Exploring motivations for engagement with the Healthy Lunch Box campaign on social media.

Many health organisations seek social media engagement through their online health promotion campaigns, but there is little understanding of what engagement means in relation to the uptake of health messages. To understand the relevance of social media engagement, we need to look at the reasons why people engage with health content via social media. This exploratory study examined people's motivations for engaging with health content through a case study of the Healthy Lunch Box campaign.

Impact Evaluation of the Get Healthy in Pregnancy Program: Evidence of Effectiveness.

The efficacy of lifestyle interventions for reduced gestational weight gain (GWG) is established, but evidence of their effectiveness is limited. The Get Healthy in Pregnancy (GHiP) program is a telephone health coaching program supporting healthy GWG delivered state-wide in New South Wales, Australia. This evaluation explores the impact of GHiP on behavioural outcomes and GWG, analysing GHiP participant data (n = 3702 for 2018-2019).

Hope and sadness: Balancing emotions in tobacco control mass media campaigns aimed at smokers.

Issue Addressed: Australia has smoking prevalence of less than 15% among adults, but there are concerns that the rates of decline have stabilised. Sustained mass media campaigns are central to decreasing prevalence, and the emotions evoked by campaigns contribute to their impact. This study investigates the association between potential exposure to campaigns that evoke different emotions on quitting salience (thinking about quitting), quitting intentions and quitting attempts.

Attitudes towards the 'Shisha No Thanks' campaign video: Content analysis of Facebook comments.

Introduction: While social media are commonly used in public health campaigns, there is a gap in our understanding of what happens after the campaign is seen by the target audience. This study aims to understand how the campaign video was received by the Facebook audience by analyzing Facebook comments posted to it. Specifically, this study aims to determine whether the Facebook audience accepted or rejected the campaign's message.

Co-Produce, Co-Design, Co-Create, or Co-Construct-Who Does It and How Is It Done in Chronic Disease Prevention? A Scoping Review.

Co-production in health literature has increased in recent years. Despite mounting interest, numerous terms are used to describe co-production. There is confusion regarding its use in health promotion and little evidence and guidance for using co-produced chronic disease prevention interventions in the general population.

Evaluation of 'Shisha No Thanks' - a co-design social marketing campaign on the harms of waterpipe smoking.

Background: Waterpipe (shisha) is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, particularly among young people; and in some countries, it is one of the few forms of tobacco use that is increasing. While there is a growing body of evidence of the harms of waterpipe smoke, there is a scarcity of research of interventions to address this form of tobacco consumption.

Methods: The Shisha No Thanks project was a co-design social marketing campaign that aimed to raise awareness of the harms of waterpipe smoking among young people from an Arabic speaking background in Sydney, Australia.

A Case Study of an SMS Text Message Community Panel Survey and Its Potential for Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

During the COVID-19 pandemic many traditional methods of data collection, such as intercept surveys or focus groups, are not feasible. This paper proposes that establishing community panels through SMS text messages may be a useful method during the pandemic, by describing a case study of how an innovative SMS text message community panel was used for the "Shisha No Thanks" project to collect data from young adults of Arabic-speaking background about their attitudes on the harms of waterpipe smoking. Participants were asked to complete an initial recruitment survey, and then subsequently sent 1 survey question per week.

Ecological study of playground space and physical activity among primary school children.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between school playground size and total physical activity (PA), fitness and fundamental movement skills (FMS) of primary school students.

Design: Cross-sectional ecological analysis.

Setting: 43 primary schools in New South Wales, Australia.

Beyond weight loss: Impact of a weight management programme for mid-older Australians in private health insurance.

Weight-loss maintenance and lifestyle behaviour necessary to manage weight are undisputedly challenging. We evaluated a secondary prevention weight-loss maintenance programme for participants (n = 490) with weight-related chronic disease in the Australian private health insurance setting. This study investigated the impact of the maintenance programme on anthropometric and lifestyle risk behaviour changes after 6 and 12 months, and trends in weight-loss maintenance after 1 year.

Implementation of an Early Childhood Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Program in New South Wales, Australia: .

Childhood obesity is an important public health issue. Approximately 20% of 2-4 year olds are overweight or obese, meaning 1 in 5 Australian children start school above a healthy weight. In the state of New South Wales (NSW) the combined prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity is significantly higher among children from low socioeconomic status backgrounds and children from regional, rural and remote areas.

The equitable reach of a universal, multisector childhood obesity prevention program (Live Life Well @ School) in Australian primary schools.

Objective: The Live Life Well @ School program aims to establish, reinforce and support primary school students (aged 5-11 years) and their families to adopt healthy eating and physical activity behaviours through the implementation of an evidence-based program that focuses on the school curriculum, the school food and physical activity environment, and teacher professional development. This paper examines Live Life Well @ School monitoring data to provide practical insights into program adoption and changes in primary school environments across NSW, particularly in schools characterised as disadvantaged. Type of program: The Live Life Well @ School program provides a universally delivered, state-wide approach to childhood obesity prevention in the primary school setting.

Sociodemographic and health risk profile associated with participation in a private health insurance weight loss maintenance and chronic disease management program.

Objective Identifying who participates in chronic disease management programs yields insights into program reach and appeal. This study investigated sustained participation in a remotely delivered weight loss maintenance program offered to Australian private health insurance members. Methods All participants completing an initial 18-week weight loss program were eligible for a maintenance phase.

"I'm Still on Track": A Qualitative Exploration of Participant Experiences of a Weight Loss Maintenance Program.

Qualitative evidence of participants' experiences of real-life weight loss maintenance programs is important for ongoing participant engagement and can inform program improvements. The purpose of this study was to understand how participants account for their engagement with a weight loss maintenance program and the role of the program in their weight management. A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 17 participants of a weight loss maintenance program was conducted; common themes were identified using a thematic inductive approach.

Healthy Weight for Life programme: Evaluating the practice and effectiveness of a weight loss maintenance programme in the private health insurance setting.

Background: Australian private health insurers are increasingly involved in the delivery of chronic disease management programmes to their members, recognising the importance of decreasing and managing lifestyle risk factors and the impact such factors have on health service utilisation. One such secondary prevention programme is the Healthy Weight for Life programme, an intensive weight loss and lifestyle modification programme that has been designed for overweight and obese private health insurance members in Australia. Together with the insurer, the Healthy Weight for Life service provider developed and implemented a long-term maintenance programme that supports participants who complete the Healthy Weight for Life programme to maintain the weight loss they achieved during the programme.

A review of the impact of physical activity mass media campaigns on low compared to high socioeconomic groups.

Physical inactivity is a major contributor to non-communicable disease and people of low socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to be insufficiently active. Physical activity mass media campaigns aim to increase physical activity participation, but little is known about their impact on low SES groups. We reviewed the published literature from 1990 to June 2016 to identify reports of physical activity mass media campaigns.

Participant perspectives of a 6-month telephone-based lifestyle coaching program.

Unlabelled: Objectives and importance of study: Low program completion rates can undermine the public health impact of even the most effective program. Participant experiences with lifestyle programs are not well reported, but are important for program improvement and retention. The purpose of this study was to understand participant perceptions of the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service (GHS), a 6-month telephone-based health coaching program to promote lifestyle change.

Are Financial Incentives for Lifestyle Behavior Change Informed or Inspired by Behavioral Economics? A Mapping Review.

Objective: To identify the behavioral economics (BE) conceptual underpinnings of lifestyle financial incentive (FI) interventions.

Data Source: A mapping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted by searching electronic databases.

Study Inclusion And Exclusion Criteria: Inclusion criteria were real-world FI interventions explicitly mentioning BE, targeting individuals, or populations with lifestyle-related behavioral outcomes.

Acceptability of financial incentives for maintenance of weight loss in mid-older adults: a mixed methods study.

Background: Health insurers worldwide implement financial incentive schemes to encourage health-related behaviours, including to facilitate weight loss. The maintenance of weight loss is a public health challenge, and as non-communicable diseases become more prevalent with increasing age, mid-older adults could benefit from programs which motivate weight loss maintenance. However, little is understood about their perceptions of using financial incentives to maintain weight loss.

Cardiac Patients' Experiences and Perceptions of Social Media: Mixed-Methods Study.

Background: Traditional in-person cardiac rehabilitation has substantial benefits for cardiac patients, which are offset by poor attendance. The rapid increase in social media use in older adults provides an opportunity to reach patients who are eligible for cardiac rehabilitation but unable to attend traditional face-to-face groups. However, there is a paucity of research on cardiac patients' experiences and perspectives on using social media to support their health.

Polite, professional, practical: What drives caller 'satisfaction' with the New South Wales Quitline, Australia.

Introduction And Aims: Previous studies on smoking quitlines have focused on service effectiveness and usage, describing client characteristics, referral sources and service utilisation. There is a lack of qualitative research examining callers' perspectives on service quality. The analysis aimed to describe the factors which underpin quitline callers' descriptions of their satisfaction with the service.

Impact of the Swap It, Don't Stop It Australian National Mass Media Campaign on Promoting Small Changes to Lifestyle Behaviors.

Mass media campaigns aimed at influencing lifestyle risk factors are one way that governments are attempting to address chronic disease risk. In Australia, a national campaign aimed at encouraging Australians to make changes in lifestyle-related behaviors was implemented from 2008 to 2011. The first phase, Measure Up (2008-2009), focused on why lifestyle changes are needed by increasing awareness of the link between waist circumference and chronic disease risk.

Weight-Related Goal Setting in a Telephone-Based Preventive Health-Coaching Program: Demonstration of Effectiveness.

Purpose: This study investigated whether participants in a 6-month telephone-based coaching program, who set physical activity, nutrition, and weight loss goals had better outcomes in these domains.

Design: Quasi-experimental design.

Setting: The Australian Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service (GHS), a free population-wide telephone health-coaching service that includes goal setting as a key component of its coaching program.

Knowledge of the signs and symptoms and risk factors of lung cancer in Australia: mixed methods study.

Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Australia. There is potential that health promotion about the risks and warning signs of lung cancer could be used to reduce delays in symptom presentation when symptoms are first detected. This study investigated knowledge, attitudes and beliefs which might impact help-seeking behaviour and could provide insight into possible public health interventions in New South Wales (NSW).

Finding the keys to successful adult-targeted advertisements on obesity prevention: an experimental audience testing study.

Background: Mass media communications are an important component of comprehensive interventions to address population levels of overweight and obesity, yet we have little understanding of the effective characteristics of specific advertisements (ads) on this topic. This study aimed to quantitatively test audience reactions to existing adult-focused public health television ads addressing overweight and obesity to determine which ads have the highest levels of message acceptance, argument strength, personalised perceived effectiveness and negative emotional impact.

Methods: 1116 Australian adults aged 21-55 years recruited from a national online panel participated in this web-based study.

Translational research: are community-based child obesity treatment programs scalable?

Background: Community-based obesity treatment programs have become an important response to address child obesity; however the majority of these programs are small, efficacy trials, few are translated into real-world situations (i.e., dissemination trials).