Nathan, Nicole http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7726-1714
Wiggers, John
Bauman, Adrian E.
Rissel, Chris
Searles, Andrew
Reeves, Penny
Oldmeadow, Christopher
Naylor, Patti-Jean
Cradock, Angie L.
Sutherland, Rachel
Gillham, Karen
Duggan, Bernadette
Chad, Sally
McCarthy, Nicole
Pettett, Matthew
Jackson, Rebecca
Reilly, Kathryn
Herrmann, Vanessa
Hope, Kirsty
Shoesmith, Adam
Wolfenden, Luke
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1133013)
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1132450)
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1150661)
National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1128348)
Article History
Received: 1 October 2018
Accepted: 29 January 2019
First Online: 11 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee (no. 06/07/26/4.04), The University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Committee (H-2008-0343). The NSW Department of Education and the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Schools Offices provided consent to conduct research in their schools. Consent has been provided by all schools, teachers and the parent/guardians of students participating.
: Not applicable.
: Authors NN, RS, KG, NM, MP, RJ, VA, JW and LW, receive salary support from Hunter New England Local Health District, which contributes funding to the project outlined in this protocol. Similarly, Author CR and receive salary support from the New South Wales Health Office of Preventive Health which have also contributed funding to this project. None of these agencies were involved in the peer review of this grant. NN is an Associate Editor for BMC Public Health. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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