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Reports

  • Supplemental Materials: Availability and Price of Healthy Food in Seattle by Neighborhood Sociodemographic Characteristics

    The supplementary materials for the published research study entitled, “Availability and Price of Healthy Food in Seattle by Neighborhood Sociodemographic Characteristics” are posted below. The supplemental materials describe the scoring method for the Seattle Healthy Food Survey (Supplementary Table 1), results from a secondary analysis of healthy food access across neighborhoods with different proportions of...

    Date: September 7, 2022

    Author(s): Leah Neff Warner, MPH; Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, MPH; Vanessa M. Oddo, PhD; Melissa A. Knox, PhD; Philip M. Hurvitz, PhD; Anita Rocha, MS; Nadine Chan, PhD; Brian E. Saelens, PhD; Jessica C. Jones-Smith, PhD

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  • Washington State Food System Assessment Report

    This report was prepared for the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and published online December 14, 2021. Titled The State of the Washington State Food System During COVID-19: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead, the report provides an in-depth assessment of the state of Washington’s food system during the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies strengths, weaknesses, and ongoing risks affecting Washington’s food system, as...

    Date: December 14, 2021

    Author(s): The Washington State Food Systems Assessment was developed by Jennifer J. Otten, Food Systems Director and Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) at UWSPH; Sarah M. Collier, Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences and DEOHS at UWSPH; Marie L. Spiker, Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Epidemiology at UWSPH; Yona Sipos, Assistant Teaching Professor, Nutritional Sciences and DEOHS at UWSPH; Adam Drewnowski, Director, Center for Public Health Nutrition (CPHN) and Professor, Epidemiology at UWSPH; James Buszkiewicz, Research Investigator, University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology and formerly Research Scientist, Epidemiology at UWSPH; Chelsea M. Rose, Research Scientist, Epidemiology at UWSPH; Alan Ismach, Research Coordinator, DEOHS at UWSPH; Esther Nguyen, Research Coordinator, CPHN at UWSPH.

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  • WA State Tribal Food Survey Report – Food Insecurity and Food Access in Washington State Tribal Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Published December 7, 2021, this report shares findings from the WA State Tribal Food Survey, a joint project between the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (NWTEC), the University of Washington School of Public Health (UWSPH), and Tacoma Community College (TCC) that aimed to better understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing, food security,...

    Date: December 7, 2021

    Author(s): The WATRIBAL project is a joint effort between the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (NWTEC), a part of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB), the University of Washington School of Public Health (UWSPH), and Tacoma Community College (TCC). The team is comprised of Victoria Warren-Mears, Director, NWTEC; Nora Frank-Buckner, Food Sovereignty Initiatives Director, NPAIHB; Jenine Dankovchik, Program Evaluation Specialist, NPAIHB; Jennifer J. Otten, Food Systems Director and Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) at UW School of Public Health (UWSPH); Adam Drewnowski, Director, Center for Public Health Nutrition and Professor, Epidemiology at UWSPH; Chelsea M. Rose, Research Scientist, Epidemiology at UWSPH; James Buszkiewicz, Research Scientist, Epidemiology at UWSPH; Alan Ismach, Research Coordinator, DEOHS at UWSPH, Esther Nguyen, Research Coordinator at UWSPH; and Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Professor, Community Health at TCC.

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  • City of Seattle Food Access Spending Farm Economy Analysis Report

    A study measuring the economic impact of City of Seattle spending on food access programs on local farmers.

    Date: September 6, 2019

    Author(s): Melissa Knox, Lina Pinero Walkinshaw

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  • Identifying Direct Market Opportunities and Challenges for King County Farm Business

    This study and report was produced as part of a project for King Conservation District (KCD) in 2019 and conducts a systematic literature review on direct marketing in the United States and surveys and interviews with King County farmers about their experience with farming and direct marketing.

    Date: May 16, 2019

    Author(s): Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, Emilee Quinn, Jennifer Otten

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  • Food Waste Prevention and Recovery Assessment Report

    This report was prepared by CPHN for the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment and Seattle Public Utilities in 2015 and released in 2016.

    Date: September 6, 2016

    Author(s): Jennifer Otten, Sara Diedrich, Katherine Getts, Christine Benson

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  • Evaluating Washington State’s Healthy Nutrition Guidelines

    Report from a baseline evaluation of Washington State Executive Order 13-06, which mandated all state agencies in the executive branch to implement food and beverage policies consistent with the Washington State Healthy Nutrition Guidelines, based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This report was prepared for Washington State Department of Health and documents the...

    Date: September 30, 2014

    Author(s): Jennifer Otten, Jamie Bachaus, Elizabeth Hulbrock

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  • Healthy Policies Toolkit: Nutrition and Physical Activity in Child Care

    This toolkit was produced in 2014 and designed for early childhood education professionals to use in designing and implementing healthy child care policies. The toolkit contains recommendations from the following sources: Let’s Move! Child Care Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs, 2nd Edition: Selected Standards from Caring for Our Children: National Health...

    Date: August 1, 2014

    Author(s): Elizabeth Payne, MPH, RD

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  • Washington State Survey of Nutrition and Physical Activity in Child Care

    About the Survey The purpose of the survey was to learn more about nutrition and physical activity for children ages 2-5 in licensed child care programs. Child care providers in all parts of Washington completed the survey and provided important information about nutrition and physical activity for young children in our state. The University of...

    Date: November 20, 2013

    Author(s): Center for Public Health Nutrition

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  • Opportunities for Increasing Access to Healthy Foods in Washington State

    A report for the Access to Healthy Foods Coalition. This publication was supported by Washington State Department of Health (DOH) through Cooperative Agreement Number 5U58DP001491-02 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of DOH or CDC.

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    Author(s): Donna Johnson, Mary Podrabsky, Corinne McCuskey, Karen Holt Luetjen, Christy Alexander

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