Professor Rochelle Eime
Professor, Sport Sciences
Campus
Biography
Professor Rochelle Eime is a Behavioural Epidemiologist with over 20 years of research experience in sport and recreation sectors relating to both public health and sport management. Prof Eime is Director of the Physical Activity and Sport Insights Research Group (PASIglobal.com). PASI research investigates sport and physical activity participation for evidence-based decision making for the sport, physical activity, health and wellbeing sectors.
Rochelle has strong industry networks within the sport, recreation and health sector including state and national, government agencies as well as sport and recreation organisations. Her research has won numerous state, national and international awards. She has written over 300 peer-review publications, book chapters and industry reports, and has received $5.8 million in research grants. Rochelle is also the Deputy Chair of Vicsport.
- Publications
A path for transforming esports into a health and performance domain
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102973
The motivations to play organised club-based sport in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/02614367.2024.2347282
A socio-ecological approach to understanding the experiences of women and girls playing male-dominated sports
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/17430437.2024.2390989
Gender differences in physical activity and sport participation in adults across 28 European countries between 2005 and 2022
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.12.011
Self-assessed health of adult Australian sport club participants during and after COVID-19 restrictions: a longitudinal study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-025-21601-1
Conceptualizing the contingent nature of social responsibility in sport
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4337/9781803926476.00010
Physical activity and perceived wellbeing benefits in users of aquatic leisure and recreation centres
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/02614367.2025.2481560
Gender gap in physical activity and sport participation across the lifespan in Australia between 2016 and 2023
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-025-24011-5
Mixed-methods evaluation of multi-sport activity days for children and adolescents with disability in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2025.100116
The costs of participation in and delivery of community sport in Australia-a narrative review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1641527
Investigating the drivers of pro-social connection infrastructure in community sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/14413523.2025.2591389
A systematic review of the wellbeing benefits of being active through leisure and fitness centres
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/02614367.2023.2243654
Telling adults about it: children’s experience of disclosing interpersonal violence in community sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2268555
Australian sport and physical activity behaviours pre, during and post-COVID-19
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-024-18245-y
The changing nature of how and where Australians play sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-024-20676-6
Sport Participation Trajectories and Loneliness: Evidence From the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0319
An exploration of management perspectives on wellbeing outcomes in the aquatic and recreation industry
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2022.2156364
Understanding volunteer motivations and concerns in coaching and officiating basketball: implications for sport policy
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-023-15949-5
A comparison of health-related quality of life in rural and metropolitan areas of Australia: the contribution of sports and physical activity
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.7765/9781526161642.00029
The impact of sports participation on mental health and social outcomes in adults: a systematic review and the ‘Mental Health through Sport’ conceptual model
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s13643-023-02264-8
Editorial: Sport and psychosocial health/well-being after the COVID-19 lockdown - Volume II
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1256235
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Perceived Health and Wellbeing of Young Australian Sport and Physical Activity Participants
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/0044118X221122878
Motivations to be active in club-based sport compared to fitness centres
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/23750472.2023.2248139
Sport parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perceptions of parents and youth in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102299
Psychological, Physical, and Sexual Violence Against Children in Australian Community Sport: Frequency, Perpetrator, and Victim Characteristics
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/08862605221114155
Sport4Me: A people focused approach to engaging Australians in sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2022.1087182
Editorial: Highlights in sports management, marketing and business
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1161143
The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Perceived Health and Well-Being of Active Australian Older Adults
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1123/japa.2022-0046
Participation and dropout of Hockey New South Wales participants in 2017 and 2018: a longitudinal study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s13102-022-00494-2
Participation of Australian women and girls in traditionally male-dominated sports 2016-2018
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2090995
The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on Australians' frequency and duration of participation in different types of sport and physical activity
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s13102-022-00435-z
The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on perceived health and wellbeing of adult Australian sport and physical activity participants
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-022-13195-9
The Sport Participation Pathway Model (SPPM): a conceptual model for participation and retention in community sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2034913
Editorial: The Future of Sport Business
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2021.839520
Editorial: Sport and Psychosocial Health/Well-Being After the COVID-19 Lockdown
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2022.902973
Coaching Older Adults (Aged 55+)
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4324/9781003159063-12
Marketing Up the Wrong Tree? Organisational Perspectives on Attracting and/or Retaining Older Adults in Sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2021.772361
The physical activity and sport participation framework—a policy model toward being physically active across the lifespan
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2021.608593
Five-Year Changes in Community-Level Sport Participation, and the Role of Gender Strategies
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2021.710666
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on youth sport in Australia and consequences for future participation and retention
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-021-10505-5
How to re-engage older adults in community sport? Reasons for drop-out and re-engagement
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/02614367.2021.1888310
Gender inclusive sporting environments: the proportion of women in non-player roles over recent years
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s13102-021-00290-4
Barriers to adolescent female participation in cricket
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2019.1710716
Longitudinal trends in sport participation and retention of women and girls
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fspor.2020.00039
Developing Sport for Girls and Adolescents
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.4324/9780367854201-3
Tennis superstars: The relationship between star status and demand for tickets
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.smr.2019.03.006
Sport participation settings: Where and 'how' do Australians play sport?
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-020-09453-3
Tennis influencers: The player effect on social media engagement and demand for tournament attendance
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.tele.2020.101381
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
Sport drop-out during adolescence: is it real, or an artefact of sampling behaviour?
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/19406940.2019.1630468
Community sports clubs: are they only about playing sport, or do they have broader health promotion and social responsibilities?
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2018.1430598
A mixed-methods case study exploring the impact of participation in community activity groups for older adults on physical activity, health and wellbeing
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12877-019-1245-5
Factors influencing women in physical activity programs in Malaysia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/heapro/dax093
Participant characteristics of users of holistic movement practices in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2018.02.011
Demographic characteristics and type/frequency of physical activity participation in a large sample of 21,603 Australian people
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-018-5608-1
Girls' transition from participation in a modified sport program to club sport competition - A study of longitudinal patterns and correlates
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-018-5609-0
Non-response bias in estimates of prevalence of club-based sport participation from an Australian national physical activity, recreation and sport survey
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-018-5793-y
Sport for adults aged 50+ years: Participation benefits and barriers
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1123/japa.2017-0092
A mixed methods case study exploring the impact of membership of a multi-activity, multicentre community group on social wellbeing of older adults
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12877-018-0913-1
Sport participation across the lifespan: Australian trends and policy implications
- Book Chapters
- DOI reference: 10.1057/978-1-137-48562-5_2
The association between social support and physical activity in older adults: A systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12966-017-0509-8
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
Participation trends in holistic movement practices: A 10-year comparison of yoga/Pilates and t'ai chi/qigong use among a national sample of 195,926 Australians
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12906-017-1800-6
The relationship of sport participation to provision of sports facilities and socioeconomic status: a geographical analysis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/1753-6405.12647
Sport and ageing: A systematic review of the determinants and trends of participation in sport for older adults
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-017-4970-8
Protective eyewear promotion: Applying principles of behaviour change in the design of a squash injury prevention programme
Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of squash venue operators relating to use of protective eyewear
Spatial epidemiology: A new approach for understanding and preventing sport injuries
Age profiles of sport participants
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s13102-016-0031-3
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project: Phase 1 report partnerships for health
Have the attitudes of Australian squash players towards protective eyewear changed over the past decade
Transferring organizational partnerships to physical activity participation: What works and why
Lessons learned during the establishment of 'recreational football' as a new form of Australian football
Factors affecting the successful creation of health promoting sports clubs
The development of regional sports assemblies as health promoting organisations
Survey administration for community level sports injury prevention: Facilitators, barriers and lessons learnt
Epidemiology of squash injuries presenting for treatment at hospitals
An ecological approach to the design of a sports injury prevention intervention
Barriers towards the promotion and use of protective eyewear in squash: Experiences from the SQERP project
Factors associated with protective eyewear behaviours in squash players
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. Phase 1 evaluation report no.32: Pony club Victoria: Club development program
VicHealth sport and active recreation schemes evaluation project report no.26: Football Victoria: AFL recreational football program
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. 1. Response to the program logic for 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
Protective eyewear promotion: Applying principles of behaviour change in the design of a sports injury prevention program
Have squash players' attitudes towards protective eyewear changed over the past decade?
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/bjsm.36.6.442
The epidemiology of head, face and eye injuries to female lacrosse players in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/17457300701602381
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
Making sporting clubs healthy and welcoming environments: A strategy to increase participation.
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.12.121
Sustaining health promotion programs within sport and recreation organisations
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.08.007
Participation in sport and physical activity for rural adolescent girls: a socio-ecological approach
Evaluation of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games 10,000 steps walking challenge and 10,000 steps walking program
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
Does Sports Club Particpation Contribute to Health-Related Quality of Life?
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181c3adaa
Effectiveness of the 2006 Commonwealth Games 10,000 Steps Walking Challenge
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819d591d
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
Trends in organised sport membership: Impact on sustainability
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.09.001
Linking participants in school-based sport programs to community clubs
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.11.003
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
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.smr.2011.01.001
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
Family support and ease of access link socio-economic status and sports club membership in adolescent girls: a mediation study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-50
A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-98
Understanding the Contexts of Adolescent Female Participation in Sport and Physical Activity
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/02701367.2013.784846
The relationship between body image, physical activity, perceived health, and behavioural regulation among Year 7 and Year 11 girls from metropolitan and rural Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2013.793166
A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for adults: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-135
Associations Between Behavior Regulation, Competence, Physical Activity, and Health for Adolescent Females
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1123/jpah.2012-0070
Dose-Response of Women's Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Life Satisfaction to Physical Activity
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1123/jpah.2012-0073
A comparative study of factors influencing participation in sport and physical activity for metropolitan and rural female adolescents
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2011.639405
The test-retest reliability of a health promotion assessment tool in sport
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/11745398.2011.639340
A Systematic Literature Review of Sport and Physical Activity Participation in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Migrant Populations
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s10903-013-9857-x
Trends in body image of adolescent females in metropolitan and non-metropolitan regions: a longitudinal study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-016-3815-1
Are they 'worth their weight in gold'? Sport for older adults: benefits and barriers of their participation for sporting organisations
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/19406940.2016.1220410
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
Integrating public health and sport management: Sport participation trends 2001-2010
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.smr.2014.05.004
Participation in sport and physical activity: associations with socio-economic status and geographical remoteness
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-015-1796-0
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
Role models of Australian female adolescents: A longitudinal study to inform programmes designed to increase physical activity and sport participation
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/1356336X15579574
Pumping Iron in Australia: Prevalence, Trends and Sociodemographic Correlates of Muscle Strengthening Activity Participation from a National Sample of 195,926 Adults
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153225
Changes in sport and physical activity participation for adolescent females: a longitudinal study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-016-3203-x
Population levels of sport participation: implications for sport policy
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-016-3463-5
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF SPORTS AND LEISURE INJURY HOSPITALISATIONS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042156.975
