Publications by authors named "Gregory Chojnacki"
Background: To reduce childhood hunger, the US Department of Agriculture funded several innovative demonstration projects, including the Kentucky Ticket to Healthy Food project.
Objective: The study tested the hypothesis that Ticket to Healthy Food would reduce child food insecurity (FI-C) among rural, low-income households.
Design: The study used a randomized controlled trial in which households were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups.
Background: Poor diet quality among children can lead to poor health, development, and academic achievement. Child nutrition assistance programs aim to improve diet quality among children.
Objective: This study tested the impact of the Packed Promise intervention on diet quality among low-income children in Chickasaw Nation territory.
Background: The 2010 Child Nutrition reauthorization called for the independent evaluation of innovative strategies to reduce the risk of childhood hunger or improve the food security status of households with children.
Objective: The research question was whether the Packed Promise intervention reduces child food insecurity (FI-C) among low-income households with children.
Design: This study was a cluster randomized controlled trial of 40 school districts and 4,750 eligible, consented households within treatment and control schools.
Background: To reduce childhood hunger, the US Department of Agriculture funded a set of demonstration projects, including the Nevada Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids (HHFK) project.
Objective: The study objective was to test whether the Nevada HHFK project reduced child food insecurity (FI-C) among low-income households with young children.
Design: Households were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups, with outcomes measured using household surveys and administrative data.