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Associate Professor Paula Hooper

Paula is an Associate Professor within the Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute at Edith Cowan University. She is a former Healthway Research Fellow and co-director of the Australian Urban Design Research Centre at the University of Western Australia.

Her research studies the impact of built and natural environments and urban planning policies on physical, social and mental health and wellbeing outcomes. She is highly skilled in spatial analytics and the use of geographic information systems and the development of measurement methods of urban design features and public open space.

More recently, Paula’s work has been focused on developing the Map My Say public participatory mapping tool for community consultation that crowdsources information directly from community members and unlocks the intelligence and knowledge embedded within local communities.

Currently, she leads The Australian Park Life Project, which has created a nationally standardised spatial database for public open spaces, established a nationally harmonised framework for classifying their functions and hierarchies, and conducted the inaugural Australian Park Life Survey capturing community utilisation of parks and public open spaces across Australia and explore the physical, social and mental health and wellbeing benefits associated with their use.

She is also co-leading an NHMRC Ideas Grant Pioneering a national 'Food Atlas' to map, measure and monitor food access across Australia and an ARC Discovery Project Creating evidence-based public open space standards for apartment residents.

Background

Paula has published 90+ peer reviewed publications and 5 book chapters and has secured research funds totalling in excess of $9.5M – this includes $6.5M in Australian Competitive Grant Research Income (HERDC category 1) and $2.9M from Other Public Sector and Industry Research Funding(HERDC categories 2 and 3).

Prior to joining ECU Paula was the Co-Director of the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC), School of Design, The University of Western Australia where she established two three-year research collaboration agreements with the Western Australian Planning

Commission, DevelopmentWA and WA Department of Communities to fund my research centre over six years and secured a Linkage Project (LP190100558) to develop a participatory mapping survey called "Map My Say" (https://www.mapmysay.com/) that has subsequently formed the basis of substantial data collections and research projects.

Other career highlights include:

  • 2023: Deputy Head of Research, UWA School of Design.
  • 2023: Editorial Board Member, Health & Place.
  • 2023: Invited member - Western Australian Planning Commission / Department of Planning Lands and Heritage - Neighbourhood Design Advisory Group (NDAG).
  • 2022: Inaugural 'Future Leaders Representative' on the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) Management Board.
  • 2022: Scientific Advisory Committee member – Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN)
  • 2021: Member of the UWA School of Design Executive Strategic Planning Committee and Research Sub-committee.
  • 2019: Expert co-author of The Heart Foundation's Blue Print for an Active Australia (3rd Edition).
  • 2017: Academic team developing helping develop the Heart Foundations' Healthy Active By Design (HABD) toolkit
  • 2016: Liveable Neighbourhoods Review Special Technical Advisory Committee, Department of Planning.
  • 2012: Contributor to the international consortium of experts on the Nike "Design To Move: A Physical Activity Action Agenda".

Professional Associations

  • Member - Parks and Leisure Australia

Awards and Recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2023: Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) WA Awards for Planning Excellence 2023. Planning Research Award - 'The HIGH LIFE Study: The policy and practice of designing healthy equitable apartments'. Foster, S., Hooper, P., Kleeman, A., Bolleter, J., Maitland, C.
  • 2022: Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) WA Awards for Planning Excellence 2022. Planning Research Award - Plan My Australia. Bolleter, J., Hooper, P., Edwards, E., Cameron, R., Freestone, R.
  • 2021: Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) WA Awards for Planning Excellence 2021. Planning Research Award - A suitability analysis for planning future Australia. Bolleter, J., Hooper, P., Edwards, E., Cameron, R., Freestone, R.
  • 2019: Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) WA Awards for Planning Excellence 2019. Commendation: Improving Planning Processes & Practices - The Urban Health Check planning support system. Hooper, P.
  • 2018: Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) VIC Awards for Planning Excellence 2018. Cutting Edge Research & Teaching - Creating Liveable Cities In Australia report - a unique Urban research and analytical Tool that provides for the first Time a comprehensive baseline Measure for urban liveability for All eight Australian states and Territories. Healthy Liveable Cities Group (RMIT) and Hooper, P.
  • 2016: Research Innovation Award - International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH). Hooper, P.
  • 2017: New York Center for Active Design: Research Excellence Award – Evaluation of the Liveable Neighbourhoods Guidelines. Hooper P., Foster, S., Trapp, G. & Giles-Corti B.
  • 2013: Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) WA Awards for Planning Excellence 2013. Cutting Edge Research & Teaching - Evaluation of the Liveable Neighbourhoods policy. Hooper P.

University and National Teaching Awards

  • School of Design Mid-Career Research Award, The University of Western Australia 2022. Hooper, P.

National and International Research Positions

  • Co-Director, Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC), School of Design, The University of Western Australia
  • Senior Research Fellow, Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC), School of Design, The University of Western Australia
  • Healthway Research Fellow. The Australian Urban Design Research Centre, School of Design,, The University of Western Australia
  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow: NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy, Liveable and Equitable Communities. The Centre for the Built Environment and Health, UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Project coordinator - RESIDential Environments (RESIDE-II) Research into Practice. The Centre for the Built Environment and Health, School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia
  • Research Associate: National Evaluation Team – Well@Work: Promoting Active and Healthy Workplaces national pilot. The British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University

Research Areas and Interest

  • Impact of the built environment on health
  • Public open space
  • Food environments
  • Public participatory mapping

Research Student Supervisions - current

Associate Supervisor:

  • PhD: Anna Gannett. TREK2School: Creating an evidence base to inform targeted interventions to increase active school transport in primary and secondary school students in Perth. The University of Western Australia
  • PhD: Shinjita Das. Development of a green view index for apartment buildings. RMIT.
  • PhD: Maassoumeh Barghchi. Developing Climate-Sensitive Design Guidelines for Public Open Space. The University of Western Australia.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2014.
  • Master of Science with Distinction, England, 2006.
  • Bachelor of Science With Honours, England, 2004.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Carey, RN., Crawford, G., Jancey, J., Lam, T., Nimmo, L., Trapp, G., Pollard, C., Hooper, P., Leavy, JE. (2024). Young people's alcohol use in and around water: A scoping review of the literature. Drug and Alcohol Review, 2024(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13831.
  • Mandzufas, J., Lombardi, K., Johnston, RS., Bivoltsis, A., Howard, J., Hooper, P., Trapp, G. (2024). Where are the alcohol advertising hotspots near schools?. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.896.
  • Bolleter, J., Edwards, N., Cameron, R., Hooper, P. (2024). Density my way: Community attitudes to neighbourhood densification scenarios. Cities, 145(Article in press), article number 104596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104596.
  • Hooper, P., Edwards, N. (2024). A reliability study of the Park Life public participatory geographic information system survey. Geographical Research, 62(1), 134-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12629.
  • Bolleter, J., Hooper, P., Kleeman, A., Edwards, N., Foster, S. (2024). A typological study of the provision and use of communal outdoor space in Australian apartment developments. Landscape and Urban Planning, 246(2024), article number 105040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105040.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Bolleter, J., Grace, B., Edwards, N., Foster, S., Hooper, P. (2023). The big squeeze: maintaining the green infrastructure role of estuarine foreshores while adapting to sea-level rise. Journal of Urban Design, 28(2), 225-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2022.2097902.
  • Edwards, N., Hooper, P. (2023). The park physical activity questionnaire (Park-PAQ): A reliable measurement tool for park-based and total physical activity. Health & Place, 83(Article in press), article number 103085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103085.
  • Hooper, P., Kleeman, A., Edwards, N., Bolleter, J., Foster, S. (2023). The architecture of mental health: identifying the combination of apartment building design requirements for positive mental health outcomes. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 37(Article in press), article number 100807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100807.
  • Bivoltsis, A., Christian, H., Ambrosini, G., Hooper, P., Pulker, C., Thornton, L., Trapp, G. (2023). The community food environment and its association with diet, health or weight status in Australia: A systematic review with recommendations for future research. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 34(2), 328-365. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.679.
  • De Gruyter, C., Hooper, P., Foster, S. (2023). Do apartment residents have enough car parking? An empirical assessment of car parking adequacy in Australian cities. Journal of Transport Geography, 107(Article in press), article number 103542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103542.
  • Kleeman, A., Giles-Corti, B., Gunn, L., Hooper, P., Foster, S. (2023). The impact of the design and quality of communal areas in apartment buildings on residents' neighbouring and loneliness. Cities, 133(Article in press), article number 104126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104126.
  • Kleeman, A., Hooper, P., Edwards, N., Bolleter, J., Foster, S. (2023). Research note: Associations between the implementation of communal open space design guidelines and residents’ use of these spaces in apartment developments. Landscape and Urban Planning, 230(Article in press), article number 104613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104613.
  • Wilkinson, G., Haslam McKenzie, F., Bolleter, J., Hooper, P. (2023). Political Centralization, Federalism, and Urbanization: Evidence from Australia. Social Science History, 47(1), 11-39. https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2022.30.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Billingham, W., Thornton, L., Sartori, A., Kennington, K., Devine, A., Godrich, S., Sambell, R., Howard, J., Bivoltsis, A. (2022). Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(S1), 262-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.597.
  • Foster, S., Hooper, P., Duckworth, A., Bolleter, J. (2022). An evaluation of the policy and practice of designing and implementing healthy apartment design standards in three Australian cities. Building and Environment, 207(Article in press), article number 108493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108493.
  • Bolleter, J., Vokes, R., Duckworth, A., Oliver, G., McBurney, T., Hooper, P. (2022). Using suitability analysis, informed by Co-Design, to assess contextually appropriate urban growth models in Gulu, Uganda. Journal of Urban Design, 27(2), 245-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2021.1968295.
  • Kleeman, A., Giles-Corti, B., Gunn, L., Hooper, P., Foster, S. (2022). Exploring the design, quality and use of communal areas in apartment developments. Cities & Health, 6(3), 480-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2021.2001169.
  • Bolleter, J., Edwards, N., Freestone, R., Nichols, D., Oliver, G., Hooper, P. (2022). Long-Term Settlement Scenarios for Australia: A Survey and Evaluation of Community Opinions. Urban Policy and Research, 40(1), 15-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2021.2006175.
  • Bolleter, J., Edwards, N., Freestone, R., Nichols, D., Hooper, P. (2022). Evaluating scenarios for twenty-first-century Australian settlement planning: a Delphi study with planning experts. International Planning Studies, 27(3), 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2022.2042213.
  • Foster, S., Hooper, P., Easthope, H. (2022). Cracking up? Associations between building defects and mental health in new Australian apartment buildings. Cities & Health, 6(6), 1152-1163. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2048946.
  • Hooper, P., Bolleter, J., Edwards, N., Kleeman, A., Duckworth, A., Foster, S. (2022). Measuring the high life: A method for assessing apartment design policy implementation. MethodsX, 9(2022), article number 101810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101810.
  • Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Thornton, L., Kennington, K., Sartori, A., Wickens, N., Mandzufas, J., Billingham, W. (2022). Children’s exposure to outdoor food advertising near primary and secondary schools in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(3), 642-648. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.532.
  • Hooper, P., Bolleter, J., Edwards, N. (2022). Development of a planning support system to evaluate transit-oriented development masterplan concepts for optimal health outcomes. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49(9), 2429-2450. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221092419.
  • Giles-Corti, B., Saghapour, T., Turrell, G., Gunn, L., Both, A., Lowe, M., Rozek, J., Roberts, R., Hooper, P., Butt, A., Higgs, C. (2022). Spatial and socioeconomic inequities in liveability in Australia'S 21 largest cities: Does city size matter?. Health & Place, 78(Article in press), article number 102899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102899.
  • Kleeman, A., Hooper, P., Giles-Corti, B., Foster, S. (2022). A new Australian dream? Exploring associations between apartment design attributes and housing satisfaction in three Australian cities. Cities, 131(Article in press), article number 104043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104043.
  • Foster, S., Hooper, P., Turrell, G., Maitland, C., Giles-Corti, B., Kleeman, A. (2022). Grand designs for design policy: Associations between apartment policy standards, perceptions of good design and mental wellbeing. Social Science and Medicine – Population Health, 20(Article in press), article number 101301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101301.
  • Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Kennington, K., Satori, A., Billingham, W., Bivoltsis, A. (2022). Does fast-food outlet density differ by area-level disadvantage in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia?. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(S1), 262-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.597.
  • Bolleter, J., Grace, B., Freestone, R., Hooper, P. (2022). Informing future Australian settlement planning through a national-scale suitability analysis. International Planning Studies, 27(1), 18-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2021.1899903.
  • Bolleter, J., Edwards, N., Cameron, R., Duckworth, A., Freestone, R., Foster, S., Hooper, P. (2022). Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Canvassing Opinion from Planning Professionals. Planning Practice & Research, 37(1), 13-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2021.1905991.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Bolleter, J., Hooper, P. (2021). The importance of place-based narrative in suburban forest planning. Journal of Urban Design, 26(2), 209-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2020.1851594.
  • Foster, S., Hooper, P., Burton, N., Brown, W., Giles-Corti, B., Rachele, J., Turrell, G. (2021). Safe Habitats: Does the Association Between Neighborhood Crime and Walking Differ by Neighborhood Disadvantage?. Environment and Behavior, 53(1), 3-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916519853300.
  • Ritchie, A., Svejcar, L., Ayre, B., Bolleter, J., Brace, A., Craig, M., Davis, B., Davis, R., Van Etten, E., Fontaine, J., Fowler, W., Froend, R., Groom, C., Hardy, G., Hooper, P., Hopkins, A., Hughes, M., Krauss, S., Leopold, M., Miller, B., Miller, R., Ramalho, C., Ruthrof, K., Shaw, C., Stevens, J., Tagney, R., Valentine, L., Veneklaas, E., Hobbs, R. (2021). A threatened ecological community: research advances and priorities for Banksia woodlands. Australian Journal of Botany, 69(2), 53-84. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT20089.
  • Bolleter, J., Grace, B., Hooper, P., Foster, S. (2021). Wet-bulb Temperature and Sea-level Rise in the United Arab Emirates–Planning Responses. Planning Practice & Research, 36(4), 408-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2020.1859199.
  • Bolleter, J., Myers, Z., Hooper, P. (2021). Delivering medium-density infill development through promoting the benefits and limiting background infill. Journal of Urban Design, 26(4), 441-466. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2020.1854610.
  • Bolleter, J., Grace, B., Foster, S., Duckworth, A., Hooper, P. (2021). Projected Extreme Heat Stress in Northern Australia and the Implications for Development Policy. Planning Practice & Research, 37(5), 601-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2021.2001733.
  • Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Thornton, L., Kennington, K., Sartori, A., Wickens, N., Billingham, W. (2021). Exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertising during the school commute in Australia. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(12), 1232-1235. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-217032.
  • Hooper, P., Boulange, C., Arciniegas, G., Foster, S., Bolleter, J., Pettit, C. (2021). Exploring the potential for planning support systems to bridge the research-translation gap between public health and urban planning. International Journal of Health Geographics, 20(1), article number 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-021-00291-z.
  • Bolleter, J., Freestone, R., Cameron, R., Wilkinson, G., Hooper, P. (2021). Revisiting the Australian Government’s Growth Centres programme 1972–1975. Planning perspectives, 36(5), 999-1023. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2021.1885479.
  • Bolleter, J., Myers, Z., Hooper, P. (2021). Overcoming the barriers to Transit-Oriented Development. Australian Planner, 57(3-4), 188-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2021.2017992.
  • Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Thornton, L., Kennington, K., Sartori, A., Hurworth, M., Billingham, W. (2021). Association between food-outlet availability near secondary schools and junk-food purchasing among Australian adolescents. Nutrition, 91-92(Article in press), article number 111488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2021.111488.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Hooper, P., Foster, S., Knuiman, M., Giles-Corti, B. (2020). Testing the Impact of a Planning Policy Based on New Urbanist Planning Principles on Residents’ Sense of Community and Mental Health in Perth, Western Australia. Environment and Behavior, 52(3), 305-339. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916518798882.
  • Hooper, P., Foster, S., Bull, F., Knuiman, M., Christian, H., Timperio, A., Wood, L., Trapp, G., Boruff, B., Francis, J., Strange, C., Badland, H., Gunn, L., Falconer, R., Learnihan, V., McCormack, G., Sugiyama, T., Giles-Corti, B. (2020). Living liveable? RESIDE's evaluation of the “Liveable Neighborhoods” planning policy on the health supportive behaviors and wellbeing of residents in Perth, Western Australia. Social Science and Medicine – Population Health, 10(Article in press), article number 100538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100538.
  • Hooper, P., Foster, S., Edwards, N., Turrell, G., Burton, N., Giles-Corti, B., Brown, W. (2020). Positive HABITATS for physical activity: Examining use of parks and its contribution to physical activity levels in mid-to older-aged adults. Health & Place, 63(Article in press), article number 102308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102308.
  • Bivoltsis, A., Trapp, G., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P., Ambrosini, G. (2020). The influence of the local food environment on diet following residential relocation: Longitudinal results from RESIDential Environments (RESIDE). Public Health Nutrition, 23(12), 2132-2144. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019005111.
  • Foster, S., Hooper, P., Divitini, M., Knuiman, M., Trapp, G. (2020). Over the limit? Testing non-linear associations between alcohol outlets and young adults' alcohol consumption. Drug and Alcohol Review, 39(6), 664-670. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13115.
  • Bivoltsis, A., Trapp, G., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P., Ambrosini, G. (2020). Do changes in the local food environment within new residential developments influence the diets of residents? Longitudinal results from RESIDE. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), Article number 6778. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186778.
  • Pulker, C., Trapp, G., Fallows, M., Hooper, P., McKee, H., Pollard, C. (2020). Food Outlets Dietary Risk (FODR) assessment tool: study protocol for assessing the public health nutrition risks of community food environments. Nutrition Journal, 19(1), article number 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-020-00641-w.
  • Foster, S., Hooper, P., Kleeman, A., Martino, E., Giles-Corti, B. (2020). The high life: A policy audit of apartment design guidelines and their potential to promote residents' health and wellbeing. Cities, 96(Article in press), article number 102420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.102420.
  • Lowe, M., Arundel, J., Hooper, P., Rozek, J., Higgs, C., Roberts, R., Giles-Corti, B. (2020). Liveability aspirations and realities: Implementation of urban policies designed to create healthy cities in Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 245(Article in press), article number 112713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112713.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Foster, S., Maitland, C., Hooper, P., Bolleter, J., Duckworth-Smith, A., Giles-Corti, B., Arundel, J. (2019). High Life Study protocol: A cross-sectional investigation of the influence of apartment building design policy on resident health and well-being. BMJ Open, 9(8), Article nubmer e029220. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029220.
  • Hooper, P., Foster, S., Giles-Corti, B. (2019). A case study of a natural experiment bridging the ‘research into policy’ and ‘evidence-based policy’ gap for active-living science. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(14), Article number 2448. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142448.
  • Bivoltsis, A., Trapp, G., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P., Ambrosini, G. (2019). The evolution of local food environments within established neighbourhoods and new developments in Perth, Western Australia. Health & Place, 57(May 2019), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.04.011.
  • Lowe, M., Hooper, P., Jordan, H., Bowen, K., Butterworth, I., Giles-Corti, B. (2019). Evidence-Informed Planning for Healthy Liveable Cities: How Can Policy Frameworks Be Used to Strengthen Research Translation?. Current environmental health reports, 6(3), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-019-00236-6.

2018

Book Chapters

  • Giles-Corti, B., Gunn, L., Hooper, P., Boulange, C., Domedi, B., Pettit, C., Foster, S. (2018). Built environment and physical activity. Integrating Human Health into Urban and Transport Planning: A Framework (347-381). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74983-9_18.

Journal Articles

  • Hooper, P., Boruff, B., Beesley, B., Badland, H., Giles-Corti, B. (2018). Testing spatial measures of public open space planning standards with walking and physical activity health outcomes: Findings from the Australian national liveability study. Landscape and Urban Planning, 171(Article in press), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.12.001.
  • Koohasari, M., Badland, H., Mavoa, S., Villanueva, K., Francis, J., Hooper, P., Owen, N., Giles-Corti, B. (2018). Are public open space attributes associated with walking and depression?. Cities, 74(Article in press), 119-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2017.11.011.
  • Hoffimann, E., Campelo, D., Hooper, P., Barros, H., Ribeiro, A. (2018). Development of a smartphone app to evaluate the quality of public open space for physical activity. An instrument for health researchers and urban planners. Landscape and Urban Planning, 177(Article in press), 191-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.05.005.
  • Foster, S., Hooper, P., Knuiman, M., Lester, L., Trapp, G. (2018). Associations between proposed local government liquor store size classifications and alcohol consumption in young adults. Health & Place, 52(Article in press), 170-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.06.001.
  • Bivoltsis, A., Cervigni, E., Trapp, G., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P., Ambrosini, G. (2018). Food environments and dietary intakes among adults: Does the type of spatial exposure measurement matter? A systematic review. International Journal of Health Geographics, 17(1), Article number 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-018-0139-7.
  • Bivoltsis, A., Trapp, G., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P., Ambrosini, G. (2018). Can a simple dietary index derived from a sub-set of questionnaire items assess diet quality in a sample of australian adults?. Nutrients, 10(4), Article number 486. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10040486.
  • Trapp, G., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P., Foster, S. (2018). Proximity to Liquor Stores and Adolescent Alcohol Intake: A Prospective Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 54(6), 825-830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.01.043.

Research Projects

  • Pioneering a national 'Food Atlas' to map, measure and monitor food access across Australia , National Health and Medical Research Council, Ideas Grants (2023), 2024 ‑ 2028, $2,878,533.
  • Thriving Perth: Social Environment Decision Support Spatial Tool , Water Corporation, Tender (Consultancy), 2024 ‑ 2025, $40,133.
  • Parks and Community Facilities Australia (“PACFA”) database and map portal, Parks and Leisure Australia, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $30,000.
  • Evidence-based research Charitable Food Dashboard for the 13 LGs in EMHS , East Metropolitan Health Service, Grant, 2024, $4,921.
  • Physical Activity & Mental Health of East Metropolitan Health Service Residents, East Metropolitan Health Service, Grant, 2024, $26,079.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

No data available

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Spatial Exposure to Food Outlets and Dietary Intake: A Longitudinal Study in Perth, Western Australia
  • Value of public open space – what determines park visitation rates?
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