Clare Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886512 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clare Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clare |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Nursing at Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students
Purpose This study aims to understand university students' perception and engagement with sustainable food practices and the relationship with diet quality. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey assessed Australian university students' sustainable food perceptions and purchasing behaviours, diet quality using the validated Australian Recommended Food Score and attitudes towards on campus sustainable food options. Findings Of respon…
What is a nutritious snack? Level of processing and macronutrient content influences young adults' perceptions
Nudging consumers towards healthier choices
Nudging or ‘choice architecture’ refers to strategic changes in the environment that are anticipated to alter people’s behaviour in a predictable way, without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives. Nudging strategies may be used to promote healthy eating behaviour. However, to date, the scientific evidence has not been systematically reviewed to enable practitioners and policymakers to implement, or argue for …
Peer education is a feasible method of disseminating information related to child nutrition and feeding between new mothers
High levels of interest in peer educator training and the capacity for mothers to share resources widely and easily via social media offers a potential opportunity to disseminate evidence-based nutrition information. A pilot study investigating the impact of a well-designed, theory-based peer nutrition education program on the child feeding practices of mothers with children aged between six months to two years is warranted
Study protocol of a parent-focused child feeding and dietary intake intervention
Australian Clinical Trials Registration Number: ACTRN12609000356268
Diet and pregnancy status in Australian women
Objective To investigate and report the diet quality of young Australian women by pregnancy status. Design Pregnancy status was defined as pregnant ( n 606), trying to conceive ( n 454), had a baby in the last 12 months ( n 829) and other ( n 5597). The Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies was used to calculate diet quality using the Australian Recommended Food Score (ARFS) methodology. Nutrient intakes were compared with the Nutrien…
Exploration of DSM-IV Criteria in Primary Care Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Objectives: Investigators and clinicians almost always rely on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, 4th edition’s (DSM-IV) somatoform disorders (and its derivative diagnoses) to characterize and identify patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). Our objective was to evaluate this use by determining the prevalence of DSM-IV somatoform and nonsomatoform disorders in patients with MUS proven by a gold standard chart review…
Values and the Use of Community Services
Objective factors have traditionally been used to study service use. Difficulty in explaining variability in service use has resulted in suggestions that thought be given to subjective factors. Difficulty in isolating subjective factors led to this study of the types of values that influence the use of community services by caregivers of persons with dementing disease. Persons who care for family members who have dementing diseases face an arduou…
Loss and Grief among Family Caregivers of Relatives with Dementia
This study describes family caregiver perceptions of the experience of loss and grief as it occurs prior to and following the death of a relative with dementia. A content analysis was conducted of responses to open-ended questions by a sample of 82 primary caregivers participating in a longitudinal study who had experienced the death of their relative with dementia. Six themes were identified: loss of person and relationship, loss of hope, predea…
The caregiver reaction assessment (CRA) for caregivers to persons with chronic physical and mental impairments
The development and testing of a multidimensional instrument to assess the reactions of family members caring for elderly persons with physical impairments, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer is reported. Forty items were administered to a sample of 377 caregivers of persons with physical impairments and Alzheimer's disease. Five dimensions of caregivers' reactions were identified through exploratory factor analysis. Using confirmatory factor analys…
Promoting positive well‐being in employed mothers
In this quasi-experimental pilot study, women who were returning to work within 6 months after the birth of a first baby were assigned to participate in a control group (n = 13) or a six-session small group intervention (n = 18). The content of the group intervention was developed based on a stress and coping framework (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). The experimental and control groups were surveyed at 2 months after their return to employment and on …
Loss and Grief among Family Caregivers of Relatives with Dementia
This study describes family caregiver perceptions of the experience of loss and grief as it occurs prior to and following the death of a relative with dementia. A content analysis was conducted of responses to open-ended questions by a sample of 82 primary caregivers participating in a longitudinal study who had experienced the death of their relative with dementia. Six themes were identified: loss of person and relationship, loss of hope, predea…
What is a nutritious snack? Level of processing and macronutrient content influences young adults' perceptions
The caregiver reaction assessment (CRA) for caregivers to persons with chronic physical and mental impairments
The development and testing of a multidimensional instrument to assess the reactions of family members caring for elderly persons with physical impairments, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer is reported. Forty items were administered to a sample of 377 caregivers of persons with physical impairments and Alzheimer's disease. Five dimensions of caregivers' reactions were identified through exploratory factor analysis. Using confirmatory factor analys…
Promoting positive well‐being in employed mothers
In this quasi-experimental pilot study, women who were returning to work within 6 months after the birth of a first baby were assigned to participate in a control group (n = 13) or a six-session small group intervention (n = 18). The content of the group intervention was developed based on a stress and coping framework (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). The experimental and control groups were surveyed at 2 months after their return to employment and on …
Loss and Grief among Family Caregivers of Relatives with Dementia
This study describes family caregiver perceptions of the experience of loss and grief as it occurs prior to and following the death of a relative with dementia. A content analysis was conducted of responses to open-ended questions by a sample of 82 primary caregivers participating in a longitudinal study who had experienced the death of their relative with dementia. Six themes were identified: loss of person and relationship, loss of hope, predea…
Values and the Use of Community Services
Objective factors have traditionally been used to study service use. Difficulty in explaining variability in service use has resulted in suggestions that thought be given to subjective factors. Difficulty in isolating subjective factors led to this study of the types of values that influence the use of community services by caregivers of persons with dementing disease. Persons who care for family members who have dementing diseases face an arduou…
Exploration of DSM-IV Criteria in Primary Care Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Objectives: Investigators and clinicians almost always rely on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, 4th edition’s (DSM-IV) somatoform disorders (and its derivative diagnoses) to characterize and identify patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). Our objective was to evaluate this use by determining the prevalence of DSM-IV somatoform and nonsomatoform disorders in patients with MUS proven by a gold standard chart review…
Diet and pregnancy status in Australian women
Objective To investigate and report the diet quality of young Australian women by pregnancy status. Design Pregnancy status was defined as pregnant ( n 606), trying to conceive ( n 454), had a baby in the last 12 months ( n 829) and other ( n 5597). The Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies was used to calculate diet quality using the Australian Recommended Food Score (ARFS) methodology. Nutrient intakes were compared with the Nutrien…
Study protocol of a parent-focused child feeding and dietary intake intervention
Australian Clinical Trials Registration Number: ACTRN12609000356268
Peer education is a feasible method of disseminating information related to child nutrition and feeding between new mothers
High levels of interest in peer educator training and the capacity for mothers to share resources widely and easily via social media offers a potential opportunity to disseminate evidence-based nutrition information. A pilot study investigating the impact of a well-designed, theory-based peer nutrition education program on the child feeding practices of mothers with children aged between six months to two years is warranted
Nudging consumers towards healthier choices
Nudging or ‘choice architecture’ refers to strategic changes in the environment that are anticipated to alter people’s behaviour in a predictable way, without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives. Nudging strategies may be used to promote healthy eating behaviour. However, to date, the scientific evidence has not been systematically reviewed to enable practitioners and policymakers to implement, or argue for …
What is a nutritious snack? Level of processing and macronutrient content influences young adults' perceptions
Positive perceptions and purchase of sustainable foods is associated with higher diet quality in Australian university students
Purpose This study aims to understand university students' perception and engagement with sustainable food practices and the relationship with diet quality. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey assessed Australian university students' sustainable food perceptions and purchasing behaviours, diet quality using the validated Australian Recommended Food Score and attitudes towards on campus sustainable food options. Findings Of respon…
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Disease (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Biology (2 works)