2007 Food Assistance and Nutrition RIDGE Conference: Agenda

Thursday, October 11

Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Introductions

Alex Majchrowicz, Director, RIDGE Program, ERS
Kitty Smith, Administrator, ERS
Betsey Kuhn, Director, Food Economics Division, ERS
Lionel J. “Bo” Beaulieu, Director, Southern Rural Development Center

Session 1:

Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
Lionel J. “Bo” Beaulieu, Director

Food Security and Feeding Strategies
Barbara Laraia, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Examining Relationships Among Obesity, Food Insecurity, Stress, and Emotional Eating In Low-Income African American Women
Kristi Lofton and Carol Connell, University of Southern Mississippi

Impact of Local Food Prices on the Relationship Between Food Stamp Program Participants and Bodyweight Status of Adults in the South
Qi (Harry) Zhang, Old Dominion University and Zhuo (Adam) Chen, University of Chicago

Exploring Health Literacy as a Factor Contributing to Adoption of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Among Adults in the Mississippi Delta
Jamie Zoellner, Wendy Bounds, and Carol Connell, University of Southern Mississippi

 

Morning Break

Session 2:

Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Judi Bartfeld, Grants Program Director
                              
Measuring the Impacts of Stigma and Time Cost in the Food Stamp Enrollment Decision
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, University of Chicago

The Effects of School Feeding Programs and Maternal Employment on Children's Meal and Activity Patterns
Geetha Waehrer, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

 

Lunch at ERS, California Dreamin’

Session 3:

American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona 
Jay Stauss, Director, American Indian Studies Program

Measuring Food Purchases, Community Needs and Tribal Policy for Health Foods in Local Grocery Stores on and Near a Northern Plains Indian Reservation
Blakely Brown, University of Montana

Understanding Access to and Use of Traditional Foods by Hopi Single Parent Female Headed Households: Outreach to the Hopi Community and its Organizations
Cornelia Butler Flora, Iowa State University; Matt Livingston, Pu'tavi and University of Arizona Extension; Ivy Honyestewa, Pu'tavi, Second Mesa; and Harrissa Koiyaquaptewa, Pu'tavi, Third Mesa

 

Afternoon Break

Session 4:

Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Robert LaLonde, Director

Estimating the Impact of Food Insecurity on Health Outcomes in the Presence of Food Insecurity Reporting Errors
Craig Gundersen and Brent Kreider, Iowa State University

Food Stamps Receipt and Food Insecurity After Welfare Reform: Links to Health and Behavior Among Low-Income Immigrant and Native Children
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago

Improving Our Information on Who Receives Food Stamps and the Program's Effects on Income and Consumption
James Sullivan, Notre Dame University and Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago

Food Stamp Program and Women, Infants and Children: Effects on Children's Health and Well-Being
Kathleen Ziol-Guest, Harvard School of Public Health and Daphne Hernandez, University of Michigan

Closing Statements

Adjournment

Friday, October 12

Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Announcements

Session 5:

Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Judi Bartfeld, Grants Program Director

The Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers
Charles Baum, Middle Tennessee State University

Food Stamps, Quality of Food Consumption, and Obesity
Neeraj Kaushal, Columbia University

 

Session 6:

American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona 
Jay Stauss, Director, American Indian Studies Program

The Cost and Availability of Healthier Foods for the Pascua Yaqui Pueblo and the Old Nogales Highway Colonia: Community Baselines and Benefits of Mobile Markets
George Frisvold, The University of Arizona

Expansion of a Small-Scale Integrated Aquamethaponics Food Production System and Training Program for Native Hawaiian Working Families in Hawaii
Acecio D’Silva, The University of Arizona

Morning Break

Session 7:

Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis
Lucia Kaiser, Director

A Longitudinal Study of Food Insecurity/Insufficiency on Overweight in Preschool Children
Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras, Simmons College

The Direct Economic Effects of a Policy to Provide Government Subsidized Price Discounts for the Purchase of Fruit and Vegetable by Food Stamp Recipients
Karen Jetter, University of California, Davis

Dietary Behaviors That Promote Over-Consumption: Are Food Insecurity and Food Assistance Program Participation Associated With Energy Imbalance?
Claire Zizza, Patricia Duffy, Auburn University and Mark Lino, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA

Conference Closing Remarks
David Smallwood, Deputy Director for Food Assistance Research, ERS

Adjournment