FNPA Users

  • Lorraine Lanningham-Foster  - Iowa State University - [email protected]      Collaborator with Dr. Welk in the PAHP Lab and contributor to ongoing research at Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines with Julia Richards-Krapfl on the use of FNPA in clinical applications.

  • Maren Wolff - Iowa State University - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA with motivational interviewing for childhood obesity treatment in the primary care setting in collaboration with Blank Children's Hospital and Julia-Richards-Krapfl.

  • Julia Richards-Krapfl - Blank Children's Hospital - [email protected]
    Julia is a research scientist at Blank Children’s Hospital and has been leading projects involved with the use of the FNPA in family-based obesity prevention programming. 

  • Kimbo Yee - Grand Valley State University - [email protected]
    Examining the utility of the FNPA in a sample of 9th grade students in mid-Michigan

  • Brianna Routh - Iowa State University - [email protected]
    Using the original 21-item FNPA in the Rural Family Speak about Health Project

  • Dianne Cogburn - [email protected]
    Considering use of FNPA in parents and incoming 6th grade students at a charter wellness school

  • Aleshia Hall-Campbell - Mississippi Roses Non-Profit Organization - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA to assess users of a health and wellness program

  • Brittany Long - University of Pittsburgh - [email protected]
    Using a modified FNPA to measure lifestyle behaviors pre- and post-education


  • Helena Laroche - University of Iowa - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA as an outcome in an RCT of a family-based obesity prevention intervention

  • Deb Johnson-Shelton - Oregon Research Institute - [email protected]
    Promotion of pedestrian/walking activity by youth, school-based physical education, BMI and physical fitness surveillance, and community-based family health programming
 
  • Rudra Bahadur Shrestha - National Pingtung University of Science and Technology - [email protected]
 
  • Kathy James - University of San Diego - [email protected]
    Has used the FNPA with overweight mothers at a weight clinic to increase awareness of family habits and weight risk of children
   
  • Karen Florez - RAND Corporation - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA in an interview-administered survey among low-income African American families  in food deserts in Pittsburgh, PA.  Also using English and Spanish version FNPAs with urban families in South Los Angeles.
 
  • Joanne Kouba - Loyola University Chicago - [email protected]
    Considering using the FNPA to evaluate the Family Lifestyle Intervention Program (FLIP) to engage families through community centers to participant in a healthy lifestyle challenge
 
  • Karin Pfeiffer - Michigan State University - [email protected]
    Uses the FNPA in the Spartners for Heart Health project, a physical activity and dietary behaviors intervention study for 5th grade students.  Also uses the FNPA to evaluate the effectiveness of other physical activity/dietary behaviors programming conducted by the Crim Fitness Foundation in Flint, MI. The age group is mostly 1st-6th graders. 
 
  • Seo Ah Hong - ASEAN Institute for Health Development - [email protected]
    Targeting 9-12 year old children in Thailand.
 
  • Ramona DeJesus - Mayo Clinic - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA as a pre-post measure in a family-based wellness coaching program for overweight and obese youth.
 
  • Rosa Hand - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - [email protected]
    ​Using the FNPA as a program evaluation tool.
 
  • Heather Flores - University of Alabama at Huntsville - [email protected]
    Considering using the FNPA as an assessment tool for healthy choices in rural Alabama families.
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  • Marisa Censani - Weill Cornell Medicine - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA in a pediatric endocrinology clinic.
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  • Elizabeth McCue - University of Notre Dame - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA to evaluate the "Prescription to Play" pediatric obesity initiative for the St. Joseph County Health Department.
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  • Michelle Venegoni-Vigil - The Women Center - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA as part of a Health and Nutrition lesson for parenting classes.
 
  • Jihyun You - Korea University - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA in a family intervention to prevent childhood obesity.
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  • Antoinette Barrett - Cedars Sinai/COACH for Kids Program - [email protected]
    Using FNPA in a research project on overweight/obesity in under-served children with nutrition and physical activity counseling and case management.
 
  • Regina Kurtz - Wilson County Health Department - [email protected]
    ​Working with families with children four years and older with BMI >85th percentile.
   
  • Luana Turovskaya - Primary One Health - [email protected]
    Dietitian working in primary care with a pediatrician. Considering using FNPA in clinic.
 
  • Renee Tilt - RoundTable Wellness - [email protected]
    Outpatient setting working with overweight 10-12 year olds
 
  • Kathy Knight - University of Mississippi - [email protected]
    School-based nutrition intervention research.
   
  • Carolyn Ezzell - Columbia/Boone WIC Program - [email protected]
    Working to increase parent understanding of relationship between food/activity behaviors and healthy weight during the WIC nutrition assessment.
 
  • Leslie Oliver - Adams County Head Start - [email protected]
    Planning to use FNPA in partnership with medical homes to decrease overweight/obesity prevalence.
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  • Elijah Goldberg - Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA in a preliminary data collection study involving physical activity, sedentary activity, and nutrition in patients with thalassemia.
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  • Emine Ekici - Uskudar University - Turkey - [email protected]
    Researching family nutrition and adolescent obesity. Developing Turkish translation of FNPA.
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  • Julian Angulo - Community Prevention Partnership - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA in the EatPlayGrow program promoting active and healthy lifestyles for families in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
 
  • Joanne Isme - University of South Alabama - [email protected]
    Using the FNPA as a screening tool in pediatric patients, embedded into a quality improvement project.
 
  • Samantha Kling - Geisinger and The Pennsylvania State Univerisity - [email protected]
    Evaluating the effect of an obesity prevention program in pediatric well-child visits on growth and obesity risk in 2- to 9-year old children.
 
  • Sonia Rodrigues - Lisbon Nursing School - [email protected]
    Assessing translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the FNPA in Portugal.
 
  • Diane DellaValle - Medical University of South Carolina; Marywood University - [email protected]
    Piloting the FNPA at MUSC's Heart Health Program for kids and teens
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  • Sarah Scheuermann - University of South Alabama and Children's Hospital of New Orleans- [email protected]
         Using the FNPA to measure effectiveness and efficiency of telehealth to increase patient-             family healthy lifestyles

​        Interested in using the FNPA as a collaborative tool between Cooperative Extension and a            pediatric high BMI clinic to reduce child obesity prevalence in central Kentucky.
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  • Malathi Munisamy - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduation Medical Education and Research - [email protected]
        Using the FNPA to objectively assess lifestyle habits of children and families with metabolic          syndrome and acanthuses nigrians.

           Compiling an intervention for primary care nurses in Ireland

  • Gina Tripicchio - Temple University - [email protected]                            Using FNPA as screening tool in a clinical setting to help providers identify targets for counseling. Also using FNPA as an evaluation tool to test the impact of mobile health intervention on behaviors of parents of children 2-9 years old
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  • Irwan Budiono - Universitas Negeri Semarang - [email protected]      Using FNPA to help school units to screen children with overweight and obesity and devleoping an Indonesian version of FNPA
 
  • Amy Iannone - Florida Gulf Coast University - [email protected]                    Using FNPA to assess family lifestyle behaviors for DNP project focused on the impact of mobile message intervention for family lifestyle
 
  • Stephanie Kendzierski - Henry Ford Health System - [email protected]                      Using FNPA in Let's Get Health program
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  • Erin Jackson - University of Mississippi Medical Center - [email protected]              Using FNPA in clinical research for children with overweight and obesity with sickle cell disease 

  • Azeneth Serna - IMSS                                                                                            For nutritional assessment in families and physical activity

         Using FNPA with primary school children (4-11 years) in England to understand home                 environment and link to weight data
​         Using FNPA as a pre/post assessment for Healthy lifestyle & Nutrition program for low-                 income youth ages 6-11 years old.

         Using the FNPA in a study of nutritional status, nutritional quality, and the obesogenic                 environment in 6-12 year olds

         Using FNPA in a family medicine clinic in conjunction with medical status to assess risk for           overweight/obesity.
​         Using FNPA to measure outcomes after implementing the 5-2-1-0 plan

​         FNPA dissemination and implementation

         DNP project to decrease weight gain, improve nutrition and increase physical activity                   through screening with the FNPA and MI among children 6-16 years old with depression