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Dr Bonnie Searle
Dr

Bonnie Searle

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Overview

Availability

Dr Bonnie Searle is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy of Nutrition, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Children's mealtimes in ECEC

  • Feeding practices in ECEC

  • Child development

  • Childhood nutrition

Works

Search Professor Bonnie Searle’s works on UQ eSpace

11 works between 2018 and 2024

1 - 11 of 11 works

2024

Other Outputs

Why mealtimes matter: food provision and practices in childcare centres serving low-income communities.

Searle, Bonnie-Ria Estelle (2024). Why mealtimes matter: food provision and practices in childcare centres serving low-income communities.. PhD Thesis, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/7743da1

Why mealtimes matter: food provision and practices in childcare centres serving low-income communities.

2023

Journal Article

A missed opportunity? Meal provision in early childhood education and care services in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage

Searle, Bonnie, Staton, Sally, Littlewood, Robyn, Bayliss, Olivia and Thorpe, Karen (2023). A missed opportunity? Meal provision in early childhood education and care services in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 28 (2), 362-371. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03849-4

A missed opportunity? Meal provision in early childhood education and care services in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage

2023

Journal Article

Poverty for lunch: a case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECE

Searle, Bonnie, Cooke, Emma, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2023). Poverty for lunch: a case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECE. Children & Society: the international journal of childhood and children's, 38 (4), 1076-1094. doi: 10.1111/chso.12782

Poverty for lunch: a case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECE

2023

Journal Article

Mealtimes in the context of poverty: comparison of ECEC services providing food and those requiring food provided from home

Searle, Bonnie, Staton, Sally, Littlewood, Robyn and Thorpe, Karen (2023). Mealtimes in the context of poverty: comparison of ECEC services providing food and those requiring food provided from home. Child: Care, Health and Development, 49 (6), 995-1005. doi: 10.1111/cch.13109

Mealtimes in the context of poverty: comparison of ECEC services providing food and those requiring food provided from home

2023

Conference Publication

A case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECEC

Searle, Bonnie, Cooke, Emma, Staton, Sally and Thorpe, Karen (2023). A case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECEC. 31st EECERA Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August – 2 September 2023.

A case study of agency and food scarcity in mealtimes in disadvantaged ECEC

Featured

2022

Journal Article

Meal provision in early childhood education and care programs: Association with geographic disadvantage, social disadvantage, cost, and market competition in an Australian population

Thorpe, Karen, Potia, Azhar Hussain, Searle, Bonnie, Van Halen, Olivia, Lakeman, Nicole, Oakes, Candice, Harris, Holly and Staton, Sally (2022). Meal provision in early childhood education and care programs: Association with geographic disadvantage, social disadvantage, cost, and market competition in an Australian population. Social Science & Medicine, 312 115317, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115317

Meal provision in early childhood education and care programs: Association with geographic disadvantage, social disadvantage, cost, and market competition in an Australian population

2022

Other Outputs

KindyLinQ Program Pilot: Pilot evaluation report and executive summary

Staton, Sally, Pattinson, Cassandra, Houen, Sandy, Coles, Laetitia, Westwood, Emily, Cooke, Emma, Searle, Bonnie-Ria and Thorpe, Karen (2022). KindyLinQ Program Pilot: Pilot evaluation report and executive summary. Online: Evidence for Learning.

KindyLinQ Program Pilot: Pilot evaluation report and executive summary

2022

Journal Article

Associations between food provision and feeding practices in socially disadvantaged childcare centres

Searle, Bonnie-Ria E., Staton, Sally S., Littlewood, Robyn and Thorpe, Karen (2022). Associations between food provision and feeding practices in socially disadvantaged childcare centres. Appetite, 169 105811, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105811

Associations between food provision and feeding practices in socially disadvantaged childcare centres

2020

Other Outputs

A market in mealtimes: social and economic factors associated with meal provision in Early Care and Education (ECE) services

Thorpe, Karen, Searle, Bonnie, Van Halen, Olivia, Lakeman, Nicole, Oakes, Candice, Harris, Holly and Staton, Sally (2020). A market in mealtimes: social and economic factors associated with meal provision in Early Care and Education (ECE) services. LCC Working Paper Series. 2020-25. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

A market in mealtimes: social and economic factors associated with meal provision in Early Care and Education (ECE) services

2020

Journal Article

What children bring to the table: the association of temperament and child fussy eating with maternal and paternal mealtime structure

Searle, Bonnie-Ria E., Harris, Holly A., Thorpe, Karen and Jansen, Elena (2020). What children bring to the table: the association of temperament and child fussy eating with maternal and paternal mealtime structure. Appetite, 151 104680, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104680

What children bring to the table: the association of temperament and child fussy eating with maternal and paternal mealtime structure

2018

Journal Article

What's the fuss about? Parent presentations of fussy eating to a parenting support helpline

Harris, Holly A., Ria-Searle, Bonnie, Jansen, Elena and Thorpe, Karen (2018). What's the fuss about? Parent presentations of fussy eating to a parenting support helpline. Public Health Nutrition, 21 (8), 1520-1528. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017004049

What's the fuss about? Parent presentations of fussy eating to a parenting support helpline

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2028
    Thriving kids, active brains: A collaborative to support early child development
    Ian Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    Brain Builders Initiative
    Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Bonnie Searle is:
Available for supervision

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Media

Enquiries

Contact Dr Bonnie Searle directly for media enquiries about:

  • Childcare nutrition
  • ECEC feeding practices
  • ECEC nutrition
  • Feeding practices
  • Nutrition

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