Rate My Professor Chris Rissel

Rissel's research focuses on obesity prevention, active travel and cycling promotion, sexual health, physical activity, childhood obesity, diet, tobacco control, and health promotion program evaluation. He has produced over 611 peer-reviewed publications, garnering more than 18,000 citations. Notable works include the Sex in Australia series published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health in 2003, such as 'Sex in Australia: First experiences of vaginal intercourse and oral sex among a representative sample of adults,' 'Sex in Australia: Selected characteristics of regular sexual relationships,' and 'Sex in Australia: Experiences of commercial sex in a representative sample of adults.' Other key publications are 'Cycling: Getting Australia Moving – Barriers, facilitators and interventions to get more Australians physically active through cycling' (2008) with Adrian Bauman and others; 'Active travel: a climate change mitigation strategy with co-benefits for health' (2009); 'The effectiveness of community-based cycling promotion: findings from the Cycling Connecting Communities project in Sydney, Australia' (2010); and 'Evaluating the transport, health and economic impacts of new urban cycling infrastructure in Sydney, Australia – protocol paper' (2013). His contributions have advanced understanding of cycling's role in public health and influenced policy on physical activity promotion in Australia. Recent research includes studies on telephone-based interventions for childhood obesity prevention and culturally responsive health practices in remote Australia.