Carl Pollard
Biographic Data
| ID | 737813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carl Pollard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carl |
| FAMILY NAME | Pollard |
| SIGNATURE | POLLARD C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4261-4601 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Prevalence and correlates of the food insecurity experience among Australian adults in 2020: Results from the household, income and labour dynamics in Australia population survey
The association between participation in mental health protective behaviours and mental well-being: Cross sectional survey among Western Australian adults
Protecting mental health is a public health priority. Social marketing campaigns can encourage uptake of healthful behaviours. The Act Belong Commit® mental health promotion campaign encourages participation in mentally protective behaviours. To examine the relationship between mentally protective behaviours and mental well-being among West Australian adults exposed to the Act Belong Commit ® campaign. Cross-sectional telephone interviews conduct…
Nationally representative estimates of food insecurity during Covid‐19: An investigation of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale in Australia
The purpose of this paper was to measure the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) in Australia during the COVID‐19 pandemic using the 8‐item Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Employing the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, Rasch models alongside a discrete method were used to investigate the severity of FI and robustness of the 8‐item FIES during 2020–2021. Our results indicate that during 2020–2021, 6.47% of…
Promoting mental well-being in Western Australia: Act Belong Commit ® mental health promotion campaign partners’ perspectives
The Act Belong Commit® mental health promotion campaign aims to improve population mental well-being. Based on a social-franchising model, partnerships are sought with organizations offering ‘mentally healthy activities’ that foster social connectedness and mental well-being. There are four categories of partner organizations sought: Site (government agencies and health services), Associate (organizations with state-wide or national services), Co…
Young people's alcohol use in and around water: A scoping review of the literature
Parents’ attitudes towards the No Jab No Play legislation in Western Australia: A mixed methods study
Parents appreciation of funded immunisation programs and mandates which enhance individual and community protection was evident. However for others unintended consequences of the mandate resulted in significant social, emotional, financial and educational impacts. Long-term evidence highlights the positive impact of immunisation programs. Opinions of impacted families should be considered to alleviate mental health stressors
Benchmarking for healthy food stores: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial with remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia to enhance adoption of health-enabling store…
ACTRN12622000596707, Protocol version 1
Development of a survey tool to assess the environmental determinants of health-enabling food retail practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of remote Australia
The application of this evidence-informed, co-designed survey will provide a first-time cross-sectional analysis and the potential for ongoing longitudinal data and advocacy on how environmental factors affect the operations of remote stores
Australian Consumers’ Attitudes towards Sustainable Diet Practices Regarding Food Waste, Food Processing, and the Health Aspects of Diet: A Cross Sectional Survey
Environmentally sustainable diets are increasingly aspired to in food-based dietary guidelines across the world. However, little is known about consumer attitudes toward these diets when making food decisions. This study aimed to identify the demographic characteristics of Australian adults based on the level of attention they paid to the healthfulness of their diet, their consideration of the level of food processing, and their concern about hou…
Development of the Menu Assessment Scoring Tool (Mast) to Assess the Nutritional Quality of Food Service Menus
Preventing the rise in obesity is a global public health priority. Neighbourhood environments can help or undermine people's efforts to manage their weight, depending on availability of nutritious and nutrient-poor 'discretionary' foods. The proportion of household food budgets spent on eating outside the home is increasing. To inform nutrition policy at a local level, an objective assessment of the nutritional quality of foods and beverages on f…
Food security definition, measures and advocacy priorities in high-income countries: A Delphi consensus study
Objective: To establish an international consensus on the definition of food security, measures and advocacy priorities in high-income countries. Design: A two-round online Delphi survey with closing in March 2020 and December 2021. Consensus was set a priori at 75 %. Qualitative data were synthesised and priorities were ranked. Setting: High-income countries. Participants: Household food security experts in academia, government and non-governmen…
Perspectives of Food Insecurity and Service Delivery amongst Emergency Food Relief Clients in a Regional City in Victoria, Australia
This cross-sectional study examined the experiences of people accessing Emergency Food Relief (EFR) in the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, including determinants, impacts of food insecurity, and service delivery recommendations. The forty-one item survey examined demographics, food security status (six-item adult US-Household Food Security Survey Module), food acquisition, use of charitable food services, and self-rated health. Ad…
A Food Relief Charter for South Australia—Towards a Shared Vision for Pathways Out of Food Insecurity
Chronic food insecurity persists in high-income countries, leading to an entrenched need for food relief. In Australia, food relief services primarily focus on providing food to meet immediate need. To date, there has been few examples of a vision in the sector towards client outcomes and pathways out of food insecurity. In 2016, the South Australian Government commissioned research and community sector engagement to identify potential policy act…
How Do Disadvantaged Children Perceive, Understand and Experience Household Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is associated with reduced physical, social, and psychological functioning in children. There has been sparse research into child food insecurity that incorporates children's own perspectives, as adults are often interviewed as child proxies. While a nuanced, child-centred understanding of food insecurity is needed to inform effective policy and program responses, little is known about Australian children's firsthand understanding…
Using the Food Stress Index for Emergency Food Assistance: An Australian Case Series Analysis during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Natural Disasters
Food insecurity increases with human and natural disasters. Two tools were developed to assist effective food relief in Western Australia: the Food Stress Index (similar to rental stress, predicts the likelihood of household food insecurity by geographic location) and a basic and nutritious Food Basket Recommendation (that quantifies the types and amounts of food to meet dietary recommendations for different family types). This study aims to unde…
Initiatives and partnerships in an Australian metropolitan obesity prevention system: A social network analysis
Applying a systems thinking lens to local obesity prevention revealed that initiatives conducted focused on individual-level behaviour change and that collaboration and communication between organisations focused on information sharing. Capturing the extent and nature of initiatives and the way partnerships operate to improve obesity prevention can help to identify opportunities to strengthen the networks
The nutritional quality of supermarket own brand chilled convenience foods: An Australian cross-sectional study reveals limitations of the Health Star Rating
Objective: To assess the nutritional quality of Australian supermarket own brand chilled convenience foods (SOBCCF), for example, ready meals, pizza, pies and desserts. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Two large supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths) in Perth, Western Australia were audited in February 2017. Participants: Data were extracted from photographic images of 291 SOBCCF, including front-of-pack information (i.e. product name, description …
Social Assistance Payments and Food Insecurity inAustralia: Evidence from the HouseholdExpenditure Survey
It is widely understood that households with low economic resources and poor labourmarket attachment are at considerable risk of food insecurity in Australia. However, little is knownabout variations in food insecurity by receipt of specific classes of social assistance payments thatare made through the social security system. Using newly released data from the 2016 HouseholdExpenditure Survey, this paper reports on variations in food insecurity …
Long-Term Food Insecurity, Hunger and Risky Food Acquisition Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study of Food Charity Recipients in an Australian Capital City
Inadequate social protection, stagnant wages, unemployment, and homelessness are associated with Australian household food insecurity. Little is known about the recipients of food charity and whether their needs are being met. This cross-sectional study of 101 food charity recipients in Perth, Western Australia, measured food security, weight status, sociodemographic characteristics and food acquisition practices. Seventy-nine percent were male, …
Food Insecurity and Hunger in Rich Countries—It Is Time for Action against Inequality
Household food insecurity is a serious public health concern in rich countries with developed economies closely associated with inequality. The prevalence of household food insecurity is relatively high in some developed countries, ranging from 8 to 20% of the population. Human rights approaches have the potential to address the structural causes, not just the symptoms of food insecurity. Despite most developed countries ratifying the Covenant on…
The Impact of Voluntary Policies on Parents’ Ability to Select Healthy Foods in Supermarkets: A Qualitative Study of Australian Parental Views
Food packaging is used for marketing purposes, providing consumers with information about product attributes at the point-of-sale and thus influencing food choice. The Australian government focuses on voluntary policies to address inappropriate food marketing, including the Health Star Rating nutrition label. This research explored the way marketing via packaging information influences Australian parents' ability to select healthy foods for their…
Positioning food standards programmes to protect public health: Current performance, future opportunities and necessary reforms
Objective To assess current performance and identify opportunities and reforms necessary for positioning a food standards programme to help protect public health against dietary risk factors. Design A case study design in which a food standards programme’s public health protection performance was analysed against an adapted Donabedian model for assessing health-care quality. The criteria were the food standards programme’s structure (governance a…
Sustainable, resilient food systems for healthy diets: The transformation agenda
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Global supermarkets’ corporate social responsibility commitments to public health: A content analysis
BACKGROUND: Supermarkets have unprecedented political and economic power in the food system and an inherent responsibility to demonstrate good corporate citizenship via corporate social responsibility (CSR). The aim of this study was to investigate the world's largest and most powerful supermarkets' publically available CSR commitments to determine their potential impact on public health. METHODS: The world's largest 100 retailers were identified…
Charitable Food Systems’ Capacity to Address Food Insecurity: An Australian Capital City Audit
Australian efforts to address food insecurity are delivered by a charitable food system (CFS) which fails to meet demand. The scope and nature of the CFS is unknown. This study audits the organisational capacity of the CFS within the 10.9 square kilometres of inner-city Perth, Western Australia. A desktop analysis of services and 12 face-to-face interviews with representatives from CFS organisations was conducted. All CFS organisations were not-f…
An Integrated Theory of Complement Control
This paper presents an integrated theory of the syntax and semantics of complement control that treats unexpressed subjects in verbal and nominal constructions uniformly, in terms of semantic control constraints that are shown to apply across discourse as well. Our account includes an explanation of the long-standing problem of be allowed to ... exceptions to Visser's Generalization (that subject-control verbs do not passivize). Moreover, semanti…
Changes in Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors Related to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Western Australian Adults from 1995 to 2004
Objectives. We monitored changes in self-reported knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding fruit and vegetable consumption in Western Australia prior to and after a healthful-eating campaign. Methods. We obtained telephone survey data from 2854 adults in Perth from Nutrition Monitoring Surveys conducted in 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2004. The “Go for 2&5” fruit and vegetable campaign was implemented from 2002 to 2005. Results. We observed changes…
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Recent analyses of mismatches at the syntax-semantics interface inves-tigate e.g. modification of agentive nouns (Larson, 1998), modification of quantifying pronouns (Abney, 1987), or recursive modification (Kasper, to appear). Each of these analyses is tailored to a specific set of data, and it is not immediately obvious how they could be generalised to cover a larger set of data. I propose a unified analysis for these mismatches that attempts t…
Economic evaluation of price discounts and skill-building strategies on purchase and consumption of healthy food and beverages: The SHELf randomized controlled trial
A unified theory of scope for quantifiers and wh -phrases
This paper presents an analysis of quantifier and wh -operator scope in terms of a lexicalized theory of quantifier storage, within the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. The proposed analysis provides an alternative to the derivational approach wherein quantifier scope is determined at a separate level of representation via movement, and shows how scope of quantifiers and wh -phrases (fronted or in situ) can be handled in a unifi…
Nationally representative estimates of food insecurity during Covid‐19: An investigation of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale in Australia
The purpose of this paper was to measure the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) in Australia during the COVID‐19 pandemic using the 8‐item Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Employing the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, Rasch models alongside a discrete method were used to investigate the severity of FI and robustness of the 8‐item FIES during 2020–2021. Our results indicate that during 2020–2021, 6.47% of…
An Integrated Theory of Complement Control
This paper presents an integrated theory of the syntax and semantics of complement control that treats unexpressed subjects in verbal and nominal constructions uniformly, in terms of semantic control constraints that are shown to apply across discourse as well. Our account includes an explanation of the long-standing problem of be allowed to ... exceptions to Visser's Generalization (that subject-control verbs do not passivize). Moreover, semanti…
Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
Recent analyses of mismatches at the syntax-semantics interface inves-tigate e.g. modification of agentive nouns (Larson, 1998), modification of quantifying pronouns (Abney, 1987), or recursive modification (Kasper, to appear). Each of these analyses is tailored to a specific set of data, and it is not immediately obvious how they could be generalised to cover a larger set of data. I propose a unified analysis for these mismatches that attempts t…
German in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar
1. Complement inheritance as subcategorization Dale Gerdemann 2. Argument structure and case assignment in German Wolfgang Heinz and Johannes Matiasek 3. Linearizing AUXs in German verbal complexes Erhard Hinrichs and Tsuneko Nakazawa 4. Adjuncts in the Mittelfeld Robert Kasper 5. Passives without lexical rules Andreas Kathol 6. Obligatory coherence: the structure of German modal verb constructions Tibor Kiss 7. Idioms and support verb constructi…
Chinese Reflexive Ziji: Syntactic Reflexives vs. Nonsyntactic Reflexives
A unified theory of scope for quantifiers and wh -phrases
This paper presents an analysis of quantifier and wh -operator scope in terms of a lexicalized theory of quantifier storage, within the framework of Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar. The proposed analysis provides an alternative to the derivational approach wherein quantifier scope is determined at a separate level of representation via movement, and shows how scope of quantifiers and wh -phrases (fronted or in situ) can be handled in a unifi…
Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption: Success of the Western Australian Go for 2&5 ® campaign
Objective The Western Australian Health Department’s Go for 2&5 ® campaign aimed to increase adults’ awareness of the need to eat more fruit and vegetables and encourage increased consumption of one serving over five years. Design The multi-strategy fruit and vegetable social marketing campaign, conducted from 2002 to 2005, included mass media advertising (television, radio, press and point-of-sale), public relations events, publications, a websi…
Consumer perceptions of fruit and vegetables serving sizes
Objective To assess consumer understanding of fruit and vegetable serving sizes. Design The Western Australian Health Department launched the Go for 2&5 ® campaign to promote fruit and vegetables in March 2002. The Health & Wellbeing Surveillance System surveyed 1108 adults, aged 16 years and over, between September and November 2002 about what constituted a serving of fruit and of vegetables, their usual daily fruit and vegetables intake, and th…
Changes in Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors Related to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Western Australian Adults from 1995 to 2004
Objectives. We monitored changes in self-reported knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding fruit and vegetable consumption in Western Australia prior to and after a healthful-eating campaign. Methods. We obtained telephone survey data from 2854 adults in Perth from Nutrition Monitoring Surveys conducted in 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2004. The “Go for 2&5” fruit and vegetable campaign was implemented from 2002 to 2005. Results. We observed changes…
Supermarket Healthy Eating for Life (SHELf): Protocol of a randomised controlled trial promoting healthy food and beverage consumption through price reduction and skill-building strategies
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN39432901
We're not told why – we're just told’: Qualitative reflections about the Western Australian Go for 2&5 ® fruit and vegetable campaign
Objective To explore why there is a lack of acceptance among Western Australian (WA) adults of the Go for 2&5 ® fruit and vegetable social marketing message to consume at least five servings of vegetables per day. Design A series of focus group discussions comprised of homogeneous groups varied by sex and age, until saturation of themes was achieved, followed by thematic analysis. Setting Part of qualitative research for the Go for 2&5 ® fruit an…
Connecting Health and Technology (CHAT): Protocol of a randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using mobile devices and tailored text messaging in young adults
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12612000250831
Eating out is associated with self-reported food poisoning: A Western Australia population perspective, 1998 to 2009
Objective To explore factors associated with self-reported food poisoning among Western Australian adults between 1998 and 2009. Design Data were pooled from four Nutrition Monitoring Surveys Series which included information on suspected food poisoning among Western Australian adults. Descriptive statistics and multinomial regression analyses were used to describe factors associated with self-reported food poisoning, food safety knowledge and be…
Agnostic hyperintensional semantics
Workforce capacity to address obesity: A Western Australian cross-sectional study identifies the gap between health priority and human resources needed
Human and financial resources and organisational factors were the main barriers to meeting obesity, and public health nutrition and physical activity outcomes. Services were being delivered by generalists rather than specialists, which may reduce service effectiveness. Although conclusions from this research need to take into account the fact that the audit was conducted in 2004, the findings suggest that there was a need to equip health services…
Economic evaluation of price discounts and skill-building strategies on purchase and consumption of healthy food and beverages: The SHELf randomized controlled trial
Perception v . actual intakes of junk food and sugar-sweetened beverages in Australian young adults: Assessed using the mobile food record
Perceptions and attitudes regarding JF and SSB were associated with level of consumption. Those not thinking about cutting down their intake of these foods represent an important target group as they consume more than their peers. Further research is needed to identify how amenable young adults are to changing their intake, particularly given the lack of attention paid to the health aspects of their diet
Consumer attitudes and misperceptions associated with trends in self-reported cereal foods consumption: Cross-sectional study of Western Australian adults, 1995 to 2012
Not applicable
Global supermarkets’ corporate social responsibility commitments to public health: A content analysis
BACKGROUND: Supermarkets have unprecedented political and economic power in the food system and an inherent responsibility to demonstrate good corporate citizenship via corporate social responsibility (CSR). The aim of this study was to investigate the world's largest and most powerful supermarkets' publically available CSR commitments to determine their potential impact on public health. METHODS: The world's largest 100 retailers were identified…
Charitable Food Systems’ Capacity to Address Food Insecurity: An Australian Capital City Audit
Australian efforts to address food insecurity are delivered by a charitable food system (CFS) which fails to meet demand. The scope and nature of the CFS is unknown. This study audits the organisational capacity of the CFS within the 10.9 square kilometres of inner-city Perth, Western Australia. A desktop analysis of services and 12 face-to-face interviews with representatives from CFS organisations was conducted. All CFS organisations were not-f…
Using Cross-Sectional Data to Identify and Quantify the Relative Importance of Factors Associated with and Leading to Food Insecurity
Australian governments routinely monitor population household food insecurity (FI) using a single measure-'running out of food at least once in the previous year'. To better inform public health planning, a synthesis of the determinants and how they influence and modify each other in relation to FI was conducted. The analysis used data from the Health & Wellbeing Surveillance System cross-sectional dataset. Weighted means and multivariable weight…
Sustainable’ Rather Than ‘Subsistence’ Food Assistance Solutions to Food Insecurity: South Australian Recipients’ Perspectives on Traditional and Social Enterprise Models
South Australian (SA) food charity recipients' perspectives were sought on existing services and ideas for improvement of food assistance models to address food insecurity. Seven focus groups were conducted between October and November 2017 with 54 adults. Thematically analysed data revealed five themes: (1) Emotional cost and consequences of seeking food relief; (2) Dissatisfaction with inaccessible services and inappropriate food; (3) Returning…
Protocol for the Development of a Food Stress Index to Identify Households Most at Risk of Food Insecurity in Western Australia
Food stress, a similar concept to housing stress, occurs when a household needs to spend more than 25% of their disposable income on food. Households at risk of food stress are vulnerable to food insecurity as a result of inadequate income. A Food Stress Index (FSI) identifies at-risk households, in a particular geographic area, using a range of variables to create a single indicator. Candidate variables were identified using a multi-dimensional …
Gratitude, resignation and the desire for dignity: Lived experience of food charity recipients and their recommendations for improvement, Perth, Western Australia
Objective The present study explored recipients’ perceptions of food charity and their suggested improvements in inner-city Perth, Western Australia. Design In-depth interviews were conducted with charitable food service (CFS) recipients. Transcripts were thematically analysed using a phenomenological approach. Setting Interviews were conducted at two CFS in inner-city Perth. Subjects Fourteen adults. Results The recipients’ journeys to a relianc…
Ultra-processed family foods in Australia: Nutrition claims, health claims and marketing techniques
Objective To objectively evaluate voluntary nutrition and health claims and marketing techniques present on packaging of high-market-share ultra-processed foods (UPF) in Australia for their potential impact on public health. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Packaging information from five high-market-share food manufacturers and one retailer were obtained from supermarket and manufacturers’ websites. Subjects Ingredients lists for 215 UPF were exa…
Healthy and sustainable diets: Community concern about the effect of the future food environments and support for government regulating sustainable food supplies in Western Australia
Medicine (37 works) · Environmental health (33 works) · Business (25 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (21 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 works) · Public health (17 works) · Geography (16 works) · Political science (16 works) · Food security (14 works) · Marketing (12 works)