Dr Amy Kirkegaard
Research Fellow
School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
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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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. 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. 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