Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Hayley’s research focusses on improving children’s physical activity levels, health and well-being through multi-level interventions focussed on the child, family, social and built environment. This includes identifying and testing strategies to create healthy early childhood education and care environments and investigating how the home and neighbourhood environment shapes children’s health and development.
Hayley leads the PLAYCE (Play Spaces & Environments for Children’s Physical Activity) program of research, a multidisciplinary team of staff and students based at the School of Population and Global Health. She is Fellow at the Telethon Kids Institute. Dr Christian has over 18 years professional experience in health promotion practice (3 years), health promotion research project management (13 years) and health promotion teaching and research (15 years). Dr Christian has research experience in the areas of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, obesity, paediatric exercise science, child health and development, the built environment and health, health promotion and public health, cohort studies, interventions and quantitative and qualitative research.
Hayley leads the PLAYCE (Play Spaces & Environments for Children’s Physical Activity) program of research, a multidisciplinary team of staff and students based at the School of Population and Global Health. She is Fellow at the Telethon Kids Institute. Dr Christian has over 18 years professional experience in health promotion practice (3 years), health promotion research project management (13 years) and health promotion teaching and research (15 years). Dr Christian has research experience in the areas of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, obesity, paediatric exercise science, child health and development, the built environment and health, health promotion and public health, cohort studies, interventions and quantitative and qualitative research.
Funding overview
See Research Profile link below
FELLOWSHIPS:
2016-2020 National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship
2012-2016 NHMRC/National Heart Foundation Early Career Fellowship
2004-2008 ARC Postgraduate Award - Industry
FELLOWSHIPS:
2016-2020 National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship
2012-2016 NHMRC/National Heart Foundation Early Career Fellowship
2004-2008 ARC Postgraduate Award - Industry
Teaching overview
Associate Lecturer, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia (current)
Graduate Entry Medical Program PBL tutor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Australia (2006-2008)
Graduate Entry Medical Program PBL tutor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Australia (2006-2008)
Research
Early Childhood Education and Care interventions to support and encourage healthy behaviours (i.e., physical activity, reduced sedentary and screen time, sleep) and optimal development in the early years
Influence of the home and neighbourhood environment on child health and development
Natural experiments of the impact of the built environment on health
Health and development benefits of pets for children and adults
Health benefits of nature contact and green space
Influence of the home and neighbourhood environment on child health and development
Natural experiments of the impact of the built environment on health
Health and development benefits of pets for children and adults
Health benefits of nature contact and green space
Keywords
- Physical activity (adult and child)
- Obesity
- Health and the built environment
- Health benefits of pet ownership
- Health promotion
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Research Output 2002 2019
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Associations between the home yard and preschoolers’ outdoor play and physical activity
Armstrong, G. P., Maitland, C., Lester, L., Trost, S. G., Trapp, G., Boruff, B., Al Marzooqi, M. K. & Christian, H. E., 6 Mar 2019, In : Public Health Research and Practice. 29, 1, e2911907.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Exercise
Equipment and Supplies
Social Environment
Education
Linear Models
4
Citations
(Scopus)
Dog owners are more likely to meet physical activity guidelines than people without a dog: An investigation of the association between dog ownership and physical activity levels in a UK community
Westgarth, C., Christley, R. M., Jewell, C., German, A. J., Boddy, L. M. & Christian, H. E., 1 Dec 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 5704.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Ownership
Dogs
Guidelines
Exercise
Walking
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Dog ownership, the natural outdoor environment and health: A cross-sectional study
Zijlema, W. L., Christian, H., Triguero-Mas, M., Cirach, M., Van Den Berg, M., Maas, J., Gidlow, C. J., Kruize, H., Wendel-Vos, W., Andrušaitytä, S., Grazuleviciene, R., Litt, J. & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., 1 May 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 5, e023000.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Ownership
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dogs
Health
Walking
Feasibility of conducting an early pregnancy diet and lifestyle e-health intervention: The Pregnancy Lifestyle Activity Nutrition (PLAN) project
Huang, R. C., Silva, D., Beilin, L., Neppe, C., Mackie, K. E., Roffey, E., Gibson, L. Y., D'Vaz, N., Christian, H., Reid, C. M. & Prescott, S. L., 8 Aug 2019, In : Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Life Style
Diet
Pregnancy
Health
Weight Gain
P147 Individual, social and environmental factors associated with adolescent energy drink consumption
Trapp, G., Christian, H., McStay, C. L., Martin, K., Ambrosini, G., Bromberg, M., Howard, J. & Cross, D., Jul 2019, In : Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51, 7S, p. S98-S99 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract/Meeting Abstract
Energy Drinks
Odds Ratio
Health
Social Environment
Beverages
Datasets
Supplementary tables for: Association between the home yard on preschoolers’ outdoor play and physical activity
Christian, H. (Creator), Rosenberg, M. (Creator), Trost, S. (Creator), Schipperijn, J. (Creator), Maitland, C. (Creator), Trapp, G. (Creator), Lester, L. (Creator), Boruff, B. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2019
Dataset
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Projects 2009 2024
Obesity risk behaviours among WA children attending early childhood education and care: Findings from the PLAYCE studies
Christian, H., Rosenberg, M., Cross, D., Trapp, G., Wenden, L., Kunaratnam, K., Trost, S. & Schjipperin, J.
University of Western Australia
1/01/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Exploratory Research Grant - How healthy (or unhealthy) is the food environment around Perth schools?
Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Rosenberg, M., Christian, H., Thornton, L., Foster, S. & Howard, J.
WA Health Promotion Foundation Healthway
20/12/18 → 30/01/21
Project: Research
Evidence-informed physical activity policy for early childhood education and care
Christian, H., Rosenberg, M., Cross, D., Lester, L., Trapp, G., Trost, S., Schipperijn, J. & Shilton, T.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/11/18 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
Evidence-informed physical activity policy for early childhood education and care
Christian, H., Rosenberg, M., Cross, D., Lester, L., Trapp, G., Trost, S., Schipperijn, J. & Shilton, T.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/10/18 → 3/09/21
Project: Research