Master of Public Health

October 30, 2013

The Washington State Community Feeding Team Survey

The Washington State Community Feeding Teams provide family-centered, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive evaluation and services focusing on feeding and nutrition concerns for children with special health care needs. As part of an interdisciplinary team, providers are able to address feeding and nutrition concerns in a cost-effective manner that can benefit families by avoiding multiple visits and…

Contextual data report: CDC 1017 program funding results

The CDC granted CDC-RFA-DP10-1017 funding to 12 states to include policy, system, and environmental (PSE) change strategies to prevent cancer. The CDC contracted out a project to Battelle Memorial Institute to evaluate awardees ’projects and their success. Following a systematic search of the literature on public health coalitions and their role in advocacy for PSE…

An environmental assessment of childhood obesity on the Quinault Indian Reservation

According to the CDC approximately 17% of children and adolescents between the ages of 2‐19 year old are obese. Among all ethnic groups, American Indians (AI) have the highest rates of obesity in the United States. The Quinault Indian Nation (QIN), located in Grays Harbor County, WA, was studied to determine how their social and…

How foods affect blood sugar: A guide for Vietnamese patients with diabetes and their providers

It was been estimated that 5.3% of Vietnamese in the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes. Per Dr. Carey Jackson, director of Harborview Medical Center’s International Medicine Clinic (IMC), diabetes maintenance has been a longstanding issue with the Vietnamese patients that receive medical care at the IMC. There is a need for culturally appropriate…

Development of Breastfeeding Education Protocol and Educational Content at UWMC

With clear scientific evidence supporting benefits of breastfeeding, UWMC Lactation Services worked to receive designation as a “Baby Friendly Hospital” in 2009 from the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), a global initiative by the UNICEF and WHO, by fulfilling the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, which serve as guidelines to create the optimal environment for…

August 23, 2013

District Market: A pilot marketing study

Assessing green space as a correlate of physical activity among twins

Do screen time policies matter? The association between the presence of screen time policies in child care facilities and child care provider knowledge, provider advocacy and facility practices

June 14, 2013

The association between access to water and sugary-sweetened beverage consumption in 37 schools in King County

April 29, 2013

Drinking Water Access Project

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

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