Josephine Chau

Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Systems and Populations

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6261-2545

Phone0298502302
Emailjosephine.chau@mq.edu.au

3623 Citations
29 h-Index

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Personal profile

Biography

I am a public health researcher with expertise in physical activity, sedentary behaviour (too much sitting as opposed to not enough exercise), health promotion, and program evaluation.

My core research focuses on adults and workplace settings. This has involved designing and evaluating ‘move more, sit less’ initiatives, and investigating the social and environmental factors (people, places, and policies) that affect workers’ moving and sitting, as well as their mental wellbeing and productivity. I am also interested in media analysis about communication of health issues, such as sitting guidelines for office workers and claims that "sitting is the new smoking" (it's not!). My current projects include exploring high intensity interval training as a way to accumulate physical activity in daily life, evaluating the impacts of Play Streets on community health and wellbeing, and investigating the potential of a co-ops approach to improve fruit and vegetable intake of families from disadvantaged backgrounds.

I have worked on a range of multidisciplinary projects funded by different agencies, including the NSW Ministry of Health, Heart Foundation, and the World Health Organization. I was a National Heart Foundation of Australia Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2015-2017).

External positions

Senior Research Fellow (Honorary), Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney

6 Aug 2018 → …

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Projects

1 Active

Development of a framework for maximising population health gains through high intensity incidental physical activity

Stamatakis, E., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Chau, J. & Maher, C.

1/01/20 → 31/12/22

Project: Research

Research Outputs

3623 Citations
29 h-Index
67 Article
5 Review article
4 Letter
3 Meeting abstract

Recent trends in physical activity in New South Wales. Is the tide of inactivity turning?

Chau, J., Smith, B. J., Bauman, A., Merom, D., Eyeson-Annan, M., Chey, T. & Farrell, L., 1 Feb 2008, In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 32, 1, p. 82-85 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

38 Citations (Scopus)

Is activity-based working impacting health, work performance and perceptions? A systematic review

Engelen, L., Chau, J., Young, S., Mackey, M., Jeyapalan, D. & Bauman, A., 2019, In : Building Research and Information. 47, 4, p. 468-479 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

16 Citations (Scopus)

Daily sitting time and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis

Chau, J. Y., Grunseit, A. C., Chey, T., Stamatakis, E., Brown, W. J., Matthews, C. E., Bauman, A. E. & van der Ploeg, H. P., 13 Nov 2013, In : PLoS ONE. 8, 11, p. 1-14 14 p., e80000.

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Open Access

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363 Citations (Scopus)

2 Downloads (Pure)

More standing and just as productive: effects of a sit-stand desk intervention on call center workers' sitting, standing, and productivity at work in the Opt to Stand pilot study

Chau, J. Y., Sukala, W., Fedel, K., Do, A., Engelen, L., Kingham, M., Sainsbury, A. & Bauman, A. E., 1 Jun 2016, In : Preventive Medicine Reports. 3, p. 68-74 7 p.

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Open Access

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