The theme of this episode of Research Bites is Nutrition in Vulnerable Populations.
This webinar is brought to you by the Dietitians Australia Education Centre (2024).
4 September 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm (AEST, Canberra/Sydney/Melbourne time)
4 September 2024 at 11:30am - 12:30pm (ACST)
4 September 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am (AWST)
Research papers:
- 'A scoping review of Australian nutrition resources for feeding children under 5 years of age' - Dr Clare Dix
- 'Mealtimes matter: Measuring the hospital mealtime environment and care practices to identify opportunities for multidisciplinary improvement' - Elise Treleaven
- ‘On-Demand’ snack service in a rehabilitation setting: Impact on satisfaction, intake, waste and costs’ - Alice Pashley
- ‘Describing the food choices of Aboriginal children attending an afterschool cultural program form two different knowledge systems: The importance of Country, community and kinship’ - Yasmine Probst
Application into practice:
- Clare's research identified key gaps in the nutrition resources available online that support families and carers in feeding children under five. Their results indicate where future efforts should be focused in health promotion and nutrition resource creation.
- From Elise's research, dietitians can conduct similar audits within their own health services to understand local mealtime care practices and inform mealtime improvement programs to optimise intake for hospital inpatients.
- Optimising foodservice systems to support flexible access to food and drinks for busy inpatients is an important yet challenging task. From Alice's research, dietitians can learn about the benefits of an on-demand snack service, how it was implemented, the challenges the team faced and what they did to overcome them.
- From Yasmine's research, dietitians will understand that when working with Aboriginal communities it is important to consider the meaning behind data we collect, particularly in relation to food. Maintaining a Western lens or viewpoint means that we may miss the health-related meaning.
Speakers:
Dr Clare Dix is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, a Project Manager, and a sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland (UQ), where she leads the Nutritious Tools Project. This initiative aims to improve access to nutrition information for families with children under five. She has over a decade of experience in leading and managing research projects and is passionate about advancing the field of nutrition and dietetics. Her research interests include chronic disease prevention and health promotion across the lifespan, focusing on co-design and participatory research methods, and eHealth initiatives.
Elise Treleaven is a Team Leader Dietitian at RBWH with clinical expertise in Oncology and Internal Medicine. She has a passion for improving the care of patients in hospital through bringing together multi-disciplinary teams to implement person-centred nutrition care. She has been involved in several QI and research programs designed to understand care needs and prevent delirium, malnutrition or functional decline. She is currently working to improve the mealtime experience of hospital inpatients.
Alice Pasley is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and PhD candidate who is passionate about promoting the value of mealtimes in health and recovery. Her PhD research is exploring the therapeutic value of mealtimes for rehabilitation inpatients, using co-design and knowledge translation approaches to provide a practical framework to support clinicians in enhancing the therapeutic value of mealtimes across functional, nutrition, and psychosocial domains of health. She is passionate about using transformative and innovative approaches in food and nutrition care delivery across long-term care settings.
Yasmine Probst is an Associate Professor with the School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences and Associate Dean (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) for the faculty of Science Medicine and Health at the University of Wollongong. She holds dual Masters degrees in Dietetics and Health Informatics and is recognised as an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian with Dietitians Australia and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute for Digital Health. Yasmine holds a current Senior Research fellowship with multiple sclerosis (MS) Australia. As a person living with MS, her research and teaching focuses on nutrition for people living with MS. Her work focusses on all elements of equity and the project she presents is from a 10-year collaboration with Aboriginal communities on the South Coast of NSW.
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