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Dr Stephanie Godrich

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 4600
Email: s.godrich@ecu.edu.au
Campus: South West
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-8253

Stephanie is an Associate Professor of Food and Nutrition Security in the School of Medical and Health Sciences. She is a core member of the Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute. Her current projects include the Food Community program of work, food security, regional food systems, human rights-based approaches to food security, and regional and remote nutrition.

Current Teaching

  • NUT1112 Nutrition and Public Health
  • NUT6110 Food Vision

Coordination

  • Bachelor of Health Science South West Campus course lead

Background

Associate Professor Stephanie Godrich is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist with 20 years of practice, research, consulting, lecturing, and policy experience. Her on-the-ground practitioner experience in rural and remote Western Australia led to the development of an award-winning partnership framework, to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition programs delivered in Western Australia. Associate Professor Godrich’s PhD focused on food security, fruit and vegetable consumption among children living in rural and remote communities. She has worked in the university sector in lecturing and/or research project positions at several West Australian universities, and independently as a public health consultant. In 2024, she was appointed by the National Health and Medical Research Council to the Australian Dietary Guidelines Sustainability Working Group, providing expertise on diet and sustainability (accessible, affordable, and equitable diets with low environmental impacts) in the Australian setting. Stephanie is passionate about collaborating with cross-sector interest holders and communities to take a systems approach to food security action, build regional food systems, progress human rights-based approaches to food security and make nutritious, sustainable diets more accessible. Her goal is to get better food where people live.

Professional Associations

  • Member, Food Security and Peri-urban Agriculture Advisory Group, Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, 2025-current.
  • Australian Dietary Guidelines Sustainability Working Group, National Health and Medical Research Council, 2024-current.
  • S.H.A.R.E. (Solutions supporting Household Food Security in Australia through Research and Evidence) collaboration member, 2023-current
  • Australian Nutritional Collaborative for Health Outcomes in Rural (ANCHOR) populations member, 2023-current
  • Nourish Network Local Government Interest Group member, 2022-current
  • South West Healthy Lifestyles Working Group member, 2022-current
  • Australian Household Food Security Data Coalition member, 2022-current
  • National Centre for Place-Based Collaboration – Foundation Partner Governance Group member (formative group that informed the development of PLACE), 2023-2025’
  • Early and Mid Career Researcher Committee Co-Chair : 2019-2020
  • RegenWA steering committee, 2018-2019
  • Prepare, Produce, Provide – Board Member, 2018
  • Right to Food Coalition – Member and WA Convenor, 2018-2023
  • Dunsborough Community Garden – Member, 2018
  • Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance – Member, 2017-2018
  • Public Health Association of Australia - Co-Vice President WA Branch, 2015-2018
  • Nutrition Society of Australia – member and Registered Public Health Nutritionist, 2015-current
  • World Public Health Nutrition Association – member and Certified Public Health Nutritionist, 2015 – current
  • WA Primary Health Alliance - South West Stakeholder Reference Group, 2015-current
  • WA Health Promoting Schools Association – Executive Committee Member, 2013-2014
  • WA Food Security Network – Member, 2012-2014
  • Pilbara Nutrition Network – Member, 2012-2014
  • Nutrition Australia – Deputy Chair/Committee member, 2006-2010
  • Slow Food Perth – Committee member, 2006-2010

Awards and Recognition

  • 2025 – Translation Award, Early and Mid-Career Researcher, Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute
  • 2025 - Excellence in Health Promotion: Advocacy Award (Food Action Groups project), Australian Health Promotion Association
  • 2022 - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, Universities Australia.
  • 2022 - Food Community project was a finalist in the 2022 Social Impact Measurement National Awards
  • 2022 - Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, Research Excellence Award 2022, Department of Health WA
  • 2022 - Science Meets Parliament, Science and Technology Australia
  • 2020 - ASPIRE award, Business Events Perth
  • 2020 - ECU Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
  • 2019 – ECU Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research by Early Career Researcher
  • 2019 – Learning and Teaching Grant
  • 2018 – Research Collaboration Travel Grant (University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, Canada)
  • 2018 – Research Grant Scheme
  • 2018 – Learning and Teaching Grant
  • 2018 – Adjunct Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
  • 2018 – Early to Mid Career Researcher Grant Winner - Science Pathways 2018 Forum
  • 2018 – Australian Research Scholarship – Complex Systems Leadership Program
  • 2017 – ECU Research Week One Minute to Pitch It Runner Up
  • 2016 – Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) WA Branch Scholarship to attend PHAA 44th Annual Conference and 20th Chronic Diseases Network Conference, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
  • 2015 – Healthway Health Promotion Research Training Scholarship (PhD), 2015-2016.
  • 2014 – State Winner (Foodbank WA role): WA Health Excellence Awards, ‘Overcoming Inequities’ category, (Department of Health).
  • 2014 – State Finalist (Foodbank WA role): Community Service Excellence Awards, ‘Partnerships’ category (Department of Local Government and Communities and WA Council of Social Services).

Research Areas and Interests

  • Regional and Remote Nutrition
  • Food Security
  • Sustainable Food Systems
  • Healthy Built Food Environments
  • Children’s Nutrition
  • Food supply chains
  • Human right to food

Other Grants

  • Bunbury-Busselton Food Action Group scoping, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Regional Futures): $17,031.
  • SMHS Research Collaboration scheme: $4,046
  • Strategic Research Fund Grant, Food Action Groups, 2024, $29,563.
  • BothWay Learning: Aboriginal community-led health promotion action research, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), 2022-2023, $75,000.
  • Weathering adversity: toward mitigating the impact of prolonged school closure and social isolation on mental health and lifestyle behaviours of elementary school children, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2020-2022, $241,000
  • Food Community: A website to support healthy food availability, access and use in rural and remote Western Australia, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), 2019 – 2021, $30,954

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2017.
  • Bachelor of Health Science Major in Nutrition, Edith Cowan University, 2006.

Research Outputs

2026

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Doe, J., Goodwin, S., Stoneham, M., Devine, A. (2026). The Proposed Impact and Anticipated Barriers of Establishing Food Action Groups in Rural, Regional, and Remote Western Australia. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour, 58(3), 180-189. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/7630.
  • Livingstone, K., Partridge, S., Rawstorn, J., Dullaghan, K., Zhang, Y., Godrich, S., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Mathers, J., Alston, L. (2026). Recruitment and Retention of Rural-Dwelling Young Adults into a Digital Healthy Eating Intervention: Lessons Learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Veg4Me Study. Nutrients, 18(11), Article number 1646. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18111646.
  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Stoneham, M., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2026). Facilitating food security systems change in regional Australia through a strengths-based, co-design process. Health Promotion International, 41(2), 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag050.
  • Chiera, I., Stoneham, M., Doe, J., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2026). Understanding barriers to systems change among regional Western Australian food security initiative leaders. Health Promotion International, 41(5), Article number daag138. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag138.
  • Hollett, R., Mills, B., Godrich, S., Butt, J., Trapp, G. (2026). Length and Framing of Anti-Junk Food Ads Impact Inclinations to Consume Junk Food Among Normal Weight, Overweight, and Adults With Obesity. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37(2), Article number e70159. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70159.
  • Godrich, S., Chiera, I., Stoneham, M., Doe, J., Devine, A., Humphreys, E. (2026). Using Social Network Analysis to Visualise Place-Based Partnerships for Systems Change in Regional Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37(2), Article number e70150. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70150.

Reports

  • Truong, M., Sambell, R., Godrich, S. (2026). Identifying and responding to food insecurity: A quick guide for practitioners. Canberra, Australia. Emerging Minds.
  • Truong, M., Sambell, R., Godrich, S. (2026). Identifying and supporting children and families experiencing food insecurity. Canberra, Australia. Emerging Minds.
  • Galvin, L., Rose, E., Godrich, S., Jeyapalan, D., Horton, J. (2026). Transforming the public plate: A menu of options for public food procurement that nourishes people, place and planet. Australia. Good Food Purchasing Australia / Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/chhw-ss76.

2025

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Doe, J., Goodwin, S., Stoneham, M., Devine, A. (2025). Lived Experience of Regional and Remote Food Systems: Barriers to and Enablers of Food Access in Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(2), Article number e70002. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70002.
  • Livingstone, K., Rawstorn, J., Patridge, S., Zhang, Y., O, E., Godrich, S., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Dullaghan, K., Abbott, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Barnett, S., Mathers, J., Alston, L. (2025). Feasibility of a co-designed and personalised intervention to improve vegetable intake in rural-dwelling young adults. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 22(1), Article number 97. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01796-7.
  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Stoneham, M., Herrington, S., Devine, A., Humphreys, E., Godrich, S. (2025). 'More prioritisation on food security’ – exploring what initiative leaders envision for a food secure regional Australia. Health & Place, 95(September 2025), 103543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103543.
  • Godrich, S., Goodwin, S., Doe, J., Stoneham, M., Devine, A. (2025). Shaping Effective Food Action Groups: Participant Perspectives on Structure and Stakeholder Involvement in Regional and Remote Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(2), Article number e70013. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70013.
  • Godrich, S., Chiera, I., Doe, J., Herrington, S., Stoneham, M., Devine, A., Humphreys, E. (2025). Food security systems change: a case study from rural, regional, and remote Australia. Nature, 42(2025), 2979–2996. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2022-2026/7096.
  • Hollett, R., Butt, J., Mills, B., Godrich, S., Trapp, G., Devine, A. (2025). An anti‐junk food ad from a sports commercial break reduced junk food consumption inclinations, yet junk food ads had minimal to no impact. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(1), Article number e943. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.943.
  • Godrich, S., Chiera, I., Stoneham, M., Doe, J., Devine, A., Humphreys, E. (2025). Increasing the Effectiveness of Rural, Regional and Remote Food Security Initiatives Through Place-Based Partnerships—A Qualitative Study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(3), Article number e70048. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70048.
  • Voisin, R., Godrich, S., Blake, D., Sambell, R., Herrington, S., Joyce, J., Horwitz, P., Devine, A. (2025). Comprehensive assessment instruments for place-based sustainable agriculture: a scoping review. Sustainability Science, 20(3), article number 100132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01629-3.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Livingstone, K., Rawstorn, J., Partridge, S., Zhang, Y., O, E., Godrich, S., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Dullaghan, K., Abbott, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Barnett, S., Mathers, J., Alston, L. (2024). Determining the feasibility of a codesigned and personalised intervention (Veg4Me) to improve vegetable intake in young adults living in rural Australian communities: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article number e078001. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078001.
  • Voisin, R., Horwitz, P., Godrich, S., Sambell, R., Cullerton, K., Devine, A. (2024). What goes in and what comes out: a scoping review of regenerative agricultural practices. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 48(1), 124-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2023.2270441.
  • Willows, ND., Loewen, OK., Blanchet, R., Godrich, S., Veugelers, PJ., Research Committee, A. (2024). Indigenous Identity and Household Food Insecurity are Associated with Poor Health Outcomes in Canada. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 85(2), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2023-024.
  • Lindberg, R., Yii, V., Millen, E., Godrich, S. (2024). Revising a right to food road map—perspectives of Australian key informants. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(5), Article number 100189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100189.
  • Livingstone, K., Rawstorn, J., Alston, L., Partridge, S., Bastian, A., Dullaghan, K., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Zhang, Y., Barnett, S., Mathers, J., Godrich, S. (2024). Co-design of a personalised digital intervention to improve vegetable intake in adults living in Australian rural communities. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article number 146. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17641-8.

Reports

  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Devine, A., Stoneham, M., Godrich, S. (2024). Pilbara Food Community: Snapshot report. Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/SAA9-5V44.
  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Devine, A., Stoneham, M., Godrich, S. (2024). Goldfields Food Community: Snapshot report. Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/vmyc-8748.
  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Devine, A., Stoneham, M., Godrich, S. (2024). Wheatbelt Food Community: Snapshot report. Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/d8sh-vk53.
  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Devine, A., Stoneham, M., Godrich, S. (2024). Great Southern Food Community: Snapshot report. Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/5g5q-de41.
  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Devine, A., Stoneham, M., Godrich, S. (2024). Kimberley Food Community: Snapshot report. Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/VB7KWY16.
  • Chiera, I., Doe, J., Devine, A., Stoneham, M., Godrich, S. (2024). Midwest Food Community: Snapshot report. Western Australia. Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/SXCH-J839.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Doe, J., Goodwin, S., Alston, L., Kent, K. (2023). A scoping review of the impact of Food Policy Groups on local food systems in high-income countries. Nutrition Research Reviews, 2023(Article in press), 24 pages. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954422423000173.
  • Livingstone, K., Rawstorn, J., Partridge, S., Godrich, S., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Zhang, Y., Barnett, S., Mathers, J., Packard, M., Alston, L. (2023). Digital behaviour change interventions to increase vegetable intake in adults: a systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20(1), Article number 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01439-9.
  • Alston, L., Heaney, S., Kent, K., Godrich, S., Kocanda, L., Herbert, J., Schumacher, T., Brown, L. (2023). Rural nutrition and dietetics research—Future directions. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(5), 1027-1031. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13041.
  • Schumacher, T., Alderton, C., Brown, L., Heaney, S., Alston, L., Kent, K., Godrich, S. (2023). Development of a Scoring Tool for Australian Rural Food Retail Environments. Nutrients, 15(21), Article number 4660. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15214660.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Rewa, J., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2022). Evaluating the impact of a community- based food security project: The value in facilitating collaboration and understanding. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(2), 346-349. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.502.
  • Kent, K., Murray, S., Penrose, B., Auckland, S., Godrich, S., Lester, E., Visentin, D. (2022). Food insecure households faced greater challenges putting healthy food on the table during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Appetite, 169(1), Article number 105815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105815.
  • Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Billingham, W., Thornton, L., Sartori, A., Kennington, K., Devine, A., Godrich, S., Sambell, R., Howard, J., Bivoltsis, A. (2022). Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(S1), 262-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.682.
  • Blekkenhorst, L., Ride, K., Wallace, R., Eades, S., McAullay, D., Godrich, S. (2022). Healthy lifestyle initiatives for increasing fruit and vegetable intake among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a rapid review. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 47(2), 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2021-0076.
  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Kent, K., Romero Macau, F., Devine, A. (2022). A mixed-methods study to determine the impact of COVID-19 on food security, food access and supply in regional Australia for consumers and food supply stakeholders. Nutrition Journal, 21(1), article number 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-022-00770-4.
  • Ronto, R., Saberi, G., Robbers, GM., Godrich, S., Lawrence, M., Somerset, S., Fanzo, J., Chau, J. (2022). Identifying effective interventions to promote consumption of protein-rich foods from lower ecological footprint sources: A systematic literature review. PLOS global public health, 2(3), article number e0000209. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000209.
  • Godrich, S., Romero Macau, F., Kent, K., Lo, J., Devine, A. (2022). Food Supply Impacts and Solutions Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Regional Australian Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074116.
  • Aberle, L., Platts, J., Kioutis, M., Houstead, L., Godrich, S. (2022). Application of a sustainability framework to enhance Australian food literacy programs in remote Western Australian communities. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(S1), 174-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.586.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Rewa, J., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2021). Food community: Understanding community needs for a food security website to support rural and remote Western Australians. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S2), 283-291. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.433.
  • Godrich, S., Barbour, L., Lindberg, R. (2021). Problems, policy and politics – perspectives of public health leaders on food insecurity and human rights in Australia. BMC Public Health, 21(December 2021), Article number 1132. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11188-8.
  • McKay, F., Godrich, S. (2021). Interventions to address food insecurity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A rapid review. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 46(12), 1448-1458. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-1075.
  • Lindberg, R., Barbour, L., Godrich, S. (2021). A rights-based approach to food security in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(1), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.324.
  • Sambell, R., Andrew, L., Devine, A., Darby, J., Beatty, S., Godrich, S. (2021). Opportunities to identify and develop people skills: What university students need early in their degree journey. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 12(2), 348-365. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/11761.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Rewa, J., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2020). South West Food Community: understanding systemic change, and its associated challenges and successes, among food security projects. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(6), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13046.
  • Kent, K., Murray, S., Penrose, B., Auckland, S., Visentin, D., Godrich, S., Lester, E. (2020). Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Predictors of Food Insecurity in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutrients, 12(9), Article number 2682. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092682.
  • Kent, K., Godrich, S., Murray, S., Auckland, S., Blekkenhorst, L., Penrose, B., Lo, J., Devine, A. (2020). Definitions, Sources and Self-Reported Consumption of Regionally Grown Fruits and Vegetables in Two Regions of Australia. Nutrients, 12(4), Article number 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12041026.
  • Blanchet, R., Loewen , OK., Godrich, S., Willows, N., Veugelers, P. (2020). Exploring the association between food insecurity and food skills among school-aged children. Public Health Nutrition, 23(11), 2000-2005. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019004300.
  • Godrich, S., Kent, K., Murray, S., Auckland, S., Lo, J., Blekkenhorst, L., Penrose, B., Devine, A. (2020). Australian consumer perceptions of regionally grown fruit and vegetables: importance, enablers and barriers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), Article number 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010063.
  • Godrich, S., Stoneham, M., Edmunds, M., Devine, A. (2020). South West Food Community: how government and community initiatives are supporting systemic change towards enhanced food security. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(2), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12975.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Loewen, O., Blanchet, R., Willows, N., Veugelers, P. (2019). Canadian Children from Food Insecure Households Experience Low Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy for Healthy Lifestyle Choices. Nutrients, 11(3), Article number 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11030675.
  • Godrich, S., Payet, J., Brealey, D., Edmunds, M., Stoneham, M., Devine, A. (2019). South West Food Community: A Place-Based Pilot Study to Understand the Food Security System. Nutrients, 11(4), Article number 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040738.
  • Sambell, R., Andrew, L., Godrich, S., Wolfgang, J., Vandenbroeck, D., Stubley, K., Rose, N., Newman, L., Horwitz, P., Devine, A. (2019). Local Challenges and Successes Associated with Transitioning to Sustainable Food System Practices for a West Australian Context: Multi-Sector Stakeholder Perceptions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(11), Article number 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16112051.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2018). Which ecological determinants influence Australian children's fruit and vegetable consumption?. Health Promotion International, 33(2), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw063.
  • Godrich, S., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2018). Strategies to Address the Complex Challenge of Improving Regional and Remote Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Nutrients, 10(11), article no.1603. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111603.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). Prevalence and socio-demographic predictors of food insecurity among regional and remote Western Australian children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(6), 585-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12716.
  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). Are regional and remote Western Australian children eating for good health? An investigation into fruit and vegetable consumption. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 28(3), 233-237. https://doi.org/10.1071/HE16090.
  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). Which Food Security Determinants Predict Adequate Vegetable Consumption among Rural Western Australian Children?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(1), article no.40. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010040.
  • Godrich, S., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). What are the determinants of food security among regional and remote Western Australian children?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(2), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12636.

2016

Reports

  • Godrich, S., Aberle, LM., Thorne, LM., Stawarz , G., Murray, R., Hamilton, E., Houghton, C., Butcher, L. (2016). Pilbara Internal Evaluation Report 2016: School Breakfast Program, Food Sensations® in Schools, Fuel Your Future, Food Sensations® for Parents and Educator Training. Foodbank WA. Foodbank WA.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Butcher, L., Chester, M., Aberle, L., Bobongie, V., Davies, C., Godrich, S., Milligan, R., Tartaglia, J., Thorne, L., Begley, A. (2014). Foodbank of Western Australia's healthy food for all. British Food Journal, 116(9), 1490-1505. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-01-2014-0041.

Research Projects

  • Food Community: Building Organisational Capacity for Food Security Leadership in Western Australia, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Healthy Communities Grant, 2026 ‑ 2029, $345,412.
  • No one left hungry! Place-based, community-led regional Western Australian initiatives to ensure healthy food for all, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Healthy Communities Grant, 2026 ‑ 2029, $121,085.
  • Food Security Plan (Central Great Southern) for the Early Years Partnership, Minderoo Foundation, Grant, 2025 ‑ 2026, $87,401.
  • Food Community: A systemic approach to support healthy food availability, access and use across regional Western Australia., Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Health Promotion Project Grant, 2022 ‑ 2026, $555,274.
  • Exploring the potential for Food Policy Councils to support food security in regional Western Australia, Department of Health WA, FHRIF Research Excellence Awards 2022, 2022 ‑ 2024, $110,000.
  • Food Action Groups Project – Peel Region, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Grant, 2023, $828.
  • Pathway to healthy food environments: a guide for local governments in Western Australia, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Healthway - Grant, 2018 ‑ 2023, $469,078.
  • A social, economic and environmental sustainability analysis of regionally grown fresh fruit and vegetables in South West Western Australia., Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant – 2020, 2020 ‑ 2021, $30,000.
  • Parenting Program Evaluation, GP Down South Ltd, Grant, 2019 ‑ 2020, $12,275.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring food insecurity in Australian Family Day Care Educators: developing strategies through community engagement and co-design for food literacy and access to safe and nutritious food.

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Critical Sustainablities for Reproductive Agriculture: Horticulture, Capitalism and Care
  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, Barriers and Enablers of Food Security Systems Change: Perspectives from Government and Community-led Food Security Initiatives in Rural, Regional and Remote Western Australia
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