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Education
Awards
- SPOT Award
Presented by University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2023
- SPOT Award
Presented by University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2020
- SPOT Award
Presented by UC ANR, 2018
- Superior Accomplishment Award
Presented by California Department of Public Health, 2015
- Certificate of Appreciation
Presented by California Department of Public Health, 2009
Discipline
PsychologySpecialty
Evaluation of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Chronic Disease Prevention ProgramsAreas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Program and Project Design, and Statistics
- Communication, Education, and Information Delivery
- Nutrition Education and Behavior
- Obesity Prevention
- Community Insitutions, Health, and Social Services
- Nutrition Education
- Healthy Families and Communities
Bibliography
Peer Reviewed
- Vasicsek, R; Rider, Carolyn D.; Pulvera, Richard; Linares, Amanda; Kao, Janice; Westfall Brown, Miranda. (In Press). Adoption of Nutrition and Physical Activity Best Practices in the Early Care and Education Setting: Examination of Differences Between Centers and Family Childcare. Childhood Obesity.
Lonstrup, Emma; Rider, Carolyn D.; Westfall, Miranda R. (In Press). Using Fermi Estimates within Needs Assessments: An Extension Professional’s Guide. Journal of Extension. 63(3).
- Kao, Janice; Rider, Carolyn; Hewawitharana, Sridharshi; Keihner, Angie; Linares, Amanda; Westfall, Miranda; Woodward-Lopez, Gail. (2023). Assessments of Practices to Support Nutrition and Physical Activity at California SNAP-Ed Eligible Schools Reveal Inequities. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
Woodward-Lopez, G; Esaryk, E; Hewawitharana, SC; Kao, J; Talmage, E; Rider, CD. (2023). Supplemental nutrition assistance program education reductions during COVID-19 may have exacerbated health inequities. SSM - Population Health. July 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101471
Rider, Carolyn D.; Kao, Janice, et al. (2022). Validity and Reliability of a Site-Level Assessment Questionnaire to Assess Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices in Schools. Childhood Obesity.
- Hewawitharana, Sridharshi C.; Kao, Janice; Rider, Carolyn D.; Talmage, Evan; Costello, Sadie; Webb, Karen; Gosliner, Wendi; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2021). Method for Scoring Dose of Multicomponent Interventions: A Building Block for Future Evaluations. American Journal of Evaluation. October 21.
- Rider, Carolyn D.; Linares, Amanda; Kao, Janice; Becker, Christina; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2020). Assessing Healthful Eating and Physical Activity Practices in Places Children Learn. Journal of Extension. 58, t55. December 17. https://www.joe.org/joe/2020december/tt5.php
- Thompson, Hannah R.; Hewawitharana, Sridharshi C.; Kao, Janice; Rider, Carolyn; Talmage, Evan; Gosliner, Wendi; Whetstone, Lauren; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2020). SNAP-Ed physical activity interventions in low-income schools are associated with greater cardiovascular fitness among 5th and 7th grade students in California. Preventive Medicine Reports. 20. December.
- Pugliese, John; Rider, Carolyn; Linares, Amanda; Bricker, Andrea (2018). What Works: Identifying Effective Nutrition Education Curricula Delivered to Low-Income California Adults. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 50:7, S74. July.
- Linares, Amanda; Biehl, Michael; Rider, Carolyn; Sugerman, Sharon (2014). Policy, System, and Environmental Approaches in the High School Setting Affect Student Eating Outcomes. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 46:4, S157.
- Kitzmann, Carolyn D.; Caine, Nancy G. (2009). Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) food-associated calls are functionally referential. Ethology. 115, 439-448.
- Keihner, Angie J.; Mitchell, Patrick R.; Kitzmann, Carolyn; Sugerman, Sharon; Foerster, Susan B. (2009). Psychosocial, socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental risk factors for BMI and overweight among 9- to 11-year-old children. Californian Journal of Health Promotion. 7, 99-118.
Non-Peer Reviewed
Kao, Janice; Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Becker, Christina; Rider, Carolyn; Esaryk, Erin; Talmage, Evan. (2022). A novel approach to measuring potential for health equity impact in community health interventions. Proceedings of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. https://apha.confex.com/apha/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/518267
Esaryk, Erin E.; Rider, Carolyn D.; Kao, Janice; Talmage, Evan; Woodward-Lopez, Gail. (2022). Reductions in public health obesity prevention interventions due to COVID-19 disproportionately affect neighborhoods with pre-existing health inequities. Proceedings of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. https://apha.confex.com/apha/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/518278
- Becker, Christina; Talmage, Evan; Kao, Janice; Rider, Carolyn D. (2021). Background on Local Health Department Reporting of CalFresh Healthy Living Programs in the Program Evaluation and Reporting System, FFY 2020. University of California, Nutrition Policy Institute. Report prepared for the California Department of Public Health, Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch. July.
- George, Betsy; Rider, Carolyn; Kao, Janice (2021). Community health and wellness practitioners increase evaluation capacity by using NPI tools. UC Delivers. University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. June 2. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=47735
- Rider, Carolyn; Linares, Amanda; Becker, Christina; Kao, Janice; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2019). From vision to validation: Creating comprehensive tools to self-assess eating and activity practices in settings where children learn. Proceedings of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. https://apha.confex.com/apha/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/440338
- Rider, Carolyn D.; Linares, Amanda M.; Whetstone, Lauren M. (2017). A Quick and Easy School Environment Assessment for Obesity Prevention Programs. Proceedings of 9th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference.
- Rider, Carolyn D.; Johnson-Arthur, Camille; Linares, Amanda (2015). Rethink Your Drink: Youth Intervention Successes and a Call to Action. Proceedings of 8th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference.