Danielle Gallegos
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 88747 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Danielle Gallegos |
| NOMBRES | Danielle |
| APELLIDO | Gallegos |
| FIRMA | GALLEGOS D |
| AFILIACIONES | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5901-1909 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 52 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Constellations of children’s everyday worlds
Purpose To explore how children’s food practices (i.e. planning, acquiring, preparing, consuming and tidying-up) and other everyday practices (e.g. play, socialising) interconnect and influence each other to create constellations of practices. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative participatory research using draw-and-tell interviews and Photovoice methods to garner the views of 42 eight-to twelve-year-old Australian children. Abductive themati…
Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Diet Quality in Pregnancy
Prenatal diet affects maternal and child health; however, adherence to dietary guidelines in pregnancy is low. This cross-sectional study aimed to describe overall diet quality and to examine relationships between socioeconomic factors and diet quality in a sample of Australian pregnant women. Participants (n = 1580) completed an online survey and self-reported usual dietary intake (via a food frequency questionnaire [FFQ]) and socioeconomic fact…
Putting food on the table’
Media discourses shape social values and public policy. Initial and ongoing colonisation in Australia results in disproportionately greater food insecurity experienced by First Nations peoples, negatively impacting health and wellbeing. This paper introduces that history and considers representations of food insecurity for First Nations communities in major Australian print and online news sources, reflecting on policy and practice implications. …
Child-report food insecurity assessment measures
BACKGROUND: Experiences of household food insecurity are associated with a wide range of deleterious nutritional, developmental, psychological and social consequences for children. Children's distinct experiences of food insecurity, compared to adults, have been identified in diverse economic and cultural contexts. Yet historically, measurement of food insecurity in children has been predominantly reported by adult respondents on behalf of childr…
A design thinking‐led approach to develop a responsive feeding intervention for Australian families vulnerable to food insecurity
BACKGROUND: Design thinking is an iterative process that innovates solutions through a person-centric approach and is increasingly used across health contexts. The person-centric approach lends itself to working with groups with complex needs. One such group is families experiencing economic hardship, who are vulnerable to food insecurity and face challenges with child feeding. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the application of a design thinking …
Feeding Practices Used by Australian Parents of Young Children Living With Food Insecurity and Household Chaos
Responsive feeding practices are crucial for developing healthy eating behaviours in children. However, chaotic households and financial stress may disrupt these practices. This cross-sectional study aimed to characterise feeding practices among Australian parents experiencing financial hardship. Parents of children aged 5-35 months, who identified as experiencing financial hardship, completed an online questionnaire from October 2021 to June 202…
It is human work’
Objectives: Cultural food security is crucial for cultural health and, for people from refugee backgrounds, supports the settlement journey. Cultural communities are vital in facilitating access to cultural foods; however, it is not understood how refugee-background communities sustain cultural food security in the Australian context. This study aimed to explore key roles in refugee-background communities to understand why they were important and…
Teacher perspectives on the socio-ecological barriers and enablers to food and nutrition education in primary schools
Objective: Schools are identified as a setting for food and nutrition education (FNE) in childhood. FNE is a key strategy to optimise child growth and development and impart life-long food skills. There is limited synthesis of the literature to understand the socio-ecological determinants of teachers and schools engaging in FNE. Design: For this scoping review, five databases (APA PsycInfo, ERIC, Medline, CINAHL and Scopus) were searched using th…
You just have to spread it thin”
The role of fathers in feeding is an emerging field within child feeding literature. Fathers have unique contributions to make to family mealtimes and child eating behaviours. However, qualitative research on fathers' experiences is limited, especially in the context of disadvantage. This study explored fathers' perceptions of their roles and feeding practices and their lived experience of disadvantage through a symbolic interactionism lens. Twen…
Children's descriptions of their involvement within everyday food practices
BACKGROUND: The way in which children interact with food has a profound impact on their health and wellbeing. However, most research, strategy and policy where food is the focus are derived from adult perspectives. There is limited understanding of children's perspectives of the nature of their everyday food practices, and their level of involvement and influence. This work garnered children's (8-12 years old) descriptions of, and involvement in,…
Towards collective community education
Collective community education co-designed with the Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Pasifika (Pacific Islander peoples living in Australia) communities through participatory community engagement, Indigenous methods and cultural knowledge are vital for development and implementation of diabetes community forums. A community-based participatory action research was co-designed with three Pasifika diabetes community forums in p…
Dietary patterns and child, parental, and societal factors associated with being overweight and obesity in Vietnamese children living in Ho Chi Minh city
Childhood overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing in urban Vietnam. Dietary patterns are understudied for their association with obesity risk in these children, and it is unclear which parental and societal factors should be targeted in prevention efforts. The study assessed child characteristics, dietary patterns, parental and societal factors for associations with childhood overweight and obesity status in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A sam…
Food security definition, measures and advocacy priorities in high-income countries
Objective: To establish an international consensus on the definition of food security, measures and advocacy priorities in high-income countries. Design: A two-round online Delphi survey with closing in March 2020 and December 2021. Consensus was set a priori at 75 %. Qualitative data were synthesised and priorities were ranked. Setting: High-income countries. Participants: Household food security experts in academia, government and non-governmen…
The extent and nature of children’s involvement in food practice research
Objective: Aligning with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, amplification of children’s voice in food practice research aims to inform initiatives that cater to children’s needs and thus improve nutritional outcomes. The aim of this study was to describe children’s (aged 6–11 years) involvement across qualitative research investigating their food practice perspectives. Design: A scoping review was conducted according to Pre…
Working towards the Active Participation of Underrepresented Populations in Research
Research has historically focussed on participants who are relatively easy to access; those who have resources (time and literacy) to respond to surveys, who can travel, and are socially connected. Failure to meaningfully engage with intended participants and achieve representativeness in participation risks diminishing the applicability and impact of research findings to local contexts. Motivated by goals of social justice and health equity, thi…
Food Security for People with Lived-Refugee Experiences is Interrelated with Culture and Mental Health
People from refugee backgrounds generally have long and stressful journeys that involve involuntarily fleeing their homes and often include dislocation from family and friends. Food is integral to settlement when arriving in a destination country, as it is entwined with self-identity, culture, and connectedness to family and community. The aim of this study was to understand the facilitators and barriers of accessing cultural foods during the set…
The association between loneliness or social isolation and food and eating behaviours
Loneliness or social isolation and food/eating behaviours have important health consequences and there are rationales for why they could interact. Loneliness and dietary behaviours are recognised as health determinants and targets for interventions at individual, group and population levels. However, there are currently no research reviews investigating associations between these areas. This scoping review synthesized evidence investigating lonel…
Using Talanoa in Community-Based Research with Australian Pacific Islander Women with Type 2 Diabetes
The community-academia partnership and the participatory processes using talanoa facilitated dialogue and engagement to promote diabetes prevention and management for API communities
How gender, education and nutrition knowledge contribute to food insecurity among adults in Australia
Food and nutrition insecurity occurs when healthy and safe food cannot be obtained by socially acceptable means and arises as a result of complex interactions between socioeconomic and demographic determinants. These factors contribute to discrepancies in health and well-being between men and women and may also explain differential rates of food insecurity. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to investigate the intersection between …
Environmental and public health co-benefits of consumer switches to immunity-supporting food
During COVID-19, there has been a surge in public interest for information on immunity-boosting foods. There is little scientific support for immunity-supporting properties of specific foods, but strong evidence for food choice impacts on other health outcomes (e.g. risk of non-communicable disease) and environmental sustainability. Here, we relate online recommendations for “immunity-boosting” foods across five continents to their environmental …
Climate change and socioeconomic determinants are structural constraints to agency in diet-related non-communicable disease prevention in Vanuatu
The interaction of structural determinants creates food and health environments that amplify the risk, burden, and consequences of DR-NCDs. It is recommended that the DR-NCD narrative in Vanuatu be re-framed with an emphasis on the range of structural determinants of DR-NCD risk. This will serve to enhance individual and collective agency to not only make healthy food and other behavioural choices but also to exercise agency to transform the stru…
Intake of vitamin B 12 and other characteristics of women of reproductive age on a vegan diet in Australia
Objective: (i) To examine demographic and health characteristics of women of reproductive age on a vegan diet in Australia and compare these to the general population; (ii) to identify sources and intake of vitamin B 12 and compare intake to current recommendations and (iii) examine associations between participant characteristics and adequacy of vitamin B 12 intake. Design: In this cross-sectional study, data were collected via an online survey.…
Validation of a revised General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for Australia
Objective: This study aimed to validate a nutrition knowledge questionnaire appropriate for use in Australia. Design: Nutrition knowledge is essential in establishing and maintaining strategies that reduce the burden of disease and promote wellbeing. The General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire (GNKQ) was developed in the United Kingdom in 1999 and validated for Australia in 2008. Changes in national nutrition recommendations and food availabili…
Feeding practices in Australian early childhood education and care settings
Objective: Feeding practices used by educators in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings can influence the diet quality of young children. However, Australian data is scarce and limited to describing barriers to responsive feeding. This study describes the use of feeding practices amongst a group of Australian educators. Design: Direct observation of feeding practices and assessment of centre policy were conducted using the ‘Environme…
Deconstructing type 2 diabetes self‐management of Australian Pacific Islander women
Community-based participatory research using culturally appropriate talanoa approaches provided the framework to explore diabetes self-management of Australian Pacific Islander (API) women living with type 2 diabetes in South-East Queensland. Data collection included interviews with key informants (21), in-depth interviews with API women with diabetes (10), talanoa group discussions (7) and monthly steering committee meetings. Using an interpreti…
Defining food literacy and its components
Adolescent experiences of 'family meals' in Australia
Popular discourse laments the decline of the 'family meal', leading to family fragmentation and nutritional compromise. This article reports findings of a study investigating beliefs and practices surrounding the 'family meal', using data drawn from an on-line survey completed by 625 adolescents in Perth, Western Australia. The results challenge current concerns about the loss of the 'family meal', demonstrating that, for a majority, meals are ea…
It's not about good taste. It's about tastes good”
We begin with a general discussion of the ways in which the concept of taste has been treated, moving on to what is sometimes taken as a (if not the) controversy in the field. That controversy centers on the apparent differences between socio-political accounts (Bourdieu) and psychological—emotional accounts (Campbell) of taste. What we then show is that the distinction is just that: apparent, on the surface only. What it conceals is a more deep-…
Using Talanoa in Community-Based Research with Australian Pacific Islander Women with Type 2 Diabetes
The community-academia partnership and the participatory processes using talanoa facilitated dialogue and engagement to promote diabetes prevention and management for API communities
Deconstructing type 2 diabetes self‐management of Australian Pacific Islander women
Community-based participatory research using culturally appropriate talanoa approaches provided the framework to explore diabetes self-management of Australian Pacific Islander (API) women living with type 2 diabetes in South-East Queensland. Data collection included interviews with key informants (21), in-depth interviews with API women with diabetes (10), talanoa group discussions (7) and monthly steering committee meetings. Using an interpreti…
Moving beyond Coping to Resilient Pragmatism in Food Insecure Households
This study used the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) to analyze the lived experiences of 13 women in Brisbane, Australia, striving for food security. Data analysis identified two key themes and four sub-themes about the ‘trade off’s made by women managing food insecurity. The two key themes were resilient pragmatism and coping pragmatism, which both included sub-strategies to minimize damage to social identity and self-identity. Participan…
A comparison of maternal feeding responses to child fussy eating in low-income food secure and food insecure households
Sperm Milkshakes with Poo Sprinkles’
This article contributes to a long‐overdue discussion about research with adolescents. While young people are now recognised as competent and reliable participants, there are particular difficulties associated with using adolescents as respondents. Furthermore, it is rare for young people’s reactions to the research process to be heard. This article reports on some of the methodological challenges faced in designing and administering a Web‐based …
How gender, education and nutrition knowledge contribute to food insecurity among adults in Australia
Food and nutrition insecurity occurs when healthy and safe food cannot be obtained by socially acceptable means and arises as a result of complex interactions between socioeconomic and demographic determinants. These factors contribute to discrepancies in health and well-being between men and women and may also explain differential rates of food insecurity. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to investigate the intersection between …
School-based physical education
Information about the Vietnamese physical education (PE) programme is limited due to a lack of relevant studies. Using the Health Optimising Physical Education as a conceptual framework, this study examined students’ physical activity (PA) levels in the fifth-grade PE programme in Vietnam and barriers to programme implementation. Eight schools (28 PE classes) were randomly selected for assessing students’ PA levels, lesson context, and PA promoti…
You just have to spread it thin”
The role of fathers in feeding is an emerging field within child feeding literature. Fathers have unique contributions to make to family mealtimes and child eating behaviours. However, qualitative research on fathers' experiences is limited, especially in the context of disadvantage. This study explored fathers' perceptions of their roles and feeding practices and their lived experience of disadvantage through a symbolic interactionism lens. Twen…
It's not about good taste. It's about tastes good”
We begin with a general discussion of the ways in which the concept of taste has been treated, moving on to what is sometimes taken as a (if not the) controversy in the field. That controversy centers on the apparent differences between socio-political accounts (Bourdieu) and psychological—emotional accounts (Campbell) of taste. What we then show is that the distinction is just that: apparent, on the surface only. What it conceals is a more deep-…
Sperm Milkshakes with Poo Sprinkles’
This article contributes to a long‐overdue discussion about research with adolescents. While young people are now recognised as competent and reliable participants, there are particular difficulties associated with using adolescents as respondents. Furthermore, it is rare for young people’s reactions to the research process to be heard. This article reports on some of the methodological challenges faced in designing and administering a Web‐based …
Palm Oil Tensions
In Australia, I cannot buy palm oil at the supermarket. The supermarket shelves are filled with bottles of liquid in varying shades from almost clear to golden yellow but none stand out with the distinct redness of palm oil. Like olive oil fifty years ago, I need to seek out palm oil in the niches of ethnicity, in this case African, scattered across the suburban landscape. I venture to a location not more than ten kilometres from the central busi…
The impact of fresh produce specifications on the Australian food and nutrition system
Objective To use the north Queensland banana industry as a case study to examine the extent to which cosmetic standards set by retailers influence the amount of edible waste generated on-farm and the effect of this on the sustainability of the Australian food and nutrition system. Design Waste audits were performed on-farm at a banana packing shed to quantify the amount of fruit discarded due to cosmetic imperfections. These data, together with p…
Adolescent experiences of 'family meals' in Australia
Popular discourse laments the decline of the 'family meal', leading to family fragmentation and nutritional compromise. This article reports findings of a study investigating beliefs and practices surrounding the 'family meal', using data drawn from an on-line survey completed by 625 adolescents in Perth, Western Australia. The results challenge current concerns about the loss of the 'family meal', demonstrating that, for a majority, meals are ea…
Food insecurity among adults residing in disadvantaged urban areas
Objective Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain availability or access to nutritionally adequate, culturally appropriate and safe foods. Food insecurity may result in inadequate dietary intakes, overweight or obesity and the development of chronic disease. Internationally, few studies have focused on the range of potential health outcomes related to food insecurity among adults residing in disadvantaged locations and no such Australian stud…
Re-imagining the ‘social’ in the nutrition sciences
Objective In response to The New Nutrition Science Project's Giessen Declaration, we provide here a case for a more fully described and integrated ‘social’ dimension within the nutrition sciences. Design This paper explores what we mean when we argue for socially engaged nutrition sciences (SENS), and describes the disciplinary fields, epistemologies and methodologies that contribute to SENS’ potential rich diversity and value. Additionally, the …
Breastfeeding beliefs and practices of African women living in Brisbane and Perth, Australia
The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of breastfeeding among refugee women from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo living in two major capital cities in Australia. Participants were recruited from their relevant community associations and via a snowballing technique. Thirty-one women took part in either individual interviews or facilitated group discussions to explore their experiences of breastf…
Defining food literacy and its components
Household food insecurity, diet, and weight status in a disadvantaged district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Despite rapid industrialization and modernization, food insecurity remains an important public health issue in large urban areas of HCMC, suggesting that strategies to address food insecurity should be implemented in urban settings, and not just rural locations. Fruit consumption among food insecure households may be compromised because of financial difficulties, which may lead to poorer health outcomes particularly related to non-communicable di…
Playing the policy game
Objective To progress nutrition policy change and develop more effective advocates, it is useful to consider real-world factors and practical experiences of past advocacy efforts to determine the key barriers to and enablers of nutrition policy change. The present review aimed to identify and synthesize the enablers of and barriers to public policy change within the field of nutrition. Design Electronic databases were searched systematically for …
Using political science to progress public health nutrition
Objective Poor dietary intake is the most important behavioural risk factor affecting health globally. Despite this, there has been little investment in public health nutrition policy actions. Policy process theories from the field of political science can aid understanding why policy decisions have occurred and identify how to influence ongoing or future initiatives. The present review aims to examine public health nutrition policy literature an…
Joining the dots
The results of this social network analysis illustrate there are two dominant brokers within the nutrition policy network in Australia. However their structural position in the network means their brokerage roles have different purposes and different levels of influence on policymaking. The results suggest that brokerage in isolation may not adequately represent influence in nutrition policy in Australia. Other factors, such as direct access to d…
Developing measures of food and nutrition security within an Australian context
Objective To develop a measure of food and nutrition security for use among an Australian population that measures all pillars of food security and to establish its content validity. Design The study consisted of two phases. Phase 1 involved focus groups with experts working in the area of food security. Data were assessed using content analysis and results informed the development of a draft tool. Phase 2 consisted of a series of three online su…
Exploring the influence of local food environments on food behaviours
Objective Systematic reviews investigating associations between objective measures of the food environment and dietary behaviours or health outcomes have not established a consistent evidence base. The present paper aims to synthesise qualitative evidence regarding the influence of local food environments on food and purchasing behaviours. Design A systematic review in the form of a qualitative thematic synthesis. Setting Urban localities. Subjec…
Can a Call Make a Difference? Measured Change in Women’s Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Across Call Interactions on a Telephone Helpline
Preliminary validation and piloting of a comprehensive measure of household food security in Australia
Objective To investigate the psychometric properties, validity and reliability of a newly developed measure of food insecurity, the Household Food and Nutrition Security Survey (HFNSS), among an Australian population. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Metropolitan areas of Melbourne, Australia, identified as very high, high or medium vulnerability in the 2008 Vulnerability Assessment for Mortgage, Petrol and Inflation Risks and Expenditure in…
Dietary patterns of Australian children at three and five years of age and their changes over time
Re-Evaluating Expertise
Drawing on examples from Australia and the United States, we outline the benefits of sharing expertise to identify new approaches to food and nutrition security. While there are many challenges to sharing expertise such as discrimination, academic expectations, siloed thinking, and cultural differences, we identify principles and values that can help food insecurity researchers to improve solutions. These principles are critical consciousness, un…
School-based physical education
Information about the Vietnamese physical education (PE) programme is limited due to a lack of relevant studies. Using the Health Optimising Physical Education as a conceptual framework, this study examined students’ physical activity (PA) levels in the fifth-grade PE programme in Vietnam and barriers to programme implementation. Eight schools (28 PE classes) were randomly selected for assessing students’ PA levels, lesson context, and PA promoti…
Differences in cardiometabolic risk markers among ethnic groups in Queensland, Australia
Very little is known about the cardiometabolic risk of migrants who settle in Australia. This study investigated differences in cardiometabolic risk markers among ethnic groups attending a tailored healthy lifestyle program in Queensland, Australia; and differences in these markers between those living in Australia for shorter versus longer periods of time. Baseline data collected between October 2014 and June 2017 from the Living Well Multicultu…
A comparison of maternal feeding responses to child fussy eating in low-income food secure and food insecure households
D food printing
Purpose To explore the nutrition opportunities and challenges for 3D food printing. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts from the field of nutrition or with a technical understanding of 3D food printing and a thematic analysis undertaken. Findings Four themes emerged: potential uses, sustainability, technical issues and ethical and social issues. The primary use identified …
Supporting, failing to support and undermining breastfeeding self‐efficacy
Although a complexity of factors explain early cessation of breastfeeding, the encounter of a problem is often a critical point in this decision. For this reason, breastfeeding self-efficacy, a mother's evaluations of her ability to successfully overcome challenges, is an effective target in interventions to sustain breastfeeding. This study examined factors affecting the success of one such intervention, reactive telephone support. Across a 4-we…
Eating and physical activity behaviours among ethnic groups in Queensland, Australia
Objective: To examine differences in eating and physical activity behaviours among ethnic groups in Queensland, Australia, and differences in those behaviours due to the duration of residency in Australia. Design: Cross-sectional study using baseline data collected for the Living Well Multicultural–Lifestyle Modification Program between October 2014 and June 2017. Setting: Culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD), including Afghan…
Medicine (32 obras) · Psychology (24 obras) · Sociology (22 obras) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (21 obras) · Environmental health (20 obras) · Food security (16 obras) · Geography (15 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (14 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (12 obras)