2006 FANRP Small Grants Conference: Agenda

Thursday, October 12

Session 1: Food Assistance Participation and Obesity

• Moderator
  Lucia Kaiser, Department of Nutrition, University of California-Davis
• Discussion Leader
  Allison A. Yates, USDA-ARS

The Effect of Federal Food Participation on Diet Quality, Body Weight Status, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Children 2-18 Years Old: NHANES 1999-2002
Sibylle Kranz, Pennsylvania State University

Participation in Food Assistance, Maternal Employment, and Child Obesity
Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University

Food Stamps and Obesity among Immigrants
Neeraj Kaushal, Columbia University

Session 2: Food Assistance Participation and Well-Being

• Moderator
  Robert LaLonde, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
  
• Discussion Leader
  Peter Basiotis, USDA-CNPP

A National-Level Study of Food Stamp Program Participation among American Indians: 1988-2004
Craig Gundersen, Iowa State University, Dean Jolliffe, ERS, and Laura Tiehen, ERS

Wellbeing of Citizen Children of Immigrants in Relation to Food Stamps and WIC, 1998-2005
Mariana Chilton, Drexel University

Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, and the Safety Net
Daniel Schroeder, Deanna Schexnayder, University of Texas at Austin, Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University, and David Ribar, George Washington University

The Introduction of the Food Stamp Program: Impacts on Food Consumption and Family Well-Being
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, University of Chicago and Hilary Hoynes, University of California Davis, presented by Robert LaLonde, University of Chicago

Session 3: Food Security

• Moderator
  Judi Bartfeld, Grants Program Director, Institute for Research on Poverty, University Wisconsin-Madison

• Discussion Leader
  Geri Henchy, Food Research and Action Center

Understanding Traditional Food Security of Hopi Single Parent Female Headed Households
Cornelia Butler Flora, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University

How Sensitive are Inferences about Relationships Between Food Stamps and Food Insecurity to Reporting Error?
Craig Gundersen and Brent Kreider, Iowa State University

A Comparison of Food Insecurity Levels and Weight Status Among Rural and Urban Residing Latino/Hispanics in North Carolina
Lauren Haldeman, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Income Volatility, Food Insufficiency and Food Stamp Receipt in the U.S.: The Effect of Welfare Reform
Neil Bania, University of Oregon and Laura Leete, Willamette University, OR

Food Insecurity in Poor, Female-Headed Families in Five of Alabama's Black Belt Counties
Andrew A. Zekeri, Tuskegee University

Session 4: Community-Based Studies

• Moderator
  Claudia Nelson, Director, Native Peoples Technical Assistance Office, University of Arizona
• Discussion Leader
  Andi Carlson, USDA-CNPP

Native Nutrition and Foods Initiative Research
Mari King and Wilbert Fish, Blackfeet Community College

Meeting the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: A "daunting challenge" for food-stamp recipients in Southeast Louisiana
Carol E. O'Neal and Jeffery Gillespie, Louisiana State University

Implementation of a Small-scale Backyard Integrated Aquamethaponics Food Production System and Training Program for Native Hawaiian Working Families in Hawaii
Acecio D'Silva, University of Arizona, and Robert Howerton, University of Hawaii

Friday, October 13

Session 5: WIC and Child Nutrition

• Moderator
  Alex Majchrowicz, Director, Small Grants Program, USDA-ERS
• Discussion Leader
  John Endahl, USDA-FNS

Intra-household Allocation and Consumption of WIC Approved Foods
Helen Jensen and Grace Marquis, Iowa State University

Does Greater Exposure to WIC Affect Maternal Behavior and Improve Infant Health?  Evidence from the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
Ted Joyce and Cristina Yunzal, Baruch College, City University of New York

Feeding Practices of Childcare Staff in CACFP-Funded Centers
Madeleine Sigman-Grant, George Fernandez, and Elizabeth Christiansen, University of Nevada

Session 6: Prices and the Food Environment

• Moderator
  Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu, Director, Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
• Discussion Leader
  Cynthia Reeves Tuttle, USDA-CSREES

Transient and Chronic Poverty in the Rural South
Bradford Mills and Elton Mykerezi, Virginia Tech

Is it just food? Geographic Differences in the Cost of Living
Julie N. Zimmerman and Sunny (Seonok) Ham, University of Kentucky

Mobile Markets' Participation and Impact: An Analysis of Pascua Yaqui Pueblo and the Old Nogales Highway Colonia
Anita Fonte, Community Food Bank, Tucson, AZ and George Frisvold, University of Arizona

Food Environment Quality and Food Choice in Clusters of Colonias in Hidalgo County of the Texas Rio Grande
Joseph R. Sharkey, Scott Horel, Monica Wendel, and Li Zhu, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M