Biography

Dimity Dutch is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Public Health. Dimity is working on the Standardised measurement for Childhood Obesity Prevention (SCOPE) Project (https://eiascope.com/).

SCOPE is a Health Research Board funded project led by Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar. The aim of the SCOPE project is to develop a standardised outcome measurement set, including reliable, valid, and appropriate measures of core infant-feeding outcomes for implementation in research and practice. Ultimately, this project will enhance synthesis and evaluation of childhood obesity prevention interventions.

Dimity is a Dietitian and PhD Candidate in the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University in South Australia. She obtained a First Class Honours degree in the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Flinders University, 2018) which investigated diet quality of Australian children and adolescents on weekdays versus weekend days.

Dimity's PhD research investigated health behaviour screening in primary health care as a strategy to support children's growth, health and development in the early years.

Dimity is also a member of the EPOCH-Connect Community of Practice and Coordination Committee which aims to support research students and EMCRs from diverse disciplines and research institutes to connect and collaborate on activities to improve child health in the early years. https://earlychildhoodobesity.com/about-us/epoch-connection-community-of-practice/

Dimity has experience working as a clinical dietitian in rehabilitation, palliative care, acute and private practice settings. She also has experience in the research setting working on projects within the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University including VegKIT (https://www.vegkit.com.au/) & Healthy Conversations @ Playgroup (https://www.flinders.edu.au/caring-futures-institute/our-research/research-projects/healthy-conversa....

Research Interests

Research interests;
- Prevention and health promotion in early childhood including supporting children's health behaviours (dietary intake, physical activity, sleep and sedentary behaviours)
- Primary Health Care
- Knowledge translation and implementation science

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2025) 'Supporting parents in the transition to parenthood through wellbeing interventions; An international scoping review'
Middleton G;Matvienko-Sikar K;Briley A;Dutch D;Morgillo S;Anderson J;Schranz N;Margrie F;Kirby R;Golley RK;Hunter SC; (2025) 'Supporting parents in the transition to parenthood through wellbeing interventions; An international scoping review'. Midwifery, 142 [DOI] [Details]
(2025) 'Embedding Child Health Promotion and Preventive Care Within Primary Health Care: From Agenda to Action'
Gooey M;Dutch D;House E;West K; (2025) 'Embedding Child Health Promotion and Preventive Care Within Primary Health Care: From Agenda to Action'. Health Promotion Journal Of Australia, 36 (2) [DOI] [Details]
(2025) 'Not just students in need: Findings from a nominal group technique study of what parents want in an Australian school-provided meal system'
Manson AC;Golley RK;Dutch DC;Johnson BJ; (2025) 'Not just students in need: Findings from a nominal group technique study of what parents want in an Australian school-provided meal system'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 49 (2) [DOI] [Details]
(2024) 'Screening tools used in primary health care settings to identify health behaviours in children (birth-16years); A systematic review of their effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability'
Dutch D;Bell L;Zarnowiecki D;Johnson BJ;Denney-Wilson E;Byrne R;Cheng H;Rossiter C;Manson A;House E;Davidson K;Golley RK; (2024) 'Screening tools used in primary health care settings to identify health behaviours in children (birth-16years); A systematic review of their effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability'. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 25 (4) [DOI] [Details]
(2024) 'A great way to bring up health behaviour topics at playgroup: a qualitative evaluation of the Healthy Conversations @ Playgroup program'
Middleton G;Johnson BJ;Dutch D;Trost SG;Byrne R;Christian HE;Henry A;Terranova CO;Williams KE;Chai LK;Brookes DSK;Simon K;Golley RK; (2024) 'A great way to bring up health behaviour topics at playgroup: a qualitative evaluation of the Healthy Conversations @ Playgroup program'. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Diet Quality of Australian Children and Adolescents on Weekdays versus Weekend Days: A Secondary Analysis of the National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey 2011-2012'
Dutch DC;Golley RK;Johnson BJ; (2021) 'Diet Quality of Australian Children and Adolescents on Weekdays versus Weekend Days: A Secondary Analysis of the National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey 2011-2012'. Nutrients, 13 (11) [DOI] [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2025) 'Measurement properties of outcome measurement instruments used to measure caregiver feeding practices and feeding environment, infant diet, and infant anthropometry outcomes: Protocol for a systematic review [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]'
Matvienko-Sikar, K and Dutch, D and Duffy, M and Looney, E and Brown, V and Browne, J and Dahly, D and Devane, D and Harrington, J and Johnson, BJ and Golley, RK and McBride, M and Kearney, PM and Kirkham, J and Seidler, AL and and Skouteris, H and Terwee, CB and Redsell, S (2025) 'Measurement properties of outcome measurement instruments used to measure caregiver feeding practices and feeding environment, infant diet, and infant anthropometry outcomes: Protocol for a systematic review [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]' HRB Open Research, . [ Publisher's Version] [DOI] [Details]
(2024) 'Factors influencing use and choice of Core Outcome Sets and outcome measurement instruments in trials of interventions to prevent childhood obesity: A survey protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]'
Matvienko-Sikar, K and Anokye, R and Dutch, D and Duffy, M and Looney, E and Brown, V and Browne, J and Dahly, D and Devane, D and Harrington, J and Hayes, C and Johnson, B and Kearney, PM and J Kirkham, J and Leahy-Warren, P and Murphy, AW and Redsell, S and Seidler, AL and Skouteris, H (2024) 'Factors influencing use and choice of Core Outcome Sets and outcome measurement instruments in trials of interventions to prevent childhood obesity: A survey protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]' HRB Open Research, 7 (28) . [DOI] [Details]
(2024) 'What aspects of outcome measurement instruments are important to parents and caregivers in child health trials: Survey protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]'
Duffy, M and Looney, E and Dutch, D and Johnson, B and Kelly, L and Porter, L and Redsell, S and Matvienko-Sikar, K (2024) 'What aspects of outcome measurement instruments are important to parents and caregivers in child health trials: Survey protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]' HRB Open Research, 7 (62) . [DOI] [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2023) Navigating the Early Years System in South Australia: Desk-based mapping of transition points and touchpoints.
Johnson, B. J., Middleton, G., Hunter, S. C., Dutch, D., Manson, A., & Golley, R. K. (2023) Navigating the Early Years System in South Australia: Desk-based mapping of transition points and touchpoints. Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. [DOI] [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2022 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship Australian Government
2019 University Medal Flinders University
2018 College of Nursing and Health Sciences Honours Scholarship Flinders University
2017 Chancellor's Letter of Commendation Flinders University
2015 Chancellor's Letter of Commendation Flinders University

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
University College Cork Postdoctoral Researcher 27-JAN-25 /
Flinders University Research Assistant 01-FEB-21 / 31-OCT-24

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2018 Flinders University Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours) Nutrition and Dietetics