Ā mātou rangahau—our research
Find out about our research projects and explore our published research.
We aspire to lead research that informs effective promotion of physical activity to all New Zealanders for health and wellbeing benefits, with a focus on equity.
Our research focus is on epidemiology and evaluation of physical activity and wellbeing at a population level. This includes generating and interpreting data relevant to policy and practice for government and non-government agencies.
Ngā whakaputanga—research outputs
- Strengths weaknesses opportunities and threats in the NZ physical activity sector regarding disabled young people
- Determinants of future physical activity participation in New Zealand adolescents across sociodemographic groups: A descriptive study
- The epidemiology of domain-specific physical activity in New Zealand adults: A nationally representative cross-sectional survey
- The Value of Sport: Wellbeing Benefits of Sport Participation during Adolescence
- “Balance Is Better”: The Wellbeing Benefits of Participating in a Breadth of Sports across a Variety of Settings during Adolescence
- Differences in physical activity participation among young adults in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Results from Aotearoa New Zealand's 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth: A call to address inequities in health-promoting activities
- Learning outcomes from participation in student-run health clinics: A systematic review
- Status and trends of physical activity surveillance, policy, and research in 164 countries: findings from the Global Observatory for Physical Activity-GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys
- Understanding of the single-item physical activity question for population surveillance
- Muslim women's sporting spatialities: navigating culture, religion and moving bodies in Aotearoa New Zealand
International research outputs
- “Now is the time for institutions to be investing in growing exercise programs as part of standard of care”: a multiple case study examining the implementation of exercise oncology interventions
- Campus recreation amenity use differences by sexual orientation among US college students
- Umbrella systematic review and meta-analysis: Physical activity as an effective therapeutic strategy for improving psychosocial outcomes in children and adolescents
- Physical activity behaviors and campus recreation use of students enrolled in summer transition programs at a large Northeastern United States university
- Transgender and nonbinary college student inclusivity in campus recreation: Perceptions of North American staff
- Community co-selection of measures to evaluate the health and wellbeing impact of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community running groups
- Implementation of physical activity interventions in a community-based youth mental healthcare service: A case study of context, strategies, and outcomes
- Associations between meeting 24-hour Movement Guidelines and perceived stress and depressive symptoms among college students: Differences by gender, race, and sexual orientation
- Physical activity is related to mental health and sexual orientation among women in college
- Gender and race/ethnicity differences in occupational activity among students
- The intersection of gender identity, sexual orientation, and active transportation behavior: An exploratory study
- Developing an implementation research logic model: using a multiple case study design to establish a worked exemplar
- A rapid review exploring the role of yoga in healing psychological trauma
- Netball Shoots for Physical and Mental Wellbeing in Samoa: A Natural Experiment
- Health interventions as vehicles for increased sport participation for women and girls: Socio-managerial insights from a Netball-for-Development Program in Tonga
- Moving beyond disciplinary silos: The potential for transdisciplinary research in Sport for Development