Priorities and Planning Workshop Future FSNEP Research and Evaluation Activities

January 15-16, 2003; hosted by the USDA Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program

Conference Proceedings

January 15 Sessions

Welcome and introductions

Betsey Kuhn, Director, ERS Food and Rural Economics Division - Welcoming Remarks
Eileen Stommes, ERS - Introduction: Joining Forces to Identify FSNEP Research and Evaluation Priorities (PDF)
Kate Coler, Food and Nutrition Service - FNS Views on FSNEP Research and Evaluation Priorities

Addressing research gaps

James Hersey, Research Triangle Institute - Where We've Been-Progress to Date (PDF)
Jean Anliker, University of Massachusetts - Describing the White Paper Process (PDF)
Alberta Frost, Food and Nutrition Service - FNS Perspective
Joanne Guthrie, ERS--Facilitated Discussion - Reactions to the White Papers

Research design - practical considerations

Audrey Maretzki and David Johnson, Pennsylvania State University - Team Approach to Evaluation Design (PDF)
Susan Foerster, California State Health Dept. - Designing Evaluation Based on the Social-Ecological Model (PDF)
Debra Keenan and Jan Goodman, Rutgers - Social Marketing Evaluation (PDF)
James Hersey - Session Wrap Up: What research is needed? Is there a need for an Evaluation Toolkit? What should be in it?

Developing information systems to support research and evaluation

Judy Wilson, Food and Nutrition Service - Food Stamp Nutrition Connection (FSNC) Web Page, FNS Reporting Database
Heidi Michels Blanck, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Use of State-Based Surveillance Data to Track Nutrition Behavior and Outcomes (PDF)
Karen Konzelmann, National Institute of Food and Agriculture - NIFA Reporting System: Logic Model and Web-Based Training
- Discussion of the Community Nutrition Education Logic Model (PDF) used by NIFA
Helen Chipman, South Dakota FSNEP Coordinator - Professional Communication (PDF)
Karen Hudson, Kansas State University - Local, State and Regional Perspectives on Information and Reporting
- Example report: Mountain Plains Regional Report, 2001 (PDF)
Joanne Guthrie, ERS - Session Wrap-Up

January 16 Session

Devising strategies for improving collaborative efforts in research and evaluation

Susan Nitzke, University of Wisconsin - Combining Research Resources Across States: The 5-a-Day Message Tailoring as an Example of a Multi-State Research Project (PDF)
Sue Butkus, Washington State University - Collaboration Across Agencies and Disciplines for Research and Evaluation (PDF)
Jane Voichick, Society for Nutrition Education - Session Wrap Up: Workshop Themes Leading into Summer SNE Workshop