Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Master of Public Health
August 14, 2025
Towards Achieving Latino Food Equity: Insights from Latino Community Leaders in Central Eastern Washington
Latino Food Equity acknowledges the diverse cultural and socioeconomic factors that influence food access and consumption within the Latino community, promoting more inclusive and effective strategies to achieve food equity. This is a qualitative sub-study of the Food Research and Equity Collaborative (FrEsCo), and it aims to document the perception of community leaders in Central...Eating for Mental Health
The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) Northern Lakes affiliate provides support, education and advocacy for people living with mental illness by facilitating peer and family support groups, hosting community building events, leading free crisis intervention training, and more for three rural counties in upstate Wisconsin. One of the organization’s most important endeavors is operating...May 13, 2025
Free Days and Free Ways to Reach Washington State Parks
Access to outdoor recreation has been proven to improve mental and physical health outcomes, as well as community wellbeing. Washington state parks, however, are often located far from population centers and are difficult to access for people without private vehicle access, individuals with disabilities, and residents of low socioeconomic status. Free Days and Free Ways...April 22, 2025
Food is Medicine: Feasibility for a Statewide PRx Program in Arizona
As a Nutrition and Physical Activity Trainee with the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO), the student partnered with the Arizona Department of Health Services to work on Food is Medicine (FIM) initiatives as part of a...March 5, 2025
Katie McConaughy
What have you been doing since completing your degree & RDN training? After earning my degree and becoming an RD, I joined the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), the state agency responsible for overseeing public K-12 education. I work in child nutrition services on USDA grant-funded initiatives aimed at improving the quality of...Andrea Litzow
What have you been doing since completing your degree & RDN training? I currently work for the Washington State Department of Agriculture as a contracts specialist for the Focus on Food Initiative where I help to lead a project to distribute remaining Coronavirus state recovery funds to support hunger relief and emergency food response efforts,...January 6, 2025
Recommendations to Improve Food Access for K-12 Students in the City of Seattle
Food insecurity is defined as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.” In 2023, about 18% (6.5 million) of U.S. households with children experienced food insecurity. The impacts of low and very-low food security, such as reduced food quality,...December 23, 2024
A Cleft Palate Post-Surgery Recipe Book
The Washington State Department of Health – Children & Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN) Program connects systems of care for families to help children with special needs stay healthy and thrive in their communities. CYSHCN clients include those who have or are at an increased risk for chronic, physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions...December 10, 2024
Weight Neutral Nutrition Care at WIC Tip Sheet
Nutrition First is a non-profit WIC (USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) advocacy organization, whose mission is to improve the health of children and pregnant individuals by promoting good nutrition and breastfeeding practices. Part of their efforts include training for WIC staff in Washington State. This project pulled ideas and language...November 22, 2024
Plant Based Protein Integration in Medically Tailored Meals: Applying a Culturally Responsive Lens
Project Open Hand (POH) is an organization that has been providing medically tailored meals (MTMs) to under resourced residents of the greater San Francisco area since the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the mid-1980s. The organization – whose mission is to improve health outcomes and quality of life for ill and vulnerable community members through nourishing food...Previous page Next page