Michele Polacsek
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6070387 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michele Polacsek |
| PRENOMES | Michele |
| SOBRENOME | Polacsek |
| ASSINATURA | POLACSEK M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of New England |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9646-7435 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1994 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Foodservice Directors' Perceived Barriers to Student Participation in School Meals When Meals Were Served Free of Charge During the 2021–2022 School Year
BACKGROUND: School meals were served free of charge to all public school students in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some students still did not participate. METHODS: In this mixed-methods study, surveys and interviews were conducted with food service directors (FSDs) from California (n = 556 surveys; n = 29 interviews) and Maine (n = 43 surveys; n = 20 interviews) during spring 2022. Survey data was analyzed using multivariab…
Understanding Free or Reduced‐Price School Meal Stigma
BACKGROUND: Receiving free or reduced-price meals (FRPM) at school benefits resource-constrained families financially and nutritionally. However, many families in the United States do not apply for FRPM, and many eligible students do not eat school meals, possibly due to stigma. METHODS: This study is a secondary qualitative analysis derived from a mixed-methods study. Interviews were conducted with 66 parents in California and Maine during the 2…
Impact of mealtime social experiences on student consumption of meals at school
Objective: To understand caregivers’ perceptions about their children’s mealtime social experiences at school and how they believe these social experiences impact their children’s consumption of meals at school (both meals brought from home and school meals). Design: Qualitative data were originally collected as part of a larger mixed methods study using an embedded-QUAN dominant research design. Setting: Semi-structured interviews were conducted…
A University Low-Income-Housing Partnership to Support Good Nutrition Among Vulnerable Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We implemented and evaluated the impact of an innovative, pandemic-responsive nutrition education program, Enhanced-10 Tips for Adults (e-TTA) , on food security, socialization, and perceived health and wellbeing of residents (aged 60+) in a low-income senior housing setting in Maine. The program was tailored to meet needs of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and utilized health professions students to support the program. A quasi-experim…
Reducing Student Exposure to Digital Food and Beverage Marketing
Digital marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children and adolescents is pervasive, highly effective, undermines healthy eating, and contributes to health inequities. Expanded use of electronic devices and remote learning during the COVID‐19 pandemic has increased the urgency for policy interventions to limit digital food marketing in schools and on school‐issued devices. The US Department of Agriculture provides little guidance to schoo…
Parents' Perceptions of Privacy Policies and Practices for School‐Issued Digital Devices
BACKGROUND: Digital technology is becoming a central component of schooling. We measured parents perceptions of their children's digital privacy on school-issued digital devices. METHODS: We surveyed 571 parents of K-12th grade children, recruited nationally, regarding their child's use of school-issued devices. Parents reported their awareness of, and ratings of importance for, seven types of privacy policies for school-issued devices. RESULTS: …
Evaluating the implementation and impact of a healthier checkout programme at a regional convenience store chain
Objective: To test the feasibility of implementing and evaluating a healthier checkout pilot study in a convenience store chain. Design: A quasi-experimental study was conducted comparing a 3-month ‘healthier checkouts’ intervention in ten convenience stores which stocked eight healthier items in the checkout space and ten comparison stores assigned to continue stocking their current checkout space product mix. All aspects of the intervention wer…
Comparing shopper characteristics by online grocery ordering use among households in low-income communities in Maine
Objective: Online grocery shopping could improve access to healthy food, but it may not be equally accessible to all populations – especially those at higher risk for food insecurity. The current study aimed to compare the socio-demographic characteristics of families who ordered groceries online v . those who only shopped in-store. Design: We analysed enrollment survey and 44 weeks of individually linked grocery transaction data. We used univari…
What factors influence ultra-processed food purchases and consumption in households with children? A comparison between participants and non-participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr…
Support for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Alternatives Among US Adults, 2018
AffiliationsRebecca L. Franckle, Sara N. Bleich, Mary T. G. Findling, and Eric B. Rimm are with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Michele Polacsek is with the Westbrook College of Health Professions, University of New England, Portland, ME. Anne N. Thorndike is with the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Alyssa J. Moran is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore,…
Aids and behavioural risk factors in women in inner city Baltimore
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The study aimed to investigate the influence the mode of administration of a questionnaire (telephone or face to face) on reports of sexual behaviour and attitudes of HIV risk among woman of reproductive age. DESIGN--Two cross sectional surveys--one, a modified random digit dialing telephone survey, the second, a face to face street sample--were carried out by the same interviewers using similar questionnaires in the same neighbo…
What factors influence ultra-processed food purchases and consumption in households with children? A comparison between participants and non-participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr…
Aids and behavioural risk factors in women in inner city Baltimore
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The study aimed to investigate the influence the mode of administration of a questionnaire (telephone or face to face) on reports of sexual behaviour and attitudes of HIV risk among woman of reproductive age. DESIGN--Two cross sectional surveys--one, a modified random digit dialing telephone survey, the second, a face to face street sample--were carried out by the same interviewers using similar questionnaires in the same neighbo…
Support for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Alternatives Among US Adults, 2018
AffiliationsRebecca L. Franckle, Sara N. Bleich, Mary T. G. Findling, and Eric B. Rimm are with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Michele Polacsek is with the Westbrook College of Health Professions, University of New England, Portland, ME. Anne N. Thorndike is with the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Alyssa J. Moran is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore,…
Aids and behavioural risk factors in women in inner city Baltimore
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The study aimed to investigate the influence the mode of administration of a questionnaire (telephone or face to face) on reports of sexual behaviour and attitudes of HIV risk among woman of reproductive age. DESIGN--Two cross sectional surveys--one, a modified random digit dialing telephone survey, the second, a face to face street sample--were carried out by the same interviewers using similar questionnaires in the same neighbo…
What factors influence ultra-processed food purchases and consumption in households with children? A comparison between participants and non-participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr…
Support for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Alternatives Among US Adults, 2018
AffiliationsRebecca L. Franckle, Sara N. Bleich, Mary T. G. Findling, and Eric B. Rimm are with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Michele Polacsek is with the Westbrook College of Health Professions, University of New England, Portland, ME. Anne N. Thorndike is with the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Alyssa J. Moran is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore,…
Evaluating the implementation and impact of a healthier checkout programme at a regional convenience store chain
Objective: To test the feasibility of implementing and evaluating a healthier checkout pilot study in a convenience store chain. Design: A quasi-experimental study was conducted comparing a 3-month ‘healthier checkouts’ intervention in ten convenience stores which stocked eight healthier items in the checkout space and ten comparison stores assigned to continue stocking their current checkout space product mix. All aspects of the intervention wer…
Comparing shopper characteristics by online grocery ordering use among households in low-income communities in Maine
Objective: Online grocery shopping could improve access to healthy food, but it may not be equally accessible to all populations – especially those at higher risk for food insecurity. The current study aimed to compare the socio-demographic characteristics of families who ordered groceries online v . those who only shopped in-store. Design: We analysed enrollment survey and 44 weeks of individually linked grocery transaction data. We used univari…
Parents' Perceptions of Privacy Policies and Practices for School‐Issued Digital Devices
BACKGROUND: Digital technology is becoming a central component of schooling. We measured parents perceptions of their children's digital privacy on school-issued digital devices. METHODS: We surveyed 571 parents of K-12th grade children, recruited nationally, regarding their child's use of school-issued devices. Parents reported their awareness of, and ratings of importance for, seven types of privacy policies for school-issued devices. RESULTS: …
Reducing Student Exposure to Digital Food and Beverage Marketing
Digital marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children and adolescents is pervasive, highly effective, undermines healthy eating, and contributes to health inequities. Expanded use of electronic devices and remote learning during the COVID‐19 pandemic has increased the urgency for policy interventions to limit digital food marketing in schools and on school‐issued devices. The US Department of Agriculture provides little guidance to schoo…
Foodservice Directors' Perceived Barriers to Student Participation in School Meals When Meals Were Served Free of Charge During the 2021–2022 School Year
BACKGROUND: School meals were served free of charge to all public school students in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some students still did not participate. METHODS: In this mixed-methods study, surveys and interviews were conducted with food service directors (FSDs) from California (n = 556 surveys; n = 29 interviews) and Maine (n = 43 surveys; n = 20 interviews) during spring 2022. Survey data was analyzed using multivariab…
Understanding Free or Reduced‐Price School Meal Stigma
BACKGROUND: Receiving free or reduced-price meals (FRPM) at school benefits resource-constrained families financially and nutritionally. However, many families in the United States do not apply for FRPM, and many eligible students do not eat school meals, possibly due to stigma. METHODS: This study is a secondary qualitative analysis derived from a mixed-methods study. Interviews were conducted with 66 parents in California and Maine during the 2…
Impact of mealtime social experiences on student consumption of meals at school
Objective: To understand caregivers’ perceptions about their children’s mealtime social experiences at school and how they believe these social experiences impact their children’s consumption of meals at school (both meals brought from home and school meals). Design: Qualitative data were originally collected as part of a larger mixed methods study using an embedded-QUAN dominant research design. Setting: Semi-structured interviews were conducted…
A University Low-Income-Housing Partnership to Support Good Nutrition Among Vulnerable Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We implemented and evaluated the impact of an innovative, pandemic-responsive nutrition education program, Enhanced-10 Tips for Adults (e-TTA) , on food security, socialization, and perceived health and wellbeing of residents (aged 60+) in a low-income senior housing setting in Maine. The program was tailored to meet needs of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and utilized health professions students to support the program. A quasi-experim…
Medicine (10 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (4 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras) · Medical education (4 obras) · Qualitative research (4 obras) · Advertising (3 obras)