [Abstract]
  • Millett, C., Wen, L., Rissel, C., Smith, A., Richters, J., Grulich, A., de Visser, R. (2006), Smoking and erectile dysfunction: findings from a representative sample of Australian men. Tobacco control. 15(2), 136-9. [Abstract]
  • Zuo, Y., Norberg, M., Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2006), Estimates of overweight and obesity among samples of preschool aged children in Melbourne and Sydney. Nutrition & Dietetics. 63, 179-182.
  • Rissel, C., Garrard, J. (2006), Cycling for active transport and recreation in Australia: status review and future directions. World Transport Policy and Practice. 13, 49-63.
  • Bowles, H., Rissel, C., Bauman, A. (2006), Mass community cycling events: Who participates and is their behaviour influenced by participation?. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity [electronic resource]. 3, 39. [Abstract]
  • de Visser, R., Rissel, C., Smith, A., Richters, J. (2006), Sociodemographic correlates of selected health risk behaviors in a representative sample of Australian young people. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 13(2), 153-162. [Abstract]