Melanie Nichols
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5501427 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Melanie Nichols |
| PRENOMES | Melanie |
| SOBRENOME | Nichols |
| ASSINATURA | NICHOLS M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7834-5899 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Valuing Australian parent preferences for community-based nutrition and physical activity initiatives
Parent engagement in community-based obesity prevention interventions (CBOPIs) enhances obesity prevention outcomes. Actions from CBOPIs may also have climate change-related impacts, but little is known about specific elements of CBOPIs that promote parental engagement, and whether parents prefer CBOPIs that aim to address obesity alone or obesity and climate change warrants further investigation. An unlabelled 12-choice task discrete choice expe…
Including climate change in community-based obesity prevention interventions
CBOPIs that use double-duty actions to intentionally target obesity prevention and climate change action may play an important role in addressing two critical public health issues at the community level. Whilst CBOPI funders are supportive of double-duty actions, modifications from strategy and partnerships may be required to realise the successful implementation
The common drivers of children and young people’s health and wellbeing across 13 local government areas
Combining large CLDs into a simple diagram represents a generalisable model of the drivers of complex health problems
Community coalition efforts to prevent childhood obesity
SUU5 had positive effects on "upstream" drivers of early childhood obesity by increasing knowledge and engagement. These changes partially diffused through networks and may have changed "midstream" community policies, systems, and environments
How healthy and affordable are foods and beverages sold in school canteens? A cross-sectional study comparing menus from Victorian primary schools
Objective: Government policy guidance in Victoria, Australia, encourages schools to provide affordable, healthy foods in canteens. This study analysed the healthiness and price of items available in canteens in Victorian primary schools and associations with school characteristics. Design: Dietitians classified menu items (main, snack and beverage) using the red, amber and green traffic light system defined in the Victorian government’s School Ca…
Understanding weight status and dietary intakes among Australian school children by remoteness
Objective: To determine whether primary school children’s weight status and dietary behaviours vary by remoteness as defined by the Australian Modified Monash Model (MMM). Design: A cross-sectional study design was used to conduct secondary analysis of baseline data from primary school students participating in a community-based childhood obesity trial. Logistic mixed models estimated associations between remoteness, measured weight status and se…
Socio-economic and Regional Differences in Walkability and Greenspace Around Primary Schools
The impact of a community-based intervention on weight, weight-related behaviours and health-related quality of life in primary school children in Victoria, Australia, according to socio-economic posi…
The WHO STOPS intervention had differential effects on several weight-related behaviours according to SEP, including physical activity. Similar impacts on HRQoL outcomes were found between high and low SEP groups. Importantly, the trial evaluation was not powered to detect subgroup differences. Future evaluations of CBIs should be designed with an equity lens, to understand if and how these types of interventions can benefit all community members…
Integrating Complex Systems Methods to Advance Obesity Prevention Intervention Research
Background. Whole-of-community interventions have been recommended and show promise for preventing obesity; however, research to understand the mechanisms underlying their success or failure is lacking. Complex systems approaches may be useful to address this gap. Purpose. To describe the evolution and utilization of qualitative and quantitative complex systems methods to understand and model whole-of-community obesity prevention interventions. A…
Profiling Malnutrition Prevalence among Australian Rural In-Patients Using a Retrospective Census of Electronic Medical Files over a 12-Month Period
In-patient malnutrition leads to poor outcomes and mortality, and it is largely uninvestigated in non-urban populations. This study sought to: (1) retrospectively estimate the prevalence of malnutrition as diagnosed by dietetics in the rural Australian setting; (2) establish the proportion of all patients at "nutritional risk"; and (3) explore associations between demographic and clinical factors with malnutrition diagnosis and nutritional risk. …
A comparison of the modelled impacts on CVD mortality if attainment of public health recommendations was achieved in metropolitan and rural Australia
Objective: To (i) determine the proportion of deaths from CVD that could be avoided in both rural and metropolitan Australia if public health recommendations were met; (ii) assess the impact on the rural CVD mortality; and (iii) determine if policy priorities should be different by rurality for CVD prevention. Design: A macro-simulation modelling study of population data. Population, risk factor and CVD death data stratified by rurality were anal…
Associations between School Food Environments, Body Mass Index and Dietary Intakes among Regional School Students in Victoria, Australia
(1) Background: Childhood overweight and obesity is a significant and preventable problem worldwide. School environments have been suggested to be plausible targets for interventions seeking to improve the quality of children's dietary intake. The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which the current characteristics of the school food environment were associated with primary school students' dietary intake and Body Mass Index (…
Quantifying the Association Between Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
Background The relationships between physical activity ( PA ) and both cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM ) have predominantly been estimated using categorical measures of PA , masking the shape of the dose‐response relationship. In this systematic review and meta‐analysis, for the very first time we are able to derive a single continuous PA metric to compare the association between PA and CVD /T2 DM , both before …
Characterising the extent of misreporting of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes using the Australian Health Survey
Underreporting has important implications for CVD risk factor surveillance, policy planning and decisions, and clinical best-practice guidelines. This analysis highlights concerns about the reach of primary prevention efforts in certain groups and implications for patients who may be unaware of their disease risk status
Associations between obesogenic risk and depressive symptomatology in Australian adolescents
BACKGROUND: Depression and obesity are significant health concerns currently facing adolescents worldwide. This paper investigates the associations between obesity and related risk behaviours and depressive symptomatology in an Australian adolescent population. METHODS: Data from the Australian Capital Territory It's Your Move project, an Australian community-based intervention project were used. In 2012, 800 students (440 females, 360 males) age…
Consumption patterns of sweet drinks in a population of Australian children and adolescents (2003–2008)
The proportion of Australian children and adolescents from the state of Victoria consuming sweet drinks has been stable or decreasing, although a high proportion of this sample consumed sweet drinks, especially fruit juice/cordial at both time points
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Consumption patterns of sweet drinks in a population of Australian children and adolescents (2003–2008)
The proportion of Australian children and adolescents from the state of Victoria consuming sweet drinks has been stable or decreasing, although a high proportion of this sample consumed sweet drinks, especially fruit juice/cordial at both time points
Associations between obesogenic risk and depressive symptomatology in Australian adolescents
BACKGROUND: Depression and obesity are significant health concerns currently facing adolescents worldwide. This paper investigates the associations between obesity and related risk behaviours and depressive symptomatology in an Australian adolescent population. METHODS: Data from the Australian Capital Territory It's Your Move project, an Australian community-based intervention project were used. In 2012, 800 students (440 females, 360 males) age…
Quantifying the Association Between Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
Background The relationships between physical activity ( PA ) and both cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM ) have predominantly been estimated using categorical measures of PA , masking the shape of the dose‐response relationship. In this systematic review and meta‐analysis, for the very first time we are able to derive a single continuous PA metric to compare the association between PA and CVD /T2 DM , both before …
Characterising the extent of misreporting of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes using the Australian Health Survey
Underreporting has important implications for CVD risk factor surveillance, policy planning and decisions, and clinical best-practice guidelines. This analysis highlights concerns about the reach of primary prevention efforts in certain groups and implications for patients who may be unaware of their disease risk status
Associations between School Food Environments, Body Mass Index and Dietary Intakes among Regional School Students in Victoria, Australia
(1) Background: Childhood overweight and obesity is a significant and preventable problem worldwide. School environments have been suggested to be plausible targets for interventions seeking to improve the quality of children's dietary intake. The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which the current characteristics of the school food environment were associated with primary school students' dietary intake and Body Mass Index (…
Integrating Complex Systems Methods to Advance Obesity Prevention Intervention Research
Background. Whole-of-community interventions have been recommended and show promise for preventing obesity; however, research to understand the mechanisms underlying their success or failure is lacking. Complex systems approaches may be useful to address this gap. Purpose. To describe the evolution and utilization of qualitative and quantitative complex systems methods to understand and model whole-of-community obesity prevention interventions. A…
Profiling Malnutrition Prevalence among Australian Rural In-Patients Using a Retrospective Census of Electronic Medical Files over a 12-Month Period
In-patient malnutrition leads to poor outcomes and mortality, and it is largely uninvestigated in non-urban populations. This study sought to: (1) retrospectively estimate the prevalence of malnutrition as diagnosed by dietetics in the rural Australian setting; (2) establish the proportion of all patients at "nutritional risk"; and (3) explore associations between demographic and clinical factors with malnutrition diagnosis and nutritional risk. …
A comparison of the modelled impacts on CVD mortality if attainment of public health recommendations was achieved in metropolitan and rural Australia
Objective: To (i) determine the proportion of deaths from CVD that could be avoided in both rural and metropolitan Australia if public health recommendations were met; (ii) assess the impact on the rural CVD mortality; and (iii) determine if policy priorities should be different by rurality for CVD prevention. Design: A macro-simulation modelling study of population data. Population, risk factor and CVD death data stratified by rurality were anal…
Socio-economic and Regional Differences in Walkability and Greenspace Around Primary Schools
The impact of a community-based intervention on weight, weight-related behaviours and health-related quality of life in primary school children in Victoria, Australia, according to socio-economic posi…
The WHO STOPS intervention had differential effects on several weight-related behaviours according to SEP, including physical activity. Similar impacts on HRQoL outcomes were found between high and low SEP groups. Importantly, the trial evaluation was not powered to detect subgroup differences. Future evaluations of CBIs should be designed with an equity lens, to understand if and how these types of interventions can benefit all community members…
Community coalition efforts to prevent childhood obesity
SUU5 had positive effects on "upstream" drivers of early childhood obesity by increasing knowledge and engagement. These changes partially diffused through networks and may have changed "midstream" community policies, systems, and environments
How healthy and affordable are foods and beverages sold in school canteens? A cross-sectional study comparing menus from Victorian primary schools
Objective: Government policy guidance in Victoria, Australia, encourages schools to provide affordable, healthy foods in canteens. This study analysed the healthiness and price of items available in canteens in Victorian primary schools and associations with school characteristics. Design: Dietitians classified menu items (main, snack and beverage) using the red, amber and green traffic light system defined in the Victorian government’s School Ca…
Understanding weight status and dietary intakes among Australian school children by remoteness
Objective: To determine whether primary school children’s weight status and dietary behaviours vary by remoteness as defined by the Australian Modified Monash Model (MMM). Design: A cross-sectional study design was used to conduct secondary analysis of baseline data from primary school students participating in a community-based childhood obesity trial. Logistic mixed models estimated associations between remoteness, measured weight status and se…
The common drivers of children and young people’s health and wellbeing across 13 local government areas
Combining large CLDs into a simple diagram represents a generalisable model of the drivers of complex health problems
Including climate change in community-based obesity prevention interventions
CBOPIs that use double-duty actions to intentionally target obesity prevention and climate change action may play an important role in addressing two critical public health issues at the community level. Whilst CBOPI funders are supportive of double-duty actions, modifications from strategy and partnerships may be required to realise the successful implementation
Valuing Australian parent preferences for community-based nutrition and physical activity initiatives
Parent engagement in community-based obesity prevention interventions (CBOPIs) enhances obesity prevention outcomes. Actions from CBOPIs may also have climate change-related impacts, but little is known about specific elements of CBOPIs that promote parental engagement, and whether parents prefer CBOPIs that aim to address obesity alone or obesity and climate change warrants further investigation. An unlabelled 12-choice task discrete choice expe…
Medicine (14 obras) · Environmental health (11 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 obras) · Public health (8 obras) · Biostatistics (6 obras) · Demography (6 obras) · Obesity (6 obras) · Population (6 obras) · Cross-sectional study (5 obras) · Demography (5 obras)