Laurene Rehman (She/Her), PhD
Director, School of Health and Human Performance and Professor, Leisure Studies
Related information:
Email: lrehman@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-1197
Mailing Address:
AV俱乐部, Stairs House
6230 South Street, P.O. Box 15000
Halifax, N.S., B3H 4R2
- Physically active leisure
- Recreation entrepreneurship
- Children and youth
- Family and leisure
- Access to leisure
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Recreation and Leisure Studies), University of Waterloo (2000)
Master of Arts (Behavioural and Managerial Research), University of British Columbia (1996)
Bachelor of Human Kinetics (Leisure and Sport Administration), University of British Columbia (1994)
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Professor Laurene Rehman is the Director in the School of Health and Human Performance and Assistant Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Health at AV俱乐部. She has 25 years experience in academia and expertise in the field of recreation and leisure studies. Her teaching has focused on recreation management, including leisure services analysis, recreation entrepreneurship and special event management, and leadership and group dynamics. Her research seeks to understand access to family leisure, especially physically active leisure. She is seeking to identify strategies to increase leisure time physical activity given the large number of children nationally (and internationally) who are not meeting health guidelines for sufficient moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day. Laurene is co-chair of Let鈥檚 Get Moving Halifax Regional Municipality, a network of organizations whose goal is to make physical activity the easy choice for Haligonians. Through this network, she has been able to directly apply the results of her research as well as support the evaluation of their initiatives.
Research interests
Laurene is interested in understanding the factors that support or constrain participation in family leisure, particularly physically active. She seeks to identify strategies to negotiate participation and opportunities to increase inclusion for all.
Publications
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The following is a sample of publications from the last four years.
Locke M, Feicht B, Stone MR, Burke E, Rehman L, Kirk SFL, Faulkner G, Moore SA (2024) 鈥淟osing access to outdoor spaces was the biggest challenge for children to be healthy鈥�: pandemic restrictions and community supports for children鈥檚 movement in Nova Scotia. Front. Public Health. 12:1415626. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1415626
Campbell, J.E., Stone, M.R., Mitra, R., Rehman, L., Kirk, S.F.L., Faulkner, G., Tremblay, M.S. & Moore, S.A. (2023). Did Children and Youth鈥檚 Movement Behaviours Differ by Phases and Geographic Region During COVID-19? A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study with Spatial Analysis in Nova Scotia, Canada. Pediatric Exercise Science, 35(S1), S2-S3.
Caldwell, H. A. T., Miller, M. B., Tweedie, C., Zahavich, J. B. L., Cockett, E., & Rehman, L. (2022). The Impact of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children鈥檚 Physical Activity and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9).
Rainham, D. G., Bennett, M., Blanchard, C. M., Kirk, S. F., Rehman, L., Stone, M., & Stevens, D. (2022). Parents and Children Should Be More Active Together to Address Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviours. Frontiers in public health, 10, 633111.
Joy, P., Numer, M., Kirk, S., Aston, M., Goldberg, L., & Rehman, L. (2022). Bodies becoming art: Using a Deleuzian approach to explore the bodies and health of gay men. Journal of Applied Arts & Health.
Caldwell, H.A., Faulkner, G., Tremblay, M.S., Rhodes, R.E., de Lannoy, L., Kirk, S.F.L., Rehman, L., & Moore, S.A. (2022). Regional differences in movement behaviours of children and youth during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: follow-up from a national study. Can J Public Health, https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00644-6
Moore, S.A., Vanderloo, L.M., Birken, C.S., & Rehman, L.A. (2022). Reimaging healthy movement in the era of the pandemic. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, Special Issue, 42(4):125-8.
MacQuarrie, M., McIsaac, J.D., Cawley, J., Kirk, S.F.L., Kolen, A.M., Rehman, L., Spencer, R.B., & Stone, M.R. (2022). Exploring parents鈥� perceptions of preschoolers鈥� risky outdoor play using a socio-ecological lens. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 30(3), 372-387. DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2022.2055103
Caldwell, H.A.T., Miller, M.B., Tweedie, C., Zahavich, J.B.L., Cockett, E., & Rehman, L. (2022). The Effect of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children鈥檚 Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nova Scotia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 2401. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042401.
Hennessey, S., & Rehman, L. (2020). Anatomy of an effective workplace health intervention: A comprehensive new model. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 13(5), pp. 461-475.