Christine M Olson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1265757 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine M Olson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine M |
| FAMILY NAME | Olson |
| SIGNATURE | OLSON C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1276-6276 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Linguistic Modification When Developing Case Studies: An Integrative Review
Background: Students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds experience language barriers that influence their progression through nursing programs. Linguistic modification is a strategy that eliminates unnecessary wording and cultural bias to improve learning outcomes for students from diverse backgrounds. This integrative review adds to the knowledge of best practices in linguistic modification that can be applied to designing ca…
Early adolescents’ views of media ratings in the context of a media literacy program in the U.S
Ratings and labels that warn audiences of sensitive content in media are largely in existence due to concern about potential media impact on young audiences. Largely absent from the research to date, however, are the voices of young people themselves on whether they find media ratings practices to be fair, accurate, and effective. Like many features of the media landscape, the current ratings systems may be taken for granted in the absence of med…
To guide or to be the sage: Children’s responses to varying facilitator prompts following a media literacy education curriculum in the United States
The study is a qualitative analysis of how sixth graders responded to varying homework prompts from a media literacy education curriculum that focused on the prevalence of media violence and gender stereotypes in media. Textual analyses with constant comparisons suggested that students’ engagement with critical thinking differed across the prompts provided by the media literacy facilitators primarily in their responses to the question about the p…
Household Instability and Unpredictable Earnings Hinder Coping in Households with Food Insecure Children
This mixed-methods study explored the circumstances and coping strategies of households at risk of food insecurity among children. Quantitative analyses guided the selection of two samples of households: (1) at risk for food insecure children, yet children were food secure (n = 19) and (2) with food insecure children (n = 54). Qualitative interviews with parents revealed that households with food insecure children were complex and fluctuating in …
Barriers to weight‐related health behaviours: A qualitative comparison of the socioecological conditions between pregnant and post‐partum low‐income women
The association between socioecological factors and poor health outcomes for low-income women and their children has been the focus of disparities research for several decades. This research compares the socioecological conditions among low-income women from pregnancy to post-partum and highlights the factors that make weight management increasingly difficult after delivery. As part of the formative research for an online health intervention, gro…
Weight‐related self‐efficacy in relation to maternal body weight from early pregnancy to 2 years post‐partum
Excessive gestational weight gain may lead to long-term increases in maternal body weight and associated health risks. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal body weight and weight-related self-efficacy from early pregnancy to 2 years post-partum. Women with live, singleton term infants from a population-based cohort study were included (n = 595). Healthy eating self-efficacy and weight control self-efficacy we…
Changes in family income status and the development of overweight and obesity from 2 to 15 years: A longitudinal study
Our findings further supports the growing evidence that there are several preventable early-life risk factors that could be targeted for intervention. This study provides new evidence that remaining in low-income and moving into low-income increases risk for adolescent overweight and obesity
Does Social Support Predict Pregnant Mothers’ Information Seeking Behaviors on an Educational Website
The Healthy Start Partnership: An Approach to Obesity Prevention in Young Families
This article investigates the impact of community-based interventions developed by the Healthy Start Partnership (HSP) to promote healthy body weights in families. Intercept surveys were conducted to monitor community exposure. A nonconcurrent, no treatment control design was used to assess population-level weight outcomes. Control (n = 219) and intervention (n = 276) cohorts of pregnant women were recruited and followed until 6 months postpartum…
The Web of Risk Factors for Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in Low Income Women
Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in the Incidence of Obesity Related to Childbirth
Objectives. We investigated the relationship between childbirth and 5-year incidence of obesity. Methods. We performed a prospective analysis of data on 2923 nonobese, nonpregnant women aged 14 to 22 years from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Cohort, which was followed from 1980 to 1990. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to determine the adjusted relative risk of obesity for mothers 5 years after childbirth compare…
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Obesity in Rural Childbearing Women
Context: While food insecurity and obesity have been shown to be positively associated in women, little is known about the direction of the causal relationship between these 2 constructs. Purpose: To clarify the direction of the causal relationship between food insecurity and obesity. Methods: Chi‐square and logistic regression analysis of data from a cohort of 622 healthy childbearing women living in a 10‐county rural area of upstate New York an…
Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy and Child Weight at Age 3 Years
Growing up poor: Long-term implications for eating patterns and body weight
The Impact of Nutrition Education on Food Insecurity among Low‐Income Participants in Efnep
The impact of nutrition education on food security status was assessed in a multiethnic, low‐income population using a pretest‐posttest comparison group design. Data were collected over 3 years from participants (N = 16,146) in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in New York State who either graduated or terminated involvement prior to graduation. Both groups had a significant decrease in food insecurity score (p < .05) from…
Family Food Insufficiency, but Not Low Family Income, Is Positively Associated with Dysthymia and Suicide Symptoms in Adolescents
Food Insufficiency and American School-Aged Children's Cognitive, Academic, and Psychosocial Development
OBJECTIVE: This study investigates associations between food insufficiency and cognitive, academic, and psychosocial outcomes for US children and teenagers ages 6 to 11 and 12 to 16 years. METHODS: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) were analyzed. Children were classified as food-insufficient if the family respondent reported that his or her family sometimes or often did not get enough food to eat. R…
Low Family Income and Food Insufficiency in Relation to Overweight in US Children: Is There a Paradox?
OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between family income, food insufficiency, and being overweight in US children aged 2 to 7 and 8 to 16 years, to discuss mechanisms that may explain these associations, and to propose design and data requirements for further research that could effectively examine this issue. METHODS: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Children were classified as food insuffi…
Predictors of Pregnancy-Associated Change in Physical Activity in a Rural White Population
Continuity and change in women's weight orientations and lifestyle practices through pregnancy and the postpartum period: The Influence of Life Course Trajectories and Transitional Events
Nutrition and Health Outcomes Associated with Food Insecurity and Hunger
Hunger and Food Insecurity in the Elderly: Its Nature and Measurement
To better understand the nature of food insecurity in the elderly and to improve its measurement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 41 urban Black and rural White elderly in 35 households, followed by telephone administration of commonly used measures of food insecurity in 24 of these elderly. Elderly food insecurity appears to follow a progression of severity, beginning with compromised diet quality, followed by food anxiety, socially unac…
Food insufficiency exists in the United States: Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of food insufficiency in the United States and to examine sociodemographic characteristics related to food insufficiency. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population living in households. Individuals were classified as "food insufficient" if a …
Metodología combinada para entender la duración del amamantamiento en barrios pobres de Managua, Nicaragua
This study examined the relationship of several maternal variables to the duration of exclusive breast-feeding and the total duration of breast-feeding, along with attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs about breast-feeding among women living in poor neighborhoods of Managua, Nicaragua. The field work was carried out in December 1992 and January 1993 using qualitative and quantitative methods. A structured questionnaire was administered in interview…
Relationship of Hunger and Food Insecurity to Food Availability and Consumption
OBJECTIVE: To describe the relationship of new measures of hunger and food insecurity to household food supplies and individual food and nutrient intake. DESIGN AND SETTING: A questionnaire containing the Radimer/Cornell hunger and food insecurity items and questions on eating patterns and the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption was administered to subjects during a personal interview in their homes. A 24-hour diet recall and a household…
Food insufficiency exists in the United States: Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of food insufficiency in the United States and to examine sociodemographic characteristics related to food insufficiency. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population living in households. Individuals were classified as "food insufficient" if a …
Growing up poor: Long-term implications for eating patterns and body weight
Continuity and change in women's weight orientations and lifestyle practices through pregnancy and the postpartum period: The Influence of Life Course Trajectories and Transitional Events
Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in the Incidence of Obesity Related to Childbirth
Objectives. We investigated the relationship between childbirth and 5-year incidence of obesity. Methods. We performed a prospective analysis of data on 2923 nonobese, nonpregnant women aged 14 to 22 years from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Cohort, which was followed from 1980 to 1990. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to determine the adjusted relative risk of obesity for mothers 5 years after childbirth compare…
Hunger and Food Insecurity in the Elderly: Its Nature and Measurement
To better understand the nature of food insecurity in the elderly and to improve its measurement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 41 urban Black and rural White elderly in 35 households, followed by telephone administration of commonly used measures of food insecurity in 24 of these elderly. Elderly food insecurity appears to follow a progression of severity, beginning with compromised diet quality, followed by food anxiety, socially unac…
Household Instability and Unpredictable Earnings Hinder Coping in Households with Food Insecure Children
This mixed-methods study explored the circumstances and coping strategies of households at risk of food insecurity among children. Quantitative analyses guided the selection of two samples of households: (1) at risk for food insecure children, yet children were food secure (n = 19) and (2) with food insecure children (n = 54). Qualitative interviews with parents revealed that households with food insecure children were complex and fluctuating in …
The Impact of Nutrition Education on Food Insecurity among Low‐Income Participants in Efnep
The impact of nutrition education on food security status was assessed in a multiethnic, low‐income population using a pretest‐posttest comparison group design. Data were collected over 3 years from participants (N = 16,146) in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in New York State who either graduated or terminated involvement prior to graduation. Both groups had a significant decrease in food insecurity score (p < .05) from…
Association of sweet preference and food selection among four to five year old children
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship of taste preference for sweet to the food selections and preferences of a sample of 31 four‐year olds. The children who preferred the sweetest sucrose solutions in the taste test chose sweeter apple juice samples for snacktime. This relationship was not as pronounced in the peanut butter samples selected for snack. Children who preferred the sweetest sucrose solutions tended to have …
Relationships between family variables and children's preference for and consumption of sweet foods
The objectives of this study were to develop measures of parent and family factors which may moderate the inborn preference for sweets in children and to examine relationships between these factors and preschool children's preferences for and frequency of consumption of sweet foods. No significant relationships were found between family variables and children's preferences for sweet foods. Children's frequency of consumption of sweet foods was in…
Development of Indicators to Assess Hunger
Understanding hunger and developing indicators to assess it in women and children
The lack of an operational definition for hunger has been frequently cited as a barrier to progress in addressing the problem. The purposes of this research were to develop an understanding of hunger from the perspective of women who had experienced it and to construct and evaluate indicators to measure hunger directly in similar populations. In-depth interviews were conducted with 32 women of childbearing age from rural and urban areas of Upstat…
Relationship of Hunger and Food Insecurity to Food Availability and Consumption
OBJECTIVE: To describe the relationship of new measures of hunger and food insecurity to household food supplies and individual food and nutrient intake. DESIGN AND SETTING: A questionnaire containing the Radimer/Cornell hunger and food insecurity items and questions on eating patterns and the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption was administered to subjects during a personal interview in their homes. A 24-hour diet recall and a household…
Metodología combinada para entender la duración del amamantamiento en barrios pobres de Managua, Nicaragua
This study examined the relationship of several maternal variables to the duration of exclusive breast-feeding and the total duration of breast-feeding, along with attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs about breast-feeding among women living in poor neighborhoods of Managua, Nicaragua. The field work was carried out in December 1992 and January 1993 using qualitative and quantitative methods. A structured questionnaire was administered in interview…
Hunger and Food Insecurity in the Elderly: Its Nature and Measurement
To better understand the nature of food insecurity in the elderly and to improve its measurement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 41 urban Black and rural White elderly in 35 households, followed by telephone administration of commonly used measures of food insecurity in 24 of these elderly. Elderly food insecurity appears to follow a progression of severity, beginning with compromised diet quality, followed by food anxiety, socially unac…
Food insufficiency exists in the United States: Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of food insufficiency in the United States and to examine sociodemographic characteristics related to food insufficiency. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population living in households. Individuals were classified as "food insufficient" if a …
Nutrition and Health Outcomes Associated with Food Insecurity and Hunger
Continuity and change in women's weight orientations and lifestyle practices through pregnancy and the postpartum period: The Influence of Life Course Trajectories and Transitional Events
Food Insufficiency and American School-Aged Children's Cognitive, Academic, and Psychosocial Development
OBJECTIVE: This study investigates associations between food insufficiency and cognitive, academic, and psychosocial outcomes for US children and teenagers ages 6 to 11 and 12 to 16 years. METHODS: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) were analyzed. Children were classified as food-insufficient if the family respondent reported that his or her family sometimes or often did not get enough food to eat. R…
Low Family Income and Food Insufficiency in Relation to Overweight in US Children: Is There a Paradox?
OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between family income, food insufficiency, and being overweight in US children aged 2 to 7 and 8 to 16 years, to discuss mechanisms that may explain these associations, and to propose design and data requirements for further research that could effectively examine this issue. METHODS: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. Children were classified as food insuffi…
Predictors of Pregnancy-Associated Change in Physical Activity in a Rural White Population
Family Food Insufficiency, but Not Low Family Income, Is Positively Associated with Dysthymia and Suicide Symptoms in Adolescents
The Impact of Nutrition Education on Food Insecurity among Low‐Income Participants in Efnep
The impact of nutrition education on food security status was assessed in a multiethnic, low‐income population using a pretest‐posttest comparison group design. Data were collected over 3 years from participants (N = 16,146) in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in New York State who either graduated or terminated involvement prior to graduation. Both groups had a significant decrease in food insecurity score (p < .05) from…
Growing up poor: Long-term implications for eating patterns and body weight
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Obesity in Rural Childbearing Women
Context: While food insecurity and obesity have been shown to be positively associated in women, little is known about the direction of the causal relationship between these 2 constructs. Purpose: To clarify the direction of the causal relationship between food insecurity and obesity. Methods: Chi‐square and logistic regression analysis of data from a cohort of 622 healthy childbearing women living in a 10‐county rural area of upstate New York an…
Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy and Child Weight at Age 3 Years
Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in the Incidence of Obesity Related to Childbirth
Objectives. We investigated the relationship between childbirth and 5-year incidence of obesity. Methods. We performed a prospective analysis of data on 2923 nonobese, nonpregnant women aged 14 to 22 years from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Cohort, which was followed from 1980 to 1990. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to determine the adjusted relative risk of obesity for mothers 5 years after childbirth compare…
The Web of Risk Factors for Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in Low Income Women
Barriers to weight‐related health behaviours: A qualitative comparison of the socioecological conditions between pregnant and post‐partum low‐income women
The association between socioecological factors and poor health outcomes for low-income women and their children has been the focus of disparities research for several decades. This research compares the socioecological conditions among low-income women from pregnancy to post-partum and highlights the factors that make weight management increasingly difficult after delivery. As part of the formative research for an online health intervention, gro…
Weight‐related self‐efficacy in relation to maternal body weight from early pregnancy to 2 years post‐partum
Excessive gestational weight gain may lead to long-term increases in maternal body weight and associated health risks. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maternal body weight and weight-related self-efficacy from early pregnancy to 2 years post-partum. Women with live, singleton term infants from a population-based cohort study were included (n = 595). Healthy eating self-efficacy and weight control self-efficacy we…
Changes in family income status and the development of overweight and obesity from 2 to 15 years: A longitudinal study
Our findings further supports the growing evidence that there are several preventable early-life risk factors that could be targeted for intervention. This study provides new evidence that remaining in low-income and moving into low-income increases risk for adolescent overweight and obesity
Does Social Support Predict Pregnant Mothers’ Information Seeking Behaviors on an Educational Website
The Healthy Start Partnership: An Approach to Obesity Prevention in Young Families
This article investigates the impact of community-based interventions developed by the Healthy Start Partnership (HSP) to promote healthy body weights in families. Intercept surveys were conducted to monitor community exposure. A nonconcurrent, no treatment control design was used to assess population-level weight outcomes. Control (n = 219) and intervention (n = 276) cohorts of pregnant women were recruited and followed until 6 months postpartum…
Medicine (23 works) · Environmental health (17 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (14 works) · Demography (12 works) · Population (11 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (9 works) · Obesity (9 works)