The evolution of time use approaches for understanding activities of daily living in a public health context

Josephine Y Chau; Sjaan R Gomersall; Hidde P van der Ploeg; Karen Milton

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6759-4

The evolution of time use approaches for understanding activities of daily living in a public health context

BMC Public Health. 2019 Jun 3;19(Suppl 2):451. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6759-4.

Authors

Josephine Y Chau^{1

2}, Sjaan R Gomersall³, Hidde P van der Ploeg⁴, Karen Milton⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Systems and Populations, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. josephine.chau@mq.edu.au.
² Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. josephine.chau@mq.edu.au.
³ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
⁴ Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.

Abstract

This Supplement aims to raise awareness and knowledge of how time use surveys may be applied to studying health behaviours such as physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and eating. This commentary provides an overview and discussion of the papers in this Supplement about time use and health research, and considers possible future directions for the field.

Keywords: Diet; Health; Physical activity; Sedentary behaviour; Time use.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Actigraphy / methods*
Activities of Daily Living*
Exercise
Female
Health Behavior
Health Surveys / methods*
Humans
Male
Public Health / methods*
Sedentary Behavior
Time Factors*