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Philayrath Phongsavan

Philayrath Phongsavan

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
45
Citations
7042
World Ranking
3935
National Ranking
287

Overview

Philayrath Phongsavan is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and focuses research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans multiple subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Health, Physiology, and Pharmacy.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, notably obesity, physical activity, and diet; health disparities and outcomes; mobile health and mHealth applications; physical activity and health; obesity and health practices; nutritional studies and diet; as well as global public health policies and epidemiology.

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include Adrian Bauman, Li Ming Wen, Huilan Xu, Louise A. Baur, and Chris Rissel.

Philayrath Phongsavan has published extensively in a variety of academic venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • Health Promotion Journal of Australia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • BMC Public Health
  • Nutrients

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Philayrath Phongsavan provide insight into specific research directions:

  • Social engagement pattern, health behaviors and subjective well-being of older adults: an international perspective using WHO-SAGE survey data (2020, BMC Public Health)
  • Effects of Telephone and Short Message Service Support on Infant Feeding Practices, "Tummy Time," and Screen Time at 6 and 12 Months of Child Age (2020, JAMA Pediatrics)
  • Do associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease and mortality differ across socioeconomic groups? A prospective analysis of device-measured and self-reported UK Biobank data (2023, British Journal of Sports Medicine)
  • Hunger for Home Delivery: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Nutritional Quality of Complete Menus on an Online Food Delivery Platform in Australia (2021, Nutrients)
  • Review of Evaluation Metrics Used in Digital and Traditional Tobacco Control Campaigns (2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research)

Best Publications

  • Promoting Physical Activity Participation among Children and Adolescents

    Jo Salmon;Michael L. Booth;Philayrath Phongsavan;Niamh Murphy

  • Epidemiology of substance use in adolescence: prevalence, trends and policy implications

    Adrian Bauman;Philayrath Phongsavan

  • Physical activity measurement a primer for health promotion

    Adrian E. Bauman;Philayrath. Phongsavan;Stephanie. Schoeppe;Neville. Owen

  • Social capital, socio-economic status and psychological distress among Australian adults

    Philayrath Phongsavan;Tien Chey;Adrian Bauman;Robert Brooks

  • Promoting walking as an adjunct intervention to group cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders--a pilot group randomized trial

    Dafna Merom;Philayrath Phongsavan;Renate E Wagner;Tien Chey;Tien Chey

  • Does Playground Improvement Increase Physical Activity among Children? A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Natural Experiment

    Erika E Bohn-Goldbaum;Philayrath Phongsavan;Dafna Merom;Kris D Rogers

  • The prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity among adults in Ho Chi Minh City

    Oanh T H Trinh;Nguyen D Nguyen;Michael J Dibley;Philayrath Phongsavan

  • Effectiveness of a mHealth Lifestyle Program With Telephone Support (TXT2BFiT) to Prevent Unhealthy Weight Gain in Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Partridge;Kevin McGeechan;Lana Hebden;Kate Balestracci

  • Cross-national comparisons of socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of leisure-time and occupational physical activity, and active commuting in six Asia-Pacific countries

    Adrian Bauman;Guansheng Ma;Frances Cuevas;Zainal Omar

  • Driving: a road to unhealthy lifestyles and poor health outcomes

    Ding Ding;Klaus Gebel;Philayrath Phongsavan;Adrian E. Bauman

  • Social engagement pattern, health behaviors and subjective well-being of older adults: an international perspective using WHO-SAGE survey data

    Mengyun Luo;Mengyun Luo;Ding Ding;Adrian Bauman;Joel Negin

  • Impact of an outdoor gym on park users’ physical activity: A natural experiment

    Leonie Cranney;Philayrath Phongsavan;Maina Kariuki;Vicki Stride

  • Mastery of fundamental motor skills among New South Wales school students: Prevalence and sociodemographic distribution

    Michael L Booth;Tony Okely;Lyndall McLellan;Philayrath Phongsavan

  • Promoting walking with pedometers in the community the step-by-step trial.

    Dafna Merom;Chris Rissel;Philayrath Phongsavan;Benjamin John Smith

  • Effectiveness of Australia's Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service®: translational research with population wide impact.

    Blythe J. O'Hara;Philayrath Phongsavan;Kamalesh Venugopal;Elizabeth G. Eakin

  • Psychosocial impact of specialized cardiac genetic clinics for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Jodie Ingles;Joanne M Lind;Joanne M Lind;Philayrath Phongsavan;Christopher Semsarian;Christopher Semsarian;Christopher Semsarian

  • A Mobile Health Lifestyle Program for Prevention of Weight Gain in Young Adults (TXT2BFiT): Nine-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Allman-Farinelli M;Partridge;McGeechan K;Balestracci K

  • Effects of a pedometer-based intervention on physical activity levels after cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.

    Lyra Butler;Susan Furber;Philayrath Phongsavan;Andrew Mark

  • Randomised controlled trial of a pedometer-based telephone intervention to increase physical activity among cardiac patients not attending cardiac rehabilitation.

    Susan Furber;Lyra Butler;Philayrath Phongsavan;Andrew Mark

  • Insights for conducting real-time focus groups online using a web conferencing service.

    James Kite;Philayrath Phongsavan

  • NSW Schools Fitness and Physical Activity Survey

    Michael Booth;P Macaskill;L McLellan;P Phongsavan

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Rissel
Chris Rissel Flinders University
Li Ming Wen
Li Ming Wen University of Sydney
Louise A. Baur
Louise A. Baur University of Sydney
Marion Haas
Marion Haas University of Technology Sydney
Lesley King
Lesley King University of Sydney
Andrew Milat
Andrew Milat New South Wales Department of Health
Brian Oldenburg
Brian Oldenburg University of Melbourne
Derrick Silove
Derrick Silove University of New South Wales
Jan Wright
Jan Wright University of Wollongong
Joel Negin
Joel Negin University of Sydney

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