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Contact Details

Email
fiona.hood@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate in Midwifery
Research summary
I work on a range of trials considering lifestyle management in heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
Memberships
The Reynolds Laboratory

Research

Fiona Hood is a research fellow interested in setting up and delivering studies of human participants ranging from randomised controlled trials to qualitative perspectives. The majority of her current projects within the Department relate to the lifestyle management of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Her current projects include:

  • The Healthy Heart Study, a trial providing free healthy groceries to adults recovering from a heart attack
  • The Big Grain Study, a trial providing free wholegrain foods to those with T2 diabetes
  • Te Kāika DiRECT, a trial of the DiRECT weight loss protocol in adults with T2 diabetes
  • Understanding dietary change, a qualitative assessment of barriers and enablers when moving to healthier dietary intakes.

Publications

Reynolds, A. N., Hood, F., Wilson, R., Ross, A., Neumann, S., Turner, R., Iosua, E., Katare, R., Shahin, A., Kok, Z.-y., … Coffey, S., & Mann, J. (2023). Healthy grocery delivery in the usual care for adults recovering from an acute coronary event: protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13, e074278. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074278 Journal - Research Other

Amataiti, T., Hall, R., Hood, F., Krebs, J., & Weatherall, M. (2023). Does providing fruit and vegetables or supermarket vouchers increase adherence to a reduced carbohydrate diet in women with gestational diabetes? Proceedings of the 46th New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. Poster 7. Retrieved from https://www.nzssd.org.nz/home.html Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Darlow, B., Brown, M., Stanley, J., Abbott, J. H., Briggs, A. M., Clark, J., Frew, G., Grainger, R., Hood, F., Hudson, B., Keenan, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., Pask, A., Pierobon, A., Simmonds, S., … Wilson, R., & Dean, S. (2023). Reducing the burden of knee osteoarthritis through community pharmacy: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Knee Care for Arthritis through Pharmacy Service. Musculoskeletal Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/msc.1785 Journal - Research Other

McKinlay, E., Hilder, J., Hood, F., Morgan, S., Barthow, C., Gray, B., Huthwaite, M., Weatherall, M., Crane, J., Krebs, J., & Pullon, S. (2022). Uncertainty and certainty: Perceptions and experiences of prediabetes in New Zealand primary care: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(2), 138-145. doi: 10.1071/HC21066 Journal - Research Article

Barthow, C., Hood, F., Crane, J., Huthwaite, M., Weatherall, M., Parry-Strong, A., & Krebs, J. (2022). A randomised controlled trial of a probiotic and a prebiotic examining metabolic and mental health outcomes in adults with pre-diabetes. BMJ Open, 12, e055214. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055214 Journal - Research Article

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