READY TO EAT
The Ready to Eat programme is a research study run with the University of Auckland/Waipapa Taumata Rau. It involves a funded intervention for tamariki/children aged between 1 to 4 years, who have a feeding tube (NG tube or G tube). We aim to support progression to eating and drinking, so that tube feeding can stop.
The intervention is run in homes in the Counties Manukau area. Initially there is a 2-3 week intensive period with daily support, followed by ongoing family/whānau support for up to six months
Referral to this study takes place with your health professionals. You can share this website with them or you can also contact Sarah Leadley here
A parent’s experience of the Ready to Eat study (click to access video). Please note that the Ready to Eat programme previously included tamariki aged up to 14 years of age.
INCREASING ACCESS TO INTERVENTION
A completed 2024-25 project looked at how to increase access to interventions for tube weaning, specifically for Māori tamariki and their whānau.
We were grateful to have funding from the Health Research Council for this project, and the project ran in partnership with Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau (KidzFirst).
The publication is available here
A TEAM APPROACH FOR EATING DIFFICULTIES
Together with the team at ACTIVEating (Massey University, Albany), we are looking at whether behavioural strategies can help to support tamariki who are participating in eating groups. We work within the Speech Language Therapy and Dietetics programmes. Please see information here, if you would like to find out more:
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Publications may be accessed via Research gate here -
