Publications

Recent Publications: 

  1. Wen LM. A bottle-weaning counselling intervention for parents of 12-month-old infants reduces bottle use at age 24 months but has no effect on child weight. Evid Based Nurs. 2014 May 23. pii: ebnurs-2014-101825. doi: 10.1136/eb-2014-101825. [Epub ahead of print]
  2. Wen LM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Xu H, Simpson JM. Correlates of body mass index and overweight and obesity of children aged 2 years: Findings from the healthy beginnings trial. Obesity.2014 Jan 11.doi: 10.1002/oby.20700. [Epub ahead of print]
  3. Xu H, Wen LM, Rissel C. Associations of maternal influences with outdoor play and screen time of two-year-olds: Findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. J Paediatr Child Health.2014 Jun 3.doi: 10.1111/jpc.12604. [Epub ahead of print]
  4. Hayes A, Lung T, Wen LM, Baur L, Rissel C, Howard K. Economic evaluation of "healthy beginnings" an early childhood intervention to prevent obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Mar 18. doi: 10.1002/oby.20747. [Epub ahead of print]
  5. Jiang H, Li M, Wen LM, Hu Q, Yang D, He G, Baur LA, Dibley MJ, Qian X. Effect of short message service on infant feeding practice: findings from a community-based study in Shanghai, China. JAMA Pediatr. 2014;168(5):471-8. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.58.
  6. Rissel C, Petrunoff  N, Wen LM, Crane M. Travel to work and self-reported stress: Findings from a workplace survey in south west Sydney, Australia. Journal of Transport & Health. 03/2014; 1(1):50–53.
  7. Rissel C, Greenaway M, Bauman A, Wen LM. Active travel to work in New South Wales 2005-2010, individual characteristics and association with body mass index.Aust N Z J Public Health.2014;38(1):25-9. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12097.
  8. Weber D, Rissel C, Hector D, Wen LM.Supported playgroups as a setting for promoting physical activity of young children: findings from a feasibility study in south-west Sydney, Australia.J Paediatr Child Health. 2014;50(4):301-5. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12466.
  9. Flood VM, Wen LM, Hardy LL, Rissel C, Simpson JM, Baur LA. Reliability and validity of a short FFQ for assessing the dietary habits of 2-5-year-old children, Sydney, Australia.Public Health Nutr. 2014;17(3):498-509. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000414
  10. Jiang H, Li M, Wen LM, Hu Q, Yang D, He GS, Baur L, Qian X. Effect of a short message service intervention on infant feeding practices in Shanghai, China: a prospective, community-based, controlled study. Lancet 2013; 382:4. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13) 62165-0.
  11. Xu H, Wen LM, Rissel C, Flood VM and Baur LA. Parenting style and dietary behaviour of young children: Findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. Appetite.2013; (71) 171-177.
    PMID: 23994508
  12. Petrunoff  N, Xu H, Rissel R, Wen LM, van der Ploeg H. Measuring workplace travel behaviour: validity and reliability of survey questions. Journal of Environmental and Public Health.vol. 2013, Article ID 423035, 6 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/423035
    PMID: 23956757
  13. Petrunoff N, Rissell C, Wen LM, Meiklejohn D, Xu H, Schembri A. Developing a hospital travel plan: process and baseline findings from a Western Sydney Hospital. Aust Health Rev. 2013 May 24. doi: 10.1071/AH13006. PMID: 23701971
  14. Wen LM, Simpson JM, Rissel C, Baur LA, Maternal junk food diet during pregnancy as a predictor of high birthweight: findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. Birth.2013; (40): 46-51
  15. Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel. The relationships between active transport to work or school and cardiovascular health or body weight: a systematic review. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2013 Jul; 25(4):298-315. doi: 10.1177/1010539513482965.  PMID: 23572375
  16. Xu H, Wen LM, Rissel C, Baur LA.  Smoking Status and Factors Associated with Smoking of First-Time Mothers During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2013;17(6):1151-7. doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-1108-6. PMID: 22935911
  17. Kelly A, Arjunan P, van der Ploeg P, Rissel C, Borg J, Wen LM. The implementation of a pilot playground markings project in four Australian primary schools.Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2012; 23(3) 183 – 187
    PMID: 23540317
  18. Wen LM, Simpson JM, Rissel C, Baur LA. Awareness of breastfeeding recommendations and duration of breastfeeding: findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2012; (7): 233 – 239
    PMID: 22568472
  19. Jiang H, Li M, Yang D, Wen LM, Hunter C, He G, Qian X. Awareness, Intention, and Needs Regarding Breastfeeding: Findings from First-Time Mothers in Shanghai, China. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2012; (6):526-34. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2011.0124
    PMID: 22424469
  20. Wen LM, Baur LA, Simpson J, Rissel C, Wardle K, Flood VM.  Effectiveness of home based early intervention on children's BMI at age 2: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2012; 344:e3732 http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3732
    PMID: 22735103
  21. Xu HL, Wen LM. Screen time and physical activity of young children and mothers: findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2012 (36) 4; 396 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00902.x
  22. Wen LM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Flood V, Simpson JM, Hayes A, Hardy LL. Wardle K. Healthy Beginnings Trial Phase 2 study: Follow-up and cost-effectiveness analysis. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2012 Mar;33(2):396-401.  doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.11.008.
    PMID: 22101220
  23. Rissel C, Reinten-Reynolds T, Wen LM, Hardy LL. Soft drink consumption and obesity in NSW school students. The Medical journal of Australia, 2012 20;196(3):171-2. PMID: 22339519
  24. Weber D, Janson A, Nolan M, Wen LM, Rissel C. Female employees' perceptions of organisational support for breastfeeding at work: findings from an Australian health service workplace. International Breastfeeding Journal, 2011 Nov 30;6:19.
    doi: 10.1186/1746-4358-6-19. PMID: 22129232
  25. Rissel C, Wen LM. The possible effect on frequency of cycling if mandatory bicycle helmet legislation was repealed in Sydney, Australia: a cross-sectional survey. Health promotion Journal of Australia 2011; 22:178-83.
    PMID: 22497060
  26. Wen LM, Baur LA, Simpson JM, Rissel C, Flood VM.  Effectiveness of an early intervention on infant feeding practices and “tummy time”: randomised controlled trial.   Arch PediatrAdolesc Med. 2011;165(8):701-707
    PMID: 21810633
  27. Wen LM, Rissel C., Baur L, Lee E, Simpson J. Who is NOT likely to access the Internet for health information? Findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia.International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2011; 80:406-11
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.001
    PMID: 21493126
  28. Wen LM, Rissel C, Lee E, Baur LA, Simpson JM. Maternal smoking, weight status and dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. ANZ J ObstetGynaecol.  2011; 51:31-37
    doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01259.x.
    PMID: 21299506
  29. Wen LM, Simpson JM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Flood VM. Family functioning and obesity risk behaviors: implications for early obesity intervention. Obesity 2011;19 (6):1252-8
    doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.285
    PMID: 21127478
  30. Rissel C, Piper T, Wen LM. Do first time mothers need a guideline for maximum periods of sitting or being sedentary? Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2011; 22(3):239
  31. Wen LM; Flood VM; Simpson JM; Rissel C; Baur LA. Dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2010;7:13. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-13
    http://www.ijbnpa.org/qc/content/7/1/13
    PMID: 20181084
  32. Wen LM; Baur L A; Simpson JM; Rissel C. Mothers’ awareness of their weight status & concern about their children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2010; 34(3): 293-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00529.x.
    PMID: 20618272
  33. Wen LM; Rissel C; Lee E. Smoke-free home status and parents’ smoking status among first-time mothers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2010; 34(5):532-533
    doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00604.x.
    PMID: 21040186
  34. Wardle K, Murphy D, Ireland L, Holbeck C, Davidson C, Wen LM, Rissel C. What we learnt – recruiting prenatal mothers to an RCT addressing the prevention of overweight in early childhood? Aust J Advanced Nursing. 2011;28(2): 41-45
  35. Wen LM, Merom D, Rissel C Simpson JM. Weight status, modes of travel to school and screen time: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-13 years in Sydney. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2010; 21:57-63 PMID: 20406154
  36. Wen LM, Kite J, Rissel C. Is there a role for workplaces in reducing employees' driving to work? Findings from a cross-sectional survey from inner-west Sydney, Australia.BMC Public Health.2010, 10:50.doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-50.
    http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/50 PMID: 20113527
  37. Rissel C, New C, Wen LM,Merom D, Bauman A, Garrard J. The effectiveness of community-based cycling promotion: findings from the Cycling Connecting Communities project in Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010, 7:8 PMID: 20181019
  38. Wen LM, van der Ploeg H, Kite J, Cashmore A, Rissel C. A validation study of assessing physical activity and sedentary behavior in children aged 3-5 years.  PediatrExerc Sci. 2010; 2 2 (3):408-20.
    PMID: 20814036
  39. Rissel C. Merom D. Bauman A. Garrard J. Wen LM. New C. Current Cycling, Bicycle Path Use, and Willingness to Cycle More – Findings From a Community Survey of Cycling in Southwest Sydney, Australia. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2010;7, 267-72
    PMID: 20484766
  40. Kite J. Wen LM. Measuring children’s journey to school: student five-day diary compared to parental report of usual behavior. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.2010; 34 (2), 215-6.doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00510.x
    PMID: 23331369
  41. Askie LM, Baur LA, Campbell K, Daniels LA, Hesketh K, Magarey A, Mihrshahi S, Rissel C, Simes J, Taylor B, Taylor R, Voysey M, Wen LM. Study protocol: The Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildren (EPOCH) Collaboration - an Individual Patient Data Prospective Meta-Analysis. BMC Public Health.2010; 10:728. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/728
    doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-728.
    PMID: 21106110
  42. Wen LM; De Domenico M; Elliott D; Bindon J; Rissel C. Evaluation of a feasibility study addressing risk factors for childhood obesity through home visits. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2009; 45(10): 577-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01568.x.
    PMID: 19751378
  43. Wen LM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Alperstein G, Simpson JM. Intention to breastfeed and awareness of health recommendations: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. International Breastfeeding Journal.2009; 4: 9.
    doi: 10.1186/1746-4358-4-9.
    PMID: 19835586
  44. Wen LM, Kite J, Merom D and Rissel C. Time spent playing outdoors after school and its relationship with level of independence: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-12 years in Sydney.  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2009; 6:15
    doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-15
    PMID: 19291324
  45. O’Connor C, Shaw M; Wen LM, Quine S. Acculturation, Sexual Behaviour, Risk and Knowledge in Vietnamese Men Living in Metropolitan Sydney. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2009;20(1):13-9.
    PMID: 19402810
  46. O’Connor CC, Shaw M, Wen LM, Quine S. Low knowledge and high infection rates of Hepatitis in Vietnamese Men in Sydney. Sexual Health. 2008; 5 (3): 299-302.
    PMID: 18771647
  47. Wen LM, Fry D, Merom D, Rissel C, Dirkis H, Balafas A. Increasing active travel to school:  are we on the right track? A cluster randomised controlled trial from Sydney. Preventive Medicine.2008; 47: 612-618.doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.002
    PMID: 18835404
  48. Wen LM, Rissel C. Inverse associations between cycling to work, public transport, and overweight and obesity: findings from a population based study in Australia. Preventive Medicine.2008; 46: 29-32.  doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.08.009
    PMID: 17904210
  49. Wen LM, Fry D, Rissel C, Dirkis H, Balafas A, Merom D. Factors associated with children being driven to school: implications for walk to school programs. Health Education Research 2008; 23(2):325-34; doi: 10.1093/her/cym043
    PMID: 17884835
  50. Wen LM, Orr N, Rissel C.The role of ethnicity in determining access to and acceptability of home visiting for early childhood health and wellbeing.Australian Health Review. 2007; 31(1): 132-139. PMID: 17266497
  51. Zehle K, Wen LM, Orr N, Rissel C. “It’s Not an Issue at the Moment”: A qualitative study of mothers about childhood obesity. MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing. 2007; 32(1): 36-41.
    PMID: 17308456
  52. O’Connor C, Wen LM, Rissel C, Shaw M, Quine S. Knowledge of STIs and blood-borne viruses among Vietnamese men in metropolitan Sydney.  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2007: 31(5) 464-467.
    PMID: 17931295
  53. Wen LM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Wardle K, Alperstein G, Simpson JM. Early intervention of multiple home visits to prevent childhood obesity in a disadvantaged population: a home-based randomised controlled trial (Healthy Beginnings Trial). BMC Public Health.2007; 7: 76.
    PMID: 17490492
  54. Booth ML, Okely AD, Denney-Wilson E, Hardy LL, Dobbins T, Wen LM, Rissel C. Characteristics of travel to and from school among adolescents in NSW, Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2007; 43(11): 755–761.  doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01159.x
    PMID: 17608649
  55. O’Connor C, Wen LM, Rissel C, Shaw M, Quine S. Sexual Behaviour and Risk in Vietnamese Men Living in Metropolitan Sydney. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2007;83:147-150.
    PMID: 17098766
  56. Wen LM, Orr N, Millett C, Rissel C. Driving to work is associated with overweight and obesity: Findings from the 2003 New South Wales Health Survey. International Journal of Obesity. 2006;30(5):782-6.
    PMID: 16404406
  57. Millet C, Wen LM, Rissel C, Smith A et al. Smoking and erectile dysfunction: findings from a representative sample of Australian men. Tobacco Control 2006:15:136-139.
    PMID: 16565463
  58. Zuo Y, Norberg M, Wen LM, Rissel C. Estimates of overweight and obesity among pre-school aged children in Melbourne and Sydney. J Nut Dietetics 2006; 63: 179-182.
  59. Wen LM, Orr N, Bacon S, Rissel C. Sampling from childcare centres and pre-schools: how representative are they? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2006 Vol 30 No. 5 487-489
    PMID: 17073238
  60. Wen LM , Orr N,Bindon J.  Rissel C.   Promoting active transport in workplace setting in Australia: a pilot study.Health Promotion International. 2005; 20 (2):123-133.
    PMID: 15722366
  61. Wen LM, Rissel C, Voukelatos A, Sainsbury P. community involvement and self-rated health status: findings from a cross-sectional health survey in Central Sydney.   NSW Public Health Bulletin. 2003; 11-12(14): 213-216.
  62. Wen L M, Rissel C, Bindon J/ Journey to work: the potential for promoting active transport. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2003; 14 (1):70-71
  63. Bedford K, Wen LM, Hua M, Kohoe P, Rissel C. “Smoke near me and I smoke too”: evaluation of a smoke-free homes program in Central Sydney, NSW. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 2003; 14 (2): 108-113.
  64. Wen LM, Thomas M, Jones H et al.   Promoting physical activity in women: evaluation of a 2-year community-based intervention in Sydney Australia.Health Promotion International. 2002;17 (2):127-137.
  65. Wen LM, Hua M, Rissel C. Changes in smoke-free home status in an immigrant Lebanese community in Sydney, Australia. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2002; 26 (1): 78-79.
  66. Bresciani E, Wen LM, Rissel C, Alley J, Jochelson T. Promoting Active Transport: Where to start? The Journal of the Australian Institute of Environmental Health; 2002; 2(1):55-60.
  67. Hua M, Rissel C, Orr N, Wen LM.Effectiveness of a resource on the Australian health care system among the Sydney Chinese-speaking community.IUHPE-Promotion and Education. 2002; 9(3): 98-100.
  68. Weber D, Dick M, Wen LM, Amanatidis S. Promoting nutrition in licensed clubs: a pilot project. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 2002; 8 (2):102-104.
  69. Mindel A, Wen LM, Estcourt C, and Simpson J. Condoms and warts. Sex TransmInfect  v.76(3); Jun 2000.
  70. Wen LM, Estcourt CS, Simposn JM, Mindel A (1999). Risk factors for the acquisition of genital warts: are condoms protective? Sexually Transmitted Infections. 75, 312-316

 

Li Ming Wen

Clinical Associate Professor

 

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