Research Assistant
BSc, MPH
Pulan is a research assistant working with the PLAYCE (PLAY Spaces and Environments for Children’s Physical Activity, Health & Development) Research Group. She was the project coordinator for the iPLAYCE study that looked at the impact of early childhood education and care professional development programs on educator physical activity related practices.
Her key areas of interest include physical activity, child development and translating research findings into policy and practices that will help to build healthy physical activity behaviour in preschool children.
Pulan is currently a UWA PhD student investigating preschool children’s physical activity behaviour and development across different settings: home, neighbourhood and early childhood education and care. She won an Australian Government RTP Scholarship to undertake this research.
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Publications
April 2020
The influence of the early childhood education and care environment on young children’s physical activity
The PLAYCE Study instruments provide reliable measures of early childhood education and care physical activity environments
Published research Health Promotion & Education Early Childhood Development Child Physical Activity, Health and DevelopmentJanuary 2020The effect of upgrades to childcare outdoor spaces on preschoolers’ physical activity: Findings from a natural experiment
This natural experiment investigated the influence of early childhood education and care outdoor physical environment upgrade on preschoolers' physical activity
Published research Child Physical Activity, Health and DevelopmentJanuary 2020Nature play and fundamental movement skills training programs improve childcare educator supportive physical activity behavior
Both the Nature play and fundamental movement skills professional development programs were effective in improving educators’ self-efficacy to engage children
Published research Health Promotion & Education Child Physical Activity, Health and Development -
Education and Qualifications
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