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Thursday Dec 06, 2018
Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
About the Webinar
This presentation will describe the the process of conducting a qualitative research study and highlight results from a study that explored the extent to which parents divide responsibilities of feeding (what, when, where, how much, and whether) with their children and the factors that influence parents' approach to feeding. Overall, we found that parent's approaches to feeding varied widely. A few parents followed the Division of Responsibility approach closely. Instead, many parents gave their child more than the recommended amount of influence over what foods were served and offered children less than the recommended amount of autonomy over the whether and how much of eating. Meals and snacks were approached differently; parents exhibited less control over the timing of snacks as well as the types and amounts of foods eaten during snacks, compared with the control exhibited during meals.
About the Presenter
Katie A. Loth, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Minnesota
Katie Loth, PhD, MPH, RD is an Assistant Professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Her research explores social and environmental influences on child and adolescent weight status and disordered eating behaviors. Specifically, she is interested in identifying ways that parents can work to help their children develop and maintain a healthy weight and a healthy relationship with their bodies. Loth is also a dietitian and sees patients in an outpatient clinic and help train family medicine residents.
Monday Nov 12, 2018
Monday Nov 12, 2018
About the Webinar
The food and nutrition environment – which includes aspects such as food pricing, placement, marketing and promotions – is known to impact consumer behaviors. However, the impact of the food and nutrition environment in emergency food settings, which serves low-income consumers at high risk for food insecurity and poor quality diets, is less understood. This webinar will introduce viewers to the Nutrition Environment Food Pantry Assessment Tool (NEFPAT) – a novel user-friendly tool that can be used by raters to evaluate a variety of food pantry efforts to promote health through their services. Attendees will understand the components of the NEFPAT, why they were selected, and the methods used to determine validity and reliability. How to use the NEFPAT in food pantry settings will also be discussed.
About the Presenters
Jennifer McCaffrey, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Jennifer McCaffrey is the Assistant Dean for the Family and Consumer Sciences programs at University of Illinois Extension. In her position she focuses on providing statewide leadership for Extension programs in nutrition, family relationships, and personal finance. She has extensive experience implementing programs for limited resource families and currently oversees, EFNEP and SNAP Ed in Illinois. McCaffrey earned a PhD in Public Health from the University of Illinois Chicago, Masters in Public Health from University of Minnesota, and is a registered dietitian having earned her degree in Dietetics from the University of Wisconsin.
Cassandra Nikolaus, MS, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Cassandra Nikolaus is a PhD Candidate in Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Broadly, her research interests are in understanding how food decisions are made and what can be done to improve consumers’ dietary patterns. Specifically, she uses quantitative and qualitative methods to understand decisions related to food preparation, food waste, and environmental influences. In addition to her graduate training, Cassandra has worked with University of Illinois Extension for the last three years to support research and evaluation endeavors. She received her MS in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after receiving her BS in Dietetics at Central Washington University.
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
About the Webinar
The session will focus on the development and validation of a pediatric obesity risk assessment tool for low-income families. Additional topics include the importance of tailoring content to literacy level, culture, and language of the target audience and plus application to nutrition education. Related JNEB article.
About the Presenters
Marilyn Townsend, PhD, RD, University of California, Davis
Dr. Townsend is a Nutrition Specialist Emerita in the Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis. Dr. Townsend is an expert in program evaluation, intervention development, and assessment tool validation. Her obesity prevention research focuses on improving diets and physical activity of low-income families.
Mical Shilts, PhD, California State University, Sacramento
Dr. Shilts is a Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Shilts' research interests concentrate on the development and evaluation of obesity prevention interventions applying “guided” goal setting targeting low-income, ethnically diverse audiences and the design and validation of dietary assessment tools for low-literate audiences.
Karina Diaz Rios, PhD, RD, University of California, Merced
Dr. Díaz Rios is a Cooperative Extension Specialist in Nutrition at the University of California, Merced. Her research focuses on the development, adaptation, and evaluation of theory-based, culturally sensitive approaches to nutrition education and interventions to prevent diet-related diseases in underserved Latino populations.
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
About the Webinar
Program evaluation is an important part of determining any intervention’s success. In this presentation, we will discuss the study design and methodologies used to evaluate a new farm-to-school program. Specifically, the benefits and drawbacks of the quarter-waste method will be discussed within the context of evaluating school-level nutrition interventions.
About the Presenter
Jaclyn D. Kropp, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Florida
Dr. Jaclyn Kropp is an associate professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department at the University of Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University in 2008. Her research focuses on issues related to agricultural policy and program evaluation. She is particularly interested in the link between food assistance program participation and child nutrition.
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
About the Webinar
A growing body of evidence suggests that developing skills in cooking and meal preparation is associated with healthier diets and eating behaviors. Yet, most of this research is based on cross-sectional data or short-term evaluations of cooking interventions. In this presentation I will discuss findings of a longitudinal study which suggest that self-perceived cooking skills during early adulthood predict better eating behaviors over the longer term. Related JNEB article.
About the Presenter
Jennifer Utter, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Auckland
Jennifer Utter is an associate professor at the School of Population Health, University of Auckland. Her research interests span nutrition, public health and adolescent health. She is particularly interested in how cooking and eating together as a family impacts the health and well-being of young people.
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
About the Webinar
Implementation Science (IS) is the study of how best to support uptake and sustainability of evidence-based and recommended practices. To date, application of IS principles and designs have been limited in the nutrition education field. This webinar will explore the relevance of IS for advancing the field of nutrition education. Attendees will become familiar with scenarios fitting for application of IS. Further, IS methods will be compared to terminology and concepts likely to be familiar to nutrition education audiences (e.g., process evaluation).
This webinar is sponsored by the Research Division and the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
About the Presenter
Taren Swindle, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Taren M. Swindle is an Assistant Professor in Family and Preventive Medicine within the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Broadly, her research program focuses on understanding and improving health and developmental outcomes for children impacted by poverty. Dr. Swindle has a particular focus on obesity prevention and nutrition promotion for young children in low-income families. Her work to date has focused on the early childcare setting as a key context for obesity prevention and nutrition intervention. She is interested in increasing adoption of evidence-based practices and interventions in community settings such as this through application of Implementation Science. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research from the University of Memphis.
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
About the Webinar
Understanding the importance and impact of nutrition literacy hinges upon measuring nutrition literacy using valid tools. In this presentation, we will look at the process of developing, validating, and forming scoring thresholds for the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument. Related JNEB article.
About the Presenter
Heather D. Gibbs, PhD, RD, LD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Dr. Heather Gibbs is an Assistant Professor and registered dietitian at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Gibbs obtained her PhD at the University of Illinois where she began her work to develop a measurement tool for nutrition literacy. The Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument is a validated tool for comprehensively measuring nutrition literacy.
Friday Sep 14, 2018
Friday Sep 14, 2018
Tuesday, July 24 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Northstar
Moderator: Melissa Maulding, MS RD, Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program
Speakers: Kimberlynn Laramy, Social Marketing Strategist and Senior Accountant, Ethos/VONT; Suzanne Madore, Ethos/VONT
Social Media is here to stay, from Presidential tweets to funny cat videos and everything in between.
Learn how you can use social media to help promote your program. Hear more about how you can increase engagement with your program using the tools of social media. Uncover the planning and processes that can help you use social media in the most effective and efficient manner, increasing your reach and meeting your goals.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will learn about the different types of social media and how they relate to different audiences.
- Attendees will learn best practices with regard to using social media for promotion.
- Attendees will learn how to craft messages for maximum engagement.