Rachel Laws
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6164076 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Rachel Laws |
| PRENOMES | Rachel |
| SOBRENOME | Laws |
| ASSINATURA | LAWS R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4328-1116 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Listening to Aboriginal mothers
To provide culturally safe maternal and infant nutrition health promotion strategies, it is important that the views, experiences, and preferences of Aboriginal families are privileged. This study aimed to explore the views, experiences, and preferences of Aboriginal mothers’ regarding access to information and support on infant nutrition and active play in Victoria, Australia. Parents and caregivers of Aboriginal infants and children under the a…
Barriers and Facilitators to Cognitive Participation in Peer Support for Complementary Feeding in LMICs
Suboptimal complementary feeding practices remain a significant challenge in LMICs. Peer support shows promise in improving these practices; however, their long‐term success hinges on sustained engagement and integration into existing support systems, aspects that remain poorly understood. This theory‐led systematic review aimed to understand why people participate, support, and continue using peer support for complementary feeding practices. The…
Enhancing healthy eating and active play in the Australian early childhood education and care system
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings are crucial for promoting healthy eating (HE) and physical activity (PA) among young children. However, the implementation of health promotion strategies in these settings is often inconsistent and suboptimal. This study applied a systems thinking approach to identify potential leverage points for improving HE and PA promotion in Australian ECEC settings. The study involved qualitative systems ma…
Driving Research and Advocacy for Healthy Infant and Toddler Diets
Early childhood (0-36 months) is a critical time for the development of healthy dietary behaviours. This paper describes the establishment of the Infant and Toddler Foods Research Alliance in Australia and New Zealand, along with the development of the Alliance's priorities to guide research and advocacy activities for improved nutrition, health and well-being outcomes in early childhood. The multi-disciplinary Alliance includes a membership of a…
Reaching Priority Populations When Scaling Up
Implementing evidence-based health promotion programmes at scale is important for achieving population-level health outcomes. However, achieving equitable reach can be challenging. An evidence-based early-life nutrition and movement intervention (INFANT) is currently being implemented at scale in Australia. This study explored practitioners' perceptions about reaching priority population groups through INFANT or similar universal preventive healt…
A design thinking‐led approach to develop a responsive feeding intervention for Australian families vulnerable to food insecurity
BACKGROUND: Design thinking is an iterative process that innovates solutions through a person-centric approach and is increasingly used across health contexts. The person-centric approach lends itself to working with groups with complex needs. One such group is families experiencing economic hardship, who are vulnerable to food insecurity and face challenges with child feeding. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the application of a design thinking …
The impacts of an mHealth intervention targeting parents on health service usage and out‐of‐pocket costs in the first 9 months of life
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions provide a low-cost, scalable approach to supporting parents with infant feeding advice with the potential to reduce health care visits and associated costs for infant feeding support. This Australian study examined the impact of the Growing healthy (GH) app on health service utilisation and out-of-pocket costs for families in the first 9 months of their infants life. A quasi-experimental study with a comparis…
Mapping the behaviour change potential of meal kits to positively influence parental food literacy
Objective: This study aimed to examine the theoretical potential of meal kit subscription services in Australia to promote parental food literacy using the retrospective application of behaviour change frameworks. Design: A one-week subscription was purchased for all Australian-based meal kit subscription services ( n 9) to access content and features available to subscribers. Behaviour change techniques (BCTs) identified in the subscription and …
Mothers’ experiences of reducing family mealtime screen use in Australian households with young children
Objective: Screen use at mealtimes is associated with poor dietary and psychosocial outcomes in children and is disproportionately prevalent among families of low socio-economic position (SEP). This study aimed to explore experiences of reducing mealtime screen use in mothers of low SEP with young children. Design: Motivational interviews, conducted via Zoom or telephone, addressed barriers and facilitators to reducing mealtime screen use. Follow…
Meal kit subscription services and opportunities to improve family vegetable consumption
Popular commercial meal kit subscription services (MKSSs) may support families to overcome barriers to cooking and eating at home, and facilitate improved vegetable consumption. The global meal kit market has expanded rapidly creating a gap in our understanding of the health-promoting potential of MKSSs. This paper describes the contemporary MKSS market in Australia and provides a vegetable-specific content analysis of a sample of recipes. A 1-we…
Mapping intervention components from a randomized controlled trial to scale-up of an early life nutrition and movement intervention
Introduction: Early life parent-focused interventions can effectively improve infant and child nutrition and movement (physical activity and sedentary behavior) as well as parents' health behaviors. Scale-up of such interventions to real-world settings is essential for population-wide benefits. When progressing to scale-up, intervention components may be modified to reflect contextual factors and promote feasibility of scale-up. The INFANT progra…
Perinatal support for breastfeeding using mHealth
Despite the well-known benefits of breastfeeding, breastfeeding rates remain suboptimal, particularly for women with lower socioeconomic position. Although popular, breastfeeding apps are often poor quality; their impact on breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, confidence and intentions is unknown. A mixed method pre-post feasibility study was conducted to: 1) explore the feasibility of the My Baby Now app in providing perinatal breastfeeding suppo…
The contribution of Australian fathers in getting food on the table among families with young children
Objective: To explore how fathers with young children contributed to healthy home food provisioning and the factors enabling or inhibiting their involvement in family food tasks. Design: Cross-sectional study using purpose-designed online survey. The survey assessed the level of responsibilities and practices in family food tasks, food agency (Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale), and use of resources to support involvement in family food …
That's the routine”
A thematic cluster analysis of parents' online discussions about fussy eating
Food fussiness is associated with non-responsive parent feeding practices, such as persuasive and instrumental feeding. Although most children described as 'fussy eaters' are likely exhibiting developmentally typical behaviours, up to half of the parents of children 2-5 years old express concerns. Concern for fussy eating may mediate the use of non-responsive feeding practices and so must be addressed in parent feeding interventions. Therefore, i…
The influence of household structure and composition on the introduction of solid, semisolid and soft foods among children aged 6–8 months
The early and late introduction of complementary food, both prevalent in Ethiopia, are associated with morbidities, growth faltering and developmental risks in children. The interhousehold network around the primary caregiver's intrahousehold network is critical in influencing the age of introducing complementary foods. This study examined the influence of household composition and structures on complementary food introduction. This is a secondar…
Maternal Time Use Drives Suboptimal Complementary Feeding Practices in the El Niño-Affected Eastern Ethiopia Community
Ethiopia is affected by recurrent drought and food-insecurity crises, including El Niño. El Niño started in mid-2014, worsened in 2015, and continued in 2016, leading to a widespread food-insecurity emergency resulting in a surge in the rate of acute malnutrition in infants due to suboptimal feeding practices. This study explored how El Niño influenced complementary feeding practices in the eastern Ethiopia community from March to September 2016.…
Exploring the economics of public health intervention scale-up
The findings from this study provide important information relevant to decisions on progression to a Type III implementation trial, including budget allocation, and will inform modelled economic evaluation
Fussy eating in toddlers
The development of healthy eating habits in childhood is essential to reducing later risk of obesity. However, many parents manage fussy eating in toddlerhood with ineffective feeding practices that limit children's dietary variety and reinforce obesogenic eating behaviours. Understanding parents' feeding concerns and support needs may assist in the development of feeding interventions designed to support parents' uptake of responsive feeding pra…
Key stakeholder perspectives on the development and real-world implementation of a home-based physical activity program for mothers at risk of postnatal depression
While the program was appealing and most organisations could see a role in endorsing and/or referring to the program, funding and delivery mechanisms still need to be identified
Professional and non‐professional sources of formula feeding advice for parents in the first six months
Breastfeeding is beneficial to both the mother and infant, yet many infants are either partially or fully fed with formula milk. Those parents feeding with formula receive less support from professional sources than those breastfeeding and may rely on more non-professional sources for advice, and this contributes to negative emotional experiences such as guilt. This paper explores the sources of advice for formula feeding, factors associated with…
They Just Need to Come Down a Little Bit to Your Level”
The first 1000 days is a critical window of opportunity to promote healthy growth and associated behaviours. Health professionals can play an important role, in part due to the large number of routine contacts they have with parents. There is an absence of research on the views of parents towards obesity prevention and the range of associated behaviours during this time period. This study aimed to elicit parents' views on early life interventions…
The Chinese-born immigrant infant feeding and growth hypothesis
This study will provide evidence of the potential modifiable feeding practices and risk of overweight faced by Chinese-born immigrants living in Australia. This is important to help identify groups at risk of rapid growth and subsequent risk of obesity, to identify opportunities for intervention, and to be able to tailor prevention initiatives appropriately
Translating an early childhood obesity prevention program for local community implementation
Policy makers, researchers and practitioners have important and complementary roles to play in supporting the translation of effective research interventions into practice. New avenues need to be explored to strengthen partnerships between researchers and end users to support the integration of effective public health research interventions into practice
The infant feeding practices of Chinese immigrant mothers in Australia
That's the routine”
The infant feeding practices of Chinese immigrant mothers in Australia
Translating research for evidence-based public health
Applying research to guide evidence-based practice is an ongoing and significant challenge for public health. Developments in the emerging field of ‘translation’ have focused on different aspects of the problem, resulting in competing frameworks and terminology. In this paper the scope of ‘translation’ in public health is defined, and four related but conceptually different ‘translation processes’ that support evidence-based practice are outlined…
Explaining the variation in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care
The findings highlight the importance of provider factors such as beliefs and attitudes, team location and work context in understanding variations in the provision of lifestyle intervention in PHC. Further studies of this type are required to identify variables that improve the proportion of variance explained in assessment practices
Factors influencing participant enrolment in a diabetes prevention program in general practice
Targeted strategies are likely to be needed to engage groups such as smokers and high risk ethnic groups. Further research is required to better understand factors influencing enrolment in diabetes prevention programs in the primary health care setting, both at the GP and individual level
Translating research for evidence-based public health
Applying research to guide evidence-based practice is an ongoing and significant challenge for public health. Developments in the emerging field of ‘translation’ have focused on different aspects of the problem, resulting in competing frameworks and terminology. In this paper the scope of ‘translation’ in public health is defined, and four related but conceptually different ‘translation processes’ that support evidence-based practice are outlined…
The impact of a brief lifestyle intervention delivered by generalist community nurses (CN SNAP trial)
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The Chinese-born immigrant infant feeding and growth hypothesis
This study will provide evidence of the potential modifiable feeding practices and risk of overweight faced by Chinese-born immigrants living in Australia. This is important to help identify groups at risk of rapid growth and subsequent risk of obesity, to identify opportunities for intervention, and to be able to tailor prevention initiatives appropriately
Translating an early childhood obesity prevention program for local community implementation
Policy makers, researchers and practitioners have important and complementary roles to play in supporting the translation of effective research interventions into practice. New avenues need to be explored to strengthen partnerships between researchers and end users to support the integration of effective public health research interventions into practice
The infant feeding practices of Chinese immigrant mothers in Australia
Professional and non‐professional sources of formula feeding advice for parents in the first six months
Breastfeeding is beneficial to both the mother and infant, yet many infants are either partially or fully fed with formula milk. Those parents feeding with formula receive less support from professional sources than those breastfeeding and may rely on more non-professional sources for advice, and this contributes to negative emotional experiences such as guilt. This paper explores the sources of advice for formula feeding, factors associated with…
They Just Need to Come Down a Little Bit to Your Level”
The first 1000 days is a critical window of opportunity to promote healthy growth and associated behaviours. Health professionals can play an important role, in part due to the large number of routine contacts they have with parents. There is an absence of research on the views of parents towards obesity prevention and the range of associated behaviours during this time period. This study aimed to elicit parents' views on early life interventions…
Fussy eating in toddlers
The development of healthy eating habits in childhood is essential to reducing later risk of obesity. However, many parents manage fussy eating in toddlerhood with ineffective feeding practices that limit children's dietary variety and reinforce obesogenic eating behaviours. Understanding parents' feeding concerns and support needs may assist in the development of feeding interventions designed to support parents' uptake of responsive feeding pra…
Key stakeholder perspectives on the development and real-world implementation of a home-based physical activity program for mothers at risk of postnatal depression
While the program was appealing and most organisations could see a role in endorsing and/or referring to the program, funding and delivery mechanisms still need to be identified
A thematic cluster analysis of parents' online discussions about fussy eating
Food fussiness is associated with non-responsive parent feeding practices, such as persuasive and instrumental feeding. Although most children described as 'fussy eaters' are likely exhibiting developmentally typical behaviours, up to half of the parents of children 2-5 years old express concerns. Concern for fussy eating may mediate the use of non-responsive feeding practices and so must be addressed in parent feeding interventions. Therefore, i…
The influence of household structure and composition on the introduction of solid, semisolid and soft foods among children aged 6–8 months
The early and late introduction of complementary food, both prevalent in Ethiopia, are associated with morbidities, growth faltering and developmental risks in children. The interhousehold network around the primary caregiver's intrahousehold network is critical in influencing the age of introducing complementary foods. This study examined the influence of household composition and structures on complementary food introduction. This is a secondar…
Maternal Time Use Drives Suboptimal Complementary Feeding Practices in the El Niño-Affected Eastern Ethiopia Community
Ethiopia is affected by recurrent drought and food-insecurity crises, including El Niño. El Niño started in mid-2014, worsened in 2015, and continued in 2016, leading to a widespread food-insecurity emergency resulting in a surge in the rate of acute malnutrition in infants due to suboptimal feeding practices. This study explored how El Niño influenced complementary feeding practices in the eastern Ethiopia community from March to September 2016.…
Exploring the economics of public health intervention scale-up
The findings from this study provide important information relevant to decisions on progression to a Type III implementation trial, including budget allocation, and will inform modelled economic evaluation
Meal kit subscription services and opportunities to improve family vegetable consumption
Popular commercial meal kit subscription services (MKSSs) may support families to overcome barriers to cooking and eating at home, and facilitate improved vegetable consumption. The global meal kit market has expanded rapidly creating a gap in our understanding of the health-promoting potential of MKSSs. This paper describes the contemporary MKSS market in Australia and provides a vegetable-specific content analysis of a sample of recipes. A 1-we…
Mapping intervention components from a randomized controlled trial to scale-up of an early life nutrition and movement intervention
Introduction: Early life parent-focused interventions can effectively improve infant and child nutrition and movement (physical activity and sedentary behavior) as well as parents' health behaviors. Scale-up of such interventions to real-world settings is essential for population-wide benefits. When progressing to scale-up, intervention components may be modified to reflect contextual factors and promote feasibility of scale-up. The INFANT progra…
Perinatal support for breastfeeding using mHealth
Despite the well-known benefits of breastfeeding, breastfeeding rates remain suboptimal, particularly for women with lower socioeconomic position. Although popular, breastfeeding apps are often poor quality; their impact on breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, confidence and intentions is unknown. A mixed method pre-post feasibility study was conducted to: 1) explore the feasibility of the My Baby Now app in providing perinatal breastfeeding suppo…
The contribution of Australian fathers in getting food on the table among families with young children
Objective: To explore how fathers with young children contributed to healthy home food provisioning and the factors enabling or inhibiting their involvement in family food tasks. Design: Cross-sectional study using purpose-designed online survey. The survey assessed the level of responsibilities and practices in family food tasks, food agency (Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale), and use of resources to support involvement in family food …
That's the routine”
A design thinking‐led approach to develop a responsive feeding intervention for Australian families vulnerable to food insecurity
BACKGROUND: Design thinking is an iterative process that innovates solutions through a person-centric approach and is increasingly used across health contexts. The person-centric approach lends itself to working with groups with complex needs. One such group is families experiencing economic hardship, who are vulnerable to food insecurity and face challenges with child feeding. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the application of a design thinking …
The impacts of an mHealth intervention targeting parents on health service usage and out‐of‐pocket costs in the first 9 months of life
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions provide a low-cost, scalable approach to supporting parents with infant feeding advice with the potential to reduce health care visits and associated costs for infant feeding support. This Australian study examined the impact of the Growing healthy (GH) app on health service utilisation and out-of-pocket costs for families in the first 9 months of their infants life. A quasi-experimental study with a comparis…
Mapping the behaviour change potential of meal kits to positively influence parental food literacy
Objective: This study aimed to examine the theoretical potential of meal kit subscription services in Australia to promote parental food literacy using the retrospective application of behaviour change frameworks. Design: A one-week subscription was purchased for all Australian-based meal kit subscription services ( n 9) to access content and features available to subscribers. Behaviour change techniques (BCTs) identified in the subscription and …
Mothers’ experiences of reducing family mealtime screen use in Australian households with young children
Objective: Screen use at mealtimes is associated with poor dietary and psychosocial outcomes in children and is disproportionately prevalent among families of low socio-economic position (SEP). This study aimed to explore experiences of reducing mealtime screen use in mothers of low SEP with young children. Design: Motivational interviews, conducted via Zoom or telephone, addressed barriers and facilitators to reducing mealtime screen use. Follow…
Enhancing healthy eating and active play in the Australian early childhood education and care system
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings are crucial for promoting healthy eating (HE) and physical activity (PA) among young children. However, the implementation of health promotion strategies in these settings is often inconsistent and suboptimal. This study applied a systems thinking approach to identify potential leverage points for improving HE and PA promotion in Australian ECEC settings. The study involved qualitative systems ma…
Medicine (25 obras) · Nursing (16 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 obras) · Psychology (13 obras) · Psychological intervention (12 obras) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (10 obras) · Environmental health (10 obras) · Qualitative research (10 obras) · Developmental psychology (9 obras) · Public health (9 obras)