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Sarahjane Belton

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Sarahjane is an Associate Professor of Physical Education at the School of Health and Human Performance at DCU. She has previously held many roles in the School including Head of School (2019 - 2022), and Programme Chair for Physical Education (2008 - 2011, and 2016 - 2019). She teaches across a range of PE related areas, including pedagogy, curriculum and instructional models, curriculum development, and health related activity and health related fitness.

Sarahjane researches in the field of childhood physical activity and health, encompassing all related aspects from physical activity and fitness, motivation and attitudes, to fundamental movement skill abilities. Much of her work centres on developing and evaluating physical literacy and health literacy intervention programmes, from pre-school level up to post primary. She has lead on the development of many intervention programmes including Y-PATH (Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health), Kids Active, and LifeLab, and has collaborated with many national agencies in this endeavour. Sarahjane has published text books and papers in this field, and presented her work at a variety of national and international conferences.

Sarahjane graduated with a degree is Physical Education and Maths from the University of Limerick in 2001. She taught physical education for a year in second level education (2001 - 2002) before completing a PhD in Physical Activity Measurement at the University of Limerick in 2006. Sarahjane lectured in Physical Education in St Patricks college Drumcondra from 2006 - 2007, and has lectured in Physical Education (physical education and sport pedagogy, curriculum development and evaluation) in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University from 2007 to present.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2020	Lyons, F., Belton, S., Crean, N., Joy, E. (2020) Peak Performance for Leaving Certificate PE. Dublin: Folens.
	2018	Lyons, F., Belton, S., Crean, N., O'Mahony, I. (2018) Active For Life: A complete record of learning for Junior Cycle PE. Dublin, Ireland: Folens. [Link]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2020	Belton, S. & O’Brien, W. (2020) 'Before- and After School Interventions in Youth Physical Activity' In: The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity. New York and London : Routledge.
	2020	Belton, S.;O'Brien, W. (2020) 'Before- and after-school interventions in youth physical activity: Current situation and future directions' In: The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity. [Link]

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	Sarahjane Belton1, Sinead Connolly2, Cameron Peers3, Hannah Goss1, Marie Murphy4, Elaine Murtagh5, Jennifer Kavanagh6, Méabh Corr7, Kyle Ferguson8 and Wesley O’Brien9 (2022) 'Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy'. BMC Public Health*, . [DOI]
	2022	Belton, S.;O’Brien, W.;Murtagh, E.;Costa, J.;Issartel, J.;McGann, J.;Manninen, M. (2022) 'A new curriculum model for second-level physical education: Y-PATH PE4Me'. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Jamie McGann;Sarah Meegan;Catherine Woods;Elaine Murtagh;Christina Duff;Sarahjane Belton (2022) 'Teacher experiences implementing the ‘Active School Flag’ initiative to support physically active school communities in Ireland'. Irish Educational Studies, 41 (2):271-293. [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Cowley, E.S.;Foweather, L.;Watson, P.M.;Belton, S.;Thompson, A.;Thijssen, D.;Wagenmakers, A.J.M. (2022) 'What Happened in ‘The HERizon Project’?—Process Evaluation of a Multi-Arm Remote Physical Activity Intervention for Adolescent Girls'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Craig Smith;Hannah Goss;Johann Issartel;Sarah Meegan;Sarahjane Belton (2022) 'LifeLab: Co-Design of an Interactive Health Literacy Intervention for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescents'. Children, 9 (8):1230-1230. [Link] https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081230
	2022	Anna Donnla O'Hagan;Stephen Behan;Cameron Peers;Sarahjane Belton;Noel O'Connor;Johann Issartel (2022) 'Do our movement skills impact our cognitive skills? Exploring the relationship between cognitive function and fundamental movement skills in primary school children'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2022.08.001
	2022	Ian Costello;Sarahjane Belton;Aine MacNamara (2022) 'Stand up and Fight: A Case Study of a Professional Rugby Club Negotiating a COVID-19 Crisis, a Talent Development Perspective'. Sports, 10 (8). [Link] https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10080124
	2022	Elaine Murtagh;Brian Mulhare;Catherine Woods;Meabh Corr;Sarahjane Belton (2022) 'A pragmatic evaluation of the primary school Be Active After-School Activity Programme (Be Active ASAP)'. Health Education Research, 36 (6):634-645. [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Nathan Gavigan;Sarahjane Belton;Enda Whyte;Siobhan O'Connor;David Morley;Johann Issartel (2022) 'Design of a new movement competence assessment for children aged 8–12: A Delphi poll study'. European Physical Education Review, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X221102703
	2022	McQuinn S;Belton S;Staines A;Sweeney MR (2022) 'Co-design of a school-based physical activity intervention for adolescent females in a disadvantaged community: insights from the Girls Active Project (GAP)'. BMC Public Health, . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12635-w
	2022	Goss, H.R.;Smith, C.;Hickey, L.;Issartel, J.;Morrissey, J.;Murrin, C.;Spillane, A.;Belton, S. (2022) 'Using Co-Design to Develop a Health Literacy Intervention with Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Goss, Hannah R and McDermott, Clare and Hickey, Laura and Issartel, Johann and Meegan, Sarah and Morrissey, Janis and Murrin, Celine and Peers, Cameron and Smith, Craig and Spillane, Ailbhe and others (2021) 'Understanding disadvantaged adolescents’ perception of health literacy through a systematic development of peer vignettes'. 21 (1):1-11.
	2021	Cowley, Emma S and Watson, Paula M and Foweather, Lawrence and Belton, Sarahjane and Mansfield, Chiara and Whitcomb-Khan, Gabriella and Cacciatore, Isabella and Thompson, Andrew and Thijssen, Dick and Wagenmakers, Anton JM (2021) 'Formative Evaluation of a Home-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Adolescent Girls—The HERizon Project: A Randomised Controlled Trial'. 8 (2).
	2021	Cowley, Emma S and Watson, Paula M and Foweather, Lawrence and Belton, Sarahjane and Thompson, Andrew and Thijssen, Dick and Wagenmakers, Anton JM (2021) '“Girls Aren’t Meant to Exercise”: Perceived Influences on Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls—The HERizon Project'. 8 (1).
	2021	O’Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane and Fitzpatrick, Ben and Shannon, Stephen and Brennan, Deirdre and Chambers, Fiona and O’Donovan, Karol and Breslin, Gavin (2021) 'Relationship between Gender, Physical Activity, Screen Time, Body Mass Index and Wellbeing in Irish Children from Social-Disadvantage'. :1-15.
	2021	Smith, Craig and Goss, Hannah R and Issartel, Johann and Belton, Sarahjane (2021) 'Health Literacy in Schools? A Systematic Review of Health-Related Interventions Aimed at Disadvantaged Adolescents'. 8 (3).
	2021	Hartwig, Timothy Bryan and Sanders, Taren and Vasconcellos, Diego and Noetel, Michael and Parker, Philip D and Lubans, David Revalds and Andrade, Susana and \'Avila-Garc\'\ia, Manuel and Bartholomew, John and Belton, Sarahjane and others (2021) 'School-based interventions modestly increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness but are least effective for youth who need them most: an individual participant pooled analysis of 20 controlled trials'. .
	2021	Gavigan, N.;Belton, S.;Meegan, S.;Issartel, J. (2021) 'Moving Well-Being Well: a process evaluation of a physical literacy-based intervention in Irish primary schools'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	McQuinn, S;Belton, S;Staines, A;Sweeney, MR (2021) 'Co-design of a school-based physical activity intervention for adolescent females in a disadvantaged community: insights from the Girls Active Project (GAP)'. BMC Public Health, 22 (1). [DOI]
	2021	Philpott, C.;Utesch, T.;Belton, S.;Donovan, B.;Chambers, F.;Lester, D.;O’Brien, W. (2021) 'Effects of an 8-Week Intervention Targeting the Veridicality of Actual and Perceived Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents in Project FLAME'. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 128 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Coulter, M.;Britton, Ú.;MacNamara, Á.;Manninen, M.;McGrane, B.;Belton, S. (2021) 'PE at Home: keeping the ‘E’ in PE while home-schooling during a pandemic'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Murtagh, E.;Mulhare, B.;Woods, C.;Corr, M.;Belton, S. (2021) 'A pragmatic evaluation of the primary school Be Active After-School Activity Programme (Be Active ASAP)'. Health Education Research, 36 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Duncan, MJ;Martins, C;Ribeiro Bandeira, PF;Issartel, J;Peers, C;Belton, S;O'Connor, NE;Behan, S (2021) 'TGMD-3 short version: Evidence of validity and associations with sex in Irish children'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, . [DOI]
	2021	O'Brien, W.;Coppinger, T.;Hogan, I.;Belton, S.;Murphy, M.H.;Powell, C.;Woods, C. (2021) 'The association of family, friends, and teacher support with girls' sport and physical activity on the island of ireland'. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 18 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Belton, S.;Issartel, J.;Behan, S.;Goss, H.;Peers, C. (2021) 'The differential impact of screen time on children’s wellbeing'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Belton, S;Connolly, S;Peers, C;Goss, H;Murphy, M;Murtagh, E;Kavanagh, J;Corr, M;Ferguson, K;O'Brien, W (2021) 'Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy'. BMC Public Health, 22 (1). [DOI]
	2021	Goss, H.R.;McDermott, C.;Hickey, L.;Issartel, J.;Meegan, S.;Morrissey, J.;Murrin, C.;Peers, C.;Smith, C.;Spillane, A.;Belton, S. (2021) 'Understanding disadvantaged adolescents’ perception of health literacy through a systematic development of peer vignettes'. BMC Public Health, 21 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Michael J. Duncan;Clarice Martins;Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira;Johann Issartel;Cameron Peers;Sarahjane Belton;Noel O'Connor;Stephen Behan (2021) 'TGMD-3 short version: Evidence of validity and associations with sex in Irish children'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, 40 (2):138-145. [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Cowley, E.S.;Watson, P.M.;Foweather, L.;Belton, S.;Mansfield, C.;Whitcomb-Khan, G.;Cacciatore, I.;Thompson, A.;Thijssen, D.;Wagenmakers, A.J.M. (2021) 'Formative evaluation of a home-based physical activity intervention for adolescent girls—the herizon project: A randomised controlled trial'. Children, 8 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	O’Brien, W.;Philpott, C.;Lester, D.;Belton, S.;Duncan, M.J.;Donovan, B.;Chambers, F.;Utesch, T. (2021) 'Motor competence assessment in physical education–convergent validity between fundamental movement skills and functional movement assessments in adolescence'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Cowley, E.S.;Watson, P.M.;Foweather, L.;Belton, S.;Thompson, A.;Thijssen, D.;Wagenmakers, A.J.M. (2021) '“Girls Aren’t Meant to Exercise”: Perceived Influences on Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls—The HERizon Project'. Children, 8 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Woods, CB;Crowley, E;Powell, C;O'Brien, W;Murphy, MH;Belton, S;Saunders, J;Connolly, S;Farmer, O;Ng, K (2021) 'Socio-ecological correlates of physical activity in a nationally representative sample of adolescents across Ireland and Northern Ireland'. Preventive Medicine Reports, 23 . [Link] [DOI]
	2021	O’Brien, W.;Belton, S.;Fitzpatrick, B.;Shannon, S.;Brennan, D.;Chambers, F.;O’Donovan, K.;Breslin, G. (2021) 'Relationship between Gender, Physical Activity, Screen Time, Body Mass Index and Wellbeing in Irish Children from Social-Disadvantage'. Child Care in Practice, . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Philpott, Conor and Donovan, Brian and Belton, Sarahjane and Lester, Diarmuid and Duncan, Michael and Chambers, Fiona and O’Brien, Wesley (2020) 'Investigating the Age-Related Association between Perceived Motor Competence and Actual Motor Competence in Adolescence'. 17 (17).
	2020	Spillane, Ailbhe and Belton, Sarahjane and McDermott, Clare and Issartel, Johann and Osborne, Richard H and Elmer, Shandell and Murrin, Celine (2020) 'Development and validity testing of the Adolescent Health Literacy Questionnaire (AHLQ): Protocol for a mixed methods study within the Irish school setting'. 10 (11).
	2020	Behan, Stephen and Belton, Sarahjane and Peers, Cameron and O’Connor, Noel E and Issartel, Johann (2020) 'Exploring the relationships between fundamental movement skills and health related fitness components in children'. :1-11.
	2020	O'Leary, Michael and Reynolds, Katherine and Ling, Guangming and Liu, Ou Lydia and Belton, Sarahjane and O'Reilly, Naoimh and McKenna, John (2020) 'Assessing Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Validity Evidence for the Use of the HEIghten™ Critical Thinking Test in Ireland'. 20 (12):115-130.
	2020	McGann, Jamie and Meegan, Sarah and Woods, Catherine and Murtagh, Elaine and Duff, Christina and Belton, Sarahjane (2020) 'Teacher experiences implementing the ‘Active School Flag’initiative to support physically active school communities in Ireland'. :1-23.
	2020	McGann J.;Meegan S.;Woods C.;Murtagh E.;Duff C.;Belton S. (2020) 'Teacher experiences implementing the ‘Active School Flag’ initiative to support physically active school communities in Ireland'. Irish Educational Studies, . [DOI]
	2020	Belton, Sarahjane and Britton, \'Una and Murtagh, Elaine and Meegan, Sarah and Duff, Christina and McGann, Jamie (2020) 'Ten Years of ‘Flying the Flag’: An Overview and Retrospective Consideration of the Active School Flag Physical Activity Initiative for Children—Design, Development \& Evaluation'. 7 (12).
	2020	Britton, Una and Issartel, Johann and Symonds, Jennifer and Belton, Sarahjane (2020) 'What keeps them physically active? predicting physical activity, motor competence, health-related fitness, and perceived competence in irish adolescents after the transition from primary to second-level school'. 17 (8).
	2020	Connolly, Sinead and Carlin, Angela and Johnston, Anne and Woods, Catherine and Powell, Cormac and Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley and Saunders, Jean and Duff, Christina and Farmer, Orlagh and others (2020) 'Physical Activity, Sport and Physical Education in Northern Ireland School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study'. 17 (18).
	2020	Belton, S;Britton, U;Murtagh, E;Meegan, S;Duff, C;McGann, J (2020) 'Ten Years of 'Flying the Flag': An Overview and Retrospective Consideration of the Active School Flag Physical Activity Initiative for Children-Design, Development & Evaluation'. Children-Basel, 7 . [DOI]
	2020	Coulter, Maura and Scanlon, Dylan and MacPhail, Ann and O’Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane and Woods, Catherine (2020) 'The (mis) alignment between young people’s collective physical activity experience and physical education curriculum development in Ireland'. 11 (3):204-221.
	2020	Ng K.;Kokko S.;Tammelin T.;Kallio J.;Belton S.;O'Brien W.;Murphy M.;Powell C.;Woods C. (2020) 'Clusters of Adolescent Physical Activity Tracker Patterns and Their Associations With Physical Activity Behaviors in Finland and Ireland: Cross-Sectional Study'. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22 (9). [DOI]
	2020	Philpott C.;Donovan B.;Belton S.;Lester D.;Duncan M.;Chambers F.;O’brien W. (2020) 'Investigating the age-related association between perceived motor competence and actual motor competence in adolescence'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (17):1-18. [DOI]
	2020	Spillane, A;Belton, S;McDermott, C;Issartel, J;Osborne, RH;Elmer, S;Murrin, C (2020) 'Development and validity testing of the Adolescent Health Literacy Questionnaire (AHLQ): Protocol for a mixed methods study within the Irish school setting'. BMJ Open, 10 . [DOI]
	2020	Spillane, Ailbhe and Belton, Sarahjane and McDermott, Clare and Issartel, Johann and Osborne, Richard H and Elmer, Shandell and Murrin, Celine (2020) 'Protocol: Development and validity testing of the Adolescent Health Literacy Questionnaire (AHLQ): Protocol for a mixed methods study within the Irish school setting'. 10 (11).
	2020	Forte, Chloe and McDowell, Cillian P and Belton, Sarah Jane and O'Brien, Wesley and Murphy, Marie and Powell, Cormac and Woods, Catherine and Herring, Matthew P (2020) 'Associations Between Screen-time And Depressive Symptoms: Results From CSPPA-2: 3474 Board\# 295 May 29 1: 30 PM-3: 00 PM'. 52 (7S).
	2020	Britton U.;Issartel J.;Symonds J.;Belton S. (2020) 'What keeps them physically active? Predicting physical activity, motor competence, health-related fitness, and perceived competence in irish adolescents after the transition from primary to second-level school'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (8). [DOI]
	2020	Coulter, M., Scanlon, D., MacPhail, A., Belton, S., O Brien, W., Woods, C. (2020) 'The (mis)alignment between student activity experience and physical education curriculum development in Ireland'. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, .
	2020	Peers C;Issartel J;Behan S;O'Connor N;Belton S; (2020) 'Movement competence: Association with physical self-efficacy and physical activity'. Human Movement Science, 70 . [DOI]
	2020	Coulter M.;Scanlon D.;MacPhail A.;O’Brien W.;Belton S.;Woods C. (2020) 'The (mis)alignment between young people’s collective physical activity experience and physical education curriculum development in Ireland'. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, . [DOI]
	2020	1. Britton, U., Issartel, J., Symonds, J., & Belton, S. (2020) 'What keeps them physically active? Predicting physical activity, motor competence, health-related fitness, and perceived competence in Irish adolescents after the transition from primary to second-level school'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, .
	2020	McGann, J., Meegan, S., Murtagh, E., Duff, C. and Belton, S. (2020) '...The Way that You Do It: An Exploratory Study Investigating a Process- versus Outcome-Oriented Approach to School-Based Physical Activity'. 10 (03):262-281.
	2020	Behan, S;Belton, S;Peers, C;O'Connor, NE;Issartel, J (2020) 'Exploring the relationships between fundamental movement skills and health related fitness components in children'. European Journal Of Sport Science, . [DOI]
	2020	McGann, Jamie and Meegan, Sarah and Murtagh, Elaine and Duff, Christina and Belton, Sarahjane (2020) '“… The Way That You Do It”: An Exploratory Study Investigating a Process-versus Outcome-Oriented Approach to School-Based Physical Activity Promotion'. 10 (3):262-281.
	2020	Ng, Kwok and Kokko, Sami and Tammelin, Tuija and Kallio, Jouni and Belton, Sarahjane and O'Brien, Wesley and Murphy, Marie and Powell, Cormac and Woods, Catherine (2020) 'Clusters of adolescent physical activity tracker patterns and their associations with physical activity behaviors in finland and ireland: cross-sectional study'. 22 (9).
	2020	Britton, Una and Issartel, Johann and Fahey, Gerry and Conyngham, Gerry and Belton, Sarahjane (2020) 'What is health-related fitness? Investigating the underlying factor structure of fitness in youth'. 26 (4):782-796.
	2020	Peers, Cameron and Issartel, Johann and Behan, Stephen and O'Connor, Noel and Belton, Sarahjane (2020) 'Movement competence: Association with physical self-efficacy and physical activity'. 70 .
	2020	Connolly, S;Carlin, A;Johnston, A;Woods, C;Powell, C;Belton, S;O'Brien, W;Saunders, J;Duff, C;Farmer, O;Murphy, M (2020) 'Physical Activity, Sport and Physical Education in Northern Ireland School Children: A Cross-Sectional Study'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 . [DOI]
	2020	O’Leary, M.;Reynolds, K.;Ling, G.;Liu, O.L.;Belton, S.;O’Reilly, N.;McKenna, J. (2020) 'Assessing critical thinking in higher education: Validity evidence for the use of the HEIghten™ critical thinking test in Ireland'. Journal Of Higher Education Theory And Practice, 20 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Breslin G.;Shannon S.;Rafferty R.;Fitzpatrick B.;Belton S.;O'Brien W.;Chambers F.;Haughey T.;Hanna D.;Gormley R.;McCullagh D.;Brennan D. (2019) 'The effect of sport for LIFE: All island in children from low socio-economic status: A clustered randomized controlled trial'. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 17 (1). [DOI]
	2019	Belton, S;Issartel, J;McGrane, B;Powell, D;O'Brien, W (2019) 'A consideration for physical literacy in Irish youth, and implications for physical education in a changing landscape'. Irish Educational Studies, 38 :193-211. [DOI]
	2019	Breslin, Gavin and Shannon, Stephen and Rafferty, Ruth and Fitzpatrick, Ben and Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley and Chambers, Fiona C and Haughey, Tandy and Hanna, Donncha and Gormley, Richard and others (2019) 'The effect of sport for LIFE: all island in children from low socio-economic status: a clustered randomized controlled trial'. 17 (1):1-12.
	2019	Duff, Christina and Issartel, Johann and O’Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane (2019) 'Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills of 3-to 5-Year-Old Children in Irish Preschool Services'. 7 (3):354-373.
	2019	Britton, \'U and Belton, S and Issartel, J (2019) 'Small fish, big pond: The role of health-related fitness and perceived athletic competence in mediating the physical activity-motor competence relationship during the transition from primary to secondary school'. 37 (22):2538-2548.
	2019	Duff, Christina and Issartel, Johann and O’Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane (2019) 'Kids Active: Evaluation of an Educator-Led Active Play and Fundamental Movement Skill Intervention in the Irish Preschool Setting'. 7 (3):389-407.
	2019	Belton, Sarahjane and Breslin, Gavin and Shannon, Stephen and O’Brien, Wesley and Fitzpatrick, Ben and Haughey, Tandy and Chambers, Fiona and Powell, Danielle and McCullagh, Darryl and Brennan, Deirdre (2019) 'Every minute counts: Patterns and times of physical activity participation in children from socially disadvantaged areas in Ireland'. 16 (5):333-339.
	2019	Belton, SarahJane and Issartel, Johann and McGrane, Bronagh and Powell, Danielle and O'Brien, Wesley (2019) 'A consideration for physical literacy in Irish youth, and implications for physical education in a changing landscape'. 38 (2):193-211.
	2019	Behan, Stephen and Belton, Sarahjane and Peers, Cameron and O’Connor, Noel E and Issartel, Johann (2019) 'Moving Well-Being Well: Investigating the maturation of fundamental movement skill proficiency across sex in Irish children aged five to twelve'. 37 (22):2604-2612.
	2019	Belton, Sarahjane and McCarren, Andrew and McGrane, Bronagh and Powell, Danielle and Issartel, Johann (2019) 'The Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) intervention: Results of a 24 month cluster randomised controlled trial'. 14 (9).
	2019	Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley and McGann, Jamie and Issartel, Johann (2019) 'Bright spots physical activity investments that work: Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH)'. 53 (4):208-212.
	2019	Britton, U;Issartel, J;Fahey, G;Conyngham, G;Belton, S (2019) 'What is health-related fitness? Investigating the underlying factor structure of fitness in youth'. European Physical Education Review, . [DOI]
	2019	Britton, U;Belton, S;Issartel, J (2019) 'Small fish, big pond: The role of health-related fitness and perceived athletic competence in mediating the physical activity-motor competence relationship during the transition from primary to secondary school'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, . [DOI]
	2019	Belton, S;Breslin, G;Shannon, S;O'Brien, W;Fitzpatrick, B;Haughey, T;Chambers, F;Powell, D;McCullagh, D;Brennan, D (2019) 'Every Minute Counts: Patterns and Times of Physical Activity Participation in Children From Socially Disadvantaged Areas in Ireland'. Journal of physical activity & health, 16 :333-339. [DOI]
	2019	Behan, S;Belton, S;Peers, C;O'Connor, NE;Issartel, J (2019) 'Moving Well-Being Well: Investigating the maturation of fundamental movement skill proficiency across sex in Irish children aged five to twelve'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, . [DOI]
	2019	Belton S.;McCarren A.;McGrane B.;Powell D.;Issartel J. (2019) 'The Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) intervention: Results of a 24 month cluster randomised controlled trial'. PLoS ONE, 14 (9). [DOI]
	2019	Duff, C.;Issartel, J.;O' Brien, W.;Belton, S. (2019) 'Kids active: Evaluation of an educator-led active play and fundamental movement skill intervention in the Irish preschool setting'. Journal Of Motor Learning And Development, 7 . [Link] [DOI]
	2019	Duff, C.;Issartel, J.;O' Brien, W.;Belton, S. (2019) 'Physical activity and fundamental movement skills of 3- To 5-year-old children in Irish preschool services'. Journal Of Motor Learning And Development, 7 . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	O’Brien, Wesley and Issartel, Johann and Belton, Sarahjane (2018) 'Relationship between physical activity, screen time and weight status among young adolescents'. 6 (3).
	2018	McGrane, Bronagh and Belton, Sarahjane and Fairclough, Stuart J and Powell, Danielle and Issartel, Johann (2018) 'Outcomes of the Y-PATH Randomized controlled trial: can a school-based intervention improve fundamental movement skill proficiency in adolescent youth?'. 15 (2):89-98.
	2018	Walsh, Denise and Belton, Sarahjane and Meegan, Sarah and Bowers, Kirsty and Corby, Deidre and Staines, Anthony and McVeigh, Treasa and McKeon, Michael and Hoey, Edel and Tr\'epel, Dominic and others (2018) 'A comparison of physical activity, physical fitness levels, BMI and blood pressure of adults with intellectual disability, who do and do not take part in Special Olympics Ireland programmes: Results from the SOPHIE study'. 22 (2):154-170.
	2018	Farmer, Orlagh and Duffy, Donna and Cahill, Kevin and Lester, Diarmuid and Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley (2018) 'Enhancing the evidence base for irish female youth participation in physical activity—The development of the Gaelic4Girls program'. 26 (2):111-123.
	2018	O'Brien, W;Issartel, J;Belton, S (2018) 'Relationship between Physical Activity, Screen Time and Weight Status among Young Adolescents'. Sports, 6 . [DOI]
	2018	McGrane B.;Powell D.;Belton S.;Issartel J. (2018) 'Investigation into the relationship between adolescents' perceived and actual fundamental movement skills and physical activity'. Journal Of Motor Learning And Development, 6 :S424-S439. [DOI]
	2018	McGrane B;Belton S;Fairclough SJ;Powell D;Issartel J; (2018) 'Outcomes of the Y-PATH Randomized Controlled Trial: Can a School-Based Intervention Improve Fundamental Movement Skill Proficiency in Adolescent Youth?'. Journal of physical activity & health, . [DOI]
	2018	Farmer O.;Duffy D.;Cahill K.;Lester D.;Belton S.;O’Brien W. (2018) 'Enhancing the evidence base for irish female youth participation in physical activity—the development of the Gaelic4Girls program'. Women In Sport And Physical Activity Journal, 26 (2):111-123. [DOI]
	2018	Belton S.;O'Brien W.;McGann J.;Issartel J. (2018) 'Bright spots physical activity investments that work: Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH)'. British Journal Of Sports Medicine, . [DOI]
	2017	Belton, Sarahjane and Prior, Paul and Wickel, Eric and Woods, Catherine (2017) 'The impact of participation in extra-curricular physical activity on males from disadvantaged schools'. 23 (1):60-72.
	2017	McGrane, B., Powell, D., Belton, S., & Issartel, J (2017) 'Investigation into the relationship between adolescents’ perceived and actual fundamental movement skills and physical activity'. Journal Of Motor Learning And Development, . https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2016-0073
	2017	Farmer, Orlagh and Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley (2017) 'The relationship between actual fundamental motor skill proficiency, perceived motor skill confidence and competence, and physical activity in 8--12-year-old Irish female youth'. 5 (4).
	2017	Belton, Sarahjane and Meegan, Sarah and Bowers, Kirsty and Staines, Anthony and McVeigh, Treasa and McKeon, Michael and Trepel, Dominic and Griffin, Peter and Rose, Mary (2017) 'Denise Walsh'. 1 .
	2017	Lester, Diarmuid and McGrane, Bronagh and Belton, Sarahjane and Duncan, Michael J and Chambers, Fiona C and O’Brien, Wesley (2017) 'The age-related association of movement in Irish adolescent youth'. 5 (4).
	2017	Maddison, Ralph and Gemming, Luke and Monedero, Javier and Bolger, Linda and Belton, Sarahjane and Issartel, Johann and Marsh, Samantha and Direito, Artur and Solenhill, Madeleine and Zhao, Jinfeng and others (2017) 'Quantifying human movement using the Movn smartphone app: validation and field study'. 5 (8).
	2017	McGrane, Bronagh and Belton, Sarahjane and Powell, Danielle and Issartel, Johann (2017) 'The relationship between fundamental movement skill proficiency and physical self-confidence among adolescents'. 35 (17):1709-1714.
	2017	Hoey, Edel and Staines, Anthony and Walsh, Denise and Corby, Deirdre and Bowers, Kirsty and Belton, Sarahjane and Meegan, Sarah and McVeigh, Treasa and McKeon, Michael and Tr\'epel, Dominic and others (2017) 'An examination of the nutritional intake and anthropometric status of individuals with intellectual disabilities: Results from the SOPHIE study'. 21 (4):346-365.
	2017	Breslin, Gavin and Shannon, Stephen and Fitzpatrick, Ben and Hanna, Donncha and Belton, Sarahjane and Brennan, Deirdre (2017) 'Physical activity, well-being and needs satisfaction in eight and nine-year-old children from areas of socio-economic disadvantage'. 23 (3):275-291.
	2017	Breslin, Gavin and Fitzpatrick, Ben and Brennan, Deidre and Shannon, Stephen and Rafferty, Ruth and O'Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane and Chambers, Fiona and Haughey, Tandy and McCullagh, Darryl and others (2017) 'Physical activity and wellbeing of 8--9 year old children from social disadvantage: An all-Ireland approach to health'. 13 :9-14.
	2017	Issartel, Johann and McGrane, Bronagh and Fletcher, Richard and O’Brien, Wesley and Powell, Danielle and Belton, Sarahjane (2017) 'A cross-validation study of the TGMD-2: The case of an adolescent population'. 20 (5):475-479.
	2017	Breslin, G;Fitzpatrick, B;Brennan, D;Shannon, S;Rafferty, R;O'Brien, W;Belton, S;Chambers, F;Haughey, T;McCullagh, D;Gormley, R;Hanna, D (2017) 'Physical activity and wellbeing of 8-9 year old children from social disadvantage: An all-Ireland approach to health'. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 13 :9-14. [DOI]
	2017	Breslin G.;Shannon S.;Fitzpatrick B.;Hanna D.;Belton S.;Brennan D. (2017) 'Physical activity, well-being and needs satisfaction in eight and nine-year-old children from areas of socio-economic disadvantage'. Child Care in Practice, 23 (3):275-291. [DOI]
	2017	Issartel, J;McGrane, B;Fletcher, R;O'Brien, W;Powell, D;Belton, S (2017) 'A cross-validation study of the TGMD-2: The case of an adolescent population'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 20 :475-479. [DOI]
	2017	Walsh D;Belton S;Meegan S;Bowers K;Corby D;Staines A;McVeigh T;McKeon M;Hoey E;Trépel D;Griffin P;Sweeney MR; (2017) 'A comparison of physical activity, physical fitness levels, BMI and blood pressure of adults with intellectual disability, who do and do not take part in Special Olympics Ireland programmes'. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, . [DOI]
	2017	Lester, D;McGrane, B;Belton, S;Duncan, MJ;Chambers, FC;O' Brien, W (2017) 'The Age-Related Association of Movement in Irish Adolescent Youth'. Sports, 5 . [DOI]
	2017	McGrane, B;Belton, S;Powell, D;Issartel, J (2017) 'The relationship between fundamental movement skill proficiency and physical self-confidence among adolescents'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, 35 :1709-1714. [DOI]
	2017	Belton, S;Prior, P;Wickel, E;Woods, C (2017) 'The impact of participation in extra-curricular physical activity on males from disadvantaged schools'. European Physical Education Review, 23 :60-72. [DOI]
	2017	Hoey, E;Staines, A;Walsh, D;Corby, D;Bowers, K;Belton, S;Meegan, S;McVeigh, T;McKeon, M;Trepel, D;Griffin, P;Sweeney, MR (2017) 'An examination of the nutritional intake and anthropometric status of individuals with intellectual disabilities: Results from the SOPHIE study'. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 21 :346-365. [DOI]
	2017	Maddison, R;Gemming, L;Monedero, J;Bolger, L;Belton, S;Issartel, J;Marsh, S;Direito, A;Solenhill, M;Zhao, JF;Exeter, DJ;Vathsangam, H;Rawstorn, JC (2017) 'Quantifying Human Movement Using the Movn Smartphone App: Validation and Field Study'. Jmir Mhealth And Uhealth, 5 . [DOI]
	2017	Farmer, O;Belton, S;O'Brien, W (2017) 'The Relationship between Actual Fundamental Motor Skill Proficiency, Perceived Motor Skill Confidence and Competence, and Physical Activity in 8-12-Year-Old Irish Female Youth'. Sports, 5 . [DOI]
	2016	McGrane, Bronagh and Belton, SarahJane and Powell, Danielle and Woods, Catherine B and Issartel, Johann (2016) 'Physical self-confidence levels of adolescents: Scale reliability and validity'. 19 (7):563-567.
	2016	Staines, Anthony and Walsh, Denise and Corby, Deirdre and Bowers, Kirsty and Belton, Sarahjane and McVeigh, Treasa and McKeon, Michael and Trepel, Dominic and Griffin, Peter and Sweeney, Mary Rose (2016) 'Edel Hoey'. 1 .
	2016	Wickel, Eric E and Belton, Sarahjane (2016) 'School's out… now what? Objective estimates of afterschool sedentary time and physical activity from childhood to adolescence'. 19 (8):654-658.
	2016	Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley and Issartel, Johann and McGrane, Bronagh and Powell, Danielle (2016) 'Where does the time go? Patterns of physical activity in adolescent youth'. 19 (11):921-925.
	2016	Bowers, Kirsty and Corby, Deidre and Lambert, Veronica and Staines, Anthony and McVeigh, Treasa and McKeon, Michael and Hoey, Edel and Belton, Sarahjane and Meegan, Sarah and Walsh, Denise and others (2016) 'People with intellectual disability and their families’ perspectives of Special Olympics Ireland: Qualitative findings from the SOPHIE study'. 20 (4):354-370.
	2016	O’Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane and Issartel, Johann (2016) 'Fundamental movement skill proficiency amongst adolescent youth'. 21 (6):557-571.
	2016	O’Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane and Issartel, Johann (2016) 'The relationship between adolescents’ physical activity, fundamental movement skills and weight status'. 34 (12):1159-1167.
	2016	Harrington, D., Belton, S., Woods, C., Murphy, N., O’Brien, W., Donnelly, A., Dowd, K., & Murphy M. (2016) 'Results from the Ireland’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth. journal'. Journal of physical activity & health, 13 (Suppl 2):S183-S188.
	2016	Harrington, DM;Murphy, M;Carlin, A;Coppinger, T;Donnelly, A;Dowd, KP;Keating, T;Murphy, N;Murtagh, E;O'Brien, W;Woods, C;Belton, S (2016) 'Results From Ireland North and South's 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth'. Journal of physical activity & health, 13 :183-188. [DOI]
	2016	Belton, S;O'Brien, W;Issartel, J;McGrane, B;Powell, D (2016) 'Where does the time go? Patterns of physical activity in adolescent youth'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19 :921-925. [DOI]
	2016	Tremblay, M. S., Gray, C. E., Akinroye, K. K., Belton, S., M., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Lambert, E. V., ... & Prista, A. (2016) 'Physical activity of children: a global matrix of grades comparing 38 countries'. Journal of physical activity & health, 13 (Suppl 2):S343-S366.
	2016	Bowers, K;Corby, D;Lambert, V;Staines, A;McVeigh, T;McKeon, M;Hoey, E;Belton, S;Meegan, S;Walsh, D;Trepel, D;Griffin, P;Sweeney, MR (2016) 'People with intellectual disability and their families' perspectives of Special Olympics Ireland: Qualitative findings from the SOPHIE study'. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 20 :354-370. [DOI]
	2016	Issartel J;McGrane B;Fletcher R;O'Brien W;Powell D;Belton S; (2016) 'A cross-validation study of the TGMD-2: The case of an adolescent population'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, . [DOI]
	2016	Walsh, D; Meegan, S; Belton, S; Hoey E;Staines A;Corby D;Bowers K;McVeigh T;McKeon M;Trépel D;Griffin P;Sweeney MR (2016) 'A comparison of physical activity, physical fitness levels, BMI, and blood pressure of adults with intellectual disability, who do and do not take part in Special Olympics Ireland programmes'. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, .
	2016	Corby, D and Hoey, E and Walsh, D and Bowers, K and Mckeon, M and Staines, A and Meegan, S and Belton, S and Griffin, P and McVeigh, T and others (2016) 'Methodological issues arising in recruitment and conducting field work with people with intellectual disabilities and their families: Results from the SOPHIE study'. 60 (7).
	2016	McGrane B.;Belton S.;Powell D.;Issartel J. (2016) 'The relationship between fundamental movement skill proficiency and physical self-confidence among adolescents'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, :1-6. [DOI]
	2016	O’ Brien W.;Belton S.;Issartel J. (2016) 'The relationship between adolescents’ physical activity, fundamental movement skills and weight status'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, 34 (12):1159-1167. [DOI]
	2016	McGrane, B;Belton, S;Powell, D;Woods, CB;Issartel, J (2016) 'Physical self-confidence levels of adolescents: Scale reliability and validity'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19 :563-567. [DOI]
	2016	Hoey E;Staines A;Walsh D;Corby D;Bowers K;Belton S;Meegan S;McVeigh T;McKeon M;Trépel D;Griffin P;Sweeney MR; (2016) 'An examination of the nutritional intake and anthropometric status of individuals with intellectual disabilities: Results from the SOPHIE study'. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, . [DOI]
	2016	Brien, W;Belton, S;Issartel, J (2016) 'Fundamental movement skill proficiency amongst adolescent youth'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 21 :557-571. [DOI]
	2016	O' Brien, W;Belton, S;Issartel, J (2016) 'The relationship between adolescents' physical activity, fundamental movement skills and weight status'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, 34 :1159-1167. [DOI]
	2016	Wickel, EE;Belton, S (2016) 'School's out... now what? Objective estimates of afterschool sedentary time and physical activity from childhood to adolescence'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19 :654-658. [DOI]
	2016	(2016) 'Methodological issues arising in recruitment and conducting field work with people with intellectual disabilities and their families: Results from the SOPHIE study'. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, .
	2016	Tremblay, M.S.;Barnes, J.D.;González, S.A.;Katzmarzyk, P.T.;Onywera, V.O.;Reilly, J.J.;Tomkinson, G.R.;Aguilar-Farias, N.;Akinroye, K.K.;Al-Kuwari, M.G.;Amornsriwatanakul, A.;Aubert, S.;Belton, S.;Gołdys, A.;Herrera-Cuenca, M.;Jeon, J.Y.;Jürimäe, J.;Katapally, T.R.;Lambert, E.V.;Larsen, L.R.;Liu, Y.;Löf, M.;Loney, T.;López y Taylor, J.R.;Maddison, R.;Manyanga, T.;Morrison, S.A.;Mota, J.;Murphy, M.H.;Nardo, N.;Ocansey, R.T.A.;Prista, A.;Roman-Viñas, B.;Schranz, N.K.;Seghers, J.;Sharif, R.;Standage, M.;Stratton, G.;Takken, T.;Tammelin, T.H.;Tanaka, C.;Tang, Y.;Wong, S.H. (2016) 'Global matrix 2.0: Report card grades on the physical activity of children and youth comparing 38 countries'. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	McGrane, B;Belton, S;Powell, D;Woods, CB;Issartel, J (2015) 'Physical self-confidence levels of adolescents: Scale reliability and validity'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19 :563-567. [DOI]
	2015	Murphy, Michelle Hardie and Rowe, David A and Belton, Sarahjane and Woods, Catherine B (2015) 'Validity of a two-item physical activity questionnaire for assessing attainment of physical activity guidelines in youth'. 15 (1):1-8.
	2015	O'Brien, Wesley and Belton, Sarahjane and Issartel, Johann (2015) 'Promoting physical literacy in Irish adolescent youth: the Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) intervention'. 2 (6):1-6.
	2015	O' Brien W.;Belton S.;Issartel J. (2015) 'Fundamental movement skill proficiency amongst adolescent youth'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, . [DOI]
	2015	Bowers, K; Corby, D; Lambert, V;Staines A; McVeigh, T; McKeon, T; Belton, S; Meegan, S; Walsh, D; Trepel, D; Griffen, P; Sweeney M (2015) 'People with intellectual disabilityand their families’ perspectivesof Special Olympics Ireland:Qualitative findings from theSOPHIE study'. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, .
	2015	Wickel E.;Belton S. (2015) 'School's out now what? Objective estimates of afterschool sedentary time and physical activity from childhood to adolescence'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, . [DOI]
	2015	Hardie Murphy M.;Rowe D.;Belton S.;Woods C. (2015) 'Validity of a two-item physical activity questionnaire for assessing attainment of physical activity guidelines in youth'. BMC Public Health, 15 (1). [DOI]
	2015	O’ Brien W.;Belton S.;Issartel J. (2015) 'The relationship between adolescents’ physical activity, fundamental movement skills and weight status'. Journal Of Sports Sciences, . [DOI]
	2015	McGrane B.;Belton S.;Powell D.;Woods C.;Issartel J. (2015) 'Physical self-confidence levels of adolescents: Scale reliability and validity'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, . [DOI]
	2015	Belton S.;O'Brien W.;Issartel J.;McGrane B.;Powell D. (2015) 'Where does the time go? Patterns of physical activity in adolescent youth'. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, . [DOI]
	2014	Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley and Meegan, Sarah and Woods, Catherine and Issartel, Johann (2014) 'Youth-physical activity towards health: Evidence and background to the development of the Y-PATH physical activity intervention for adolescents'. 14 (1):1-12.
	2014	Harrington D.;Belton S.;Coppinger T.;Cullen M.;Donnelly A.;Dowd K.;Keating T.;Layte R.;Murphy M.;Murphy N.;Murtagh E.;Woods C. (2014) 'Results from Ireland's 2014 report card on physical activity in children and youth'. Journal of physical activity & health, 11 :S63-S68. [DOI]
	2014	Belton S.;O'Brien W.;Meegan S.;Woods C.;Issartel J. (2014) 'Youth-physical activity towards health: Evidence and background to the development of the Y-PATH physical activity intervention for adolescents'. BMC Public Health, 14 (1). [DOI]
	2013	Meegan S.;Dunning C.;Belton S.;Woods C. (2013) 'Teaching practice: University supervisors' experiences and perceptions of a cooperating physical education teacher education programme'. European Physical Education Review, 19 (2):199-214. [DOI]
	2013	Belton S.;O'Brien W.;Wickel E.;Issartel J. (2013) 'Patterns of noncompliance in adolescent field-based accelerometer research'. Journal of physical activity & health, 10 (8):1181-1185.
	2013	Wickel, EE;Issartel, J;Belton, S (2013) 'Longitudinal Change in Active and Sedentary Behavior During the After-School Hours'. Journal of physical activity & health, 10 :416-422.
	2013	Belton, Sarahjane and O’Brien, Wesley and Wickel, Eric E and Issartel, Johann (2013) 'Patterns of noncompliance in adolescent field-based accelerometer research'. 10 (8):1181-1185.
	2013	Wickel, Eric E and Issartel, Johann and Belton, Sarahjane (2013) 'Longitudinal change in active and sedentary behavior during the after-school hours'. 10 (3):416-422.
	2013	Meegan, Sarah and Dunning, Carol and Belton, Sarahjane and Woods, Catherine (2013) 'Teaching practice: University supervisors’ experiences and perceptions of a cooperating physical education teacher education programme'. 19 (2):199-214.
	2013	O'Brien, Wesley and Issartel, Johann and Belton, Sarahjane (2013) 'Evidence for the efficacy of the youth-physical activity towards health (Y-PATH) intervention'. 3 (4):145-153.
	2013	Wickel, E.E.;Issartel, J.;Belton, S. (2013) 'Longitudinal change in active and sedentary behavior during the after-school hour'. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10 . [Link] [DOI]
	2012	Wickel, E., Issartel, J., Belton, S. (2012) 'Active and sedentary behavior during the after-school period'. In press .
	2012	Belton, S., O’Brien, W., Wickel, E., Issartel, J. (2012) 'Patterns of non-compliance in adolescent field based accelerometer research'. In press .
	2012	Meegan S., Dunning, C., Woods, C., & Belton, S., (2012) 'Teaching Practice: University Supervisor’s Experiences and Perceptions of a Cooperating Physical Education Teacher Education Programme'. European Physical Education Review, In press .
	2011	Dunning, Carol and Meegan, Sarah and Woods, Catherine and Belton, Sarah Jane (2011) 'The impact of the COPET programme on student PE teachers’ teaching practice experiences'. 17 (2):153-165.
	2011	Tudor-Locke, Catrine and Craig, Cora L and Aoyagi, Yukitoshi and Bell, Rhonda C and Croteau, Karen A and De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse and Ewald, Ben and Gardner, Andrew W and Hatano, Yoshiro and Lutes, Lesley D and others (2011) 'How many steps/day are enough? For older adults and special populations'. 8 (1):1-19.
	2011	Tudor-Locke, C., Craig, C., Bassett, D., Beets, W., Belton, S., Cardon, G., Duncan, S., Hatano, Y., Lubans, D., Olds, T., Raustorp, A., Rowe, D., Spence, J., Tanaka, S., & Blair S. (2011) 'How Many Steps are Enough? For Children and Adolescents'. 8 .
	2011	Dunning C.;Meegan S.;Woods C.;Belton S. (2011) 'The impact of the COPET programme on student PE teachers’ teaching practice experiences'. European Physical Education Review, 17 (2):153-165. [DOI]
	2011	Duning, C., Meegan S., Woods, C., & Belton, S., (2011) 'The impact of the COPET programme on student PE teachers teaching practice experience'. European Physical Education Review, Accepted for publication May 2011 .
	2010	Belton, Sarahjane and Woods, Catherine and Dunning, Carol and Meegan, Sarah (2010) 'The evaluation of a cooperating physical education teachers programme (COPET)'. 16 (2):141-154.
	2010	Belton, Sarahjane and Mac Donncha, Ciaran (2010) 'Reliability and validity of a new physical activity self-report measure for younger children'. 14 (1):15-28.
	2010	Belton, Sarahjane and Brady, Philip and Meegan, Sarah and Woods, Catherine (2010) 'Pedometer step count and BMI of Irish primary school children aged 6--9 years'. 50 (4):189-192.
	2010	Belton, S., Mac Donncha C. (2010) 'The design and validation of a physical activity self-report for use with children age 7 to 9 years'. Volume 14 :15-28.
	2010	Belton S.;Mac Donncha C. (2010) 'Reliability and validity of a new physical activity self-report measure for Younger Children'. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 14 (1):15-28. [DOI]
	2010	Belton, S., Brady, P., Meegan, S. & Woods, C.. (2010) 'Step count and BMI of Irish primary school children'. 50 :189-192.
	2010	Belton S.;Woods C.;Dunning C.;Meegan S. (2010) 'The evaluation of a cooperating physical education teachers programme (COPET)'. European Physical Education Review, 16 (2):141-154. [DOI]
	2010	Belton S.;Brady P.;Meegan S.;Woods C. (2010) 'Pedometer step count and BMI of Irish primary school children aged 6-9 years'. Preventive Medicine, 50 (4):189-192. [DOI]
	2010	Belton, S., Woods, C., Dunning, C. & Meegan, S. (2010) 'COPET: The Evaluation of a Cooperating Physical Education Teachers Programme'. European Physical Education Review, 16 :141-154.
	2009	Belton, Sarahjane and Meegan, Sarah and Brady, Philip and Woods, Catherine (2009) 'STEP COUNT OF IRISH PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN'. .

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2009	Belton, S., Meegan, S., Brady, P., Woods, C. , (2009) 'Relationship between PA levels and BMI in Irish primary school children' 5 .
	2008	Belton, S. MacDonncha, C (2008) 'The physical activity levels of Irish children aged 7 – 9 years' 4 .

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2016	McGrane, B., Belton, S., Fairclough, S.J., Powell, D., and Issartel, I. (2016) HEPA *Is Y-PATH the answer for “at risk” children’s FMS and physical activity?*
	2016	McGrane, B., Belton, S., Powell, D., and Issartel, J. (2016) ISBNPA *The evaluation of the effect gender and BMI has on FMS*
	2015	McGrane, B., Belton, S., Powell, D., and Issartel, J. (2015) ISBNPA *Are Irish adolescents overestimating their actual motor skill abilities?*
	2015	McGrane, B., Powell, D., Belton, S., Woods, C., and Issartel, J. (2015) ISBNPA *The reliability and validity of a perceived motor competence scale among adolescents*
	2015	McGrane, B., Belton, S., Powell, D., and Issartel, J. (2015) PEPAYS *Are adolescents as good as they think?*
	2015	McGrane, B., Issartel, J., Fletcher, R., Powell, D., O’Brien, W., and Belton, S. (2015) PEPAYS *Lack of fundamental movement skill proficiency, can we over ride it?*
	2014	Harrington, DM;Belton, S;Coppinger, T;Cullen, M;Donnelly, A;Dowd, K;Keating, T;Layte, R;Murphy, M;Murphy, N;Murtagh, E;Woods, C (2014) JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH *Results From Ireland's 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth* [DOI]
	2014	McGrane, B., Belton, S., Powell, D., and Issartel, J. (2014) ECSS *Discrepancy between perceived motor competence and fundamental movement skills proficiency*
	2013	McGrane, B., Belton, S., O’ Brien, W., and Issartel, J. (2013) PEPAYS *Fundamental movement skill age equivalence of Irish adolescent youth*
	2013	O’Brien, Wesley and Issartel, Johann and Woods, Catherine and Meegan, Sarah and Belton, Sarahjane (2013) Proceedings of Seventh Physical Education, Physical Activity and Youth Sport (PE PAYS) Forum *AN OVERVIEW OF THE Y-PATH INTERVENTION--COMPONENTS AND CONTENT*

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
		Belton, S., Meegan, S., Dunning, C., & Woods, C. (2008) PEPAYS Research Forum COPET: The development of a cooperating physical education teacher’s programme University of Limerick, .
		Belton, S, & Mac Donncha, C. (2006) AIESEP World Congress Validation of students’ previous day recall of activity intensity Jyvaskyla, Finland, .
		Belton, S, & Mac Donncha, C. (2007). PEPAYS Research Forum Physical activity levels of children aged 7 – 9 years as measured by heart rate monitoring University of Limerick, .
		Belton, S, & Mac Donncha, C. (2006) PEPAYS Research Forum The validation of a physical activity self-report for use with children aged 7 – 9 years University of Limerick, .
		Belton, S, & Mac Donncha, C. (2005) A child’s heart for Life, Irish Heart foundation Conference Evaluation of the Action For Life health related exercise programme for primary schools Croke Park, Dublin, .
	2022	Devereux, F.1,2, Whyte, E.2, Issartel, J.2, Belton, SJ.2, O’Connor, S. (2022) World Federation of Athletic Training and Therapy World COngress Current Injury Prevention Exercise Programme Practices & Attitudes in Post-Primary PE Class Winnipeg, Canada, .
	2016	Corby, D., Hoey, E., Walsh, D. Bowers, K., McKeon, M., Staines, A., Meegan, S., Belton, S., Griffin, P. McVeigh, T., Trépel, D. Lambert, L. and M.R, Sweeney (2016) IASSIDD 15th World Congress. Global Partnerships: Enhancing Research, Policy and Practice Methodological issues arising in recruitment and conducting field work with people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and their families: Results from the SOPHIE study Melbourne, 14/08/2016-19/08/2016.
	2016	Corby D, Hoey E, Walsh D, Bowers K, McKeon M, Staines A, Meegan S, Belton S, Griffin P, McVeigh T, Trepel D, Lambert V, Sweeney MR (2016) International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 15th World Congress. Global Partnerships: Enhancing Research, Policy and Practice Methodological issues arising in recruitment and conducting field work with people with intellectual disabilities and their families: results from the SOPHIE study Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia, 15/08/2016-19/08/2016.
	2016	Sarahjane Belton, Gavin Breslin, Wesley O’Brien, Ben Fitzpatrick, Tandy Haughey, Stephen Shannon, Fiona Chambers, Danielle Powell, Darryl McCullagh, and Deirdre Brennan. (2016) HEPA Europe Annual Conference Patterns of physical activity in disadvantaged youth Belfast, .
	2014	Belton S., O’Brien, W., McGrane, B., Powell, D., Woods, C. & Issartel, J. (2014) Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children Y-PATH, A new curriculum model for adolescent youth? Toronto, .
	2014	Belton S., O’Brien, W., McGrane, B., Issartel, J., & Powell, D. (2014) ECSS International Conference Where does the time go? PA patterns of adolescent youth Amsterdam, .
	2013	Belton S., O’Brien, W., & Issartel, J. (2013) . ISBNPA international Conference Physical activity level and motor skill mastery of Irish youth Gent, Belgium, .
	2011	Dunning, C., Meegan, S., Woods, C., & Belton, S. (2011) AIESEP international Conference COPET: The evaluation of a cooperating physical education teacher’s programme University of Limerick, Ireland, 22/06/2011-25/06/2011.
	2011	O’Brien, W., Issartel, J., & Belton S. (2011) AIESEP international Conference Y-PATH - Youth Physical Activity Towards Health University of Limerick, Ireland, 22/06/2011-25/06/2011.
	2011	Belton, S., O’Brien, W., Doherty, A., & Issartel, J. (2011) International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity Subject compliance in field based motion sensor research Glasgow, Scotland, 24/05/2011-27/05/2011.
	2011	Belton S., O’Brien, W., & Issartel, J. (2011) AIESEP International Conference Physical activity level and motor skill mastery of Irish youth University of Limerick, Ireland, 22/06/2011-25/06/2011.
	2010	Belton, S (2010) Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference The implementation of a Co-operating Physical Education Teachers Programme Dundalk, 25/03/2010-27/03/2010.
	2009	Belton, S., Meegan, S., Dunning, C., & Woods, C. (2009) AIESEP international forum COPET: The evaluation of a cooperating physical education teacher’s programme Besancon, France, 27/05/2009-29/05/2009.
	2009	Belton, S., Meegan, S., Brady, P. & Woods, C. (2009) PEPAYS Research Forum An examination of step count, BMI and physical activity participation in Irish primary school children University of Limerick, 11/06/2009-12/06/2009.

Review Articles

	Year	Publication
	2011	Tudor-Locke C.;Craig C.;Beets M.;Belton S.;Cardon G.;Duncan S.;Hatano Y.;Lubans D.;Olds T.;Raustorp A.;Rowe D.;Spence J.;Tanaka S.;Blair S. (2011) How many steps/day are enough? For children and adolescents. REV [DOI]

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2021	Smith, C.;Goss, H.R.;Issartel, J.;Belton, S. (2021) Health literacy in schools? A systematic review of health-related interventions aimed at disadvantaged adolescents. [Link] [DOI]
	2021	Hartwig, T.B.;Sanders, T.;Vasconcellos, D.;Noetel, M.;Parker, P.D.;Lubans, D.R.;Andrade, S.;Ávila-García, M.;Bartholomew, J.;Belton, S.;Brooks, N.E.;Bugge, A.;Cavero-Redondo, I.;Christiansen, L.B.;Cohen, K.;Coppinger, T.;Dyrstad, S.;Errisuriz, V.;Fairclough, S.;Gorely, T.;Javier Huertas-Delgado, F.;Issartel, J.;Kriemler, S.;Kvalø, S.E.;Marques-Vidal, P.;Martinez-Vizcaino, V.;Møller, N.C.;Moran, C.;Morris, J.;Nevill, M.;Ochoa-Avilés, A.;O'Leary, M.;Peralta, L.;Pfeiffer, K.A.;Puder, J.;Redondo-Tébar, A.;Robbins, L.B.;Sanchez-Lopez, M.;Tarp, J.;Taylor, S.;Tercedor, P.;Toftager, M.;Villa-González, E.;Wedderkopp, N.;Weston, K.L.;Yin, Z.;Zhixiong, Z.;Lonsdale, C.;Del Pozo Cruz, B. (2021) School-based interventions modestly increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness but are least effective for youth who need them most: An individual participant pooled analysis of 20 controlled trials. [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Forte, Chloe;McDowell, Cillian P.;Belton, Sarah Jane;O'Brien, Wesley;Murphy, Marie;Powell, Cormac;Woods, Catherine;Herring, Matthew P. (2020) Associations Between Screen-time And Depressive Symptoms: Results From CSPPA-2.
	2008	Belton, S. (2008) The development of a cooperating physical education teachers programme.
	2007	Belton, S. (2007) Physical activity levels of children aged 7 – 9 years.
	2006	Belton, S. & Mac Donncha C. (2006) Validation of students’ previous day recall of activity intensity.

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	PEAI: Physical Education Association of Ireland		-
	AIESEP: International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education		-
	PEPAYS: Physical Education Physical Activity and Youth Sport Research centre		-

Honors and Awards

	Date	Title	Awarding Body
		AIESEP Yound Scholar Award
		Early career award nomination ISBNPA

Enterprise Engagement

Year	Engagement Type	Client	Description
2015	Continuous Professional Development/Training	South Dublin Local Sports Partnership	Delivery of Y-PATH trainig to PE teachers
2014	Continuous Professional Development/Training	University of Ulster Outreach	National rollout of primary school physical activity intervention 'Sport For Life:All Ireland'
2013	Continuous Professional Development/Training	Dublin Local Sports Partnerships	Delivery of Y-PATH programme to second level PE teachers
2015	Consultancy	Irish Heart Foundation, and Early Childhood Ireland	Evaluation of physical activity programme 'Kids Active' for early childhood education
2016	Consultancy	Irish Heart Foundation, Institute of Public Health, Sports Council Northern Ireland, the Public Health Agency	Development of Irelands report Card on Physical Activity of Children
2010	Continuous Professional Development/Training	Wicklow Vocational Education Committee, and Wicklow Local Sports Partnership	development of healthy school initiative- Y-PATH
2015	Continuous Professional Development/Training	Medtronic Healthy Community Fund, Irish Heart Foundation, Early Childhood Ireland	Development of Kids Active early childhood intervention programme
2017	Continuous Professional Development/Training	Sport Ireland, Dormant Account Fund	Development and expansion of Y-PATH programme for PE teachers

Research Interests

Sarahjane’s research area centres mainly on physical literacy, physical activity and sedentary behaviour; including physical activity, screen time, physical fitness, body composition and fundamental movement skill measurement, and intervention development and trial evaluation. Her work has been concerned with understanding factors associated with physical literacy and regular physical activity participation, including global elements such as well-being, physical elements such as cardiovascular fitness and body composition, but also psychological and psycho-social factors such as barriers and motivators for physical activity, self-esteem and self efficacy, attitudes, and levels of self-determination. She has lead on, and been involved in, the development, evaluation and dissemination of many national youth school based physical literacy interventions, has published numerous peer reviewed articles in this space, and has co-authored two school textbooks currently in use for teaching PE in Irish schools.

Modules Coordinated

	Term	Title	Subject
	2021	Programme Decisions & Policy in PE	SS235
	2022	Introduction to Teaching HRA in PE	SS128