Nadia Corsini
Biographic Data
| ID | 4889730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nadia Corsini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nadia |
| FAMILY NAME | Corsini |
| SIGNATURE | CORSINI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7614-5041 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Conceptualization and implementation of community social prescribing evaluation
Social prescribing involves trusted individuals in clinical and community settings identifying non-medical, health-related social needs and connecting people to community-based supports through a collaboratively developed social prescription. Social prescribing operates within a dynamic, complex adaptive system, making evaluation challenging. This study presents two Australian case studies of co-designed social prescribing programs— Connect Local…
Mental health of Australian frontline nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic
Increased work demands worsen anxiety, depression and stress of frontline nurses. • Quantitative and emotional demands are positively associated with burnout during COVID-19. • Emotional demands have sizable effects on people with severe mental symptoms. • Hospital nurses experience increased anxiety, depression, and stress during a pandemic. • Concerns about job security lead to poorer mental health among nurses. This paper investigates the effe…
A project co-created with the community to mitigate loneliness in midlife women
This paper describes how a team of researchers, policy stakeholders and community members came together to co-create prevention-oriented and community-informed solutions to address loneliness in women—The Loneliness Project. Our aim is to encourage community partnerships and collective effort to address public health approaches to loneliness by developing a shared understanding of the issue from multiple perspectives and through the co-creation p…
Challenges and opportunities for using population health data to investigate cancer survivors’ quality of life in Australia
There is a recognised need for reported national data that inform health policy, health professions, and consumers about the wellbeing of Australians with cancer and other chronic conditions. International initiatives have demonstrated the viability and benefits of utilising population-based cancer registries to monitor the prevalence and trajectory of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes among people with cancer. Establishing a simila…
Pumpkin is “yucky”
That’s enough now!”
Eating in the absence of hunger in young children
Parental feeding practices to manage snack food intake
Maternal responses to difficult food request scenarios
This study sought to identify parent-feeding behaviours in real-life difficult feeding situations through the use of a set of scenarios. These were then used to examine links between parent feeding and child snack intake. Mothers of children aged 2–7 years ( n = 611) completed an online survey containing five snack food request scenarios, two commonly used parent-feeding scales (Restriction and Covert Control), and reported on their child’s snack…
Motivations for avoiding wheat consumption in Australia
Objective To assess the prevalence of and explanations for wheat avoidance, including reported symptoms, diagnoses and information sources influencing the decision to avoid wheat, and to investigate potential psychological predictors of this behaviour. Design Cross-sectional population survey. Setting The study was conducted in Australia, using a nationwide postal omnibus survey. Subjects Adults aged 18 years and over ( n 1184; 52·9 % female) sel…
Managing young children's snack food intake. The role of parenting style and feeding strategies
Rewards can be used effectively with repeated exposure to increase liking of vegetables in 4–6-year-old children
Objective To examine whether parents offering a sticker reward to their child to taste a vegetable the child does not currently consume is associated with improvements in children's liking and consumption of the vegetable. Design A randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of exposure only (EO) and exposure plus reward (E + R), relative to a control group, on children's liking and consumption of a target vegetable. Assessments were …
Understanding parent concerns about children’s diet, activity and weight status
Objective To identify parents’ concerns and attitudes towards children’s diets, activity habits and weight status. Design Computer-assisted telephone interviewing administration of a 37-item survey. Data were weighted for parental education level. Descriptive results are presented, and comparisons are made by the age, gender and parental characteristics of the child. Setting Online research panel of Australian parents. Subjects A total of 1202 ra…
Parental use of restrictive feeding practices and child BMI z-score. A 3-year prospective cohort study
Development and preliminary validation of the Toddler Snack Food Feeding Questionnaire
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Child Feeding Questionnaire in Australian preschool children
Parental use of restrictive feeding practices and child BMI z-score. A 3-year prospective cohort study
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Child Feeding Questionnaire in Australian preschool children
Managing young children's snack food intake. The role of parenting style and feeding strategies
Parental feeding practices to manage snack food intake
Eating in the absence of hunger in young children
Pumpkin is “yucky”
That’s enough now!”
Development and preliminary validation of the Toddler Snack Food Feeding Questionnaire
Maternal responses to difficult food request scenarios
This study sought to identify parent-feeding behaviours in real-life difficult feeding situations through the use of a set of scenarios. These were then used to examine links between parent feeding and child snack intake. Mothers of children aged 2–7 years ( n = 611) completed an online survey containing five snack food request scenarios, two commonly used parent-feeding scales (Restriction and Covert Control), and reported on their child’s snack…
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Child Feeding Questionnaire in Australian preschool children
Understanding parent concerns about children’s diet, activity and weight status
Objective To identify parents’ concerns and attitudes towards children’s diets, activity habits and weight status. Design Computer-assisted telephone interviewing administration of a 37-item survey. Data were weighted for parental education level. Descriptive results are presented, and comparisons are made by the age, gender and parental characteristics of the child. Setting Online research panel of Australian parents. Subjects A total of 1202 ra…
Parental use of restrictive feeding practices and child BMI z-score. A 3-year prospective cohort study
Development and preliminary validation of the Toddler Snack Food Feeding Questionnaire
Rewards can be used effectively with repeated exposure to increase liking of vegetables in 4–6-year-old children
Objective To examine whether parents offering a sticker reward to their child to taste a vegetable the child does not currently consume is associated with improvements in children's liking and consumption of the vegetable. Design A randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of exposure only (EO) and exposure plus reward (E + R), relative to a control group, on children's liking and consumption of a target vegetable. Assessments were …
Motivations for avoiding wheat consumption in Australia
Objective To assess the prevalence of and explanations for wheat avoidance, including reported symptoms, diagnoses and information sources influencing the decision to avoid wheat, and to investigate potential psychological predictors of this behaviour. Design Cross-sectional population survey. Setting The study was conducted in Australia, using a nationwide postal omnibus survey. Subjects Adults aged 18 years and over ( n 1184; 52·9 % female) sel…
Managing young children's snack food intake. The role of parenting style and feeding strategies
Maternal responses to difficult food request scenarios
This study sought to identify parent-feeding behaviours in real-life difficult feeding situations through the use of a set of scenarios. These were then used to examine links between parent feeding and child snack intake. Mothers of children aged 2–7 years ( n = 611) completed an online survey containing five snack food request scenarios, two commonly used parent-feeding scales (Restriction and Covert Control), and reported on their child’s snack…
That’s enough now!”
Eating in the absence of hunger in young children
Parental feeding practices to manage snack food intake
Pumpkin is “yucky”
Challenges and opportunities for using population health data to investigate cancer survivors’ quality of life in Australia
There is a recognised need for reported national data that inform health policy, health professions, and consumers about the wellbeing of Australians with cancer and other chronic conditions. International initiatives have demonstrated the viability and benefits of utilising population-based cancer registries to monitor the prevalence and trajectory of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes among people with cancer. Establishing a simila…
A project co-created with the community to mitigate loneliness in midlife women
This paper describes how a team of researchers, policy stakeholders and community members came together to co-create prevention-oriented and community-informed solutions to address loneliness in women—The Loneliness Project. Our aim is to encourage community partnerships and collective effort to address public health approaches to loneliness by developing a shared understanding of the issue from multiple perspectives and through the co-creation p…
Mental health of Australian frontline nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic
Increased work demands worsen anxiety, depression and stress of frontline nurses. • Quantitative and emotional demands are positively associated with burnout during COVID-19. • Emotional demands have sizable effects on people with severe mental symptoms. • Hospital nurses experience increased anxiety, depression, and stress during a pandemic. • Concerns about job security lead to poorer mental health among nurses. This paper investigates the effe…
Conceptualization and implementation of community social prescribing evaluation
Social prescribing involves trusted individuals in clinical and community settings identifying non-medical, health-related social needs and connecting people to community-based supports through a collaboratively developed social prescription. Social prescribing operates within a dynamic, complex adaptive system, making evaluation challenging. This study presents two Australian case studies of co-designed social prescribing programs— Connect Local…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (11 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Covert (4 works) · Food Science (4 works)