Ms Dympna Leonard ~ Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Research Disciplines

• Nutrition and dietetics (3210)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing (4504)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Lee A, Stubbs C, Leonard D, Vidgen H, Minniecon D, Dick M, Cullerton K and Herron L (2022) Rise and demise: a case study of public health nutrition in Queensland, Australia, over three decades. Health Promotion International, 37 (2).
• Leonard D, Buettner P, McDermott R and Makrides M (2021) The iron content of healthy diets for one day for breastfed babies and young children. Nutrition and Dietetics, 78 (4). pp. 415-423
• Leonard D, Beuttner P, Thompson F, Makrides M and McDermott R (2020) Early childhood anaemia more than doubles the risk of developmental vulnerability at school-age among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children of remote Far North Queensland: findings of a retrospective cohort study. Nutrition and Dietetics, 77 (3). pp. 298-309
• Brown C, Laws C, Leonard D, Campbell S, Merone L, Hammond M, Thompson K, Canuto K and Brimblecombe J (2019) Healthy Choice Rewards: a feasibility trial of incentives to influence consumer food choices in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (1).
• Leonard D, Buttner P, Thompson F, Makrides M and McDermott R (2019) Anaemia in early childhood among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children of Far North Queensland: a retrospective cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43 (4). pp. 319-327
• Aquino D, Leonard D, Hadgraft N and Marley J (2018) High prevalence of early onset anaemia amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants in remote northern Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26 (4). pp. 245-250
• Leonard D, Buettner P, Thompson F, Makrides M and McDermott R (2018) Linking 'data silos' to investigate anaemia among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and children in Far North Queensland. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (5). pp. 456-462
• Leonard D, Buttner P, Thompson F, Makrides M and McDermott R (2018) Anaemia in pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of Far North Queensland: a retrospective cohort study. Nutrition and Dietetics, 75 (5). pp. 457-467
• Chamberlain C, Wilson A, Amir L, O'Dea K, Campbell S, Leonard D, Ritte R, Mulcahy M, Eades S and Wolfe R (2017) Low rates of predominant breastfeeding in hospital after gestational diabetes, particularly among Indigenous women in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41 (2). pp. 144-150
• Leonard D, Aquino D, Hadgraft N, Thompson F and Marley J (2017) Poor nutrition from first foods: a cross-sectional study of complementary feeding of infants and young children in six remote Aboriginal communities across northern Australia. Nutrition and Dietetics, 74 (5). pp. 436-445
• D'Onise K, McDermott R, Leonard D and Campbell S (2012) Lack of folate improvement in high risk indigenous Australian adults over an average of 6.5 years: a cohort study. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 21 (3). pp. 431-439
• Li M, McDermott R, D'Onise K and Leonard D (2012) Folate status and health behaviours in two Australian Indigenous populations in north Queensland. Public Health Nutrition, 15 (10). pp. 1959-1965

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 15+ research outputs authored by Ms Dympna Leonard from 2002 onwards.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• ADAPTTS ? App-based Diet And Physical Activity Tools for the Torres Strait (PhD , External Advisor)

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