Christopher Rissel (born 20 July 1961) is an Australian health promotion expert. The son of German migrants to Australia, he attended St Aloysius' College (Sydney) and graduated in 1979. He received a BSc Psych (Hons) from the

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in 1985, a

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from the

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in 1990, and

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(United States) in 1994. Christopher Rissel has worked in health promotion in several Area Health Services in

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, and was the Director of the Health Promotion Service in the Sydney South West Area Health Service (2000-2011). He has over 350 peer-reviewed publications and dozens of research reports. One significant project was th
Australian Study of Health and Relationships
the first large scale (n=19,207) national sexual health survey of Australians, covering topics including age of first sex, numbers of partners,

prostitution Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, n ...

BDSM BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged ...

circumcision Circumcision is a surgical procedure, procedure that removes the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common form of the operation, the foreskin is extended with forceps, then a circumcision device may be placed, after which the foreskin ...

. The results of the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships were published in volume 11, issue 5 of the journal Sexual Health, 2014 noting changes since the first study. Research interests now focus on

childhood obesity Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of ...

prevention, and the promotion of active travel, particularly cycling He is co-author of the report 'Cycling: Getting Australia Moving – Barriers, facilitators and interventions to get more Australians physically active through cycling' and was invited to address th
2009 New Zealand National Cycling Conference
He led the NSW Health Promotion Demonstration Research Project Cycling Connecting Communities from 2007 to 2009. He is currently the Chief Investigator of th
Sydney Transport and Health Study
an ARC funded study to evaluate the impact of a new bicycle path in inner Sydney. He was the Editor-in-Chief of th
Health Promotion Journal of Australia
from 1992 to 1998, and is actively involved in the New South Wales Branch of th
Australian Health Promotion Association
He is on the editorial board for the Health Promotion Journal of Australia, and th
Journal of Transport and Health
He was the Director of th
NSW Office of Preventive Health
based in th
South Western Sydney Local Health District
from 2012 to 2020, and is an Honorary Professor at th
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
(from 2011). He is now working as a Senior Research Fellow a
Flinders University
based in Darwin, Northern Territory.

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External links

Chris Rissel's Sydney University homepage {{DEFAULTSORT:Rissel, Christopher Australian scientists Health education in Australia University of Minnesota alumni Living people 1961 births