Huilan Xu

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Huilan Xu is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Huilan Xu has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in General Health Professions and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Huilan Xu's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (22 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (10 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (10 papers). Huilan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (22 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (10 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (10 papers). Huilan Xu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Netherlands. Huilan Xu's co-authors include Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Louise A. Baur, Louise L. Hardy, Judy M. Simpson, Alison Hayes, Philayrath Phongsavan, Sarah Taki, Limin Buchanan and Mandy Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Obesity and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Huilan Xu

46 papers receiving 996 citations

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Associations of Parental Influences with Physical Activity and Screen Time among Young Children: A Systematic Review

2015 317 citations Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Socioeconomic differences in the cost-effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention for obesity prevention in early childhood 2025 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Thomas Lung, Alison Hayes, Li Ming Wen, Huilan Xu, Vicki Brown, Louise A. Baur, Philayrath Phongsavan, (unknown)	1
2	Association of demographic characteristics of COVID-19 patients with RPA Virtual Hospital service utilization in 2020-22 2025 ·Health Policy and Technology ·Yanjun Ren, Huilan Xu, (unknown), Limin Mao, Miranda Shaw, (unknown), Li Ming Wen	0
3	Social capital and maternal mental health: Findings from secondary data analyses of two linked longitudinal trials in Australia 2025 ·Midwifery ·(unknown), Huilan Xu, Philayrath Phongsavan, (unknown), Louise A. Baur, Li Ming Wen	0
4	Effectiveness of a telephone-based randomised clinical trial targeting obesity risk of preschool-aged children: An extension study during the COVID-19 pandemic 2025 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Li Ming Wen, Huilan Xu, (unknown), Alison Hayes, Philayrath Phongsavan, Sarah Taki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chris Rissel, Louise A. Baur	1
5	Parental smoking in the first two years of a child's life and its associations with breastfeeding 2023 ·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ·(unknown), Huilan Xu, Limin Buchanan, Louise A. Baur, Li Ming Wen	1
6	Effectiveness and co-benefits of a telephone-based intervention in reducing obesity risk of children aged 2–4 years: findings from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia 2023 ·The Lancet Global Health ·Li Ming Wen, Sarah Taki, Huilan Xu, Philayrath Phongsavan, Chris Rissel, Alison Hayes, Louise A. Baur	0
7	Mothers' sociodemographic factors and use of health professionals for child feeding advice 2023 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·(unknown), Huilan Xu, Sarah Taki, Elizabeth Denney‐Wilson, Louise A. Baur, Li Ming Wen	1
8	Early Childhood Dietary Intake and Subsequent Socioemotional and Cognitive School Readiness Among Australian Children 2022 ·Health Education & Behavior ·Megan L. Hammersley, Limin Buchanan, Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen	3
9	Critical cultural competence of clinical nurses in China: A cross‐sectional survey 2022 ·Journal of Nursing Management ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Le Dong, Huilan Xu	1
10	Ethnicity matters in perceived impacts and information sources of COVID-19 among mothers with young children in Australia: a cross-sectional study 2021 ·BMJ Open ·Li Ming Wen, Huilan Xu, (unknown), Limin Buchanan, Chris Rissel, Philayrath Phongsavan, Louise A. Baur, Sarah Taki	7
11	Recall of and confidence in using the Health Star Rating system among pregnant women in New South Wales, Australia: Cross‐sectional survey 2020 ·Health Promotion Journal of Australia ·Chris Rissel, (unknown), Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen	1
12	[Association of health literacy and smoking behaviors among middle school students in six cities of China]. 2019 ·PubMed ·Rong Yang, (unknown), Yang Wan, (unknown), (unknown), Huilan Xu, (unknown), Tao Feng, (unknown)	2
13	Linking two randomised controlled trials for Healthy Beginnings©: optimising early obesity prevention programs for children under 3 years 2019 ·BMC Public Health ·Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Huilan Xu, Sarah Taki, (unknown), Karen Bedford, Alison Hayes, Philayrath Phongsavan, Judy M. Simpson, Miranda Shaw, (unknown), Louise A. Baur	19
14	Hormonal contraceptive use and smoking as risk factors for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in unvaccinated women aged 30–44 years: A case-control study in New South Wales, Australia 2018 ·Cancer Epidemiology ·Huilan Xu, Sam Egger, Louiza S. Velentzis, Dianne L. O’Connell, Emily Banks, (unknown), Karen Canfell, Freddy Sitas	24
15	A 3-Arm randomised controlled trial of Communicating Healthy Beginnings Advice by Telephone (CHAT) to mothers with infants to prevent childhood obesity 2017 ·BMC Public Health ·Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Louise A. Baur, Alison Hayes, Huilan Xu, Anna Whelan, Myna Hua, Miranda Shaw, Philayrath Phongsavan	66
16	Mothers’ Perceived Neighbourhood Environment and Outdoor Play of 2- to 3.5-Year-Old Children: Findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial 2017 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen, Louise L. Hardy, Chris Rissel	18
17	A 5-year longitudinal analysis of modifiable predictors for outdoor play and screen-time of 2- to 5-year-olds 2016 ·International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen, Louise L. Hardy, Chris Rissel	35
18	Smoking status and associated factors among male Chinese restaurant workers in metropolitan Sydney 2016 ·Health Promotion Journal of Australia ·Wei Jiang, Brenda Leung, (unknown), Huilan Xu, Suzanne Gleeson, Li Ming Wen	2
19	Parenting style and dietary behaviour of young children. Findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial 2013 ·Appetite ·Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Victoria Flood, Louise A. Baur	27
20	Smoking Status and Factors Associated with Smoking of First-Time Mothers During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial 2012 ·Maternal and Child Health Journal ·Huilan Xu, Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Louise A. Baur	17

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