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Dr Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan, PhD
Job Title / Role
Senior Lecturer
Associate Director, CPAN
Teaching Areas
- Physical activity and health
- Chronic disease prevention
- Physical activity and nutrition interventions in school, community, and primary care settings
- Measurement and classification of physical activity and obesity
Current Research Projects
- Healthy Homework: A physical activity and nutrition intervention for children (Health Research Council)
- Developing and testing brief intervention models for promoting healthy lifestyles in primary care and workplace settings (Health Research Council)
- Project InterActive: A community-based intervention for aligning physical activity messages and opportunities in a vertical cluster of schools (Ministry of Health)
- Evaluation of the national HEHA strategy (Ministry of Health)
Research Summary
Dr Duncan is the Associate Director of the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research at AUT University. Areas of expertise include the measurement and classification of physical activity, programme design and evaluation, and ethnic inequalities in health. He is particularly interested in finding preventative solutions for reducing the prevalence of obesity in children. Current research includes several large-scale lifestyle interventions in school, community, workplace, and primary care settings.
Contact Information
+64 9 921 9428 or +64 9 921 9627
Last updated: 18 Feb 2011 12:15pm