Melanie Davern

Longitudinal evidence of the impact of dog ownership and dog walking on mental health.

Y Cui, M Russell, M Davern, H Christian

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Public Health

BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence supports the physical health and social benefits of dog ownership. This study examined the longitudi..

Urban forest governance and decision-making: A systematic review and synthesis of the perspectives of municipal managers

Camilo Ordonez, Caragh G Threlfall, Dave Kendal, Dieter F Hochuli, Melanie Davern, Richard A Fuller, Rodney van der Ree, Stephen J Livesley

Journal article  |  2019  |  Landscape and Urban Planning

What is the meaning of urban liveability for a city in a low-to-middle-income country? Contextualising liveability for Bangkok, Thailand

Amanda Alderton, Melanie Davern, Kornsupha Nitvimol, Iain Butterworth, Carl Higgs, Elizabeth Ryan, Hannah Badland

Journal article  |  2019  |  Globalization and Health

Higher levels of greenness and biodiversity associate with greater subjective wellbeing in adults living in Melbourne, Australia

Suzanne Mavoa, Melanie Davern, Martin Breed, Amy Hahs

Journal article  |  2019  |  Health & Place

"Punching above their weight': a qualitative examination of local governments' organisational efficacy to improve the social determinants of health

Geoffrey R Browne, Melanie Davern, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The Role of the Built Environment on Health Across the Life Course: A Call for CollaborACTION.

Andrea Nathan, Karen Villanueva, Julianna Rozek, Melanie Davern, Lucy Gunn, Gina Trapp, Claire Boulangé, Hayley Christian

Journal article  |  2018  |  American Journal of Health Promotion

What evidence is being used to inform municipal strategic planning for health and wellbeing? Victoria, Australia, a case study

Geoffrey R Browne, Melanie Davern, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2017  |  Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice

Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing

Melanie Davern, Lucy Gunn, Carolyn Whitzman, Carl Higgs, Billie Giles-Corti, Koen Simons, Karen Villanueva, Suzanne Mavoa, Rebecca Roberts, Hannah Badland

Journal article  |  2017  |  Cities & Health

Indicators of a health-promoting local food environment: a conceptual framework to inform urban planning policy and practice

Maureen Murphy, Hannah Badland, Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Thomas Astell-Burt, Georgina Trapp, Karen Villanueva, Suzanne Mavoa, Melanie Davern, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2017  |  Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Best Practice Principles for Community Indicator Systems and a Case Study Analysis: How Community Indicators Victoria is Creating Impact and Bridging Policy, Practice and Research

Melanie T Davern, Lucy Gunn, Billie Giles-Corti, Stephanie David

Journal article  |  2017  |  SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH

Migration experience, resilience and depression: a study of Iranian immigrants living in Australia

A Hosseini, R Kakuma, M Ghazinour, M Davern, WP Evans, H Minas

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

Diversifying Experiences of Community and the Implications for Addressing Place-based Poverty

Deborah Warr, Melanie Davern, Rosemary Mann, Lucy Gunn

Journal article  |  2017  |  Urban Policy and Research

Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VII

Book Chapter  |  2017

Quality Green Space Supporting Health, Wellbeing and Biodiversity

M Davern, A Farrar, D KENDAL, undefined Giles-Corti

Report  |  2017

Conceptualising and Measuring Spatial Indicators of Employment Through a Liveability Lens

Hannah Badland, Melanie Davern, Karen Villanueva, Suzanne Mavoa, Allison Milner, Rebecca Roberts, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2016  |  SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH

The contribution of organised sports to physical activity in Australia: Results and directions from the Active Healthy Kids Australia 2014 Report Card on physical activity for children and young people

Stewart A Vella, Natasha K Schranz, Melanie Davern, Louise L Hardy, Andrew P Hills, Philip J Morgan, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Grant Tomkinson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

An analysis of local government health policy against state priorities and a social determinants framework

Geoffrey R Browne, Melanie T Davern, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2016  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Australia and Other Nations Are Failing to Meet Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Children: Implications and a Way Forward

Leon Straker, Erin Kaye Howie, Dylan Paul Cliff, Melanie T Davern, Lina Engelen, Sjaan R Gomersall, Jenny Ziviani, Natasha K Schranz, Tim Olds, Grant Ryan Tomkinson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Age-friendly cities and communities: access to services for older people

Tamara Lowen, Melanie T Davern, Suzanne Mavoa, Kathleen Brasher

Journal article  |  2015  |  AUSTRALIAN PLANNER

Area-Level Disparities of Public Open Space: A Geographic Information Systems Analysis in Metropolitan Melbourne

Suzanne Mavoa, Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Hannah M Badland, Melanie Davern, Xiaoqi Feng, Thomas Astell-Burt, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2015  |  Urban Policy and Research

The development of policy-relevant transport indicators to monitor health behaviours and outcomes

Hannah Badland, Suzanne Mavoa, Karen Villanueva, Rebecca Roberts, Melanie Davern, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Transport & Health

Planning Healthy, Liveable and Sustainable Cities: How Can Indicators Inform Policy?

Melanie Lowe, Carolyn Whitzman, Hannah Badland, Melanie Davern, Lu Aye, Dominique Hes, Iain Butterworth, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2015  |  URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH

Developing indicators of public open space to promote health and wellbeing in communities

Karen Villanueva, Hannah Badland, Paula Hooper, Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Suzanne Mavoa, Melanie Davern, Rebecca Roberts, Sharon Goldfeld, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2015  |  APPLIED GEOGRAPHY

Shading Liveable Cities: exploring the ecological, financial and regulatory dimensions of the urban tree canopy

N COOK, R HUGHES

Report  |  2015

Urban liveability: Emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health

Hannah Badland, Carolyn Whitzman, Melanie Lowe, Melanie Davern, Lu Aye, Iain Butterworth, Dominique Hes, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2014  |  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Results from Australia’s 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

N Schranz, T Olds, D Cliff, M Davern, L Engelen, B Giles-Corti, S Gomersall, L Hardy, K Hesketh, A Hills, D Lubans, D Macdonald, R Macniven, P Moran, T Okely, AM Parish, R Plotnikoff, T Shilton, L Straker, A Timperio, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Description and psychometric properties of the CP QOL-Teen: A quality of life questionnaire for adolescents with cerebral palsy

Elise Davis, Andrew Mackinnon, Melanie Davern, Roslyn Boyd, India Bohanna, Elizabeth Waters, H Kerr Graham, Susan Reid, Dinah Reddihough

Journal article  |  2013  |  Research in Developmental Disabilities

Liveable, healthy, sustainable: What are the key indicators for Melbourne neighbourhoods? Research Paper 1

M LOWE, C Whitzman, H Badland, M Davern, D Hes, L Aye, I Butterworth, B Giles-Corti

Scholarly edition  |  2013

Measuring wellness through interdisciplinary community development: Linking the physical, economic and social environment

B Blunsdon, M Davern

Book Chapter  |  2013

Livability, sustainability and community engagement

MT Davern, A Williams

Journal article  |  2012  |  Australian Local Government Yearbook 2012

Subjective wellbeing homeostasis

RA Cummins, ALD Lau, MT Davern

Book Chapter  |  2012

Community Indicators in Action: Using Indicators as a Tool for Planning and Evaluating the Health and Wellbeing of a Community

Melanie T Davern, Sue West, Sally Bodenham, John Wiseman

Book Chapter  |  2011

Food security in the North and Western Region of Metropolitan Melbourne: A Report on Risk Factors and Relevant Data

MT Davern

Report  |  2011

Piloting the Geographic Information System (GIS) Methodology as an Analytic Tool for Subjective Wellbeing Research

Melanie T Davern, Xiaogang Chen

Journal article  |  2010  |  Applied Research in Quality of Life

The impact of caring for a child with cerebral palsy: quality of life for mothers and fathers (vol 36, pg 63, 2010)

E Davis, A Shelly, E Waters, R Boyd, K Cook, E Casey, M Davern, D Reddihough

Journal article  |  2010  |  Child: Care, Health and Development

Measuring the quality of life of children with cerebral palsy: comparing the conceptual differences and psychometric properties of three instruments

Elise Davis, Amy Shelly, Elizabeth Waters, Melanie Davern

Journal article  |  2010  |  Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

The impact of caring for a child with cerebral palsy: quality of life for mothers and fathers

E Davis, A Shelly, E Waters, R Boyd, K Cook, M Davern

Journal article  |  2010  |  Child: Care, Health and Development

Community Indicators Victoria Members Survey 2009: "Understanding the Usefulness and Usability of Community Indicators Victoria"

SAW West, MTD Davern, JRW Wiseman

Report  |  2010

Women and Transport in the West: "Using the Community Indicators Victoria Survey to Understand Transport Limitations Affecting Women in the Western Region of Melbourne"

MTD Davern

Report  |  2010

Islamic religiosity, subjective well-being, and health

H Tiliouine, R Cummins, M Davern

Journal article  |  2009  |  Mental Health, Religion & Culture

Why did they do that? Variability in routine transactions

Michael J Davern, Carla L Wilkin

Journal article  |  2009  |  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & PEOPLE

Subjective wellbeing as an affective-cognitive construct

MT Davern, RA Cummins, MA Stokes

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Happiness Studies

Core affect and subjective wellbeing: A rebuttal to Moum and Land

RA Cummins, MA Stokes, MT Davern

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Happiness Studies

Measuring wellness through interdisciplinary community development: Linking the physical, economic and social environment

B Blunsdon, M Davern

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Community Practice

Measuring Wellness: Linking the physical, economic and social to evaluate community development

B Blunsden, M DAVERN

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Community Practice

Using the Community Indicators Victoria Survey to Aassist in Municipal Public Health Planning

M DAVERN, L GUNN, S GHANTOUS, S GELSI, S Rich

Report  |  2007

Is life dissatisfaction the opposite of life satisfaction?

M Davern, RA Cummins

Journal article  |  2006  |  Australian Journal of Psychology

Measuring wellbeing in developing countries: The case of Algeria

H Tiliouine, RA Cummins, M Davern

Journal article  |  2006  |  Social Indicators Research