Dafna the Superwoman!

Meeting with Dafna:

BA Exercise Science, PE undergrad-Education and Dance, University in Israel

89 MPh Epi, University in Israel, Moved to US so husband could attend Cornell, had first child

95-2000 Moved back to Israel, worked for Israel CDC.-head of survey division in Health promotion

Moved to Australia, worked as a tobacco research officer for NSW, applied for job in research prevention centre. After one year (2002) approached Adrian about PhD. He said, go for it!

Dafna just submitted her dissertation, it’s huge…two very very big volumes! Jake would really really love her dissertation! She is publishing five different articles from her dissertation that is a walking specific evidence reviewed titled,

Public Health Approaches to Measurement, Surveillance

and the Promotion of Walking Amongst Australian Adults

The dissertation is distinctly split into two areas; Epidemiology and Health Promotion. The epidemiology section covers the evidence of walking as a benefit; it is descriptive in nature and looks at the areas of prescriptive, travel and utilitarian walking.

The Health Promotion discusses how walking can be promoted through rails to trails programs, media, and work sites.

I'll post more information on the PE blog about the Walk to School paper that we reviewed for PE about 3 weeks ago!