Master of Public Health

April 29, 2016

Cost, Quality, and Availability: Comparing Winter Produce in Supermarkets & Farmers Markets

This project was completed in the course NUTR 531: Public Health Nutrition.

March 25, 2016

Food Shopping Trip Characteristics Before and After the Light Rail

The Seattle Food Action Plan recommends improving healthy food access via non-auto transportation options, and light rail is a public transportation system recently introduced and currently being invested in and expanded. When studying food access, time is both an area-based measure of proximity and a component of travel cost to the individual, but proximity does…

December 11, 2015

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

Farmers market incentive programs such as the Fresh Bucks program in Seattle, Washington aim to improve healthy food access and food security amongst low-income individuals. The objective of this study was to compare Fresh Bucks access and associated shopping behaviors across food security levels of high/marginal, low, and very low food security.

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

Measuring food waste in school cafeterias is an important tool to evaluate the effectiveness of school nutrition policies aiming to increase consumption of healthier meals. Visual assessment methods are frequently applied in plate waste studies because they are more convenient than weighing; the visual quarter-waste method has become one of the most commonly used in…

Factors influencing water intake at school among youth in King County, Washington: a qualitative study based on the social ecological model

Sufficient water intake is essential for health, cognitive function, and school performance among youth. Approximately three in four children do not drink enough water during the school day leading to inadequate hydration status. Although research on youth water intake in school indicates that beverage choice may be influenced by school infrastructure, water quality, and policy,…

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…

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