Amanda Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 5666129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Otago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8426-8407 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The potential health impact and healthcare cost savings of different sodium reduction strategies in Canada
Reducing population-level sodium intakes is feasible and has the potential to improve health outcomes and save healthcare costs in Canada. From interventions tested, most health and healthcare costs gains were attributed to fully meeting sodium reduction targets, which highlights the importance of changing the voluntary nature of these targets to mandatory. A combination of strategies, mandatory sodium reduction targets and implementation of the …
Well-being and empowerment perceptions in a sudden shift to working from home
Contextual influences are rarely so impactful and unexpected as those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To continue operating within lockdown restrictions, many organizations, apart from those unable or unwilling to initiate such changes, abruptly adopted a work from home (WFH) or hybrid working pattern. These circumstances raise novel questions about the influence of impactful, unanticipated contextual factors on employee well-being outcome…
Food tax policies in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: Systematic policy review
Objective: To systematically identify and review food taxation policy changes in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). Design: Food taxation polices, regarding excise taxes and tariffs applied from 2000 to 2020 in twenty-two PICTs, and their key characteristics were reviewed. The search was conducted using databases, government legal repositories and broad-based search engines. Identified documents for screening included legislation, …
Healing and wellbeing outcomes of services for Aboriginal people based on cultural therapeutic ways: A systematic scoping review
Aboriginal Australians experience disproportionately high rates of mental health problems as the result of European colonisation, and Western evidence-based treatment has been strikingly ineffective in improving the situation. Cultural Therapeutic Ways is a culturally specific healing and wellbeing practice framework developed by the Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency that focuses on culturally based practices, trauma awareness, and …
Playing by white rules of racial equality: Student athlete experiences of racism in British university sport
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not least education, and sport. These inequalities consistently challenge ‘post-race’ narratives that rationalise racism down to individual prejudices and poor decision-making. This paper presents part of the findings from a wider a twelve-month research project commissioned by British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) to explore race equality. This w…
Questioning the ethics of evidence-based practice for Indigenous health and social settings in Australia
Australian government planning promotes evidence-based action as the overarching goal to achieving health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. However, an inequitable distribution of power and resources in the conduct of evidence-based practice produces a policy environment counterintuitive to this goal. This context of contemporary evidence-based practice gives legitimacy to ‘expert practitioners’ located in Australian…
Exploring Definitions of “Addiction” in Adolescents and Young Adults and Correlation with Substance Use Behaviors
(1) Background: Young people engage in addictive behaviors, but little is known about how they understand addiction. The present study examined how young people describe addiction in their own words and correlations between their definitions and substance use behaviors. (2) Methods: Young adults (n = 1146) in the PACE Vermont Study responded to an open-ended item “what does “addiction” mean?” in 2019. Responses were coded using three inductive ca…
Māori perspectives on alcohol
AimMāori suffer disproportionately from alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa New Zealand. With the view toward informing potential alcohol interventions for Māori, this study synthesises studies on alcohol and alcohol-related harm. MethodsUsing a Māori-centered approach, a narrative review of qualitative studies of Māori perspectives on alcohol was conducted. Journal databases, repositories, and websites were searched for relevant studies published s…
Coordinated individual care planning and shared decision making: Staff perspectives within the comorbidity field of practice
Integrated treatment is recommended for users with a comorbidity of mental illness and substance misuse. However, due to a divided support system, coordinated individual care planning (CIP) and user participation are emphasised to provide users with the necessary support. One way of increasing user participation is through shared decision making. However, the challenges are evident why coordination and user participation are not used in practice …
Capturing the experiences of clinicians implementing a new brief intervention for parents and children who have experienced family violence in Australia
Family violence (FV) affects one in four families. While the evidence regarding therapeutic interventions for children and families who experience FV is expanding, little research has been conducted about clinicians' experiences of implementation. The current study aimed to capture the voices of clinicians delivering a brief dyadic intervention for women and their children after FV exposure. The Brief Relational Intervention and Screening (BRISC)…
Cohort Profile: Effectiveness of a 12-Month Patient-Centred Medical Home Model Versus Standard Care for Chronic Disease Management among Primary Care Patients in Sydney, Australia
Evidence suggests that patient-centred medical home (PCMH) is more effective than standard general practitioner care in improving patient outcomes in primary care. This paper reports on the design, early implementation experiences, and early findings of the 12-month PCMH model called 'WellNet' delivered across six primary care practices in Sydney, Australia. The WellNet study sample comprises 589 consented participants in the intervention group r…
The health and financial impacts of a sugary drink tax across different income groups in Canada
Low-income Canadians would gain the most health benefit from a sugary drinks tax. However, the lowest income quintile would also pay the largest proportion of income in tax. A tax on sugary drinks is therefore financially regressive but forecast to reduce health disparities across Canada
Poor smoke-free status of airports in a country with a smoke-free goal: New Zealand
Despite this country having a smoke-free goal, it has largely deficient smoke-free policies at its airports. There is a case to make airport grounds entirely smoke-free as part of an upgrade of the national smoke-free law
Trends in sugary drinks in Canada, 2004 to 2015: A comparison of market sales and dietary intake data
Objective: The current study aimed to examine the correspondence between sales data and dietary recall data for sugary drinks in Canada. Design: Repeat cross-sectional analysis of sales data for sugary drinks sold in Canada from 2004 to 2015 from two sources: GlobalData (GD) and Euromonitor (EM). Sugary drinks included ten beverage categories containing free sugars. Analyses examined sales volumes over time, with adjustment for population growth.…
How many calories did I just eat?’ An experimental study examining the effect of changes to serving size information on nutrition labels
Objective To test modifications to nutrition label serving size information on understanding of energy (calorie) content among youth and young adults. Design Participants completed two online experiments. First, participants were randomly assigned to view a beverage nutrition label with a reference amount of per serving (250 ml), per container (473 ml) or a dual-column format with both reference amounts. Participants were then randomized to view …
Addressing risk factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents in out-of-home care: The Healthy Eating and Active Living (Heal) study
Rates of overweight and obesity increase significantly whilst children and young people are in out-of-home care. This paper provides the protocol for a study, funded by the Australian Research Council (2012–2014), being conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a Healthy Eating and Active Living intervention programme for adolescents who live in out-of-home residential care. This randomised trial will be conducted with 118 adolescents aged 13–17…
Assessing research activity on priority interventions for non-communicable disease prevention in low- and middle-income countries: A bibliometric analysis
INTRODUCTION: Action is urgently needed to curb the rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and reduce the resulting social and economic burdens. There is global evidence about the most cost-effective interventions for addressing the main NCD risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and alcohol misuse. However, it is unknown how much research is focused on informi…
The social endocrinology of dominance: Basal testosterone predicts cortisol changes and behavior following victory and defeat
Past research suggests that individuals high in basal testosterone are motivated to gain high status. The present research extends previous work by examining endocrinological and behavioral consequences of high and low status as a function of basal testosterone. The outcome of a competition--victory versus defeat--was used as a marker of status. In Study 1, high testosterone men who lost in a dog agility competition rose in cortisol, whereas high…
Aspects of Motivation of a Volunteer Aids Care Team Program
The South Carolina AIDS Care Team Program, directed by The Ecumenical AIDS Ministry, a component of the South Carolina Christian Action Council, provides emotional and supportive services to people living with HIV and AIDS. A sample of volunteer care team members participated in five focus groups as part of a process evaluation. Care teams were asked to participate based on years since training (new vs. experienced), race (white vs. African Ameri…
The social endocrinology of dominance: Basal testosterone predicts cortisol changes and behavior following victory and defeat
Past research suggests that individuals high in basal testosterone are motivated to gain high status. The present research extends previous work by examining endocrinological and behavioral consequences of high and low status as a function of basal testosterone. The outcome of a competition--victory versus defeat--was used as a marker of status. In Study 1, high testosterone men who lost in a dog agility competition rose in cortisol, whereas high…
Playing by white rules of racial equality: Student athlete experiences of racism in British university sport
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not least education, and sport. These inequalities consistently challenge ‘post-race’ narratives that rationalise racism down to individual prejudices and poor decision-making. This paper presents part of the findings from a wider a twelve-month research project commissioned by British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) to explore race equality. This w…
Coordinated individual care planning and shared decision making: Staff perspectives within the comorbidity field of practice
Integrated treatment is recommended for users with a comorbidity of mental illness and substance misuse. However, due to a divided support system, coordinated individual care planning (CIP) and user participation are emphasised to provide users with the necessary support. One way of increasing user participation is through shared decision making. However, the challenges are evident why coordination and user participation are not used in practice …
Aspects of Motivation of a Volunteer Aids Care Team Program
The South Carolina AIDS Care Team Program, directed by The Ecumenical AIDS Ministry, a component of the South Carolina Christian Action Council, provides emotional and supportive services to people living with HIV and AIDS. A sample of volunteer care team members participated in five focus groups as part of a process evaluation. Care teams were asked to participate based on years since training (new vs. experienced), race (white vs. African Ameri…
The social endocrinology of dominance: Basal testosterone predicts cortisol changes and behavior following victory and defeat
Past research suggests that individuals high in basal testosterone are motivated to gain high status. The present research extends previous work by examining endocrinological and behavioral consequences of high and low status as a function of basal testosterone. The outcome of a competition--victory versus defeat--was used as a marker of status. In Study 1, high testosterone men who lost in a dog agility competition rose in cortisol, whereas high…
Assessing research activity on priority interventions for non-communicable disease prevention in low- and middle-income countries: A bibliometric analysis
INTRODUCTION: Action is urgently needed to curb the rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and reduce the resulting social and economic burdens. There is global evidence about the most cost-effective interventions for addressing the main NCD risk factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and alcohol misuse. However, it is unknown how much research is focused on informi…
Addressing risk factors of overweight and obesity among adolescents in out-of-home care: The Healthy Eating and Active Living (Heal) study
Rates of overweight and obesity increase significantly whilst children and young people are in out-of-home care. This paper provides the protocol for a study, funded by the Australian Research Council (2012–2014), being conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a Healthy Eating and Active Living intervention programme for adolescents who live in out-of-home residential care. This randomised trial will be conducted with 118 adolescents aged 13–17…
How many calories did I just eat?’ An experimental study examining the effect of changes to serving size information on nutrition labels
Objective To test modifications to nutrition label serving size information on understanding of energy (calorie) content among youth and young adults. Design Participants completed two online experiments. First, participants were randomly assigned to view a beverage nutrition label with a reference amount of per serving (250 ml), per container (473 ml) or a dual-column format with both reference amounts. Participants were then randomized to view …
Trends in sugary drinks in Canada, 2004 to 2015: A comparison of market sales and dietary intake data
Objective: The current study aimed to examine the correspondence between sales data and dietary recall data for sugary drinks in Canada. Design: Repeat cross-sectional analysis of sales data for sugary drinks sold in Canada from 2004 to 2015 from two sources: GlobalData (GD) and Euromonitor (EM). Sugary drinks included ten beverage categories containing free sugars. Analyses examined sales volumes over time, with adjustment for population growth.…
Cohort Profile: Effectiveness of a 12-Month Patient-Centred Medical Home Model Versus Standard Care for Chronic Disease Management among Primary Care Patients in Sydney, Australia
Evidence suggests that patient-centred medical home (PCMH) is more effective than standard general practitioner care in improving patient outcomes in primary care. This paper reports on the design, early implementation experiences, and early findings of the 12-month PCMH model called 'WellNet' delivered across six primary care practices in Sydney, Australia. The WellNet study sample comprises 589 consented participants in the intervention group r…
The health and financial impacts of a sugary drink tax across different income groups in Canada
Low-income Canadians would gain the most health benefit from a sugary drinks tax. However, the lowest income quintile would also pay the largest proportion of income in tax. A tax on sugary drinks is therefore financially regressive but forecast to reduce health disparities across Canada
Poor smoke-free status of airports in a country with a smoke-free goal: New Zealand
Despite this country having a smoke-free goal, it has largely deficient smoke-free policies at its airports. There is a case to make airport grounds entirely smoke-free as part of an upgrade of the national smoke-free law
Māori perspectives on alcohol
AimMāori suffer disproportionately from alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa New Zealand. With the view toward informing potential alcohol interventions for Māori, this study synthesises studies on alcohol and alcohol-related harm. MethodsUsing a Māori-centered approach, a narrative review of qualitative studies of Māori perspectives on alcohol was conducted. Journal databases, repositories, and websites were searched for relevant studies published s…
Coordinated individual care planning and shared decision making: Staff perspectives within the comorbidity field of practice
Integrated treatment is recommended for users with a comorbidity of mental illness and substance misuse. However, due to a divided support system, coordinated individual care planning (CIP) and user participation are emphasised to provide users with the necessary support. One way of increasing user participation is through shared decision making. However, the challenges are evident why coordination and user participation are not used in practice …
Capturing the experiences of clinicians implementing a new brief intervention for parents and children who have experienced family violence in Australia
Family violence (FV) affects one in four families. While the evidence regarding therapeutic interventions for children and families who experience FV is expanding, little research has been conducted about clinicians' experiences of implementation. The current study aimed to capture the voices of clinicians delivering a brief dyadic intervention for women and their children after FV exposure. The Brief Relational Intervention and Screening (BRISC)…
Questioning the ethics of evidence-based practice for Indigenous health and social settings in Australia
Australian government planning promotes evidence-based action as the overarching goal to achieving health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. However, an inequitable distribution of power and resources in the conduct of evidence-based practice produces a policy environment counterintuitive to this goal. This context of contemporary evidence-based practice gives legitimacy to ‘expert practitioners’ located in Australian…
Exploring Definitions of “Addiction” in Adolescents and Young Adults and Correlation with Substance Use Behaviors
(1) Background: Young people engage in addictive behaviors, but little is known about how they understand addiction. The present study examined how young people describe addiction in their own words and correlations between their definitions and substance use behaviors. (2) Methods: Young adults (n = 1146) in the PACE Vermont Study responded to an open-ended item “what does “addiction” mean?” in 2019. Responses were coded using three inductive ca…
Playing by white rules of racial equality: Student athlete experiences of racism in British university sport
Inequalities related to racial identity are consistently reported across social institutions, not least education, and sport. These inequalities consistently challenge ‘post-race’ narratives that rationalise racism down to individual prejudices and poor decision-making. This paper presents part of the findings from a wider a twelve-month research project commissioned by British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) to explore race equality. This w…
Well-being and empowerment perceptions in a sudden shift to working from home
Contextual influences are rarely so impactful and unexpected as those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To continue operating within lockdown restrictions, many organizations, apart from those unable or unwilling to initiate such changes, abruptly adopted a work from home (WFH) or hybrid working pattern. These circumstances raise novel questions about the influence of impactful, unanticipated contextual factors on employee well-being outcome…
Food tax policies in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: Systematic policy review
Objective: To systematically identify and review food taxation policy changes in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). Design: Food taxation polices, regarding excise taxes and tariffs applied from 2000 to 2020 in twenty-two PICTs, and their key characteristics were reviewed. The search was conducted using databases, government legal repositories and broad-based search engines. Identified documents for screening included legislation, …
Healing and wellbeing outcomes of services for Aboriginal people based on cultural therapeutic ways: A systematic scoping review
Aboriginal Australians experience disproportionately high rates of mental health problems as the result of European colonisation, and Western evidence-based treatment has been strikingly ineffective in improving the situation. Cultural Therapeutic Ways is a culturally specific healing and wellbeing practice framework developed by the Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency that focuses on culturally based practices, trauma awareness, and …
The potential health impact and healthcare cost savings of different sodium reduction strategies in Canada
Reducing population-level sodium intakes is feasible and has the potential to improve health outcomes and save healthcare costs in Canada. From interventions tested, most health and healthcare costs gains were attributed to fully meeting sodium reduction targets, which highlights the importance of changing the voluntary nature of these targets to mandatory. A combination of strategies, mandatory sodium reduction targets and implementation of the …
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Population (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)