Dr. Sarahjane Belton is a Lecturer in Physical Education and Physical Activity in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University, Ireland. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and a Doctorate in physical activity measurement. She is a member of the Centre for Preventive Medicine (CPM), and the Physical Education, Physical Activity and Youth Sport (PEPAYS) research center, and is leader of the Y-PATH (Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health) research group. Sarahjane is involved in a range of studies at Dublin City University, in collaboration with partners both nationally and internationally. Her research area centers mainly on physical activity and sedentary behavior in youth; including physical activity, sedentary, physical fitness, and fundamental movement skill measurement, and intervention development and trial evaluation. Her work has also been concerned with understanding factors associated with regular physical activity participation in youth, including 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 authored and co-authored many peer reviewed journal articles, and is currently working on several projects in this area including the Y-PATH study (a 2-year cluster randomized controlled trial in second level schools), Kids Active (development and evaluation of a pre-school intervention programme, Sport4Life (primary school intervention programme evaluation), and TechWear (investigation of validity of a range of wearable sensors for measuring physical activity).
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