Dr Amy Kirkegaard

Research Fellow

School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

Affiliate of Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing

Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing

a.kirkegaard@uq.edu.au

Dr Kirkegaard is a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in primary care, allied health, and community and public health. Amy’s vision is for health care to be health promoting so that Australians can live happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives. She contributes to this vision by improving our knowledge and understanding of the problems we face and designing solutions, in collaboration with stakeholders, that address the multifaceted and interconnected causes.

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Publications

Journal Articles (12)

Newspaper Article (1)

Journal Articles

Molderings, Natascha, Kirkegaard, Amy, Williams, Lauren T. and Mitchell, Lana J. (2024). Encouraging entrepreneurship in dietetics: A qualitative exploration of the experiences of new graduate dietitians participating in an entrepreneurship mentoring circle. Nutrition & Dietetics, 81 (5), 526-535. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12878

Kirkegaard, Amy, Anderson, Nicole, Irwin, Chris and Vincze, Lisa (2024). Quality evaluation of nutrition policies in early childhood education and care services in Nerang, QLD. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35 (4), 1372-1377. doi: 10.1002/hpja.862

Kirkegaard, Amy, Mitchell, Lana, Ball, Lauren and Williams, Lauren T. (2023). Developing the EQUIPED approach to quality management using multi‐grounded theory. Nutrition and Dietetics, 80 (3), 273-283. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12780

Kirkegaard, Amy, Irwin, Chris, Byrne, Rebecca, Sambell, Ros and Vincze, Lisa (2023). Barriers and enablers to a healthy food environment in Australian childcare services: exploring directors’ perspectives. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35 (1), 122-133. doi: 10.1002/hpja.722

Kirkegaard, Amy, Mitchell, Lana, Ball, Lauren and Williams, Lauren T. (2023). Developing the Quality in Nutrition Care Model for Dietitians (QUINCE‐MOD) in primary care: a mixed‐method survey of healthcare consumers and professionals. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 36 (1), 311-322. doi: 10.1111/jhn.13065

Elliott, K., Goris, J., Irwin, C., Kirkegaard, A., Frazer-Ryan, S., Philipson, A., Gallegos, D., Vincze, L., Sambell, R. and Byrne, R. (2023). Nurturing children where it is needed: towards equity-driven nutrition investment to help children thrive in early childhood education and care settings. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82 (OCE2) E153. doi: 10.1017/s0029665123001623

Kirkegaard, Amy, Ball, Lauren, Mitchell, Lana and Williams, Lauren T. (2022). A novel perspective of Australian primary care dietetics: insights from an exploratory study using complex adaptive systems theory. Nutrition and Dietetics, 79 (4), 469-480. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12742

Clark, Peter W., Williams, Lauren T., Kirkegaard, Amy, Brickley, Bryce and Ball, Lauren (2022). Perceptions of private practice dietitians regarding the collection and use of outcomes data in primary healthcare practices: a qualitative study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 35 (1), 154-164. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12950

Somerville, Mari, Ball, Lauren, Kirkegaard, Amy and Williams, Lauren T. (2021). How do patients want to receive nutrition care? Qualitative findings from Australian health consumers. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (1), 33-39. doi: 10.1071/py21077

Kirkegaard, Amy, Ball, Lauren, Mitchell, Lana, Brickley, Bryce and Williams, Lauren T. (2021). Quality improvement strategies enhance primary care dietetics: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 35 (3), 479-493. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12963

Kirkegaard, Amy, Ball, Lauren, Mitchell, Lana and Williams, Lauren T (2021). The Quality in Nutrition Care (QUINCE) model: development of a model based on Australian healthcare consumer perspectives. Family Practice, 39 (3), 471-478. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmab136

Ball, Lauren and Kirkegaard, Amy (2021). Innovation at the edge of nutrition education research. Nutrients, 13 (6) 2018, 1-3. doi: 10.3390/nu13062018

Newspaper Article

Gardiner, Evangeline, Kirkegaard, Amy, Lepre, Breanna, Ball, Lauren and Robinson, Mark (2024, 09 19). How we think about ‘obesity’ and body weight is changing. Here’s why The Conversation