Dr. Meghan Casey
Senior Lecturer, Sport Management
Campus
Biography
Dr Meghan Casey specialises in sport management, health promotion, physical activity and gender equality in sport. Dr Casey is a member of research groups the Physical Activity and Sports Insights and Collaborative Evaluation Research Centre and provides the industry with evidenced-based information to inform management, policy and practice in the sport, physical activity, and health sectors.
Meghan works closely with industry to align her research with their needs, as well as national sport and public health priorities. She has over 50 industry reports, 37 research articles, four book chapters, and many presentations at conferences, in the media and to organisations to translate research into practice.
- Publications
A socio-ecological approach to understanding the experiences of women and girls playing male-dominated sports
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/17430437.2024.2390989
Legacy '23 and Sport Participation for Women and Girls in Regional Australia
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4324/9781003507703-21
What are my options here? I don't want to stop training or miss competitions. Navigating the impact of early years of menstruation in organised sports, among girls 10-16 years
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2025.07.006
Socioecological factors influencing physical activity engagement for women across the menopausal transition: a systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002337
Understanding volunteer motivations and concerns in coaching and officiating basketball: implications for sport policy
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-023-15949-5
Editorial: Engaging Women and Girls in Community Sport: Building an Equitable and Inclusive Future
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2022.947626
Developing Sport for Girls and Adolescents
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4324/9780367854201-3
The implications of female sport policy developments for the community-level sport sector: a perspective from Victoria, Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/19406940.2019.1618892
The influence of a Healthy Welcoming Environment on participation in club sport by adolescent girls: A longitudinal study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s13102-017-0076-y
The relationship of sport participation to provision of sports facilities and socioeconomic status: a geographical analysis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/1753-6405.12647
Age profiles of sport participants
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s13102-016-0031-3
Transferring organizational partnerships to physical activity participation: What works and why
The development of regional sports assemblies as health promoting organisations
Physically active Koori communities: The results of a partnership approach
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project. Phase 1 evaluation report no.30 volume two: Participation in community sport and active recreation scheme
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project. Phase 1 evaluation report no.30 volume three: Active participation grant scheme
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.7: Yachting Victoria: Sailing on the move program
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.15: Victorian amateur fencing association: New club development program
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.25: Gymnastics Victoria: Cheerleading program
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.8: Winda Mara active recreation and health project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.20. Helenic sporting club Midura United - healthy leisure activities for Kooris project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.21. Council on the aging Victoria - Strength training, training the trainer project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.22. City of Kingston - Girls in recreation, leisure and sport project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.23. Warragul community house - Physical activities through community house project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.24. Victorian state council of YMCA - Community soccer project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 9. Rochester community house - Tai chi classes project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 10. Yarrum community learning centre - Strength training for the over fifties project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 11: Chadstone lacrosse club - Develop community involvement in junior lacrosse project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 12. City of Yarra - Women making waves project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 13. Tullamarine country club - Tulla women's golf project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 14. Brunswick Dragons fencing club - Swordplay project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 17. Moe golf club - Life through golf clinics project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 18. Anglicare youth sailing project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 19. Chinese and Vietnamese neighbourhood centre - Breaking isolation, Chinese elderly health activities project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 27: Gippsport-Gippsland women's physical activity strategy project
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 5: Evaluation report format and timeline
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 6. Netball Victoria: The FunNet program
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 16. Victorian Little Athletics Association: On track program
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 3: Realist evaluation methodology
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 2. Views of selected VicHealth staff on the partnerships for health and participation in community sport and active recreation schemes
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no. 4. Tatura community house: Be better - be active project
Patterns of time use among regional and rural adolescent girls: Associations with correlates of physical activity and health-related quality of life
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.02.004
Skill based modified sports programs for younger participants: The risk of boredom and drop out
Piecing the puzzle together: case studies of international research in health-promoting sports clubs
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/1757975915601615
Sustaining health promotion programs within sport and recreation organisations
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.08.007
Applying self-determination theory to understand the motivation for becoming a physical education teacher
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.07.005
Primary school teacher perceived self-efficacy to teach fundamental motor skills.
A preliminary analysis of barriers, intentions, and attitudes towards moderate physical activity in women who are overweight.
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.08.002
Participation in sport and physical activity for rural adolescent girls: a socio-ecological approach
Implementing physical activity programs in new environments: Lessons learned from Out of School Hours Care.
A critical evaluation of methods used to evaluate a large scale health promotion program in the sport and recreation sector
Participation by girls in community sport and physical activity during the transition to secondary school: A rural Australian perspective
Adolescent physical activity during school lunch breaks - same thing, different day
Engaging community sport and recreation organisations in population health interventions: factors affecting the formation, implementation, and institutionalisation of partnerships efforts
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2009.9686815
Building the health promotion capacity of sport and recreation organisations: A case study of Regional Sports Assemblies
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/13606710902752588
Partnership and capacity-building strategies in community sports and recreation programs
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/13606710902944938
Using a socioecological approach to examine participation in sport and physical activity among rural adolescent girls
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/1049732309338198
It's not just about competition! Building sport's capacity for population-focused physical activity promotion and development of healthy settings
Transition in participation in sport and unstructured physical activity for rural living adolescent girls
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/her/cyn060
Characteristics of physically active and inactive men from low socioeconomic communities and housing estates: a qualitative study using the socioecological model
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2011.575042
Organisational readiness and capacity building strategies of sporting organisations to promote health
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.smr.2011.01.001
'You're no-one if you're not a netball girl': rural and regional adolescent girls' negotiation of physically active identities
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2012.670961
Examining changes in the organisational capacity and sport-related health promotion policies and practices of State Sporting Organizations
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2012.719213
Linking Physical Education With Community Sport and Recreation: A Program for Adolescent Girls
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/1524839912464229
The test-retest reliability of a health promotion assessment tool in sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2011.639340
Effectiveness of a school-community linked program on physical activity levels and health-related quality of life for adolescent girls
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-649
Linking secondary school physical education with community sport and recreation for girls: a process evaluation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1039
Socioecological factors potentially associated with participation in physical activity and sport: A longitudinal study of adolescent girls
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.09.012
Where has class gone? The pervasiveness of class in girls' physical activity in a rural town
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/13573322.2011.619525
Integrating public health and sport management: Sport participation trends 2001-2010
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.smr.2014.05.004
Participation in modified sports programs: a longitudinal study of children's transition to club sport competition
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-015-2012-y
The contribution of sport participation to overall health enhancing physical activity levels in Australia: a population-based study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-015-2156-9
'Power, regulation and physically active identities': the experiences of rural and regional living adolescent girls
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/09540253.2015.1093098
'Girls get going': Using Game Sense to promote sport participation amongst adolescent girls in rural and regional contexts
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4324/9780203797730