Dr Karla Canuto ~ Adjunct Research Fellow

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Nutrition and Dietetics (1111)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Indigenous Health (9203)
• Public Health (9204)
• Health and Support Services (9202)

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Journal Articles

• 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), Article: 112, DOI:10.3390/ijerph16010112.
• Campbell S, McCalman J, Redman-MacLaren M, Canuto K, Vine K, Sewter J and McDonald M (2018) Implementing the Baby One Program: a qualitative evaluation of family-centred child health promotion in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18 (73), DOI:10.1186/s12884-018-1711-7.
• Macniven R, Plater S, Canuto K, Dickson M, Gwynn J, Bauman A and Richards J (2018) The "ripple effect": health and community perceptions of the Indigenous Marathon Program on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 29 (3), pp. 304-313, DOI:10.1002/hpja.43.
• McFarlane K, Devine S, Judd J, Canuto K and Watt K (2016) Research with an aboriginal health service: building an effective partnership, step by step. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 16 (4), pp. 1-4.
• Canuto K, McDermott R and Cargo M (2014) Participant views on participating in a pragmatic randomised controlled trial: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Fitness Program. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13, Article: 77, pp. 1-10, DOI:10.1186/s12939-014-0077-3.
• Canuto K, Spagnoletti B, McDermott R and Cargo M (2013) Factors influencing attendance in a structured physical activity program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in an urban setting: a mixed methods process evaluation. International Journal for Equity in Health, 13, pp. 1-11, DOI:10.1186/1475-9276-12-11.
• Canuto K, Cargo M, Li M, D'Onise K, Esterman A and McDermott R (2012) Pragmatic randomised trial of a 12-week exercise and nutrition program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: clinical results immediate post and 3 months follow-up. BMC Public Health, 12, Article: 933, pp. 1-11, DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-12-933.
• Canuto K, McDermott R, Cargo M and Esterman A (2011) Study protocol: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a 12-week physical activity and nutritional education program for overweight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. BMC Public Health, 11, Article: 655, pp. 1-10, DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-11-655.

Other research outputs

• Preston R, Rannard S, Felton-Busch C, Larkins S, Canuto K, Carlisle K, Evans R, Redman-MacLaren M, Taylor J, Turner N, Yeomans L, Sanguineti E, Passey M and Farmer J (2019) How and why do participatory women’s groups (PWGs) improve the quality of maternal and child health (MCH) care? A systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 9 (9), Article: e030461, DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030461.

Advisory Accreditation:

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

• Review of Communication and Support Systems for People From Rural and Remote N. Queensland who have been Recently Hospitalised with Cardiac Disease and Development, Piloting and Evaluation of a Revised Model of Care (PhD , External Advisor)

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