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Andrew Lytle correspondence with Lula Ulrica Whitaker, 1981 April 29
No full textLetter from Andrew Lytle to Lula Ulrica Whitaker that provides additional biographical details about the author, supplementing his 1934 July 15 correspondence with Whitaker
Andrew Lytle correspondence with Lula Ulrica Whitaker, 1981 April 29
No full textLetter from Andrew Lytle to Lula Ulrica Whitaker that provides additional biographical details about the author, supplementing his 1934 July 15 correspondence with Whitaker
Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems to measure food access
No full textJTLU vol. 3, no. 1, (2010) pp 43-65A significant amount of travel is undertaken to find food. This paper examines challenges in measuring access to food using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), important in studies of both travel and eating behavior. It compares different sources of data available including fieldwork, land use and parcel data, licensing information, commercial listings, taxation data, and online street-level photographs. It proposes methods to classify different kinds of food sales places in a way that says something about their potential for delivering healthy food options. In assessing the relationship between food access and travel behavior, analysts must clearly conceptualize key variables, document measurement processes, and be clear about the strengths and weaknesses of data.Forsyth, Ann; Lytle, Leslie; Van Riper, David. (2010). Finding food: Issues and challenges in using Geographic Information Systems to measure food access. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, 10.5198/jtlu.v3i1.105
Causes of childhood obesity and $3.4 million study
No full textRuntime 1:42 minutesThis resource is provided for informational purposes only and may not reflect current scientific knowledge or medical recommendations.Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. What are the causes for the rise of childhood obesity? An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Minnesota, led by epidemiologist Leslie Lytle, aims to find out. <clip: Lytle’s five-year research project, funded by a 3.4 million study. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257636
Andrew Nelson Lytle Papers Finding Aid
No full textFinding aid for a collection. Collection description: The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts of writings, research materials, reviews, publicity, legal and financial documents, theatrical clippings and programs, photographs, journals and diaries, family records and manuscripts of writings by others. The collection documents, in varying extent, Lytle's trips abroad (1921, 1924), his life at school (Oxford exams, Vanderbilt University, Yale Drama School), his careers as actor, farmer, author, teacher and editor, his activity in the Agrarian literary group, his strong family ties, his relationship with his wife, and his friendships, which include many fellow writers (especially Donald Davidson, Caroline Gordon, Frank Lawrence Owsley, Katherine Anne Porter, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren), academic colleagues and devoted students. There is also a substantial amount of family correspondence and papers chronicling the Lytle, Nelson and related families of Tennessee. This collection will be of chief interest to those researching Andrew Lytle's life and writings, but it will be of importance to those interested in the Fugitive and Agrarian Groups and (to a lesser extent) the Sewanee Review. Special Collections holds three collections of Lytle's papers: one acquired in 1968, one in 1988, and one in 1998. This is the first.http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/lytlea.shtm
Towards Improved Measurement of Individual Diet Behaviors and Food Environment Exposures: Resources from the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (P16-026-19)
No full textThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Current Developments in Nutrition following peer review. The version of record Kirkpatrick, S., Reedy, J., Samuels, A., & Lytle, L. (2019). Towards Improved Measurement of Individual Diet Behaviors and Food Environment Exposures: Resources from the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (P16-026-19). Current Developments in Nutrition, 3(Supplement_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz050.P16-026-19 is available online at: xhttps://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz050.P16-026-19Objectives
Selection of appropriate and robust measures for capturing individual-level diet behaviors and the environmental factors that influence these behaviors is critical to advancing the knowledge base on effective approaches to promote health and well-being among children. However, selecting appropriate measures for a given research or evaluation purpose from the wide-ranging options available can be challenging.
Methods
To provide guidance to researchers and practitioners working with child and adolescent populations, the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) has developed a suite of resources, including the Measures Registry, User Guides, and eLearning Modules.
Results
The Measures Registry is a free searchable database of nearly 1400 diet and physical activity measures relevant to childhood obesity research. The User Guides, introduced in 2017 to complement the Measures Registry, discuss critical issues in measurement and walk users through the process of selecting and implementing appropriate measures for their research and evaluation. In 2018, the Registry was viewed almost 13,000 times, and the User Guides were viewed over 25,000 times. More recently, eLearning modules were introduced to summarize critical considerations from the User Guides in an engaging, interactive manner.
Conclusions
Use of this suite of resources can support selection of the most appropriate measures of diet behaviors and food environment exposures for a given study or evaluation and foster greater standardization of measures across studies. In addition to highlighting the resources, in this session, we will provide an overview of key challenges and considerations in selecting measures of diet behaviors and food environments and demonstrate the use of the resources, the Registry, User Guides and eLearning Modules, to show how to identify appropriate measures for a given research purpose. In the long-term, robust measurement of diet behaviors and food environments can strengthen the evidence base for intervening to improve children's health and well-being.Funder 1, NCCOR is funded by NIH || Funder 2, CDC || Funder 3, USDA || Funder 4, and RWJF || Funder 5, Additional funding to support the development of the NCCOR measurement resources has been provided by The JPB Foundation
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No full textFirst-Time Mothers’ Intended versus Actualized Child Oral Health-Related Behaviors
No full textWe examined the relationship between first-time mothers’ intended (baseline) versus actualized (at follow-up) child oral health behaviors (COHB) in the context of oral health knowledge, oral health literacy, self-efficacy and dental neglect. Baseline data was collected from a group (White 44%, African American 40%, Native American 17%) of first-time pregnant clients (N=119) at Women, Infants and Children Clinics in NC. Follow-up data was collected from 48 of these individuals at least one year after their child’s birth. Mothers were highly likely to realize their intentions to reduce juice consumption, nighttime bottle-feeding and regular tooth brushing. However, 75% did not realize their intention to limit sweet snacks for their child. Implementation of positive COHB was not correlated with oral health knowledge, oral health literacy, dental neglect, self-efficacy and sociodemographics. Our research suggests that first-time mothers are likely to implement some but not all positive behaviors they intended to adopt during pregnancy.Master of Scienc
Understanding Relationships between Child Care Workers’ Eating Habits and Spatial Access to Food Outlets around Workers’ Homes, Workplaces, and along Commutes
No full textResearch examining spatial access to food outlets in non-residential settings is rare, especially among at-risk populations. This dissertation examined associations between child care workers’ eating habits and spatial access to supermarkets/grocery stores, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants around home, work, and along commutes; and, explored moderation of these associations by self-efficacy for healthy eating and home and workplace census tract-level poverty.
Baseline data were analyzed from 638 child care workers enrolled in the CARE study, a cluster-randomized trial promoting healthy behaviors among child care workers in North Carolina. An Eating Habits Score (0-20) was derived from food intake frequency of 10 items, with higher scores reflecting healthier eating habits. Food outlet data from ReferenceUSA were analyzed within ArcGIS to create density measures of food outlets within 5 road network miles of home and work and along commutes (shortest network distance between home and work). Generalized Estimating Equations were used to analyze associations.
Food outlet densities were greater around workplaces (vs. homes), with longer commutes, and in urban areas (vs. rural). Eating Habits scores averaged 9.3 (SD=3.4). Greater access to small grocery stores around homes was associated with healthier eating habits for the sample (β=0.037, p=0.046), and among urban residents (β=0.040, p=0.035), and greater access to supermarkets around work was associated with healthier eating habits among rural workers (β=0.323, p=0.017). Surprisingly, greater access to convenience stores (β=0.129, p=0.017), and fast food restaurants (β=0.078, p=0.012) around work were also associated with better eating habits among rural workers. Food outlet density along commutes and eating habits were unrelated. More convenience stores (β=0.274, p=0.006) and fast food restaurants (β=0.100, p=0.010) along commutes were associated with healthier eating habits among participants who were ‘moderately/very/extremely confident’ in eating healthy. Moreover, more small grocery stores around home was associated with poorer eating habits for participants living in medium poverty home census tracts (β=-0.167, p=0.016) (vs. low poverty).
Understanding child care workers’ food access is vital to helping them make healthier food choices and to reduce obesity and chronic disease risks. Future research should consider healthy/unhealthy food availability within locations, and shopping behaviors to further elucidate findings.Doctor of Philosoph
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