Josephine Chau — Macquarie University

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 passion project is investigating the potential for co-ops to improve food and vegetable intake in 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

Adjunct Research Fellow, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney

6 Aug 2018 → …

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Research Outputs 2004 2019

2752 Citations
26 h-Index
59 Article
7 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 › Research › peer-review

Open Access

New South Wales

Exercise

Walking

Insurance Benefits

Health Surveys

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 › Research › peer-review

Health

Communication

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

meta-analysis

physical activity

Meta-Analysis

Mortality

Odds Ratio

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

File

Efficiency

Telecommunications

Absenteeism

Control Groups

Postal Service