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About

Research Disciplines: Nutrition and dietetics (3210)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing (4504)
Socio-Economic Objectives: Public health (2004)

Publications

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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

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

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Commonwealth Department of Health - Medical Research Futures Fund - Indigenous Health

Strong community, strong health: Exploring opportunities for chronic disease prevention in the Torres Strait

Indicative Funding: $473,642 over 2 years
Summary: Despite a decrease in mortality rates from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease since 2006, they still represent significant risk to the health and wellbeing of Australia?s First Nations peoples. This project will partner with First Nations people living in the Torres Strait to support their chronic disease outcomes by: 1) co-developing diet and physical activity (PA) tools; and 2) mapping social and environmental impacts on health in each partner community. This project will provide essential information about dietary and PA practices of people living in the Torres Strait.
Investigators: Edward Strivens, Ray Mahoney, Karla Canuto, Sean Taylor, Valda Wallace, Gavin Miller, Betty Sagigi, Sarah G Russell, Rachel Quigley, Kathryn Meldrum, Yvonne Hornby-Turner, Torres Webb, Melissa Kilburn, Sarah Larkins and Dympna Leonard (College of Medicine & Dentistry, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Flinders University, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, Queensland Health and Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine)
Keywords: Chronic Disease; Diet; Physical Activity; Torres Strait; Partnership

Supervision

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)

Collaboration

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