The Environments for Healthy Living is a key project for Griffith University. Beginning in 2006 and continuing over the next 25 years our project will develop into one of the largest population health research activities conducted in Australia and aims to support a measurable improvement in the health of populations in South East Queensland.
This is a ground-breaking major longitudinal study of a Queensland birth cohort, which draws together a comprehensive range of environmental measures with health, social and life-course monitoring and outcomes.
We aim to determine how the social and physical environments in which children grow up in can impact on their health and development. Findings will be used to identify where improvements can be made within the community to make health and lifestyle choices easier for families.
The study will also assist in discovering the best ways to reduce the major health problems facing Australians today, such as obesity, asthma, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, injury, mental health and musculoskeletal disorders.
Newsletters
- March 2012 (coming soon)
- November 2011 (PDF 1.23 Mb)
- July 2011 (PDF 1.39 Mb)
- March 2011 (PDF 1.28 Mb)
For more information please contact the project team:
- Rani Scott Project Manager
Chief Investigators
- Dr Cate Cameron
- Professor Elizabeth Kendall
- Dr Ronan Lyons
- Professor Rod McClure
- Dr Angus Ng
- Professor Paul Scuffham (CIA)
- Dr Neil Sipe
- Dr Anneliese Spinks
Associate Investigators
- Dr Lise Dubois
- Professor Adele Green
- Professor Lyn Griffiths
- Professor Ross Homel
- Dr Sara Kirk
- Professor Judy Searle
- Professor Andrew Wilson