SynthesisBMJ open2019
Effect of nutrition interventions on diet-related and health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a systematic review.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding the Use of Community Involvement in Rural Food Environment Modifications: A Systematic Review.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
- A Socio-Cognitive Review of Healthy Eating Programs in Australian Indigenous Communities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions to optimise dietary intakes in the first 1000 d of life in Indigenous children: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Concerns and priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples regarding food and nutrition: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.International journal for equity in health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of food policy actions on Indigenous Peoples' nutrition-related outcomes: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- Community based programs to improve the oral health of Australian Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and recommendations to guide future strategies.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
- Diet Quality and Weight Gain Among Women in the Aboriginal Family Birthing Program in South Australia.Nutrients · 2026Article
- "If you show them respect, you're going to [get] respect back": a theory for engaging First Nations for knowledge translation within a national nutrition and health survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Identifying healthy food and beverages in food retail store point-of-sale systems: a feasibility and validity study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Food intake in an Australian Aboriginal rural community facing food and water security challenges: A cross-sectional survey.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2025Article
- Exploration of barriers and enablers to diabetes care for Aboriginal people on rural Ngarrindjeri Country.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Nutritional interventions for indigenous adults in Canada - opportunities to sustain health and cultural practices: a scoping review.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Making it on the breadline - improving food security on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, Central Australia.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Enablers and barriers to dietary change for Māori with nutrition-related conditions in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Barriers and enablers to salt intake reduction in Australian adults with high blood pressure.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Knowledge interface co-design of a diabetes and metabolic syndrome initiative with and for Aboriginal people living on Ngarrindjeri country.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Pathways between foodways and wellbeing for first nations Australians.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Improving economic access to healthy diets in first nations communities in high-income, colonised countries: a systematic scoping review.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
objectiveTo review the literature on nutrition interventions and identify which work to improve diet-related and health outcomes in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. STUDY
designSystematic review of peer-reviewed literature. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, Science Direct, CINAHL, Informit, PsychInfo and Cochrane Library, Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet. STUDY SELECTION: Peer-reviewed article describing an original study; published in English prior to December 2017; inclusion of one or more of the following outcome measures: nutritional status, food/dietary/nutrient intake, diet-related biomedical markers, anthropometric or health measures; and conducted with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two independent reviewers extracted data and applied the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies from the Effective Public Health Practice Project. A purpose designed tool assessed community engagement in research, and a framework was applied to interventions to report a score based on numbers of settings and strategies. Heterogeneity of studies precluded a meta-analysis. The effect size of health outcome results were estimated and presented as forest plots.
resultsThirty-five articles (26 studies) met inclusion criteria; two rated moderate in quality; 12 described cohort designs; 18 described interventions in remote/very remote communities; none focused solely on urban communities; and 11 reported moderate or strong community engagement. Six intervention types were identified. Statistically significant improvements were reported in 14 studies of which eight reported improvements in biochemical/haematological markers and either anthropometric and/or diet-related outcomes.
conclusionsStore-based intervention with community health promotion in very remote communities, fiscal strategies and nutrition education and promotion programmes show promise. Future dietary intervention studies must be rigorously evaluated, provide intervention implementation details explore scale up of programmes, include urban communities and consider a multisetting and strategy approach. Strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community engagement is essential for effective nutrition intervention research and evaluation. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42015029551.
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