Casey, Meghan (Dr)

Position: Senior Lecturer
Discipline: Exercise Sport Sciences
Location: Mt Helen Campus
Phone: (03) 5327 9658
Email: m.casey@federation.edu.au

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Ballarat, 2012
  • Diploma of Project Management, University of Ballarat, 2005
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Promotion) Honours, Deakin University, 2001
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Promotion), Deakin University, 2000

Teaching

Program Coordinator

  • Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science Honours
  • Graduate Certificate in Research

Biography

Dr Meghan Casey is a senior lecturer at Federation University Australia. Meghan is passionate about teaching and researching how the sport industry can contribute to community health and wellbeing through sport participation and create equitable and inclusive opportunities. Dr Casey co-designs research with industry to provide evidence-based information that informs community and sport development policy and practice. She is internationally recognised for her expertise in topics not limited to: physical activity and sport participation trends, socio-ecological determinants of participation, building capacity within the sport sector to promote health, and sport and physical activity program development, implementation and evaluation.

Meghan works closely with industry to align her research with their needs, as well as national sport and public health priorities and is a senior researcher in the Physical Activity and Sport Insights (PASI) and Collaborative Evaluation Research Group (CERG). She has over 50 industry reports, more than 30 peer reviewed research articles, 3 book chapters, and many presentations at conferences, in the media and to organisations to translate research into practice. Meghan has managed large and complex projects such as an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant to various community program evaluations. She supervises higher degree by research students and develops contemporary teaching material in the Exercise and Sport Science Discipline.

Research interests

  • Physical activity and sport participation
  • Health promotion
  • Co-design research and mixed methods
  • Program design, implementation and evaluation

Research partnerships

  • State Sporting Associations: Tennis Victoria, Football Federation Victoria, Netball Victoria
  • Local government e.g. City of Casey, Golden Plains Shire
  • Regional Sporting Organisations: SportsCentral
  • Leisure organisations e.g. YMCA
  • Change Our Game Research Grant
  • VicHealth

Supervision (since 2018)

Darren Thomas (current PhD) “To design a framework to inform the development of a successful sports academy by evaluating their design, implementation, and ongoing operation.” Associate Supervisor.

Jane Strachan (current Grad Cert Research) “The impact of menstruation on adolescent female sport participants in both their training and competition commitments and how it influences their decision to play or drop out of sport.” Principle Supervisor.

Grace Gellie (current Honours). “Socioecological factors influencing participation in physical activity in menopausal women.” Principle Supervisor.

Dr Ambili Unni (graduated PhD 2023) “Participation, retention and dropout of children and adolescents in club-based community tennis”. Associate Supervisor

Zoe Julian-Best. (graduated Honours 2022). “Women’s engagement in AFL and identifying supporting factors that facilitate retention in the sport.” Associate Supervisor.

Rachel Murphy. (graduated Honours 2018). “Investigating female community netball retention rates and sporting organisations capacity to retain participants.” Principle Supervisor.

Publications

Book Chapters

Eime, R., Casey, M, Harvey, J. (2020). Girls and adolescents. In E. Sherry & K. Rowe (Eds.), Developing sport for women and girls. Routledge.

Casey, M. & Eime, R. (2015). Sport and Health. In M. Bowers & M. Dixon (Eds.), Sport Management: An Exploration of the Field and its Value: Sagamore Publishing.

Mooney, A., & Casey, M. (2014). ‘Girls get going’: Using Games Sense to promote physical activity amongst adolescent girls in rural and regional contexts in Australia'. In R. Light, S. Harvey, J. Quay & A. Mooney (Eds.), Contemporary developments in games teaching. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge.

Refereed journal articles

Casey, M., Fowlie, J., Charity, M., Harvey, J., & Eime, R. (2019). The implications of female sport policy developments for the community-level sport sector: a perspective from Victoria, Australia, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 11:4, 657-678, DOI:10.1080/19406940.2019.1618892

Casey, MM., Eime, RM., Harvey, JT., Sawyer, N., Craike, M., Symmons, C., Payne, WR. (2017). The influence of a healthy welcoming environment on participation in club sport by adolescent girls: a longitudinal study. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Eime, R. M., Harvey, J., Charity, M. J., Casey, M., Westerbeek, H., & Payne, W. R. (2017). The relationship of sport participation to provision of sports facilities and socioeconomic status: a geographical analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Online; doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12647

Casey, M., Harvey, J., Telford, A., Eime, R., Mooney, A., & Payne, W. (2016). Patterns of time use among regional and rural adolescent girls: Associations with correlates of physical activity and health-related quality of life. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19(11), 931-935. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2016.02.004

Eime, R. M., Harvey, J. T., Charity, M. J., Casey, M. M., Westerbeek, H., & Payne, W. R. (2016). Age profiles of sport participants. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 8(1), 1-10. doi:10.1186/s13102-016-0031-3

Casey, M., Mooney, A., Smyth, J., & Payne, W. (2016). Power, regulation and physically active identities: The experiences of rural and regional living adolescent girls. Gender and Education, 28(1), 108-127.

Kokko, S., Donaldson,  A., Geidne, S., Seghers, J., Scheerder, J., Meganck, J., . . . Casey, M…Kannas, L. (2016). Piecing the puzzle together: case studies of international research in health-promoting sports clubs. Global Health Promotion, 23(1 suppl), 75-84. doi:10.1177/1757975915601615

Eime, RM., Casey, MM., Harvey, JT., Charity, MJ., Young JA., & Payne, WR. (2015). Participation in modified sports programs: A longitudinal study of children’s transition to club sport. BMC Public Health, 15(649); 1-7.

Eime, RM., Sawyer, N., Harvey, JT., Casey, MM, Westerbek, H., Payne, WR. (2015). Integrating public health and sport management: Sport participation trends 2001 – 2012. Sport Management Review, 18(2), 207-217.

Eime, RM., Casey, MM., Harvey, JT., Sawyer, NA., Symons, CM., & Payne, WR. (2015). Socioecological factors potentially associated with participation in physical activity and sport: A longitudinal study of adolescent girls. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 18(6); 684-690.

Eime, R. M., Harvey, J. T., Charity, M. J., Casey, M. M., van Uffelen, J. G. Z., & Payne, W. R. (2015). The contribution of sport participation to overall health enhancing physical activity levels in Australia: a population-based study. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1-12.

Casey, M., Harvey, J., Eime, R., Telford, A., Mooney, A., Smyth, J., & Payne, W. (2014). Effectiveness of a school-community linked program on physical activity levels and health-related quality of life of adolescent girls. BMC Public Health, 14(649), 1-15. doi: doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-649

Casey, M., Telford, A., Mooney, A., Harvey, J., Eime, R., & Payne, W. (2014). Linking secondary school physical education with community sport and recreation for girls: A process evaluation. BMC Public Health, 14(1039), 1-14. doi: doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1039

Smyth, J., Mooney & Casey, M. (2014). Where has class gone? The pervasiveness of class in girls’ physical activity in a rural town. Sport Education and Society, 19(1): 1-18.

Casey, M., Mooney, A., Eime, R., Harvey, J., Smyth, J., Telford, A., & Payne, W. (2013). Linking Physical Education With Community Sport and Recreation: A Program for Adolescent Girls. Health Promotion Practice, 14(5):721-31.

Casey, M., Harvey, J., Eime, R., & Payne, W. (2012). Examining changes in the organisational capacity and sport-related health promotion policies and practices of State Sporting Organizations. Annals of Leisure Research, 15(3), 261-276.

Casey, M., Eime, R., & Payne, W. (2012). Organisational readiness and capacity building strategies of sporting organisations to promote health. Sport Management Review, 15(1), 109-124

Article was also reprinted in a selection of articles on new major work on sport and leisure management :

Casey, M., Payne, W. & Eime, R. (2013). Organizational Readiness and Capacity-Building Strategies of Sporting Organizations to Promote Health. Reprinted in Weed M (ed). Sport & Leisure Management. ISBN 978-1-4462-5725-8. SAGE Publications.

Mooney, A., Casey, M. & Smyth, J. (2012) “You’re no-one if you’re not a netball girl”: Rural and regional living adolescent girls’ negotiation of physically active identities. Annals of Leisure Research, 15(1), 19-37.

Casey, M., Harvey, J., Payne, W. & Eime, R. (2011). The test-retest reliability of a health promotion assessment tool in sport. Annals of Leisure Research, 14(4), 304-324.

Casey, M., Eime, R., Ball, K., & Payne, W. (2011). Characteristics of physically active and inactive men from low socio economic communities and housing estates: A qualitative study using the socio ecological model. Annals of Leisure Research, 14(1), 1-21

Eime, R., Payne, W., Casey, M. & Harvey, J. (2010). Transition in participation in sport and unstructured physical activity for rural living adolescent girls. Health Education Research, 25(2), 282-293.

Casey, M., Payne, W., Brown, S., & Eime, R. (2009). Engaging sport and recreation organisations in population health interventions: Factors affecting formation, implementation and institutionalisation of partnership efforts. Annals of Leisure Research, 12(2);129-147.

Casey, M. M., Eime, R. M., Payne, W. R. & Harvey, J. T. (2009). Using a socioecological approach to examine participation in sport and physical activity among rural adolescent girls. Qualitative Health Research, 19(7), 881-893.

Casey, M., Payne, W. & Eime, R. (2009). Building the health promotion capacity of sport and recreation organisations: A case study of Regional Sports Assemblies. Managing Leisure, 14(2), 112-124.

Casey, M., Payne, W. & Eime, R. (2009). Partnership and capacity-building strategies in community sports and recreation programs. Managing Leisure, 14(3), 167-176.

Spittle, M., Jackson, K., & Casey, M. (2009) Applying Self-Determination Theory to Understand the Motivation for Becoming a Physical Education Teacher. Teaching and Teacher Education, 25(1), 190-197.

Casey, M., Payne, W., Eime, R., & Brown, S. (2009). Sustaining health promotion programs within sport and recreation organisations. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 12(1), 113-118.

Callea, M.B., Spittle, M., O’Meara, J., & Casey, M. (2008). Primary school teacher perceived self-efficacy to teach fundamental motor skills. Research in Education, 79:67-75.

Jewson, E., Spittle, M., & Casey, M. (2008). A preliminary analysis of barriers, intentions, and attitudes towards moderate physical activity in women who are overweight. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 11(6), 558-561.

Casey, M., Finch, C., Mahoney, M. & Townsend, M. (2004). Sport safety policies and practices in two rural Victorian communities. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 7:2:226-231.

Refereed conference proceedings

Eime, R., Casey, M., Fowlie, J., Charity, M., & Harvey, J. (2018). The implications of female sport policy developments on the community sport sector. Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ), Adelaide, 2018.

Eime, R., Harvey, J., Charity, M., Casey, M., Westerbeek, H., & Payne, W. (2015). Four-year trends in sport participation and retention: The gender differences. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19, e33-e34. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2015.12.455

Casey, M., Eime, R., Harvey, J., Charity, M, Feely, P., Thompson, H, Payne, W (2014). The spatial association between availability of sport facilities and participation in sport. Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ), Melbourne Australia.

Eime, R., Sawyer, N., Harvey JT, Casey, MM, Westerbeek, Payne WR. (2014). Integrating public health and sport management: Sport participation trends 2001-2010. ACSMS 2014 (Asics Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Canberra).

Casey, M., Harvey, J., Payne, W., Telford, A., Eime, R., Smyth, J., Mooney, A. (2013). Effectiveness of a Program for Adolescent Girls Linking Physical Education with Community Sport and Recreation. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 16(1); Supplement, p. e32. ACSMS 2013 (Asics Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Phuket).

Casey, M., Telford, A., Mooney, A., Harvey, J., Eime, R., Smyth, J., & Payne, W. (2013). An evaluation of a school community-linked sport and recreation program for adolescent girls. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 16(1); Supplement, p. e35. ACSMS 2013 (Asics Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Phuket).

Awards

  • Wendy Ey, Women in Sport Award 2013 at the ASICS Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport.
  • Heart Foundation Award for excellence in cardiovascular health advancement for the top student undertaking an Honours project with relevance to the prevention of cardiovascular disease 2001.