Master of Public Health

December 11, 2015

Exploring the Use of Seattle’s Farmers’ Market Incentive Program (“Fresh Bucks”) by Household Food Security Levels

Measuring Plate Waste: Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability of the Quarter-Waste Method

Factors influencing water consumption at school among adolescents in King County, Washington: A qualitative study based on the Social Ecological Model

October 30, 2015

Kids’ Meals: Restaurant Assessment in King County

On a typical day, 33% of children ages 2-11 ate at fast-food and 12% at full-service restaurants. For ages 2-6, 12% of their total energy intake was from restaurants; for ages 7-12, 15%. Eating at restaurants is associated with increased sugar-sweetened beverages, decreased milk, and increased total fat, saturated fat, and sugar. Less than 10%…

Development of a Culturally Tailored Visual Reference Tool for Latino Patients with Diabetes

Harborview Medical Center (HMC) is King County’s primary trauma hospital, with priority given to indigents without third-party coverage, persons incarcerated in King County Jail, and the non-English-speaking poor, among others. Harborview’s commitment to serving non-English-speaking residents led them to create EthnoMed, whose purpose is “to make information about culture, language, health, illness, and community resources…

The Feasibility of Health Information Signs at the Point-of-Sale for Sugary Drinks

Sugary drinks are the largest source of added sweeteners in the American diet and are the largest source of calories for teenagers. Their consumption is associated with weight gain, increased incidence of diabetes and cardiac events. Two-thirds of adults in King County and at least one-third of youth report consuming sugary drinks, with racial disparities…

Nutrition Screening Quality Improvement at the University of Washington High-Risk Infant Follow-up Clinic

After leaving the Neonatal ICU (NICU), infants may be referred to receive an evaluation at the University of Washington High-Risk Infant Follow-up (UW HRIF) Program at the Center on Human Development and Disability. Early nutritional status of these infants is important to growth, development, and long-term health. The UW HRIF Program includes a dietitian, but…

Restaurant Kids’ Meals: Feasibility Study & Policy Options

Children eat almost a fifth of their meals away from home, and the nutritional quality of those meals is important; diet quality can impact cognitive development, weight maintenance, and risk of chronic disease later in life. Less than 10% of kids’ meals meet criteria of various nutrition standards. On a typical day, one third of…

Strengthening Human Milk Banking Systems through an Integrated Approach: A Global Perspective

The provision of donor human milk has been shown to significantly reduce morbidity and mortality of vulnerable infants both in the US and globally and is recommended as the next best option when a mother’s own milk is unavailable. Scale-up of human milk banks has been hindered, however, by the absence of an appropriate model…

Healthy Eating Strategies in Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, and Waseca Counties

The Minnesota counties of Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, and Waseca are home to over 105,000 individuals, and 29%-30% of adults living there are obese compared to 26% of all Minnesotans. Americans today spend almost half of their budgets on food away from the home compared to less than 25% in 1955. Healthy Together – a…

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