Caitlin Kownacki
Biographic Data
| ID | 7550576 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caitlin Kownacki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caitlin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kownacki |
| SIGNATURE | KOWNACKI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-3983-3037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Distribution of fresh foods in food pantries
Focus groups with food pantry representatives across Illinois provided key insights that can inform future efforts to facilitate fresh food distribution in the charitable food system. Future studies should evaluate the effects of the suggested initiatives and changes at the food pantry, food bank, and policy levels
Development and evaluation of the Food Bank Health and Nutrition Assessment
Objective: Efforts to improve the nutritional quality and health promotion in the charitable food system have been undertaken. Though methods exist to track these efforts in terms of food banks’ inventory, there are not research-tested tools to assess, monitor and influence policy, systems and environmental (PSE) changes. The study objective was to develop and evaluate a novel assessment tool that could be used to evaluate a food bank’s efforts t…
Community-based nutrition education and hands-on cooking intervention increases farmers’ market use and vegetable servings
Objective: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on participants’ reported farmers’ market (FM) attitudes and shopping behaviours, frequency of serving vegetables to their families, food resource management behaviours and food security. A secondary objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to shopping at FM and food waste reduction techniques used by low-income families. De…
Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption
Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on fruit and vegetable consumption and cooking behaviours. Secondary objectives were to examine factors that affected participant retention and program completion, and analyse program feedback provided by participants. Design: This study conducted a mixed methods evaluation embedded within a cluster randomised controlled trial of the M2M…
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Community-based culinary and nutrition education intervention promotes fruit and vegetable consumption
Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on fruit and vegetable consumption and cooking behaviours. Secondary objectives were to examine factors that affected participant retention and program completion, and analyse program feedback provided by participants. Design: This study conducted a mixed methods evaluation embedded within a cluster randomised controlled trial of the M2M…
Community-based nutrition education and hands-on cooking intervention increases farmers’ market use and vegetable servings
Objective: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of the Market to MyPlate (M2MP) program on participants’ reported farmers’ market (FM) attitudes and shopping behaviours, frequency of serving vegetables to their families, food resource management behaviours and food security. A secondary objective was to identify facilitators and barriers to shopping at FM and food waste reduction techniques used by low-income families. De…
Distribution of fresh foods in food pantries
Focus groups with food pantry representatives across Illinois provided key insights that can inform future efforts to facilitate fresh food distribution in the charitable food system. Future studies should evaluate the effects of the suggested initiatives and changes at the food pantry, food bank, and policy levels
Development and evaluation of the Food Bank Health and Nutrition Assessment
Objective: Efforts to improve the nutritional quality and health promotion in the charitable food system have been undertaken. Though methods exist to track these efforts in terms of food banks’ inventory, there are not research-tested tools to assess, monitor and influence policy, systems and environmental (PSE) changes. The study objective was to develop and evaluate a novel assessment tool that could be used to evaluate a food bank’s efforts t…
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Food security (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Intervention (counseling (2 works) · Nutrition Education (2 works)