Jennifer Utter
Biographic Data
| ID | 1267969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Utter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Utter |
| SIGNATURE | UTTER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9472-5595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Celebrating Australian native foods through hospital foodservices
Objective: The modern Australian diet is largely characterised by too few fruits and vegetables and too many discretionary foods. This is very different to how Indigenous Australians ate prior to colonisation. Native plants and seeds like bush tomatoes, warrigal greens, Kakadu plum and wattleseed are not common features of the contemporary Australian diet. We developed an initiative to incorporate native plants and seeds into a hospital inpatient…
Can the effects of high school culinary nutrition education be sustained into adulthood
Objective: To assess whether adolescents who appeared in an after-school cooking nutrition programme (Teen Battle Chef) sustained healthful food behaviours in the ensuing years into young adulthood. Design: Interviews involving a short verbal survey assessing six health behaviours coded dichotomously and open-ended questions coded for themes describing how participants did or did not sustain behaviour change. Setting: Adults who had previously pa…
Body size and weight, and the nutrition and activity behaviours of sexual and gender minority youth
Objective: To describe the body size and weight, and the nutrition and activity behaviours of sexual and gender minority (SGM) students and compare them with those of exclusively opposite-sex-attracted cisgender students. Male and female SGM students were also compared. Design: Data were from a nationally representative health survey. Setting: Secondary schools in New Zealand, 2012. Participants: A total of 7769 students, 9 % were SGM individuals…
Rising food security concerns among New Zealand adolescents and association with health and wellbeing
The current paper explores recent changes in food insecurity among adolescents and determine if food security concerns are associated with poorer wellbeing. Data were collected as part of two nationally representative surveys of the health and wellbeing of high‐school students in New Zealand in 2007 and 2012. In 2012, 11% of young people reported food security concerns often or always, with 33% reporting food security concerns occasionally/someti…
The association between socioeconomic deprivation and secondary school students’ health
Measures of household socioeconomic deprivation among young people should not be combined with neighbourhood measures of socioeconomic deprivation due to non-linear relationships with health and behaviour indicators. Policies are needed that address household poverty alongside efforts to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in neighbourhoods
Lunch frequency among adolescents
Objective To investigate: (i) how lunch frequency of adolescents varies between schools and between classes within schools; (ii) the associations between frequency of lunch and individual sociodemographic factors and school characteristics; and (iii) if any observed associations between lunch frequency and school characteristics vary by gender and age groups. Design Cross-sectional study in which students and school headmasters completed self-adm…
The use of a wearable camera to capture and categorise the environmental and social context of self-identified eating episodes
Family support and weight-loss strategies among adolescents reporting sustained weight loss
Objective The current research aims to describe the weight-control strategies and family support for young people reporting sustained weight loss in a large, population-based sample. Design Data were collected as part of Youth'07, a nationally representative survey of the health and well-being of New Zealand youth. Setting New Zealand secondary schools, 2007. Subjects Secondary-school students ( n 9107). Results Among young people who attempted w…
The divergence of country of origin labelling regulations between Australia and New Zealand
Neighbourhood social capital and adolescent self-reported wellbeing in New Zealand
Body satisfaction and sexual health behaviors among New Zealand secondary school students
This population-based study of 2931 respondents to Youth07 (a cross-sectional survey of New Zealand secondary students' health) examines associations between weight-related variables and sexual risk-taking. It is hypothesized that girls who report poorer body satisfaction or previous weight-loss attempts will be: more likely to be currently sexually active; less likely to negotiate contraceptive use; and less likely to discuss preventing sexually…
Association Between Availability and Quality of Health Services in Schools and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Students
Objectives. We determined the association between availability and quality of school health services and reproductive health outcomes among sexually active students. Methods. We used a 2-stage random sampling cluster design to collect nationally representative data from 9107 students from 96 New Zealand high schools. Students self-reported whether they were sexually active, how often they used condoms or contraception, and their involvement in pr…
Socio-economic differences in eating-related attitudes, behaviours and environments of adolescents
Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between area-level socio-economic status and healthy and less healthy eating behaviours among adolescents and to determine whether the relationship between area-level socio-economic status and dietary behaviours was related to the relevant attitudes and environments. Design Data were collected as part of Youth’07, a nationally representative survey of the health and well-b…
Social and Physical Contexts of Schools and Neighborhoods
Objectives. We sought to determine the association between school- and neighborhood-level characteristics and physical activity among young people. Methods. We collected the data as part of Youth’07, a nationally representative survey of the health and well-being of high school students in New Zealand. In total, 9107 students from 96 schools participated (63% response rate). Students answered questions about their schools (e.g., support for physi…
Associations between television viewing and consumption of commonly advertised foods among New Zealand children and young adolescents
Objectives To explore how time spent watching television (TV) is associated with the dietary behaviours of New Zealand children and young adolescents. Design Secondary data analysis of a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey. Setting In homes or schools of New Zealand school students. Participants In total, 3275 children aged 5 to 14 years. Results The odds of being overweight or obese increased with duration of TV viewing for childre…
Congressional Legislative Staff
Theory: Wilensky's (1959) basic sociologic model of professions, which has been applied to federal employees (Mosher 1982) and modified by Brante (1990) and Raelin (1991) is applied to congressional legislative staff to ascertain whether they can be portrayed accurately as professionals. Brante's typology of professions includes a category for a political profession for individuals who have a special form of tacit knowledge and expertise in polit…
Career Dynamics of Congressional Legislative Staff
This article explores the work experiences of congressional staff and develops a preliminary profile of the career dynamics typical of legislative staffers. The findings are based on data gathered during forty intensive exploratory interviews conducted during the first half of 1995, the early days of the 104th Congress. The data suggest that legislative staff careers mirror those stages of professional careers in general but reflect adaptions to …
Congressional Legislative Staff
Theory: Wilensky's (1959) basic sociologic model of professions, which has been applied to federal employees (Mosher 1982) and modified by Brante (1990) and Raelin (1991) is applied to congressional legislative staff to ascertain whether they can be portrayed accurately as professionals. Brante's typology of professions includes a category for a political profession for individuals who have a special form of tacit knowledge and expertise in polit…
Neighbourhood social capital and adolescent self-reported wellbeing in New Zealand
Career Dynamics of Congressional Legislative Staff
This article explores the work experiences of congressional staff and develops a preliminary profile of the career dynamics typical of legislative staffers. The findings are based on data gathered during forty intensive exploratory interviews conducted during the first half of 1995, the early days of the 104th Congress. The data suggest that legislative staff careers mirror those stages of professional careers in general but reflect adaptions to …
The use of a wearable camera to capture and categorise the environmental and social context of self-identified eating episodes
Association Between Availability and Quality of Health Services in Schools and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Students
Objectives. We determined the association between availability and quality of school health services and reproductive health outcomes among sexually active students. Methods. We used a 2-stage random sampling cluster design to collect nationally representative data from 9107 students from 96 New Zealand high schools. Students self-reported whether they were sexually active, how often they used condoms or contraception, and their involvement in pr…
Career Dynamics of Congressional Legislative Staff
This article explores the work experiences of congressional staff and develops a preliminary profile of the career dynamics typical of legislative staffers. The findings are based on data gathered during forty intensive exploratory interviews conducted during the first half of 1995, the early days of the 104th Congress. The data suggest that legislative staff careers mirror those stages of professional careers in general but reflect adaptions to …
Congressional Legislative Staff
Theory: Wilensky's (1959) basic sociologic model of professions, which has been applied to federal employees (Mosher 1982) and modified by Brante (1990) and Raelin (1991) is applied to congressional legislative staff to ascertain whether they can be portrayed accurately as professionals. Brante's typology of professions includes a category for a political profession for individuals who have a special form of tacit knowledge and expertise in polit…
Associations between television viewing and consumption of commonly advertised foods among New Zealand children and young adolescents
Objectives To explore how time spent watching television (TV) is associated with the dietary behaviours of New Zealand children and young adolescents. Design Secondary data analysis of a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey. Setting In homes or schools of New Zealand school students. Participants In total, 3275 children aged 5 to 14 years. Results The odds of being overweight or obese increased with duration of TV viewing for childre…
Socio-economic differences in eating-related attitudes, behaviours and environments of adolescents
Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between area-level socio-economic status and healthy and less healthy eating behaviours among adolescents and to determine whether the relationship between area-level socio-economic status and dietary behaviours was related to the relevant attitudes and environments. Design Data were collected as part of Youth’07, a nationally representative survey of the health and well-b…
Social and Physical Contexts of Schools and Neighborhoods
Objectives. We sought to determine the association between school- and neighborhood-level characteristics and physical activity among young people. Methods. We collected the data as part of Youth’07, a nationally representative survey of the health and well-being of high school students in New Zealand. In total, 9107 students from 96 schools participated (63% response rate). Students answered questions about their schools (e.g., support for physi…
Body satisfaction and sexual health behaviors among New Zealand secondary school students
This population-based study of 2931 respondents to Youth07 (a cross-sectional survey of New Zealand secondary students' health) examines associations between weight-related variables and sexual risk-taking. It is hypothesized that girls who report poorer body satisfaction or previous weight-loss attempts will be: more likely to be currently sexually active; less likely to negotiate contraceptive use; and less likely to discuss preventing sexually…
Association Between Availability and Quality of Health Services in Schools and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Students
Objectives. We determined the association between availability and quality of school health services and reproductive health outcomes among sexually active students. Methods. We used a 2-stage random sampling cluster design to collect nationally representative data from 9107 students from 96 New Zealand high schools. Students self-reported whether they were sexually active, how often they used condoms or contraception, and their involvement in pr…
Family support and weight-loss strategies among adolescents reporting sustained weight loss
Objective The current research aims to describe the weight-control strategies and family support for young people reporting sustained weight loss in a large, population-based sample. Design Data were collected as part of Youth'07, a nationally representative survey of the health and well-being of New Zealand youth. Setting New Zealand secondary schools, 2007. Subjects Secondary-school students ( n 9107). Results Among young people who attempted w…
The divergence of country of origin labelling regulations between Australia and New Zealand
Neighbourhood social capital and adolescent self-reported wellbeing in New Zealand
The use of a wearable camera to capture and categorise the environmental and social context of self-identified eating episodes
The association between socioeconomic deprivation and secondary school students’ health
Measures of household socioeconomic deprivation among young people should not be combined with neighbourhood measures of socioeconomic deprivation due to non-linear relationships with health and behaviour indicators. Policies are needed that address household poverty alongside efforts to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in neighbourhoods
Lunch frequency among adolescents
Objective To investigate: (i) how lunch frequency of adolescents varies between schools and between classes within schools; (ii) the associations between frequency of lunch and individual sociodemographic factors and school characteristics; and (iii) if any observed associations between lunch frequency and school characteristics vary by gender and age groups. Design Cross-sectional study in which students and school headmasters completed self-adm…
Rising food security concerns among New Zealand adolescents and association with health and wellbeing
The current paper explores recent changes in food insecurity among adolescents and determine if food security concerns are associated with poorer wellbeing. Data were collected as part of two nationally representative surveys of the health and wellbeing of high‐school students in New Zealand in 2007 and 2012. In 2012, 11% of young people reported food security concerns often or always, with 33% reporting food security concerns occasionally/someti…
Body size and weight, and the nutrition and activity behaviours of sexual and gender minority youth
Objective: To describe the body size and weight, and the nutrition and activity behaviours of sexual and gender minority (SGM) students and compare them with those of exclusively opposite-sex-attracted cisgender students. Male and female SGM students were also compared. Design: Data were from a nationally representative health survey. Setting: Secondary schools in New Zealand, 2012. Participants: A total of 7769 students, 9 % were SGM individuals…
Can the effects of high school culinary nutrition education be sustained into adulthood
Objective: To assess whether adolescents who appeared in an after-school cooking nutrition programme (Teen Battle Chef) sustained healthful food behaviours in the ensuing years into young adulthood. Design: Interviews involving a short verbal survey assessing six health behaviours coded dichotomously and open-ended questions coded for themes describing how participants did or did not sustain behaviour change. Setting: Adults who had previously pa…
Celebrating Australian native foods through hospital foodservices
Objective: The modern Australian diet is largely characterised by too few fruits and vegetables and too many discretionary foods. This is very different to how Indigenous Australians ate prior to colonisation. Native plants and seeds like bush tomatoes, warrigal greens, Kakadu plum and wattleseed are not common features of the contemporary Australian diet. We developed an initiative to incorporate native plants and seeds into a hospital inpatient…
Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Obesity (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)