Postgraduate students
Herlianna Monika Azi Djogo
| Gendered parenting practices and child malnutrition: A mixed-methods study in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia | This research examines how gender may shape parenting and feeding practices and their relationship with child nutritional outcomes in east Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. It explores whether boys and girls are treated differently within families, particylarly in relation to feeding practices, food allocation, caregiving, and parental decision-making, and whether these differences are associated with child malnutition, particularly stunting and wasting. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study begins with a qualitative component to explore parents' experiences and perspectives and understand how family, culturl, and social contexts may shape gendered parenting and feeding practices. Findings from this phase will inform the subsequent quantitative component, which will examine gender differences in parenting and feeding practices and assess their association with children's nutritional outcomes. By integrating qualitative and quantitative findings, the research aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how gender-relating parenting and feeding practices may contribute to child malnutrition and inform more gender-responsive approaches to improving child nutrition in Indonesia. | h.djogo@student.uq.edu.au |
Ramya Ekanayake
| Parenting intervention to promote healthy eating behaviours in young children | By empowering parents, Ramya seeks to facilitate the developement of lifelong healthy eating habits established during the early years of childhood. | ehm.ekanayake@student.uq.edu.au |
Camila Franco
| Right to share or duty of care? Management and disclosure of children's informational privacy in data spaces | As digital technologies become increasingly embedded in everyday life, many parents use social media and other online platforms to share information about their children. This practice, known as sharenting, can provide benefits such as social connection and support, but also raises concerns about privacy and data security. This project investigates the psychological factors that predict sharenting practices, with particular focus on understanding what promotes safrer practices. The findings are expected to provide both theoretical and practical insights to support parents in managing their children's digital data. | camila.franco@uq.edu.au |
Ni Putu Adelia Kesumaningsari
| Promoting healthy screen use among children under grandparent care: The role of intergenerational co-parenting | Recent observations suggest that children under grandparental care may experience increased screen time, a phenomenon whose underlying factors remain underexplored and whose management is often complicated by intergenerational dynamics and varying parenting practices. This research project aims to develop an evidence-based understanding of how inter-generational co-parenting between parents and grandparents can foster healthy screen-time practices amoung children. The study will examine the opportunities and challenges in parent-grandparent co-parenting and identify key factors that can inform more effective, collaborative management of children's screen time within grandparental care settings. | n.kesumaningsari@student.uq.edu.au |
Yulia Letor
| Parenting practices for young children with a low birthweight (LBW) history in extremely poor households | This project examines how parents in socioeconomically disadvantaged households support the growth and development of young children with a history of low birth weight. It investigates parenting practices and their predictors, including parental factors and family resources, and explores how broader social and service contexts shape caregiving. Using quantitative approaches, the study aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of parenting within resource-constrained settings in Indonesia. | y.letor@student.uq.edu.au |
Taruvinga Muzingili
| Informal childcare practices among African migrant families in Australia | t.muzingili@student.uq.edu.au | |
Anjana Rajagopal
| A family-based intervention to promote healthy screen use in Australian adolescents | Excessive screen use is a growing global health concern, highlighting the need to support families establishing healthy screen practices. This PhD project aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a family-based intervention promoting healthy screen use amoung Australian adolescents. The intervention supports adolescents and parents in developing practical strategies for balanced screen habits, and findings from the feasibility evaluation will inform future large-scale implementation.
| a.rajagopal@student.uq.edu.au |
