Dr Jason Wong

Senior Lecturer
National School of Education (Melbourne)

Areas of expertise: Physical activity, Health promotion, Behavioural change, Mental health and Wellbeing

Phone: +61 3 92308591

Email: Jason.wong@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Melbourne Campus

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1828-1731

I am an experienced Health & Physical Education educator with a demonstrated history of working in schools and higher education industry. I am also skilled in E-Learning, lecturing, public speaking, and curriculum development.

Select publications

  • Hong, G. C. C., Conduit, R., Wong, J., Di Benedetto, M., & Lee, E. (2021) Diet, Physical Activity, and Screen Time to Sleep Better: Multiple Mediation Analysis of Lifestyle Factors in School-Aged Children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Attention Disorders, 1-doi:10.1177/1087054720940417
  • *Pang, B., Perrone, L., & Wong, J. (2021). Health and Employment Experiences of Chinese International Students in Australia. Chinese Education and Society
  • *Invited to contribute to this special edition about Experiences and Mobility of Overseas Chinese Students and Scholars.
  • Rajoo, Y., Wong, J., Raj, I. S., & Kennedy, G. (2020). Perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity participation in people with Alopecia Areata: a constructivist grounded theory study. BMC Psychology, 8, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00502-5
  • Wong, J., Gilson, N., D, Peeters, G. M. E. E., Ostini, R., Bush, R. A., & Brown, W. J. (2014). The characteristics of inactive men working in a regional area of Queensland, Australia. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 17(1), 56-60.
  • van Uffelen, J. G. Z., Wong, J., Chau, J. Y., van der Ploeg, H. P., Riphagen, I., Gilson, N., et al. (2010). Occupational sitting and health risk. A systemic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39(4), 379-388.

Projects

  • Australian Alopecia Areata Foundation
  • Physical activity combined Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for individuals with Alopecia Areata: A randomised controlled trial
  • Awarded: $7629.60; Principal Investigator
  • Perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity for patients with Alopecia Areata
  • Awarded: $3295.60; Principal Investigator
  • The Physical activity, Quality of Life and Mental Health (PALM) Study.
  • Awarded: $1885.60; Principal Investigator

Accolades

  • Best poster award:
  • Wong, J., Gilson, N., van Uffelen, J.G.Z., & Brown, W. (2011, June). Workplace physical activity interventions and men. A systematic review. The 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Melbourne, Australia.

Appointments

  • 2022 - Senior lecturer at National School of Education, ACU Melbourne.
  • 2014 - 2021 - Lecturer in Physical Education, RMIT University

International journal review panels

  • Journal reviewer
  • Advances in Physiology Education (2021 - present)
  • American Journal of Men's health (2013- Present)

Public engagement activities

  • Research partnership with Australian Alopecia Areata Foundation 2017-2021; https://aaaf.org.au/research/
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