Dr Zoe Rutherford
Snr Res Fellow(Mental Health Evalu)
School of Public Health

Book Chapters
Swainson, Michelle G., Rutherford, Zoe H. and Buckley, John P. (2022). Health-fitness consultation and assessment skills. Exercise management for referred medical conditions. (pp. 51-83) edited by Andrew Scott and David Broom. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315102399-4
Hickman, Amy C. , Shelley, Karen, Rutherford, Zoe, Gardiner, Paul A., Buckley, Lisa and Lawler, Sheleigh (2022). Using innovative curriculum design and pedagogy to create reflective and adaptive health promotion practitioners within the context of a master of public health degree. International Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Health Promotion: Practices and Reflections from Around the World. (pp. 377-398) edited by Marco Akerman and Ana Claudia Camargo Gonçalves Germani. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96005-6_24
Campbell, Matthew D. and Rutherford, Zoe H. (2018). The role of physical activity and exercise in managing obesity and achieving weight loss. Practical guide to obesity medicine. (pp. 215-230) edited by Jolanta Urszula Weaver. St. Louis, MO, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-48559-3.00020-8
Pringle, Andy, Parnell, Daniel, Rutherford, Zoe, McKenna, Jim, Zwolinsky, Stephen and Hargreaves, Jackie (2018). Sustaining health improvement activities delivered in English professional football clubs using evaluation: a short communication. Football, community and sustainability. (pp. 759-769) edited by Chris Porter, Anthony May and Annabel Kiernan. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Journal Articles
Gilson, Nicholas D., Andersson, Dan, Papinczak, Zoe E., Rutherford, Zoe, John, Julie, Coombes, Jeff S. and Brown, Wendy J. (2023). High intensity and sprint interval training, and work‐related cognitive function in adults: a systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 33 (6), 814-833. doi: 10.1111/sms.14349
Pringle, Andy, Kime, Nicky, Zwolinsky, Stephen, Rutherford, Zoe and Roscoe, Clare M. P. (2022). An investigation into the physical activity experiences of people living with and beyond cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (5) 2945, 2945. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19052945
Rutherford, Zoe, Zwolinsky, Stephen, Kime, Nicky and Pringle, Andy (2021). A mixed-methods evaluation of CARE (Cancer and Rehabilitation Exercise): a physical activity and health intervention, delivered in a community football trust. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (6) 3327, 3327. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063327
Moore, Chelsea E., Tsakirides, Costas, Rutherford, Zoe, Swainson, Michelle G., Birch, Karen M., Ibeggazene, Said and Ispoglou, Theocharis (2020). Dietary education provision within a cardiac rehabilitation programme in the UK: a pilot study. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 15 (8), 1-12. doi: 10.12968/bjca.2020.0012
Seymour-Smith, Sarah, Gough, Brendan, Matthews, Christopher R. and Rutherford, Zoe (2019). Food assessment: a discursive analysis of diet talk in interviews with older men who are obese. Psychology and Health, 35 (8), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2019.1701673
Deighton, Kevin, Hudson, Joanne, Manley, Andrew J., Kaiseler, Mariana, Patterson, Laurie B., Rutherford, Zoe H. and Swainson, Michelle (2019). Effects of emotional intelligence and supportive text messages on academic outcomes in first-year undergraduates. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43 (4), 494-507. doi: 10.1080/0309877x.2017.1377161
Lees, Matthew J., Beggs, Clive B., Barlow, Matthew J., Rutherford, Zoe H., Bansil, Kunwar, Gannon, Lisa and Hind, Karen (2018). Bone density and cross-sectional geometry of the proximal femur are bilaterally elevated in elite cricket fast bowlers. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 21 (3), 399-405. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2017.06.005
Swainson, Michelle G., Batterham, Alan M., Tsakirides, Costas, Rutherford, Zoe H. and Hind, Karen (2017). Prediction of whole-body fat percentage and visceral adipose tissue mass from five anthropometric variables. Plos One, 12 (5), e0177175. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177175
Pringle, Andy, Parnell, Daniel, Rutherford, Zoe, McKenna, Jim, Zwolinsky, Stephen and Hargreaves, Jackie (2016). Sustaining health improvement activities delivered in English professional football clubs using evaluation: a short communication. Soccer and Society, 17 (5), 759-769. doi: 10.1080/14660970.2015.1100431
Zwolinsky, Stephen, McKenna, James, Pringle, Andy, Widdop, Paul, Griffiths, Claire, Mellis, Michelle, Rutherford, Zoe and Collins, Peter (2016). Physical activity and sedentary behavior clustering: segmentation to optimize active lifestyles. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13 (9), 921-928. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2015-0307
Rutherford, Zoe, McKenna, Jim and Pringle, Andy (2016). Comparison of a soccer-lead community-based intervention vs. commercial programme for weight-loss in men and women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48, 597-597. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000486791.66645.fb
Jones, Ben, Emmonds, Stacey, Hind, Karen, Nicholson, Gareth, Rutherford, Zoe and Till, Kevin (2016). Physical qualities of international female rugby league players by playing position. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 30 (5), 1333-1340. doi: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000001225
Mackintosh, Chris, Darko, Natalie, Rutherford, Zoe and Wilkins, Hetty-May (2015). A qualitative study of the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on families in the East Midlands of England: lessons for sports development policy and practice. Sport, Education and Society, 20 (8), 1065-1087. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2014.881337
Parnell, Daniel, Pringle, Andy, McKenna, Jim, Zwolinsky, Stephen, Rutherford, Zoe, Hargreaves, Jackie, Trotter, Lizzie, Rigby, Michael and Richardson, David (2015). Reaching older people with PA delivered in football clubs: the reach, adoption and implementation characteristics of the Extra Time Programme. BMC Public Health, 15 (1) 220. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1560-5
Rutherford, Zoe, Gough, Brendan, Seymour-Smith, Sarah, Matthews, Christopher R., Wilcox, John, Parnell, Dan and Pringle, Andy (2014). 'Motivate': the effect of a Football in the Community delivered weight loss programme on over 35-year old men and women's cardiovascular risk factors. Soccer and Society, 15 (6), 951-969. doi: 10.1080/14660970.2014.920628
Fairclough, S., Butcher, Z. and Stratton, G. (2008). Primary school children's health-enhancing physical activity patterns: the school as a significant environment?. Education 3-13, 36 (4), 371-381. doi: 10.1080/03004270801959676
Fairclough, S. J., Stratton, G. and Butcher, Z. H. (2008). Promoting health-enhancing physical activity in the primary school: a pilot evaluation of the BASH health-related exercise initiative. Health Education Research, 23 (3), 576-581. doi: 10.1093/her/cym093
Fairclough, Stuart J., Butcher, Zoe H. and Stratton, Gareth (2007). Whole-day and segmented-day physical activity variability of northwest England school children. Preventive Medicine, 44 (5), 421-425. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.01.002
Butcher, Zoe, Fairclough, Stuart, Stratton, Gareth and Richardson, David (2007). The effect of feedback and information on children's pedometer step counts at school. Pediatric Exercise Science, 19 (1), 29-38. doi: 10.1123/pes.19.1.29
Conference Papers
Comben, Charlotte, John, Julie, Rutherford, Zoe, Meurk, Carla and Diminic, Sandra (2023). Defining the types and intensity of services required by discrete population groups within specialist forensic mental health settings. IAFMHS Annual Conference 2023, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 20 - 22 June 2023. Burnaby, BC, Canada: International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services.
Comben, C., John, J., Rutherford, Z., Meurk, C. and Diminic, S. (2022). Defining the types and intensity of services required by discrete population groups within specialist forensic mental health settings. 12th Health Services Research Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 30 November- 2 December 2022.
Enright, Meaghan and Rutherford, Zoe (2022). The role and impact of co-production in the Queensland Mental Health Community Support Services evaluation.. TheMHS Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 13-15th October 2022.
Comben, C., Rutherford, Z. and Diminic, S. (2022). Understanding the core service components required in a forensic mental health system: an adapted Delphi survey. Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Hobart, TAS Australia, 24-26 March 2022.
Zwolinsky, Stephen, McKenna, Jim, Pringle, Andy, Widdop, Paul, Griffiths, Claire, Mellis, Michelle, Rutherford, Zoe and Collins, Peter (2016). Sedentary behaviour And physical activity: a 2-step hierarchical cluster analysis. Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Sports-Medicine (ACSM), Boston, MA, United States, 31 May - 4 June 2016. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000487340.47625.cb
Pringle, Andrew R., Parnell, Daniel, Zwolinsky, Stephen, James, McKenna, Rutherford, Zoe, Hargreaves, Jackie, Richardson, David, Trotter, Elizabeth and Rigby, Michael (2015). Engaging Older Adults With Physical-Activity Delivered In Professional Soccer Clubs: Initial Pre-Adoption And Implementation Characteristics. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000477853.62406.e2
Rutherford, Zoe H. (2014). Effect Of A 12-week community-based weight management intervention on men and women's cardiovascular disease risk. 61st Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Sports-Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States, 1-4 April 2014. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000494924.62766.14
Research Reports
Rutherford, Zoe , Enright, Meaghan, Arthur, Sally , Luebbe, Annika and Whiteford, Harvey (2022). Evaluation of the Queensland Mental Health Community Support Services programs. Brisbane, Australia: QCMHR.
Diminic, Sandra, Gossip, Kate, Page, Imogen, Woody, Charlotte, Leitch, Elizabeth, Fjeldsoe, Kevin, Rutherford, Zoe, John, Julie, Wright, Eryn, Sparti, Claudia and Whiteford, Harvey (2021). Improving modelling of mental health service needs and care requirements for Australia: outcomes from phase 3 development of the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework. Final report, 28 April 2021. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.