Cluster for Physical Activity and Health

• Reach:

  NSW

• Focus area:

  General

• Category:

  Non-government

Description

The Cluster for Physical Activity and Health is an organisation comprised of a team of experts in the field of physical activity and public health. It is staffed by public health researchers and epidemiologists with a special interest in physical activity and in health promotion. The Cluster focuses on

• physical activity epidemiology;
• physical activity measurement research;
• the design and evaluation of interventions to increase physical activity; and
• policy research related to physical activity and health.

The Cluster is located within the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney and conducts a number of international projects in the Asia pacific region and elsewhere around physical activity in the context of non-communicable disease prevention.

Most of the Cluster's functions are supported by research grants, including the NHMRC. Part of the Cluster was funded by NSW Health for the period 2002-2005; this was to service NSW professionals and the NSW Health Department in the area of physical activity information, policy and practice.

[Adapted from The University of Sydney abstract]

Contacts

Level 2, Medical Foundation Building, K25
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Level 2, Medical Foundation Building
94 Parramatta Road
Camperdown NSW 2050
Ph: (02) 9036 3271
Fax: (02) 9036 3184
Email: cpah@health.usyd.edu.au

Links

• View information: New South Wales Centre for Physical Activity and Health
• View website: Cluster for Physical Activity and Health