The Center for Nutrition & Health Impact (CNHI) is the only independent non-profit research center of its kind with expertise in measurement and evaluation of nutrition-related programs.
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New Food Insecurity Measures
With funding from the Walmart Foundation, we developed measures that assess household resilience, nutrition security and dietary choice and the three pillars of food security that are not currently captured by the USDA Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) (availability, utilization and stability). These measures are low-burden and self-administered modules that aim to provide a more holistic assessment of the food insecurity experience.
Leading National Nutrition Incentive Evaluation
Selected by the USDA, CNHI leads national evaluation and technical assistance center for nutrition incentive and produce prescription programs.
Our work speaks for itself, and we’ll give your work a voice.
Through our evaluation work, healthy eating active living programs have been empowered with evidence.
Recent Publications
Contextual Factors Influencing the Integration of Physical Activity Policy, Systems, and Environmental Interventions in the Cooperative Extension System
“This study seeks to understand common barriers and facilitators to integrating physical activity PSEs in Extension and identify implementation strategies selected in response.”
Feasibility Study of a Screening Decision Tool for Allocating Adults into Food is Medicine Programs
“…The Food is Medicine (FIM) movement was created to address the complexity of food and nutrition security among food insecure and lower income households, while also aiming to improve clinical outcomes.”
Mixed methods evaluation of a shipped medically tailored meal pilot intervention
“Medically tailored meal (MTM) programs generally demonstrate meaningful health outcomes for patients. There is a need to evaluate novel MTM delivery methods to understand participant and organizational-level impacts.”
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