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September State-of-the-Science Webinar


Implementation Science and Health Equity: Implications for Policy Research


Date: September 9th @ 9am PT/12pm ET


Presenter: Gabby McLoughlin, PhD, MS & Ross Brownson, PhD

Passcode: 610909
Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229

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NOPREN Special Collection


2023 NOPREN Special Collection Application Now Open!


The NOPREN Coordinating Center is developing its 2023 special collection of NOPREN publications to showcase the impact of our collaborative research activities.The NOPREN Special Collection will be posted online. To view previous editions, click here.

 

NOPREN 2023 Special Collection Criteria - Eligible papers include:

  • Published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2023
  • Open access
  • NOPREN-related publication* (*includes papers that were funded by NOPREN, borne out of a NOPREN work group collaboration, and/or includes more than one NOPREN work group member)
  • Paper topic areas: food/nutrition security, health equity, drinking water access, rural food access, healthy food retail, school wellness, resilient food systems, early childhood nutrition, pediatric obesity, food policy councils, and federal food and nutrition programs.
  • Papers that are of relevance for local health departments and/or implementers.
  • Special consideration given to papers from NOPREN funded work group seed projects and/or collaborations across work groups


Click here to submit articles to the 2023 NOPREN Special Collection by September 10th, 2024 (deadline extended).

NOPREN HER Resource Digest
The bi-weekly digest is a joint product of NOPREN and HER.*
PUBLICATIONS

Food Security

Keller, K. J. M., Bruno, P., Foerster, S., & Draper, C. (2024). Thirty Years of SNAP-Ed: The Transition of the Nation’s Largest Nutrition Education Program Into a Pillar of the Public Health Infrastructure. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 56(8).


Rural Food Access

Umstattd Meyer, M.R., Houghtaling, B., Wende, M.E. et al. (2024). A scoping review of policies to encourage breastfeeding, healthy eating, and physical activity among rural people and places in the United States. BMC Public Health, 24(2160).


School Wellness

Perry, M., Mardin, K., Chamberlin, G., Busey, E. A., Lindsey Smith Taillie, Dillman, F. R., & Popkin, B. M. (2024). National policies to limit food marketing and competitive food sales in schools: a global scoping review. Advances in Nutrition, 15(8), 100254–100254.


Spill, M. K., Trivedi, R., Thoerig, R. C., Balalian, A. A., Schwartz, M. B., Gundersen, C., Odoms-Young, A., Racine, E. F., Foster, M. J., Davis, J. S., & MacFarlane, A. J. (2024). Universal Free School Meals and School and Student Outcomes. JAMA Network Open, 7(8), e2424082–e2424082.

NEWS & UPDATES

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - House Committee Farm Bill’s $30 Billion SNAP Cut, Other Harmful Proposals Outweigh Improvements


Food Bank News - Does 'Food is Medicine' Equal More SNAP?


Institute of Food Technologists - Advancing Healthy Equity and Nutrition Security


Scripps News - Arizona school district highlights the benefits of free lunch


Time - Kamala Harris to Call For 'Price Gouging' Ban on Food and Groceries


Western Slope Now - Colorado 1 in 3 states piloting SNAP bonus program

RESOURCES

ASPHN - Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Vegetable & Fruit Snack Menu


ASPHN - Enhancing Young Children's Access to Local Foods and Farm to ECE: Federal Funding Guide


Dietary Guidelines for Americans - Education Resources

WEBINARS & EVENTS

CACFP Roundtable - 33rd Annual CACFP Conference, 10/7-10/9 in Universal City, CA


Healthy Eating Research - Ultra-Processed Foods: State of the Science and Implications for Policy, 9/26 @ 1:30pm ET


National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine - Safeguarding the Food Supply: Integrating Diverse Risks, Connecting with Consumers, and Protecting Vulnerable Populations (Workshop), 9/4-9/5

NIH-FDA - Nutrition Regulatory Science Workshop, deadline 12/17-12/18 in Bethesda, MD


Society of Behavioral Medicine - 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, March 26-29 in San Francisco


USDA NIFA - Food/Nutrition Security: Rapid Response During Extreme Weather Events, 9/24 @ 1:30pm ET

FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL UPDATES & REPORTS

USDA


U.S. Government Accountability Office - Fighting Food Insecurity Occurs at All Ages - But Two Populations May Get Overlooked

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Altarum Institute (Altarum) Population Health Division - Food & Nutrition Evaluation Project Manager (PM)


Berkeley Media Studies Group - Health Equity Program Associate


Bread for the World - Senior Domestic Policy Advisors


California Department of Public Health - Public Health Nutrition Consultant III


California State University Long Beach - Assistant Professor Of Nutrition And Dietetics



Center for Nutrition & Health Impact - Research Associate

Children's Defense Fund - Policy Associate, Health and Nutrition


Michigan State University Extension - Early Childhood Health Extension Educator


Project Open Hand - Culinary Nutritionist


Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University - Assistant or Associate Professor, deadline 10/1


State of Connecticut - SNAP Program Administrator, deadline 8/27


University of Kentucky - Assistant Professor in Dietetics and Human Nutrition

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Chef Ann Foundation - Healthy School Food Pathway Fellowship, deadline 9/12


Childhood Obesity - Call for Papers: Promotion of Health and Wellness in Early Childhood Settings, deadline 10/1


Nutrition Policy Institute - Data Collector for Study

STUDENTS & EARLY CAREER

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors - Public Health Americorps, deadline 8/30

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*This digest is based on a compilation of news services and listservs developed by Sheila Fleischhacker, PhD, JD, RDN during her time as co-chair of the HER NOPREN COVID-19 Food & Nutrition Work Group and operationalized on a weekly basis by HER. The new bi-weekly digest is created by NOPREN and reviewed by Dr. Fleischhacker. The digest is jointly supported by Healthy Eating Research (HER) and the Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN). HER is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; NOPREN is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number 5U48DP00498-05 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and Prevention Research Centers Program. The findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of HER, CDC, DHHS, or the USDA.