Agenda
Thursday,
October 15 |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
Opening Remarks
Alex Majchrowicz, Director, RIDGE Program, ERS
Laurian Unnevehr, Director, Food Economics Division, ERS |
| 8:45 am |
Session 1
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Judi Bartfeld, Grants Program Director
Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the School Breakfast Program
David E. Frisvold, Emory University
The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Adult and Childhood Obesity
Oscar A. Mitnik, University of Miami
What Will the Neighbors Think? Welfare Stigma Due to Public Disapproval
Kevin Mumford, Purdue University
Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota
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| 10:00 am |
Session Break |
| 10:15 am |
The Impact of WIC Participation on Food Insecurity and Early Childhood Health Outcomes for a Nationally Representative Sample of Children
Johnelle Sparks, University of Texas at San Antonio
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| 10:40 am |
Session 2
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
Lionel J. “Bo” Beaulieu, Director
The Role of Food Insecurity and Caregiver Feeding Styles in Diet Quality and Weight Status in Head Start Children
Janice Stuff, Sheryl Hughes, and Theresa Nicklas, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Federal Food Assistance Programs: Part of the Childhood Obesity Problem or Solution?
Elizabeth Rigby, University of Houston
Rachel Kimbro, Rice University
Child, Mother, and Other Adult Perspectives, Interactions, Negotiations, and Choices about Food in Rural and Urban Food-Insecure Households in South Carolina
Maryah Fram, Edward Frongillo, and Sonya Jones, University of South Carolina
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| 12:00 noon |
Lunch at ERS, “A Federal Affair” |
| 1:00 pm |
Session 3
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis
Lucia Kaiser, Director
Assessing the Link Between Food Assistance Program Utilization and Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Risk for Chronic Disease in U.S. Children
Christopher Taylor, Ohio State University
Trends in Food Assistance Program Participation on Childhood Weight Trajectories
Daphne Hernandez, Pennsylvania State University
Maternal Nutrition Knowledge, Pediatric Overweight, and Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Janet Wojcicki, University of California at San Francisco
The Impact of School and School Food on Children’s Obesity
Kristin Butcher, Wellesley College
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| 2:40 pm |
Session Break |
| 3:00 pm |
Session 4
American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
Jay Stauss, Director, American Indian Studies Program
Utilizing Research About Traditional Foods of Puget Sound Indians to Create a Healthier Diet and Lifestyle for Indian People
Vanessa Cooper (Lummi), Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot), and Susan Given-Seymour, Northwest Indian College
Ancestors Choice Environmental Strategy for Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Native Populations
Anita Dupius, Salish Kootenai College
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| 3:50 pm |
Session 5
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Robert LaLonde, Director
The Effects of Imputed Income in the Survey of Income and Program Participation in Measuring Trends in the Relationships Among Income Volatility, Food Assistance Programs, and Food Insufficiency
Thomas DeLeire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nutritional Assistance in Child Care and at Home: Correlates of Program Participation and Associations with Child Outcomes
Rachel Gordon, University of Illinois at Chicago
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| 4:45 pm |
Day One Adjournment |
Friday,
October 16 |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:25 am |
Announcements |
| 8:30 am |
Session 6
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Robert LaLonde, Director
Food Stamps, Blood Sugar Control and Medicare Costs of Older Diabetics
Lauren Hersch Nicholas, University of Michigan
Exploring the Mystery of the Missing Elderly: Low Take-Up of Food Stamps Among the Elderly
Yanyuan (April) Wu and Kerwin Charles, University of Chicago
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| 9:20 am |
Session 7
American Indian Studies Program, The University of Arizona
Jay Stauss, Director, American Indian Studies Program
Utilizing an Ecological Perspective as a Framework for Understanding Native American Elders' Views of Diabetes for the Development of an Indigenous Action Plan
Stephany Parker, Oklahoma State University and Chickasaw Nation Nutrition Services
Teresa Jackson and Dee Robertson, Oklahoma State University
Sarah Miracle and Janice Hermann, Chickasaw Nation Nutrition Services
Understanding the Impact of Food Assistance Program Usage on Diet Among American Indians (Part II)
Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins University
|
| 10:10 am |
Session Break |
| 10:25 am |
Session 8
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
Lionel J. “Bo” Beaulieu, Director
Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food Stamp Program Outcomes in the South: Does Place Matter?
Tim Slack and Candice A. Myers, Louisiana State University
Assessing the Impact of On-Line Application on Florida’s Food Stamp Caseload
Colleen Heflin and Peter Mueser, University of Missouri
Andrew London, Syracuse University
|
| 11:15 am |
Session 9
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis
Lucia Kaiser, Director
Impact of Food Stamp Program Participation on Adult Obesity and Child Overweight Status
Maximiliam Schmeiser, University of Wisconsin at Madison
The Longitudinal Impact of Food Assistance Program Participation on Food Insecurity and Nutritional Risk in Low-Income Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Georgia
Jung Sun Lee, University of Georgia
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| 12:00 noon |
Conference Closing Remarks and Adjournment
David Smallwood, Deputy Director for Food Assistance Research, ERS
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