The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research aims to identify critical gaps within community and healthcare services, with an explicit goal to improve health outcomes (and a focus on vulnerable groups) via innovative individual, community and health service-focused programs.
The Nursing Research Institute undertakes multidisciplinary clinical and health services research that is focused on improving patient outcomes and health systems with a particular emphasis on implementation science research, that is the study of how to implement evidence based care. This research spans systematic reviews, trials, surveys, mixed-methods and qualitative research which a focus on:
- Acute & Chronic Care
- Stroke Care
- Pressure Injury Prevention
- Models of care
The Institute for Health and Ageing (IHA) is a multidisciplinary, Melbourne-based research institute focussing on both the positive and problematic aspects of ageing.
Submissions from 2019
Time to tackle rheumatic heart disease: Data needed to drive global policy dialogues, Marian Abouzeid, Rosemary Wyber, Sophie La Vincente, Karen Sliwa, Liesl Zühlke, Bongani Mayosi, and Jonathan Carapetis
The moderating role of socially desirable responding in implicit-explicit attitudes toward asylum seekers, Joel R. Anderson
Peer supporters' experiences on an Australian perinatal mental health helpline, Laura Biggs, Helen L. McLachlan, Touran Shafiei, Rhonda Small, and Della A. Forster
Walking behaviour and patterns of perceived access to neighbourhood destinations in older adults from a low-density (Brisbane, Australia) and an ultra-dense city (Hong Kong, China), Ernest Boakye-Dankwa, Andrea Nathan, Anthony Barnett, Lucy Busija, Ruby Lee, Nancy A. Pachana, Gavin Turrell, and Ester Cerin
The initial development of the Pregnancy-related Anxiety Scale, Robyn Brunton, Rachel Dryer, Anthony Saliba, and Jane Kohlhoff
The impact of risk factor trends on intracerebral hemorrhage incidence over the last two decades — The Tromsø Study, Maria Carlsson, Tom Wilsgaard, Stein Harald Johnsen, Liv-Hege Johnsen, Maja-Lisa Loechen, Inger Njølstad, and Ellisiv Bøgeberg Mathiesen
Built environment and cardio-metabolic health: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies, Manoj Chandrabose, Jerome N. Rachele, L. Gunn, A. Kavanagh, Neville Owen, Gavin Turrell, Billie Giles-Corti, and Takemi Sugiyama
Are neigborhood environmental attributes more important for older than for younger adults' walking? Testing effect modification by age, Rachel Cole, Javad Koohsari, Alison Carver, Neville Owen, and Takemi Sugiyama
Associations between physical activity intensity and well-being in adolescents, Sarah A. Costigan, David R. Lubans, Chris Lonsdale, Taren Sanders, and Borja del Pozo Cruz
Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors: A new paradigm in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, Kieran F. Docherty and John J. V. McMurray
Value beliefs about math: a Bifactor-ESEM representation [accepted manuscript], Daniela Fadda, L. Francesca Scalas, Alexandre J. S. Morin, Herbert W. Marsh, and Hanna Gaspard
A meta-analysis of techniques to promote motivation for health behaviour change from a self-determination theory perspective, Fiona B. Gillison, Peter Rouse, Martyn Standage, Simon J. Sebire, and Richard M. Ryan
Emissions from dryer vents during use of fragranced and fragrance-free laundry products, Nigel B. Goodman, Amanda J. Wheeler, Phillip J. Paevere, Giovanni Agosti, Neda Nematollahi, and Anne Steinemann
A systematic evaluation and comparison between Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling [accepted manuscript], Jiesi Guo, Herbert W. Marsh, Philip D. Parker, Theresa Dicke, Oliver Lüdtke, and Thierno M. O. Diallo
A magic-themed upper limb intervention for children with unilateral cerebral palsy: The perspectives of parents, A. Hines, A. C. Bundy, M. Haertsch, and M. Wallen
The muscle protein synthetic response to whey protein ingestion is greater in middle-aged women when compared with men, Astrid M. H. Horstman, Imre W. K. Kouw, Jan-Willem van Dijk, Henrike M. Hamer, Bart B. L. Groen, Janneau van Kranenburg, Stefan H. M. Gorissen, and Luc J. C. van Loon
The muscle protein synthetic response to whey protein ingestion is greater in middle-aged women when compared with men [accepted manuscript], Astrid M. H. Horstman, Imre W. K. Kouw, Jan-Willem van Dijk, Henrike M. Hamer, Bart B. L. Groen, Janneau van Kranenburg, Stefan H. M. Gorissen, and Luc J. C. van Loon
White matter organization in developmental coordination disorder: A pilot study exploring the added value of constrained spherical deconvolution, Christian Hyde, Ian Fuelscher, Peter G. Enticott, Derek K. Jones, Shawna Farquharson, Tim J. Silk, Jacqueline Williams, and Karen Caeyenberghs
Menopause and age-related bone loss, Carlos M. Isales and Ego Seeman
The effects of m-learning on motivation, achievement and well-being: A Self-Determination Theory approach, Lucas M. Jeno, Paul J. C. Adachi, John-Arvid Grytnes, Vigdis Vandvik, and Edward L. Deci
Explicit and implicit motor sequence learning in children and adults: The role of age and visual working memory, M. Jongbloed-Pereboom, M. W. G. Nijhuis-Van Der Sanden, and B. Steenbergen
The effect of beetroot juice supplementation on repeat-sprint performance in hypoxia, Georgina L. Kent, Brian Dawson, Lars R. McNaughton, Gregory R. Cox, Louise Burke, and Peter Peeling
Traffic-related air pollution and the local burden of childhood asthma in Bradford, UK, Haneen Khreis, Tara Ramani, Kees de Hoogh, Natalie Mueller, David Rojas-Rueda, Joe Zietsman, and Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
The development of anticipatory action planning in children with unilateral cerebral palsy, Hilde Krajenbrink, Ali Crichton, Bert Steenbergen, and Brian Hoare
General fluid/inductive reasoning battery for a high-ability population, Patrick Kyllonen, Robert Hartman, Amber Sprenger, Jonathan Weeks, Maria Bertling, Kevin McGrew, Sarah Kriz, Jonas Bertling, James Fife, and Lazar Stankov
The effects of cold water immersion on the amount and quality of sleep obtained by elite cyclists during a simulated hill climbing tour, Michelle Lastella, G. D. Roach, Shona Halson, and C. Sargent
An internet-supported school physical activity intervention in low socioeconomic status communities: results from the Activity and Motivation in Physical Education (AMPED) cluster randomised controlled trial [accepted manuscript], Chris Lonsdale, Aidan Lester, Katherine B. Owen, Rhiannon L. White, Louise Peralta, Morwenna Kirwan, Thierno M. O. Diallo, Anthony J. Maeder, Andrew Bennie, Freya MacMillan, Gregory S. Kolt, Nikos Ntoumanis, Jennifer M. Gore, Ester Cerin, Dylan P. Cliff, and David R. Lubans
The murky distinction between self-concept and self-efficacy: Beware of lurking jingle-jangle fallacies [accepted manuscript], Herbert W. Marsh, Reinhard Pekrun, Philip D. Parker, Kou Murayama, Jiesi Guo, Theresa Dicke, and A. Katrin Arens
Young women face disadvantage to enrollment in university STEM coursework regardless of prior achievement and attitudes [accepted manuscript], Herbert W. Marsh, Brooke Van Zanden, Philip D. Parker, Jiesi Guo, James Conigrave, and Marjorie Seaton
Possible hormone predictors of physical performance in adolescent team sport athletes, Alanna C. Martin, Ian Heazlewood, Cecilia M. Kitic, Isabelle Lys, and Liam Johnson
Treatment of anemia with darbepoetin prior to dialysis initiation and clinical outcomes: Analyses from the Trial to Reduce Cardiovascular Events with Aranesp Therapy (TREAT), Finnian R. McCausland, Brian Claggett, Emmanuel A. Burdmann, Glenn M. Chertow, Mark E. Cooper, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Peter Ivanovich, Andrew S. Levey, Eldrin F. Lewis, Janet B. McGill, John J. V. McMurray, Patrick Parfrey, Hans-Henrik Parving, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Ajay K. Singh, Scott D. Solomon, Robert D. Toto, and Marc A. Pfeffer
Understanding allied health practitioners’ use of evidence-based assessments for children with cerebral palsy: A mixed methods study, Bridget O'Connor, Claire Kerr, Nora Shields, and Christine Imms
The intersection of gender, social class, and cultural context: a meta-analysis [accepted manuscript], Philip D. Parker, Brooke Van Zanden, Herbert W. Marsh, Katherine Owen, Jasper J. Duineveld, and Michael Noetel
Language abilities of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children from low socioeconomic backgrounds in their first year of school, Wendy M. Pearce and Kieran Flanagan
Sports foods and dietary supplements for optimal function and performance enhancement in track and field athletes, Peter Peeling, Linda M. Castell, Wim Derave, Olivier de Hon, and Louise M. Burke
Sports foods and dietary supplements for optimal function and performance enhancement in track and field athletes, Peter Peeling, Linda M. Castell, Wim Derave, Olivier de Hon, and Louise M. Burke
Happy fish in little ponds: Testing a reference group model of achievement and emotion [accepted manuscript], Reinhard Pekrun, Kou Murayama, Herbert W. Marsh, Thomas Goetz, and Anne C. Frenzel
The validity and reliability of DrGoniometer, a smartphone application, for measuring forearm supination, Sue Reid and Brigitte Egan
Early post-intensive care syndrome among older adult sepsis survivors receiving home care, Barbara Riegel, Liming Huang, Mark E. Mikkelsen, Ann Kutney-Lee, Alexandra L. Hanlon, Christopher M. Murtaugh, and Kathryn H. Bowles
Discrimination as a frame-of-reference effect in overlapping friendship communities of ethnically diverse youth [accepted manuscript], Baljinder K. Sahdra, Philip D. Parker, Rhonda G. Craven, Robert Brockman, E. K. Devine, J. Conigrave, and D. F. Chang
“kicked out into the real world”: prostate cancer patients’ experiences with transitioning from hospital-based supervised exercise to unsupervised exercise in the community, Mette L. K. Schmidt, Peter Østergren, Prue Cormie, Anne-Mette Ragle, Jens Sønksen, and Julie Midtgaard
Skeletal growth: A major determinant of bone's structural diversity in women and men, Ego Seeman
Changes in young Europeans’ values during the Global Financial Crisis, Florencia M. Sortheix, Philip D. Parker, Clemens M. Lechner, and Shalom H. Schwartz
Decentralisation and management of human resource for health in the health system of Ghana: A decision space analysis, Anthony Mwinkaara Sumah and Baatiema Leonard
The roles of declarative knowledge and working memory in explicit motor learning and practice among children with low motor abilities, Femke van Abswoude, John van der Kamp, and Bert Steenbergen
A situation-specific theory of caregiver contributions to heart failure self-care, Ercole Vellone, Barbara Riegel, and Rosaria Alvaro
Voice outcome measures for adult patients with Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: A Systematic Review, Chloe Walton, Paul Carding, Erin Conway, Kieran Flanagan, and Helen Blackshaw
Development of a self-care questionnaire for clinical assessment of self care in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A psychometric evaluation, Ulrica Lovén Wickman, Pia Yngman-Uhlin, Henrik Hjortswang, Marika Wenemark, Henrik Stjernman, Barbara Riegel, and Gunilla Hollman Frisman
Submissions from 2018
Effect of digoxin in patients with heart failure and mid-range (borderline) left ventricular ejection fraction, Azmil H. Abdul-Rahim, Li Shen, Christopher J. Rush, Pardeep S. Jhund, Kennedy R. Lees, and John J. V. McMurray
Development of motor imagery ability in children with developmental coordination disorder: A goal-directed pointing task, Imke L. J. Adams, Jessica M. Lust, and Bert Steenbergen
Exploring neighborhood environments and active communting in Chennai, India, Deepti Adlakha, J. Aaron Hipp, James F. Sallis, and Ross C. Brownson
The validity and reliability of the Functional Strength Measurement (FSM) in children with intellectual disabilities, W. F. M. Aertssen, B. Steenbergen, and B. C. M. Smits-Engelsman
Body weight and its association with impulsivity in middle and old age individuals, Marilena Aiello, Elisabetta Ambron, Roberta Situlin, Francesco Foroni, Gianni Biolo, and Raffaella I. Rumiati
Inattentional blindness and pattern-matching failure: The case of failure to recognize clinical cues, Modi Owied Al-Moteri, Mark Symmons, Simon Cooper, and Virginia Plummer
Enhancing social functioning in young people at Ultra High Risk (UHR) for psychosis: A pilot study of a novel strengths and mindfulness-based online social therapy, M. Alvarez-Jimenez, J. F. Gleeson, S. Bendall, D. L. Penn, A. R. Yung, R. M. Ryan, D. Eleftheriadis, S. D'Alfonso, S. Rice, C. Miles, P. Russon, R. Lederman, R. Chambers, C. Gonzalez-Blanch, M. H. Lim, E. Killackey, P. D. McGorry, and B. Nelson
How eye-catching are natural features when walking through a park? Eye-tracking responses to videos of walks, Marco Amati, Ebadat Ghanbari Parmehr, Chris McCarthy, and Jodi Sita
How eye-catching are natural features when walking through a park? Eye-tracking responses to videos of walks [accepted manuscript], Marco Amati, Jodi Sita, Ebadat Parmehr, and Chris Mccarthy
What do randomized controlled trials say about virtual rehabilitation in stroke? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of upper-limb and cognitive outcomes, Anna Aminov, Jeff Rogers, Sandy Middleton, Karen Caeyenberghs, and Peter Wilson
Does the Dark Triad predict prejudice?: The role of machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism in explaining negativity toward asylum seekers, Joel Anderson and Christopher Cheers
Demographic and ideological correlates of negative attitudes towards asylum seekers: A meta-analytic review, Joel Anderson and Rose Ferguson
Implicit acculturation and the academic adjustment of Chinese student sojourners in Australia, Joel Anderson and Yao Guan
Revisiting the Jezebel stereotype: The impact of target race on sexual objectification, Joel R. Anderson, Elise Holland, Courtney Heldreth, and Scott P. Johnson
The English version of the attitudes toward homosexuality scale, Joel R. Anderson, Yasin Koc, and Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor
1,2,6-thiadiazinones as novel narrow spectrum calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) inhibitors, Christopher R.M. Asquith, Paulo H. Godoi, Rafael M. Counago, Tuomo Laitinen, John W. Scott, Christopher G. Langendorf, Jonathan S. Oakhill, David H. Drewry, William J. Zuercher, Panayiotis A. Koutentis, Timothy M. Willson, and Andreas S. Kalogirou
Reduced motor competence in children with obesity is associated with structural differences in the cerebellar peduncles, Mireille J. C. M. Augustijn, Frederik J. A. Deconinck, Eva D'Hondt, Lore Van Acker, Ann De Guchtenaere, Matthieu Lenoir, and Karen Caeyenberghs
Role of motor competence and executive functioning in weight loss: A study in children with obesity, Mireille J. C. M. Augustijn, Eva D'Hondt, Lore van Acker, Ann de Guchtenaere, Matthieu Lenoir, Karen Caeyenberghs, and Frederik J. A. Deconinck
Socio-demographic and clinical determinants of self-care in adults with type 2 diabetes: A multicentre observational study, Davide Ausili, Emanuela Rossi, Paola Rebora, Michela Luciani, Luca Tonoli, Enrico Ballerini, Silvia Androni, Ercole Vellone, Barbara Riegel, and Stefania Di Mauro
The effects of transport mode use on self-perceived health, mental health, and social contact measures: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study, Ione Avila-Palencia, Luc Int Panis, Evi Dons, Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen, Elisabeth Raser, Thomas Götschi, Regine Gerike, Christian Brand, Audrey De Nazelle, Juan Pablo Orjuela, Esther Anaya-Boig, Erik Stigell, Sonja Kahlmeier, Francesco Iacorossi, and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
Peripartum cardiomyopathy: an update, Feriel Azibani and Karen Sliwa-Hahnle
Leucine supplementation does not attenuate skeletal muscle loss during leg immobilization in healthy, young men, E. M. P. Backx, Astrid M. H. Horstman, Gabriel N. Marzuca-Nassr, Janneau Van Kranenburg, Joey S. J. Smeets, Cas J. Fuchs, Anniek A. W. Janssen, Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot, Tim Snijders, Lex B. Verdijk, and Luc van Loon
Mild cognitive impairment impacts health outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing a disease management intervention, Jocasta Ball, Maja-Lisa Loechen, Melinda Carrington, Joshua Wiley, and S. Stewart
Impact of body mass index on mortality and hospitalisation of patients with atrial fibrillation, Jocasta Ball, Maja-Lisa Loechen, Melinda Carrington, Joshua Wiley, and Simon Stewart
Sex differences in the impact of body mass index on the risk of future atrial fibrillation: Insights From the longitudinal population-based Tromso Study, Jocasta Ball, Maja-Lisa Loechen, Tom Wilsgaard, Henrik Schirmer, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Bente Morseth, Ellisiv Bøgeberg Mathiesen, Inger Njolstad, Sweta Tiwari, and Ekaterina Sharashova
Relationships between the neighborhood environment and depression in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Anthony Barnett, Casper Zhang, Janice Johnston, and Ester Cerin
Analysis of multicentre epidemiological studies: contrasting fixed or random effects modelling and meta-analysis, Xavier Basagana, Marie Pedersen, Jose Barrera-Gomez, Ulrike Gehring, Lise Giorgis-Allemand, Gerard Hoek, Massimo Stafoggia, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Bert Brunekreef, and Remy Slama
Body Image-Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-5: An abbreviation using genetic algorithms [accepted manuscript], Geetanjali Basarkod, Baljinder Sahdra, and Joseph Ciarrochi
Agreement between cystatin-C and creatinine based eGFR estimates after a 12-month exercise intervention in patients with chronic kidney disease, Kassia S. Beetham, Erin J. Howden, Nicole M. Isbel, and Jeff S. Coombes
Who benefits from a defibrillator - balancing the risk of sudden versus non-sudden death, Simon A. S. Beggs, Roy S. Gardner, and John J. V. McMurray
Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, sudden death and implantable defibrillators: a review and meta-analysis, Simon A. S. Beggs, Pardeep Jhund, Colette E. Jackson, John McMurray, and Roy S. Gardner
Associations between students’ perceptions of physical education teachers’ interpersonal styles and students’ wellness, knowledge, performance, and intentions to persist at physical activity: A self-determination theory approach, Behzad Behzadnia, Paul J. C. Adachi, Edward L. Deci, and Hasan Mohammadzadeh
The effect of acute and 7-days dietary nitrate on mechanical efficiency, exercise performance and cardiac biomarkers in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Rosanne J. H. C. G. Beijers, Stephanie M. D. Huysmans, Coby van de Bool, Boris R. M. Kingma, Lex B. Verdijk, Luc Van Loon, Steven J. R. Meex, Harry R. Gosker, and Annemie M. W. J. Schols
Four days of simulated shift work reduces insulin sensitivity in humans, Raul Bescos, Michael J. Boden, Melinda L. Jackson, Adam J. Trewin, Evelyn C. Marin, Itamar Levinger, Andrew Garnham, Andrew Hiam, Filippe Falcao-Tebas, F. Conte, Julie A. Owens, David J. Kennaway, and Glenn K. McConell
Class effect for sodium glucose-cotransporter-2 inhibitors in cardiovascular outcomes, M. A. Bethel and John McMurray
The quality of life when a partner has substance use problems: A scoping review, Bente Birkeland, Kim Foster, Anne S. Selbekk, Magnhild M. Høie, Torleif Ruud, and Bente Weimand
Menopause-related appendicular bone loss is mainly cortical and results in increased cortical porosity, Ashild Bjørnerem, Xiaofang Wang, Q. M. Bui, Ali Ghasem-Zadeh, John Hopper, Roger M. Zebaze, and Ego Seeman
The influence of physical qualities on activity profiles of female Australian Football match play, Georgia M. Black, Tim J. Gabbett, Richard D. Johnston, Michael H. Cole, Geraldine Naughton, and Brian Dawson
The influence of physical qualities on activity profiles of female Australian Football match play [accepted manuscript], Georgia M. Black, Tim J. Gabbett, Richard D. Johnston, Michael H. Cole, Geraldine Naughton, and Brian Dawson
The influence of rotations on match running performance in female Australian football midfielders [accepted manuscript], Georgia M. Black, Tim J. Gabbett, Richard D. Johnston, Geraldine Naughton, Michael H. Cole, and Brian Dawson
Physical fitness and peak running periods during female Australian football match-play, Georgia M. Black, Tim J. Gabbett, Rich D. Johnston, Michael H. Cole, Geraldine Naughton, and Brian Dawson
The influence of rotations on match running performance in female Australian football midfielders, Georgia M. Black, Tim Gabbett, Richard D. Johnston, Geraldine Naughton, Michael H. Cole, and Brian Dawson
Concurrent validation of an inertial measurement system to quantify kicking biomechanics in four football codes, Stephanie Blair, Grant Duthie, Samuel J. Robertson, W. G. Hopkins, and Kevin Ball
Achieved diastolic blood pressure and pulse pressure at target systolic blood pressure (120-140 mmHg) and cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk patients: Results from ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials, Michael Boḧm, Helmut Schumacher, Koon K. Teo, Eva Lonn, Felix Mahfoud, Johannes F. E. Mann, Giuseppe Mancia, Josep Redon, Roland Schmieder, Michael Weber, Karen Sliwa, Bryan Williams, and Salim Yusuf
Latent profile analysis of young adolescents’ physical activity across locations on schooldays, Kelsey B. Borner, Tarrah B. Mitchell, Jordan Carlson, Jacqueline Kerr, Brian Saelens, Jasper Schipperijn, Lawrence Frank, Terry Conway, Karen Glanz, James Chapman, Kelli Cain, and Jim Sallis
Policy and practice-relevant youth physical activity research center agenda, Nisha Botchwey, Myron F. Floyd, Keshia Pollack Porter, Carmen L. Cutter, Chad Spoon, Thomas L. Schmid, Terry Conway, J. Aaron Hipp, Anna J. Kim, M. Renee Umsttad Meyer, Amanda L. Walker, Tina J. Kauh, and Jim Sallis
Growth differentiation factor-15 is not modified by sacubitril/valsartan and is an independent marker of risk in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: The PARADIGM-HF trial, Nadia Bouabdallaoui, Brian Claggett, Michael R. Zile, John J. V. McMurray, Eileen O'Meara, Milton Packer, Margarett F. Prescott, Karl Swedberg, Scott D. Solomon, and Jean L. Rouleau
An evidence-based framework for strengthening exercises to prevent hamstring injury [accepted manuscript], Matthew N. Bourne, Ryan Gregory Timmins, David Opar, Tania Pizzari, Joshua D. Ruddy, Casey Sims, Morgan D. Williams, and Anthony J. Shield
Air pollution and otitis media in children: A systematic review of literature, Gayan Bowatte, Rachel Tham, Jennifer L. Perret, Michael S. Bloom, Guanghui Dong, Nilakshi Waidyatillake, Dinh Bui, Geoffrey G. Morgan, Bin Jalaludin, Caroline J. Lodge, and Shyamali C. Dharmage
The effect of targeted exercise on knee-muscle function in patients with persistent hamstring deficiency following ACL reconstruction - study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Bo Bregenhof, Uffe Jørgensen, Per Aagaard, N. Nissen, Mark Creaby, Jonas Thorlund, Carsten Jensen, Trine Torfing, and Anders Holsgaard-Larsen
Insomnia in the older adult, Glenna S. Brewster, Barbara Riegel, and Philip R. Gehrman