Rebecca Armstrong

Adolescent Health Literacy in Beijing and Melbourne: A Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Shuaijun Guo, Xiaoming Yu, Elise Davis, Rebecca Armstrong, Elisha Riggs, Lucio Naccarella

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

While adolescent health literacy has gained momentum, it is under-researched from a cross-cultural perspective. This study aims to..

Developing a Survey Tool to Assess Implementation of Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention in Public Health Settings Across Four Countries

Elizabeth L Budd, Xiangji Ying, Katherine A Stamatakis, Anna J DeRuyter, Zhaoxin Wang, Pauline Sung, Tahna Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Rodrigo Reis, Ross C Brownson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Frontiers in Public Health

A cross-country study of mis-implementation in public health practice

Karishma S Furtado, Elizabeth L Budd, Rebecca Armstrong, Tahna Pettman, Rodrigo Reis, Pauline Sung-Chan, Zhaoxin Wang, Ross C Brownson

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMC Public Health

A systematic review to assess the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties for caries risk assessment tools for young children

Bradley Christian, Rebecca Armstrong, Hanny Calache, Lauren Carpenter, Lisa Gibbs, Mark Gussy

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Measuring functional, interactive and critical health literacy of Chinese secondary school students: reliable, valid and feasible?

Shuaijun Guo, Elise Davis, Xiaoming Yu, Lucio Naccarella, Rebecca Armstrong, Thomas Abel, Geoffrey Browne, Yanqin Shi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Global Health Promotion

Comparing Knowledge, Accessibility, and Use of Evidence-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Processes Across Four Countries

Anna J DeRuyter, Xiangji Ying, Elizabeth L Budd, Karishma Furtado, Rodrigo Reis, Zhaoxin Wang, Pauline Sung-Chan, Rebecca Armstrong, Tahna Pettman, Leonardo Becker, Tabitha Mui, Jianwei Shi, Tahnee Saunders, Ross C Brownson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Frontiers in Public Health

Quality of health literacy instruments used in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Shuaijun Guo, Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Sheikh M Alif, Geoffrey R Browne, Xiaoming Yu

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMJ Open

TIDieR-PHP: a reporting guideline for population health and policy interventions

Mhairi Campbell, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Tammy Hoffmann, Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Peter Craig

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMJ

A qualitative exploration of contextual factors that influence dissemination and implementation of evidence-based chronic disease prevention across four countries

Elizabeth L Budd, Anna J deRuyter, Zhaoxin Wang, Pauline Sung-Chan, Xiangji Ying, Karishma S Furtado, Tahna Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Rodrigo S Reis, Jianwei Shi, Tabitha Mui, Tahnee Saunders, Leonardo Becker, Ross C Brownson

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Health Services Research

Exploring political influences on evidence-based non-communicable disease prevention across four countries

Karishma S Furtado, Elizabeth L Budd, Xiangji Ying, Anna J deRuyter, Rebecca L Armstrong, Tahna L Pettman, Rodrigo S Reis, Pauline Sung-Chan, Zhaoxin Wang, Tahnee Saunders, Leonardo A Becker, Jianwei Shi, Long Sum Tabitha Mui, Ross C Brownson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Health Education Research

Participatory implementation science to increase the impact of evidence-based cancer prevention and control

Shoba Ramanadhan, Melinda M Davis, Rebecca Armstrong, Barbara Baquero, Linda K Ko, Jennifer C Leng, Ramzi G Salloum, Nicole A Vaughn, Ross C Brownson

Journal article  |  2018  |  CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL

Communities of practice to improve public health outcomes: a systematic review

Liza Barbour, Rebecca Armstrong, Patrick Condron, Claire Palermo

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Knowledge Management

When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework

J Jull, M Whitehead, M Petticrew, E Kristjansson, D Gough, J Petkovic, J Volmink, C Weijer, M Taljaard, S Edwards, L Mbuagbaw, R Cookson, J McGowan, A Lyddiatt, Y Boyer, LG Cuervo, R Armstrong, H White, M Yoganathan, T Pantoja, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMJ Open

Systematic Reviews in Public Health

R Armstrong, J Doyle, H Roberts, L Anderson, S Oliver, M Petticrew

Book Chapter  |  2016

This article describes the relevance of systematic reviews to public health policy and practice. Systematic reviews synthesize the..

A snapshot of the scope of obesity prevention practice in Australia

Tahna Pettman, Kristy Bolton, Penny Love, Elizabeth Waters, Tim Gill, Jill Whelan, Sinead Boylan, Rebecca Armstrong, John Coveney, Sue Booth, Boyd Swinburn, Steven Allender

Journal article  |  2016  |  Health Promotion International

Planning and implementing a targeted and strategic dissemination plan for a Cochrane review: a case study

Kirsty Jones, Gareth J Hollands, Ian Shemilt, Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Public Health

Evaluation of a knowledge translation and exchange platform to advance non-communicable disease prevention

Tahna Lee Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Steven Allender, Penelope Love, Tim Gill, John Coveney, Sinead Boylan, Sue Booth, Kristy Bolton, Boyd Swinburn

Journal article  |  2016  |  Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice

A call to action to reshape evidence synthesis and use for nutrition policy

Mark Lawrence, Celeste Naude, Rebecca Armstrong, Lisa Bero, Namukolo Covic, Solange Durao, Davina Ghersi, Geraldine Macdonald, Harriet MacLehose, Barrie Margetts, David Tovey, Jimmy Volmink, Taryn Young

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Vale Professor Elizabeth Waters

Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Kirsty Jones, Tahna Pettman

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Public Health

Protocol for the development of a CONSORT-equity guideline to improve reporting of health equity in randomized trials

Vivian Welch, J Jull, J Petkovic, R Armstrong, Y Boyer, LG Cuervo, SJL Edwards, A Lydiatt, D Gough, J Grimshaw, E Kristjansson, L Mbuagbaw, J McGowan, D Moher, T Pantoja, M Petticrew, K Pottie, T Rader, B Shea, M Taljaard, et al.

Journal article  |  2015  |  Implementation Science

Knowledge Translation for researchers: developing training to support public health researchers KTE efforts

Kirsty Jones, Rebecca Armstrong, Tahna Pettman, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Public Health

Ethics and equity in research priority-setting: stakeholder engagement and the needs of disadvantaged groups.

Soumyadeep Bhaumik, Sangeeta Rana, Chante Karimkhani, Vivian Welch, Rebecca Armstrong, Kevin Pottie, Robert Dellavalle, Purushottam Dhakal, Sandy Oliver, Damian K Francis, Mona Nasser, Sally Crowe, Baran Aksut, Roberto D Amico

Journal article  |  2015  |  Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

A transparent and evidence-based priority-setting process promotes the optimal use of resources to improve health outcomes. Decisi..

Understanding evidence: a statewide survey to explore evidence-informed public health decision-making in a local government setting

Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Laurence Moore, Maureen Dobbins, Tahna Pettman, Cate Burns, Boyd Swinburn, Laurie Anderson, Mark Petticrew

Journal article  |  2014  |  Implementation Science

Shifting sands - from descriptions to solutions

R Armstrong, TL Pettman, E Waters

Journal article  |  2014  |  Public Health

Interventions for preventing obesity in children

Angela Maria Spinola e Castro

Journal article  |  2014  |  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Interventions for preventing obesity in children.

Angela Maria Spinola e Castro

Journal article  |  2014  |  Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)

BACKGROUND: Prevention of childhood obesity is an international public health priority given the significant impact of obesity on ..

Cochrane update: building capacity in evidence-informed decision-making to improve public health

Tahna L Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Kirsty Jones, Elizabeth Waters, Jodie Doyle

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Public Health

Evidence and obesity prevention: developing evidence summaries to support decision making

Rachel Clark, Elizabeth Waters, Rebecca Armstrong, Rebecca Conning, Steven Allender, Boyd Swinburn

Journal article  |  2013  |  Evidence and Policy: a journal of research, debate and practice

Knowledge translation strategies to improve the use of evidence in public health decision making in local government: intervention design and implementation plan

Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Maureen Dobbins, Laurie Anderson, Laurence Moore, Mark Petticrew, Rachel Clark, Tahna L Pettman, Catherine Burns, Marjorie Moodie, Rebecca Conning, Boyd Swinburn

Journal article  |  2013  |  Implementation Science

Health equity: evidence synthesis and knowledge translation methods.

Vivian A Welch, Mark Petticrew, Jennifer O'Neill, Elizabeth Waters, Rebecca Armstrong, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Damian Francis, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Tomas Pantoja, Peter Tugwell

Journal article  |  2013  |  Systematic Reviews

BACKGROUND: At the Rio Summit in 2011 on Social Determinants of Health, the global community recognized a pressing need to take ac..

Increasing the utility of systematic reviews findings through strategic communication

Kirsty Jones, Philip Baker, Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong, Tahna Pettman, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Public Health

Using evidence in health promotion in local government: contextual realities and opportunities

Tahna Lee Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Ben Pollard, Rachel Evans, Amanda Stirrat, Isha Scott, Georgia Davies-Jackson, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2013  |  Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Global Handbook on Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion

Book Chapter  |  2013

Using evidence to inform NCD prevention and health promotion

T Pettman, R Armstrong, B Burford, J Doyle, L Anderson, E Waters

Book Chapter  |  2013

Evidence synthesis to inform NCD prevention and health promotion

T Pettman, R Armstrong, B Burford, J Doyle, L Anderson, E Waters

Book Chapter  |  2013

Assessing evidence in public health: the added value of GRADE

Belinda J Burford, Eva Rehfuess, Holger J Schuenemann, Elie A Akl, Elizabeth Waters, Rebecca Armstrong, Hilary Thomson, Jodie Doyle, Tahna Pettman

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Public Health

Evidence to support the needs of children and young people: upcoming reviews from the Cochrane Public Health Group

Belinda J Burford, Esther Coren, Colleen Davison, Sheila Thomas, Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Public Health

Tracking and understanding the utility of Cochrane reviews for public health decision-making

Rebecca Armstrong, Tahna Pettman, Belinda Burford, Jodie Doyle, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Public Health

Strengthening evaluation to capture the breadth of public health practice: ideal vs. real

Tahna L Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Belinda Burford, Laurie M Anderson, Tessa Hillgrove, Nikki Honey, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Public Health

Communicating with decision-makers through evidence reviews

TL Pettman, BJ Hall, E Waters, A de Silva-Sanigorski, R Armstrong, J Doyle

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Public Health

Essential components of public health evidence reviews: capturing intervention complexity, implementation, economics and equity

E Waters, BJ Hall, R Armstrong, J Doyle, TL Pettman, A de Silva-Sanigorski

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Public Health

Community-based knowledge translation: unexplored opportunities

Anita Kothari, Rebecca Armstrong

Journal article  |  2011  |  Implementation Science

'Scoping the scope' of a cochrane review

Rebecca Armstrong, Belinda J Hall, Jodie Doyle, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Public Health

Using logic models to capture complexity in systematic reviews

Laurie M Anderson, Mark Petticrew, Eva Rehfuess, Rebecca Armstrong, Erin Ueffing, Phillip Baker, Daniel Francis, Peter Tugwell

Journal article  |  2011  |  Research Synthesis Methods

Cochrane Update. 'Scoping the scope' of a cochrane review.

R Armstrong, BJ Hall, J Doyle, E Waters

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of public health (Oxford, England)

The development of a network for community-based obesity prevention: the CO-OPS Collaboration

Steven Allender, Melanie Nichols, Chad Foulkes, Rebecca Reynolds, Elizabeth Waters, Lesley King, Tim Gill, Rebecca Armstrong, Boyd Swinburn

Journal article  |  2011  |  BMC Public Health

An exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial of knowledge translation strategies to support evidence-informed decision-making in local governments (The KT4LG study)

Elizabeth Waters, Rebecca Armstrong, Boyd Swinburn, Laurence Moore, Maureen Dobbins, Laurie Anderson, Mark Petticrew, Rachel Clark, Rebecca Conning, Marj Moodie, Robert Carter

Journal article  |  2011  |  BMC Public Health

Evidence in Public Health

E Waters, RL Armstrong, JL Doyle, T Pettman, BJ Hall, NC Priest, AM De Silva - Sanigorski

Book Chapter  |  2011

Enhancing capacity for 'systematic' thinking in public health

Belinda J Hall, Rebecca Armstrong, Daniel P Francis, Jodie Doyle, Philip RA Baker

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Public Health

Managing the production of a Cochrane systematic review

Philip RA Baker, Daniel P Francis, Belinda J Hall, Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Public Health

Snakes and ladders: challenges and highlights of the first review published with the Cochrane Public Health Review Group

KE Joyce, BJ Hall, R Armstrong, J Doyle, C Bambra

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Public Health

Knowledge Translation and Exchange for Obesity Prevention

R Armstrong, L Prosser, M Dobbins, E Waters

Book Chapter  |  2010

Enhancing methodological developments for Cochrane Public Health Reviews: the role of exemplar reviews

Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Ruhi Saith, Laurie Anderson

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Public Health

Better evidence about wicked issues in tackling health inequities

Mark Petticrew, Peter Tugwell, Vivian Welch, Erin Ueffing, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Public Health Medicine

Cochrane Public Health Review Group update: incorporating research generated outside of the health sector

Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Public Health

Evidence summary: Achieving equity in community-based obesity prevention interventions for children and adolescents

R CLARK, E WATERS, R ARMSTRONG, R CONNING, R PETRIE

Report  |  2009

Evidence summary: Considerations regarding harm minimisation for obesity prevention policies and programs for pre-adolescents and adolescents

R CLARK, E WATERS, R CONNING, R ARMSTRONG, R PETRIE

Report  |  2009

Evidence summary: Remote and rural issues in the prevention of obesity for pre-adolescents and adolescents

R CLARK, R CONNING, E WATERS, R ARMSTRONG, R PETRIE

Report  |  2009

Engaging policy makers in action on socially determined health inequities: Developing evidence-informed cameos

N Priest, E Waters, N Valentine, R Armstrong, S Friel, A Prasad, O Solar

Journal article  |  2009  |  Evidence and Policy: a journal of research, debate and practice

Developing a specialized register for the Public Health Review Group

Helen Morgan, Ruth Turley, Josephine Kavanagh, Rebecca Armstrong, Alison Weightman

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Public Health

Systematic reviews in public health

R Armstrong, E Waters, H Roberts, LM Anderson, S Oliver, M Petticrew

Scholarly edition  |  2008

This article describes the relevance of systematic reviews to public health policy and practice, its history, recommended methods ..

Reviews in Public Health and Health Promotion

R Armstrong, E Waters, J Doyle

Book Chapter  |  2008

Key issues in Cochrane systematic reviews: cultural and economic considerations

Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Public Health

Policy interventions implemented through sporting organisations for promoting healthy behaviour change.

Naomi Priest, Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2008  |  Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)

BACKGROUND: Sporting organisations provide an important setting for health promotion strategies that involve policies, communicati..

Issues raised in systematic reviews of complex multisectoral and community based interventions

Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Public Health

Improving the reporting of public health intervention research: advancing TREND and CONSORT

Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Laurence Moore, Elisha Riggs, Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Pisake Lumbiganon, Penelope Hawe

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Public Health

Reviews in public health and health promotion

R Armstrong, E Waters, J Doyle

Book Chapter  |  2008

Policy interventions implemented through sporting organisations for promoting healthy behaviour change

Naomi Priest, Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2008  |  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Strategies to support knowledge translation and exchange

R ARMSTRONG, R CLARK, S Murphy, E WATERS

Journal article  |  2008  |  Australasian Epidemiologist

Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for increasing participation in sport

Naomi Priest, Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2008  |  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

The nature of evidence resources and knowledge translation for health promotion practitioners

Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Belinda Crockett, Helen Keleher

Journal article  |  2007  |  Health Promotion International

The role of a Prospective Public Health Intervention Study Register in building public health evidence: proposal for content and use

Elizabeth Waters, Naomi Priest, Rebecca Armstrong, Sandy Oliver, Philip Baker, David McQueen, Carolyn Summerbell, Michael P Kelly, Boyd Swinburn

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Public Health Medicine

Evidence to inform multisectoral approaches to health promotion

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Book Chapter  |  2007

Knowledge synthesis, translation and exchange in public health and health promotion: the role of a Cochrane Review Group.

Elizabeth Waters, Rebecca Armstrong

Journal article  |  2007  |  Promotion & Education

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international non-profit organisation that aims to produce high quality systematic reviews of the..

The role of a Prospective Public Health Intervention Study Register in building public health evidence: proposal for content and use

E Waters, N Priest, R Armstrong, undefined Oliver, P Baker, D McQueen, C Summerbell, MP Kelly, B Swinburn

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Public Health

The role and theoretical evolution of knowledge translation and exchange in public health

Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Helen Roberts, Sandy Oliver, Jennie Popay

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Public Health

Multi-sectoral health promotion and public health: the role of evidence

Rebecca Armstrong, Jodie Doyle, Chris Lamb, Elizabeth Waters

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Public Health

It's in your hands: the value of handsearching in conducting systematic reviews of public health interventions

R Armstrong, N Jackson, J Doyle, E Waters, F Howes

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Public Health

Impact evaluation of a five-day Short Course in Health Promotion: workforce development in action

Helen Keleher, Rebecca Round, Bernie Marshall, Berni Murphy

Journal article  |  2005  |  Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for increasing participation in sport

NW Jackson, FS Howes, S Gupta, JL Doyle, E Waters

Journal article  |  2005  |  Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)

Report of the mid-term review of Victoria's maternity services program

undefined Keleher, RL Round, undefined Wilson

Journal article  |  2002  |  Australian Health Review

Issues raised in systematic reviews of complex multisectoral and community based interventions

J Doyle, R Armstrong, E Waters

Journal article  |  Journal of Public Health

Knowledge translation strategies for facilitating evidence-informed public health decision making among managers and policy-makers

Rebecca Armstrong, Elizabeth Waters, Maureen Dobbins, John N Lavis, Mark Petticrew, Robin Christensen

Journal article  |  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews