Dr

Meghan Ambrens


Current Appointments

Post-doctoral fellow
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Meghan’s PhD evaluated technology-delivered fall prevention programs for community-dwelling older people. Her research to date has explored the effectiveness, acceptability and economic evaluation of technology-delivered programs. Meghan has an interest in qualitative research, health policy, preventive health, and healthy ageing. The translation of research to policy and practice is an area Meghan is interested in pursuing in her post-doctoral career.


Publications

2024, 12 Mar

How Perceptions of Aging Influence Physical Activity and Exercise in Older Age: Exploring the Behavior of People Aged 70+ Years Engaged in Fall Prevention Activities

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241238315

2024 Feb

Protocol of a 12-week eHealth programme designed to reduce concerns about falling in community-living older people: Own Your Balance randomised controlled trial

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078486

2022, 01 Jun

Economic evaluation of the e-Health StandingTall balance exercise programme for fall prevention in people aged 70 years and over

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac130

2022 Jun

Effect of eHealth-delivered exercise programmes on balance in people aged 65 years and over living in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051377

2021

Exploring Older Adults' Experiences of a Home-Based, Technology-Driven Balance Training Exercise Program Designed to Reduce Fall Risk: A Qualitative Research Study within a Randomized Controlled Trial

View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85110601012&partnerID=MN8TOARS

2020 Jan

The effect of eHealth-based falls prevention programmes on balance in people aged 65 years and over living in the community: protocol for a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031200

2019

Enhancing resilience in community-dwelling older adults: A rapid review of the evidence and implications for public health practitioners

View full journal-article on http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064410562&partnerID=MN8TOARS