Jessica L Thomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5469405 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica L Thomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica L |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMSON J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Agricultural Research Service |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3754-8913 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mississippi Small Farm Product Amounts, Seasonality, and Proximity to K-12 Public Schools
The study's purpose was to determine small farm product amounts and seasonality and examine spatial relationships between small farms and K-12 public schools in Mississippi. Online survey participation invitations were sent via email to farmers and school food service directors from October 2021 to January 2022. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics and proximities between farms ( n = 29) and schools ( n = 122) determined using spatia…
Patterns of physical activity parenting practices among parent-adolescent dyads who participated in a cross-sectional internet-based study
Findings suggest that parents utilize distinct patterns of PA practices ranging from use of many, use of some, to low use of any practice and these patterns are differentially associated with parent and adolescent PA. When planning PA interventions, a counseling or intervening approach with parents to use combinations of practices, like facilitation and modeling, to positively influence their adolescents' and possibly their own participation in P…
Moderation by Neighborhood Food Outlets on Relationships between Meal Sources and Diet
Objectives: In this study, we tested for moderation by neighborhood food outlet presence on relationships between food outlet shopping or meal sources and dietary intake. Methods: We used generalized linear models to analyze parent-adolescent (12-17 years) dyad data from the 2014 Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health and Eating. Questions included food outlet presence in home (parent) and school (adolescent) neighborhoods (yes or no), shopping at fo…
Food Environment in the Lower Mississippi Delta
The objectives for this study were to examine the location and density of measured food outlets in five rural towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta, determine the spatial location of Delta Healthy Sprouts (DHS) participants' homes in the food environment, and examine relationships between the spatial location of participants' homes and their diet quality. Using a food desert/food swamp framework, food outlet geographic locations were analyzed in r…
Predictors of engagement and outcome achievement in a behavioural intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage intake among rural adults
Objective: To describe relationships among baseline characteristics, engagement indicators and outcomes for rural participants enrolled in SIP smart ER, a behavioural intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake. Design: A secondary data analysis. Bivariate analyses determined relationships among baseline characteristics (e.g. age, gender, race, education, income), engagement indicators (completion of 6-month health screening, cla…
Baseline Demographic, Anthropometric, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Characteristics of Rural, Southern Women in Early Pregnancy
Physical Activity Changes during Pregnancy in a Comparative Impact Trial
Neither the Parents as Teachers (control) curriculum nor the Parents as Teachers Enhanced intervention proved effective at increasing or maintaining MVPA in this cohort of pregnant women. Lack of adequate physical activity in pregnancy remains an important public health concern, especially given its known health benefits
Psychosocial constructs were not mediators of intervention effects for dietary and physical activity outcomes in a church-based lifestyle intervention
Objective Evaluating an intervention’s theoretical basis can inform design modifications to produce more effective interventions. Hence the present study’s purpose was to determine if effects from a multicomponent lifestyle intervention were mediated by changes in the psychosocial constructs decisional balance, self-efficacy and social support. Design Delta Body and Soul III, conducted from August 2011 to May 2012, was a 6-month, church-based, li…
A Church-Based Pilot Study Designed to Improve Dietary Quality for Rural, Lower Mississippi Delta, African American Adults
Engagement Indicators Predict Health Changes in a Lifestyle Intervention
Use of single engagement indicators specific to each intervention component is advocated for predicting relevant health outcome
Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children With Hearing Loss and Different Types of Additional Disabilities
This research investigated the speech, language, and functional auditory outcomes of 119 3-year-old children with hearing loss and additional disabilities. Outcomes were evaluated using direct assessment and caregiver report. Multiple regressions revealed that type of additional disability and level of maternal education were significant predictors of language outcomes. Poorer outcomes were achieved in a combined group of children with autism, ce…
Several steps/day indicators predict changes in anthropometric outcomes
Several descriptive indicators of steps/day may be useful for predicting anthropometric outcome changes. Further, manipulating steps/day data to address implausible values has little overall effect on the ability to predict these anthropometric changes
Food and beverage choices contributing to dietary guidelines adherence in the Lower Mississippi Delta
Objectives The objectives of the present study were to evaluate diet quality among Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) residents using the Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI-2005) and to identify the top five dietary sources contributing to HEI-2005 components. Demographic differences in HEI-2005 scores were also explored. Design Diet quality was evaluated using HEI-2005. Demographic differences in HEI-2005 scores were investigated using multivariable regr…
Development and evaluation of WillTry. An instrument for measuring children's willingness to try fruits and vegetables
Development and evaluation of WillTry. An instrument for measuring children's willingness to try fruits and vegetables
Food and beverage choices contributing to dietary guidelines adherence in the Lower Mississippi Delta
Objectives The objectives of the present study were to evaluate diet quality among Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) residents using the Healthy Eating Index-2005 (HEI-2005) and to identify the top five dietary sources contributing to HEI-2005 components. Demographic differences in HEI-2005 scores were also explored. Design Diet quality was evaluated using HEI-2005. Demographic differences in HEI-2005 scores were investigated using multivariable regr…
Several steps/day indicators predict changes in anthropometric outcomes
Several descriptive indicators of steps/day may be useful for predicting anthropometric outcome changes. Further, manipulating steps/day data to address implausible values has little overall effect on the ability to predict these anthropometric changes
Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children With Hearing Loss and Different Types of Additional Disabilities
This research investigated the speech, language, and functional auditory outcomes of 119 3-year-old children with hearing loss and additional disabilities. Outcomes were evaluated using direct assessment and caregiver report. Multiple regressions revealed that type of additional disability and level of maternal education were significant predictors of language outcomes. Poorer outcomes were achieved in a combined group of children with autism, ce…
A Church-Based Pilot Study Designed to Improve Dietary Quality for Rural, Lower Mississippi Delta, African American Adults
Engagement Indicators Predict Health Changes in a Lifestyle Intervention
Use of single engagement indicators specific to each intervention component is advocated for predicting relevant health outcome
Baseline Demographic, Anthropometric, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Characteristics of Rural, Southern Women in Early Pregnancy
Physical Activity Changes during Pregnancy in a Comparative Impact Trial
Neither the Parents as Teachers (control) curriculum nor the Parents as Teachers Enhanced intervention proved effective at increasing or maintaining MVPA in this cohort of pregnant women. Lack of adequate physical activity in pregnancy remains an important public health concern, especially given its known health benefits
Psychosocial constructs were not mediators of intervention effects for dietary and physical activity outcomes in a church-based lifestyle intervention
Objective Evaluating an intervention’s theoretical basis can inform design modifications to produce more effective interventions. Hence the present study’s purpose was to determine if effects from a multicomponent lifestyle intervention were mediated by changes in the psychosocial constructs decisional balance, self-efficacy and social support. Design Delta Body and Soul III, conducted from August 2011 to May 2012, was a 6-month, church-based, li…
Food Environment in the Lower Mississippi Delta
The objectives for this study were to examine the location and density of measured food outlets in five rural towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta, determine the spatial location of Delta Healthy Sprouts (DHS) participants' homes in the food environment, and examine relationships between the spatial location of participants' homes and their diet quality. Using a food desert/food swamp framework, food outlet geographic locations were analyzed in r…
Predictors of engagement and outcome achievement in a behavioural intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage intake among rural adults
Objective: To describe relationships among baseline characteristics, engagement indicators and outcomes for rural participants enrolled in SIP smart ER, a behavioural intervention targeting sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake. Design: A secondary data analysis. Bivariate analyses determined relationships among baseline characteristics (e.g. age, gender, race, education, income), engagement indicators (completion of 6-month health screening, cla…
Patterns of physical activity parenting practices among parent-adolescent dyads who participated in a cross-sectional internet-based study
Findings suggest that parents utilize distinct patterns of PA practices ranging from use of many, use of some, to low use of any practice and these patterns are differentially associated with parent and adolescent PA. When planning PA interventions, a counseling or intervening approach with parents to use combinations of practices, like facilitation and modeling, to positively influence their adolescents' and possibly their own participation in P…
Moderation by Neighborhood Food Outlets on Relationships between Meal Sources and Diet
Objectives: In this study, we tested for moderation by neighborhood food outlet presence on relationships between food outlet shopping or meal sources and dietary intake. Methods: We used generalized linear models to analyze parent-adolescent (12-17 years) dyad data from the 2014 Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health and Eating. Questions included food outlet presence in home (parent) and school (adolescent) neighborhoods (yes or no), shopping at fo…
Mississippi Small Farm Product Amounts, Seasonality, and Proximity to K-12 Public Schools
The study's purpose was to determine small farm product amounts and seasonality and examine spatial relationships between small farms and K-12 public schools in Mississippi. Online survey participation invitations were sent via email to farmers and school food service directors from October 2021 to January 2022. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics and proximities between farms ( n = 29) and schools ( n = 122) determined using spatia…
Medicine (13 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (9 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Public health (4 works)