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Papers by Ros Sambell

Research paper thumbnail of Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of the food literacy programs and their sustainability in the food relief sector in Western Australia

Nutrition & Dietetics, May 1, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6793: Childcare Food Provision Recommendations Vary across Australia: Jurisdictional Comparison and Nutrition Expert Perspectives

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Sep 19, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Opportunities to identify and develop people skills: What university students need early in their degree journey

Employability skills can be categorised as ‘people’ or ‘soft skills’ and ‘technical’ or ‘industry... more Employability skills can be categorised as ‘people’ or ‘soft skills’ and ‘technical’ or ‘industry specific’ skills. Australian employers are increasingly seeking to employ university graduates with well-developed people skills. Evidence from industry suggests these skills, in particular communication skills are lacking in today’s graduates. The aim of this study was to raise student awareness of the importance of people skills, assess their perception of personal competence across a range of these skills and support them to develop plans that will help them strengthen these skills in preparation for graduation. An online survey was emailed to 222 first year undergraduate students; 99 were completed. Analysis of quantitative data revealed students perceived themselves to be highly competent across a range of people skills. However, qualitative data found students also identified people skills that they needed to develop further. The study findings suggest that first-year students may...

Research paper thumbnail of How a 7-Week Food Literacy Cooking Program Affects Cooking Confidence and Mental Health: Findings of a Quasi-Experimental Controlled Intervention Trial

Research paper thumbnail of Food waste: Is it a sign of affluence or simply a gradual 'deprioritisation' of food?

Journal of home economics, 2017

Food waste is under more scrutiny as a result of climate change, projected population growth and ... more Food waste is under more scrutiny as a result of climate change, projected population growth and sustainability questions including future needs and equitable solutions for global food security. It is now an integral part of government agendas and action to reduce it is promoted globally by the Sustainable Development Goals. There is evidence that in developed countries, consumer and retail food wastage is significant. Consumer education is seen as an integral part of a systematic approach to reduce food waste. School communities play a pivotal role in the creation of a food waste reduction culture, through policies and practices, active engagement and curriculum. Current Australian Curriculum strands and the Sustainability cross-curriculum priority provide multiple opportunities at different year levels to explore the implications and impacts on food waste of consumer decisions about food purchases, consumption and disposal. The topic can provide an engaging focus to develop the analytical, measurement and persuasive knowledge and skills needed in these learning areas. Home economics teachers are in a privileged position to apply these topics to educate young Australians, thus building the capacity of our future thinkers to reduce food waste and support a more sustainable food futur

Research paper thumbnail of A multifaceted approach increased staff confidence to develop outside of school hours care as a health promoting setting

BMC Public Health, 2021

Outside-of-school-hours-care (OSHC) services are well positioned to influence the health behaviou... more Outside-of-school-hours-care (OSHC) services are well positioned to influence the health behaviours of 489, 800 Australian children, and are an important setting for health promotion given the current rates of childhood overweight and obesity and associated health risks. OSHC Professionals are ideally placed to become positive influencers in this setting, although they may require training and support to confidently perform this role. This study piloted a multifaceted intervention strategy to increase OSHC Professional’s confidence and competencies, to support a health promoting OSHC environment with a nutrition and physical activity focus. A mixed methods approach was used. Nineteen OSHC Professionals participated in the study, including a face-to-face workshop, supported by a closed Facebook group and website. Role adequacy (self-confidence) and legitimacy (professional responsibility) were measured pre and post workshop and evaluated using non-parametric statistics. Facebook inte...

Research paper thumbnail of Additional file 2 of The study protocol for a pseudo-randomised pre-post designed controlled intervention trial to study the effects of a 7-week cooking program on self-efficacy and biomarkers of health: the ECU lifestyle and biomarkers get connected study (ECULABJMOF) including the Jamie's Minis...

Additional file 2. SPIRIT checklist

Research paper thumbnail of Additional file 1 of The study protocol for a pseudo-randomised pre-post designed controlled intervention trial to study the effects of a 7-week cooking program on self-efficacy and biomarkers of health: the ECU lifestyle and biomarkers get connected study (ECULABJMOF) including the Jamie's Minis...

Additional file 1. Additional information [48–53, 102]

Research paper thumbnail of On Meat and Men during COVID-19

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online s... more CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of Emotional and restrained eating during COVID-19 in relation to Diet Quality and Food Literacy

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Sought and obtained Food Media Gratifications DURING COVID-19 in relation to changes in Food Literacy and Diet Quality

This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is ac... more This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of Sustainable Food Consumption during COVID-19

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Food Identity and Social Media Misinformation during COVID-19 in relation to changes in Food Intake and Diet Quality

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online s... more CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of Barriers & Facilitators of Food Literacy & Healthy Diets

This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is ac... more This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/ The Ethics Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Antwerp approved the study protocol (approval code 20_46).

Research paper thumbnail of Segmentation of food consumers during COVID-19 based on Eating Behavior Styles and Food Media use

This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible ... more This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of The study protocol for a pseudo-randomised pre-post designed controlled intervention trial to study the effects of a 7-week cooking program on self-efficacy and biomarkers of health: the ECU lifestyle and biomarkers get connected study (ECULABJMOF) including the Jamie's Ministry of Food WA partic...

Background Australia, like other nations, has experienced a shift in dietary patterns away from h... more Background Australia, like other nations, has experienced a shift in dietary patterns away from home cooking of nutritious foods, towards a reliance on pre-prepared convenience meals. These are typically energy-dense, nutrient-poor and contribute to the rising prevalence of obesity and chronic disease burden. The aims of this study were to evaluate whether a community-based cooking program instigated a change to participants' skills, attitudes, knowledge, enjoyment and satisfaction of cooking and cooking confidence (self-efficacy). Methods The pseudo-random, pre-post study design consisted of an intervention and a control group. Participant recruitment and group allocation was based on their program start dates. Intervention participants were surveyed three times (baseline, 7 weeks and 6 months) and the control group were surveyed at baseline and 5 weeks. All participants were registered via an online website and were 18 years or over. Upon consent, participants were offered fou...

Research paper thumbnail of The Nutritional Quality of Kids’ Menus from Cafés and Restaurants: An Australian Cross-Sectional Study

Nutrients

Australian families increasingly rely on eating foods from outside the home, which increases inta... more Australian families increasingly rely on eating foods from outside the home, which increases intake of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods. ‘Kids’ Menus’ are designed to appeal to families and typically lack healthy options. However, the nutritional quality of Kids’ Menus from cafes and full-service restaurants (as opposed to fast-food outlets) has not been investigated in Australia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional quality of Kids’ Menus in restaurants and cafés in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. All 787 cafes and restaurants located within the East Metropolitan Health Service area were contacted and 33% had a separate Kids’ Menu. The validated Kids’ Menu Healthy Score (KIMEHS) was used to assess the nutritional quality of the Kids’ Menus. Almost all Kids’ Menus (99%) were rated ‘unhealthy’ using KIMEHS. The mean KIMEHS score for all restaurants and cafés was −8.5 (range −14.5 to +3.5) which was lower (i.e., more unhealthy) than the mean KIMEHS score for th...

Research paper thumbnail of Identification and Evaluation of Tools Utilised for Measuring Food Provision in Childcare Centres and Primary Schools: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Mar 30, 2022

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Research paper thumbnail of The health of older Western Australians: the role of age, gender, geographic location, psychological distress, perceived health, tobacco and alcohol

Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 2021

Purpose Rates of drinking- and alcohol-related harms among older adults are increasing in most de... more Purpose Rates of drinking- and alcohol-related harms among older adults are increasing in most developed nations. The purpose of this paper was to explore the relationship among at-risk alcohol use, smoking, gender, geographical location, self-reported health and psychological well-being among Western Australians aged 65 years and older. Design/methodology/approach A secondary analysis was conducted of a cross-sectional survey that collected data from 7,804 West Australians aged 65 years and older between 2013 and 2015. Participants were categorised according to the following age groups: young-old (aged 65–74 years), older-old (aged 75–84 years) and oldest-old (aged 85+ years). Findings Results from a multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that at-risk drinking decreased with increasing age. Current smokers, males and those males and females who perceived their health to be “excellent” were more likely to report at-risk drinking, as were the oldest-old males who lived in...

Research paper thumbnail of Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of the food literacy programs and their sustainability in the food relief sector in Western Australia

Nutrition & Dietetics, May 1, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6793: Childcare Food Provision Recommendations Vary across Australia: Jurisdictional Comparison and Nutrition Expert Perspectives

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Sep 19, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Opportunities to identify and develop people skills: What university students need early in their degree journey

Employability skills can be categorised as ‘people’ or ‘soft skills’ and ‘technical’ or ‘industry... more Employability skills can be categorised as ‘people’ or ‘soft skills’ and ‘technical’ or ‘industry specific’ skills. Australian employers are increasingly seeking to employ university graduates with well-developed people skills. Evidence from industry suggests these skills, in particular communication skills are lacking in today’s graduates. The aim of this study was to raise student awareness of the importance of people skills, assess their perception of personal competence across a range of these skills and support them to develop plans that will help them strengthen these skills in preparation for graduation. An online survey was emailed to 222 first year undergraduate students; 99 were completed. Analysis of quantitative data revealed students perceived themselves to be highly competent across a range of people skills. However, qualitative data found students also identified people skills that they needed to develop further. The study findings suggest that first-year students may...

Research paper thumbnail of How a 7-Week Food Literacy Cooking Program Affects Cooking Confidence and Mental Health: Findings of a Quasi-Experimental Controlled Intervention Trial

Research paper thumbnail of Food waste: Is it a sign of affluence or simply a gradual 'deprioritisation' of food?

Journal of home economics, 2017

Food waste is under more scrutiny as a result of climate change, projected population growth and ... more Food waste is under more scrutiny as a result of climate change, projected population growth and sustainability questions including future needs and equitable solutions for global food security. It is now an integral part of government agendas and action to reduce it is promoted globally by the Sustainable Development Goals. There is evidence that in developed countries, consumer and retail food wastage is significant. Consumer education is seen as an integral part of a systematic approach to reduce food waste. School communities play a pivotal role in the creation of a food waste reduction culture, through policies and practices, active engagement and curriculum. Current Australian Curriculum strands and the Sustainability cross-curriculum priority provide multiple opportunities at different year levels to explore the implications and impacts on food waste of consumer decisions about food purchases, consumption and disposal. The topic can provide an engaging focus to develop the analytical, measurement and persuasive knowledge and skills needed in these learning areas. Home economics teachers are in a privileged position to apply these topics to educate young Australians, thus building the capacity of our future thinkers to reduce food waste and support a more sustainable food futur

Research paper thumbnail of A multifaceted approach increased staff confidence to develop outside of school hours care as a health promoting setting

BMC Public Health, 2021

Outside-of-school-hours-care (OSHC) services are well positioned to influence the health behaviou... more Outside-of-school-hours-care (OSHC) services are well positioned to influence the health behaviours of 489, 800 Australian children, and are an important setting for health promotion given the current rates of childhood overweight and obesity and associated health risks. OSHC Professionals are ideally placed to become positive influencers in this setting, although they may require training and support to confidently perform this role. This study piloted a multifaceted intervention strategy to increase OSHC Professional’s confidence and competencies, to support a health promoting OSHC environment with a nutrition and physical activity focus. A mixed methods approach was used. Nineteen OSHC Professionals participated in the study, including a face-to-face workshop, supported by a closed Facebook group and website. Role adequacy (self-confidence) and legitimacy (professional responsibility) were measured pre and post workshop and evaluated using non-parametric statistics. Facebook inte...

Research paper thumbnail of Additional file 2 of The study protocol for a pseudo-randomised pre-post designed controlled intervention trial to study the effects of a 7-week cooking program on self-efficacy and biomarkers of health: the ECU lifestyle and biomarkers get connected study (ECULABJMOF) including the Jamie's Minis...

Additional file 2. SPIRIT checklist

Research paper thumbnail of Additional file 1 of The study protocol for a pseudo-randomised pre-post designed controlled intervention trial to study the effects of a 7-week cooking program on self-efficacy and biomarkers of health: the ECU lifestyle and biomarkers get connected study (ECULABJMOF) including the Jamie's Minis...

Additional file 1. Additional information [48–53, 102]

Research paper thumbnail of On Meat and Men during COVID-19

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online s... more CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of Emotional and restrained eating during COVID-19 in relation to Diet Quality and Food Literacy

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Sought and obtained Food Media Gratifications DURING COVID-19 in relation to changes in Food Literacy and Diet Quality

This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is ac... more This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of Sustainable Food Consumption during COVID-19

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Food Identity and Social Media Misinformation during COVID-19 in relation to changes in Food Intake and Diet Quality

CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online s... more CoronaCookingSurvey second edition - November 2020 This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of Barriers & Facilitators of Food Literacy & Healthy Diets

This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is ac... more This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey protocol is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/ The Ethics Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Antwerp approved the study protocol (approval code 20_46).

Research paper thumbnail of Segmentation of food consumers during COVID-19 based on Eating Behavior Styles and Food Media use

This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible ... more This study concerns a cross-sectional online survey. A full overview of the survey is accessible via https://osf.io/nz9xf/files/ More information about the Corona Cooking Survey can be found here: https://coronacookingsurvey.be/

Research paper thumbnail of The study protocol for a pseudo-randomised pre-post designed controlled intervention trial to study the effects of a 7-week cooking program on self-efficacy and biomarkers of health: the ECU lifestyle and biomarkers get connected study (ECULABJMOF) including the Jamie's Ministry of Food WA partic...

Background Australia, like other nations, has experienced a shift in dietary patterns away from h... more Background Australia, like other nations, has experienced a shift in dietary patterns away from home cooking of nutritious foods, towards a reliance on pre-prepared convenience meals. These are typically energy-dense, nutrient-poor and contribute to the rising prevalence of obesity and chronic disease burden. The aims of this study were to evaluate whether a community-based cooking program instigated a change to participants' skills, attitudes, knowledge, enjoyment and satisfaction of cooking and cooking confidence (self-efficacy). Methods The pseudo-random, pre-post study design consisted of an intervention and a control group. Participant recruitment and group allocation was based on their program start dates. Intervention participants were surveyed three times (baseline, 7 weeks and 6 months) and the control group were surveyed at baseline and 5 weeks. All participants were registered via an online website and were 18 years or over. Upon consent, participants were offered fou...

Research paper thumbnail of The Nutritional Quality of Kids’ Menus from Cafés and Restaurants: An Australian Cross-Sectional Study

Nutrients

Australian families increasingly rely on eating foods from outside the home, which increases inta... more Australian families increasingly rely on eating foods from outside the home, which increases intake of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods. ‘Kids’ Menus’ are designed to appeal to families and typically lack healthy options. However, the nutritional quality of Kids’ Menus from cafes and full-service restaurants (as opposed to fast-food outlets) has not been investigated in Australia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional quality of Kids’ Menus in restaurants and cafés in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. All 787 cafes and restaurants located within the East Metropolitan Health Service area were contacted and 33% had a separate Kids’ Menu. The validated Kids’ Menu Healthy Score (KIMEHS) was used to assess the nutritional quality of the Kids’ Menus. Almost all Kids’ Menus (99%) were rated ‘unhealthy’ using KIMEHS. The mean KIMEHS score for all restaurants and cafés was −8.5 (range −14.5 to +3.5) which was lower (i.e., more unhealthy) than the mean KIMEHS score for th...

Research paper thumbnail of Identification and Evaluation of Tools Utilised for Measuring Food Provision in Childcare Centres and Primary Schools: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Mar 30, 2022

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Research paper thumbnail of The health of older Western Australians: the role of age, gender, geographic location, psychological distress, perceived health, tobacco and alcohol

Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 2021

Purpose Rates of drinking- and alcohol-related harms among older adults are increasing in most de... more Purpose Rates of drinking- and alcohol-related harms among older adults are increasing in most developed nations. The purpose of this paper was to explore the relationship among at-risk alcohol use, smoking, gender, geographical location, self-reported health and psychological well-being among Western Australians aged 65 years and older. Design/methodology/approach A secondary analysis was conducted of a cross-sectional survey that collected data from 7,804 West Australians aged 65 years and older between 2013 and 2015. Participants were categorised according to the following age groups: young-old (aged 65–74 years), older-old (aged 75–84 years) and oldest-old (aged 85+ years). Findings Results from a multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that at-risk drinking decreased with increasing age. Current smokers, males and those males and females who perceived their health to be “excellent” were more likely to report at-risk drinking, as were the oldest-old males who lived in...