Claire Palermo
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 203056 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Claire Palermo |
| PRENOMES | Claire |
| SOBRENOME | Palermo |
| ASSINATURA | PALERMO C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9423-5067 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
‘Why are we so afraid of accreditation?’ A qualitative study of the impacts of accreditation on Australian speech pathology and dietetics education programs
This qualitative study explored the value and impacts of accreditation in Australian speech pathology and dietetics programs, self-regulating health professions where evidence is limited compared to medicine. Using impacts evaluation theory, interviews with 23 university staff from 12 universities (21 per cent of the total accredited programs) revealed four key themes: 1) Accreditation fosters continuous quality improvement; 2) Accreditation driv…
Co-designing formal health professions curriculum in partnership with students
There is growing evidence of the value of co-design and partnering with students in the design, development, and delivery of health professions education (HPE). However, the way in which students participate in co-designing HPE remains largely unexplored and there is little guidance on how to embed and strengthen partnerships with students. Using scoping review methodology, we identified and aggregated research reporting studies in which students…
Academics’ perspectives of the purpose and enactment of accreditation of health professions programs in Australia
This article offers a critical exploration of the espoused purpose and implementation of accreditation of health professions programs in Australia from the perspectives of academics at an Australian university. It examines enactment of accreditation in supporting the development of work-ready graduates through outcome-based education. By drawing upon Yanow’s interpretive policy approach, this qualitative study identifies similarities in perceptio…
The role of employability capitals in supporting nutrition science graduate outcomes
Objective: The study sought to explore nutrition graduates’ employability and role of employability capitals in supporting nutrition science graduate outcomes. Design: In-depth semi-structured, audio-recorded interviews were conducted with nutrition graduates who had completed a nutrition science degree between 2015 and 2021. Interpretivism guided this study, which endeavoured to co-construct meaning with participants. Transcribed interviews were…
Priority setting in higher education research using a mixed methods approach
Setting priorities for higher education research is essential to maximise limited resources. Our study aimed to identify priorities for higher education research at one large research-intensive Australian university. A sequential three-phase mixed methods study was conducted. Phase 1 engaged 69 students, academics, and professional staff in an anonymous qualitative online survey to identify their perspectives on priorities. These qualitative data…
The role of communication, building relationships, and adaptability in non-profit organisational capacity for health promotion
While the non-profit sector has an integral role in health promotion, it is unclear whether these organisations have the capacity for health promotion activities. This study aims to explore and describe capacity changes of a non-profit organisation during a 3-year community-based nutrition intervention. The non-profit organisation, with 3800 members throughout the state of Queensland, Australia, implemented a 3-year food literacy community-based …
What Really Matters for Supervision Training Workshops? A Realist Evaluation
PURPOSE: Supervision training supports health care supervisors to perform their essential functions. Realist evaluations are increasingly popular for evaluating complex educational interventions, but no such evaluations exist appraising supervision workshops. Building on an earlier realist synthesis of supervision training, the authors evaluated whether supervision workshops work, for whom and under what circumstances, and why. METHOD: The author…
Understanding Health Care Graduates’ Conceptualizations of Transitions
PURPOSE: Although transitions have been defined in various ways in the higher education literature (e.g., inculcation, development, becoming), little research exists exploring health care learners' conceptualizations of transitions across their transition from final year to new graduate. How they understand transitions is important because such conceptualizations will shape how they navigate their transitions and vice versa. METHOD: The authors c…
Recruitment and retention of volunteer multiple mini interview interviewers
Unpacking economic programme theory for supervision training
Evaluation in health professions education—Is measuring outcomes enough
Balancing the effectiveness and cost of online education
PURPOSE: While online learning for faculty development has grown substantially over recent decades, it has been further accelerated in the face of the worldwide pandemic. The effectiveness of online learning has been repeatedly established through systematic reviews and meta-analyses, yet questions remain about its cost-effectiveness. This study evaluates how synchronous online supervision training workshops and their cost-effectiveness might wor…
Exploring health care graduates' conceptualisations of preparedness for practice
A realist review of scholarly experiences in medical education
Time to challenge our approaches to education
In this commentary Palermo offers reflections on He et al.'s systematic review, arguing that online approaches to teaching, learning and assessment cannot completely capture the complex nature of healthcare
Measuring impacts of continuing professional development (CPD)
Introduction Evaluating continuing professional development (CPD) programs is essential to demonstrate their value to participants and their institutions, and to inform the improvement and quality of CPD programs. Existing surveys measure a narrow range of impacts. This study developed a survey that can measure a broad range of impacts of CPD programs, not just those that are easily measured such as knowledge, skills, attitudes and confidence.Met…
Implementing programmatic assessment transforms supervisor attitudes
INTRODUCTION: Programmatic assessment (PA) is an increasingly popular approach to competency-based assessment (CBA), yet evaluation evidence is limited. This study aimed to identify and explore supervisor attitudes before and after implementing a novel PA using a sequential explanatory mixed methods design. In phase one, a survey was used to identify supervisor perspectives on work-based placements, PA and CBA. Survey results were then applied to…
Championing Health Promoting Schools
Objective: School-based prevention interventions informed by the World Health Organization Health Promoting School (HPS) framework aim to improve the health and wellbeing of school-aged children, yet few studies describe factors influencing the successful implementation of this framework in secondary schools. This study sought to explore why and how secondary schools might implement the HPS framework and factors contributing to success. Design: Q…
Mapping factors associated with a successful shift towards healthier food retail in community-based organisations
Applying a social theory of learning to explain the possible impacts of continuing professional development (CPD) programs
BACKGROUND: Continuing professional development (CPD) is essential for life-long learning of health professionals, yet evaluations of CPD focus on a narrow range of impacts. This study explored the range of impacts that are possible from attending CPD programs that foster social learning, and applied Wenger's social theory of learning to explain why these impacts occur. METHODS: Twenty semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with a pur…
An Autoethnographic Account of a Bicultural Clinician-Researcher Applying New Evidence of Chinese Diabetes Education Into Practice
Introduction: A clinician-researcher in translational research fulfils obligations in care provision and knowledge generation. Similarly, a bicultural clinician could struggle to switch between cultural paradigms. The purpose of this study was to explore the in-depth experience of multiple roles as a bicultural clinician-researcher in a translational research study. Methods: This study employed an autoethnographical method, where the first author…
Not Scared of SugarTM
Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects the Chinese population yet there are no structured diabetes education programs specifically designed for this community in Australia. This project aimed to develop and evaluate a pilot type 2 diabetes group education program designed specifically for Chinese migrants living in Australia. A non-randomised pre- versus post-intervention trial was conducted between March 2017 and November 2018. A culturally …
The relative price of healthy and less healthy foods available in Australian school canteens
School canteens have an important role in modelling a healthy food environment. Price is a strong predictor of food and beverage choice. This study compared the relative price of healthy and less healthy lunch and snack items sold within Australian school canteens. A convenience sample of online canteen menus from five Australian states were selected (100 primary and 100 secondary schools). State-specific canteen guidelines were used to classify …
A guide to policy analysis as a research method
Policy analysis provides a way for understanding how and why governments enact certain policies, and their effects. Public health policy research is limited and lacks theoretical underpinnings. This article aims to describe and critique different approaches to policy analysis thus providing direction for undertaking policy analysis in the field of health promotion. Through the use of an illustrative example in nutrition it aims to illustrate the …
Using unfolding case studies to better prepare the public health nutrition workforce to address the social determinants of health
Objective The public health nutrition workforce has been reported to be underprepared for practice. The present study aimed to test the ability of an unfolding case study approach to support the public health nutrition workforce for the workplace, with a focus on improved access to nutritious food. Design Two unfolding case studies were trialled with undergraduate students in two-hour workshops to enhance their capability to address access to nut…
Mapping factors associated with a successful shift towards healthier food retail in community-based organisations
Not Scared of SugarTM
Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects the Chinese population yet there are no structured diabetes education programs specifically designed for this community in Australia. This project aimed to develop and evaluate a pilot type 2 diabetes group education program designed specifically for Chinese migrants living in Australia. A non-randomised pre- versus post-intervention trial was conducted between March 2017 and November 2018. A culturally …
The role of mentoring in public health nutrition workforce development. Perspectives of advanced-level practitioners
Objective To explore the nature, role and utility of mentoring in the development of competence in advanced-level Australian public health nutritionists. Design Qualitative study using in-depth interviews. Subjects and setting Eighteen advanced-level public health nutritionists working in academic and practice settings in Australia. Results The attributes and career pathways of the subjects were consistent with previous findings. Dissatisfaction …
Are learning style preferences of health science students predictive of their attitudes towards e-learning
The objective for this study was to determine whether learning style preferences of health science students could predict their attitudes to e-learning. A survey comprising the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) and the Online Learning Environment Survey (OLES) was distributed to 2885 students enrolled in 10 different health science programs at an Australian university. A total of 822 useable surveys were returned generating a response rate of 29.3%.…
A qualitative evaluation of an Australian public health nutrition workforce development intervention involving mentoring circles
Objective To evaluate a mentoring circle workforce development intervention among a group of public health nutrition novices. Design The mentoring circle intervention focused on facilitating practice-based public health nutrition competence development and supporting reorientation of practice from clinical services to preventive services. A retrospective post-intervention qualitative semi-structured interview was used to explore the experiences o…
Social health and nutrition impacts of community kitchens
Objective Community kitchens have been implemented by communities as a public health strategy to prevent food insecurity through reducing social isolation, improving food and cooking skills and empowering participants. The aim of the present paper was to investigate whether community kitchens can improve the social and nutritional health of participants and their families. Design A systematic review of the literature was conducted including searc…
Experiences of Urban Australian Indigenous peer Mentors in a Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Program
This paper describes urban Indigenous Australian experiences of a peer mentor program (PMP) aiming to reduce non-communicable disease (NCD) risks and discusses its implications for future policy and practice. Much of the inequitable mortality for Indigenous Australians is related to NCD incidence. Using a qualitative approach the study reported here explored 21 people's experiences as peer mentors in an NCD risk reduction PMP, which took place be…
Measurement of the dimensions of food insecurity in developed countries
Objective Food insecurity is a salient health issue comprised of four dimensions – food access, availability, utilization and stability over time. The aim of the present study was to conduct a systematic literature review to identify all multi-item tools that measure food insecurity and explore which of the dimensions they assess. Design Five databases were searched (CENTRAL, CINAHL plus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TRIP) for studies published in English si…
Culturally Tailored Diabetes Education for Chinese Patients
Purpose: To explore the range of teaching approaches and cultural-tailoring elements used in diabetes educations directed at Chinese patients and to determine the strategies that appeared to best address Chinese patients’ needs. Design: A case study approach in three countries was employed, using multiple ethnographic data collection methods including participant observations and qualitative interviews. Findings: Data were collected from 39 parti…
Furthering food security surveillance in Australia
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Is Aboriginal nutrition a priority for local government? A policy analysis
Objective The present study aimed to explore how Australian local governments prioritise the health and well-being of Aboriginal populations and the extent to which nutrition is addressed by local government health policy. Design In the state of Victoria, Australia, all seventy-nine local governments’ public health policy documents were retrieved. Inclusion of Aboriginal health and nutrition in policy documents was analysed using quantitative con…
The role of a food policy coalition in influencing a local food environment
Objective To explore how an Australian rural food policy coalition acts to influence a local food environment, focusing specifically on its composition, functions and processes as well as its food-related strategies and policy outputs. Design A qualitative case study approach was undertaken. Three sources were used to triangulate data: eleven semi-structured in-depth interviews with coalition members, analysis of thirty-seven documents relating t…
Diabetes management in a foreign land
The aim of this study was to understand the experience of Chinese migrants living with type 2 diabetes in Australia and explore their culturally specific diabetes management needs, habits and expectations in the Australian context to help shape an Australian Chinese diabetes service. A case study approach was employed across two Australian cities (Melbourne and Sydney), using participant-observations and qualitative interviews. Purposive sampling…
The effect of a change to healthy vending in a major Australian health service on sales of healthy and unhealthy food and beverages
Walking the Food Security Tightrope—Exploring the Experiences of Low-to-Middle Income Melbourne Households
There is limited evidence of how Australian low-to-middle income (AUD $40,000−$80,000) households maintain food security. Using a sequential explanatory mixed methods methodology, this study explored and compared the food security (FS) and insecurity (FIS) experiences of these households. An initial quantitative survey categorised participants according to food security status (the 18-item United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Se…
Preliminary validation and piloting of a comprehensive measure of household food security in Australia
Objective To investigate the psychometric properties, validity and reliability of a newly developed measure of food insecurity, the Household Food and Nutrition Security Survey (HFNSS), among an Australian population. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Metropolitan areas of Melbourne, Australia, identified as very high, high or medium vulnerability in the 2008 Vulnerability Assessment for Mortgage, Petrol and Inflation Risks and Expenditure in…
The relative price of healthy and less healthy foods available in Australian school canteens
School canteens have an important role in modelling a healthy food environment. Price is a strong predictor of food and beverage choice. This study compared the relative price of healthy and less healthy lunch and snack items sold within Australian school canteens. A convenience sample of online canteen menus from five Australian states were selected (100 primary and 100 secondary schools). State-specific canteen guidelines were used to classify …
A guide to policy analysis as a research method
Policy analysis provides a way for understanding how and why governments enact certain policies, and their effects. Public health policy research is limited and lacks theoretical underpinnings. This article aims to describe and critique different approaches to policy analysis thus providing direction for undertaking policy analysis in the field of health promotion. Through the use of an illustrative example in nutrition it aims to illustrate the …
Using unfolding case studies to better prepare the public health nutrition workforce to address the social determinants of health
Objective The public health nutrition workforce has been reported to be underprepared for practice. The present study aimed to test the ability of an unfolding case study approach to support the public health nutrition workforce for the workplace, with a focus on improved access to nutritious food. Design Two unfolding case studies were trialled with undergraduate students in two-hour workshops to enhance their capability to address access to nut…
Applying a social theory of learning to explain the possible impacts of continuing professional development (CPD) programs
BACKGROUND: Continuing professional development (CPD) is essential for life-long learning of health professionals, yet evaluations of CPD focus on a narrow range of impacts. This study explored the range of impacts that are possible from attending CPD programs that foster social learning, and applied Wenger's social theory of learning to explain why these impacts occur. METHODS: Twenty semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with a pur…
An Autoethnographic Account of a Bicultural Clinician-Researcher Applying New Evidence of Chinese Diabetes Education Into Practice
Introduction: A clinician-researcher in translational research fulfils obligations in care provision and knowledge generation. Similarly, a bicultural clinician could struggle to switch between cultural paradigms. The purpose of this study was to explore the in-depth experience of multiple roles as a bicultural clinician-researcher in a translational research study. Methods: This study employed an autoethnographical method, where the first author…
Not Scared of SugarTM
Type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects the Chinese population yet there are no structured diabetes education programs specifically designed for this community in Australia. This project aimed to develop and evaluate a pilot type 2 diabetes group education program designed specifically for Chinese migrants living in Australia. A non-randomised pre- versus post-intervention trial was conducted between March 2017 and November 2018. A culturally …
Exploring health care graduates' conceptualisations of preparedness for practice
A realist review of scholarly experiences in medical education
Time to challenge our approaches to education
In this commentary Palermo offers reflections on He et al.'s systematic review, arguing that online approaches to teaching, learning and assessment cannot completely capture the complex nature of healthcare
Measuring impacts of continuing professional development (CPD)
Introduction Evaluating continuing professional development (CPD) programs is essential to demonstrate their value to participants and their institutions, and to inform the improvement and quality of CPD programs. Existing surveys measure a narrow range of impacts. This study developed a survey that can measure a broad range of impacts of CPD programs, not just those that are easily measured such as knowledge, skills, attitudes and confidence.Met…
Implementing programmatic assessment transforms supervisor attitudes
INTRODUCTION: Programmatic assessment (PA) is an increasingly popular approach to competency-based assessment (CBA), yet evaluation evidence is limited. This study aimed to identify and explore supervisor attitudes before and after implementing a novel PA using a sequential explanatory mixed methods design. In phase one, a survey was used to identify supervisor perspectives on work-based placements, PA and CBA. Survey results were then applied to…
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