Kinesiology and Public Health Department faculty research varies, from physiology to nutrition to epidemiology, to public health programming, to adaptive technologies for persons with physical challenges and more. They regularly publish in academic journals and present at domestic and international conferences.
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Submissions from 2023
Knowledge and Use of Paced Bottle-Feeding Among Mothers of Young Infants, Alison K. Ventura and Vivian M. Drewelow
Associations Between Technology Use, Responsive Feeding, and Child Temperament Among Prior Prenatal Intervention Participants, Alison K. Ventura, Chantelle N. Hart, Suzanne Phelan, and Elissa Jelalian
Submissions from 2022
Infant Age Moderates Associations between Infant Temperament and Maternal Technology Use during Infant Feeding and Care, Maya I. Davis, Camille M. Delfosse, and Alison K. Ventura
Associations between Parenting Stress, Parent Feeding Practices, and Perceptions of Child Eating Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Lupita Maria González, Amy Lammert, Suzanne Phelan, and Alison K. Ventura
Maternal Responsiveness and Toddler Body Mass Index z-Score: Prospective Analysis of Maternal and Child Mealtime Interactions, C. N. Hart, Suzanne Phelan, D. L. Coffman, E. Jelalian, Alison K. Ventura, E. A. Hodges, N. Hawley, J. O. Fisher, and R. R. Wing
Associations Between Mothers’ Use of Food to Soothe, Feeding Mode, and Infant Weight During Early Infancy, Megan K. Hupp, Peggy C. Papathakis, Suzanne Phelan, and Alison K. Ventura
Strategies to Promote Responsive Bottle-feeding in WIC Predict Less Frequent Use of Food to Soothe and Healthier Weight Status for Infants with Negative Temperaments, Alison K. Ventura and Shannon E. Whaley
Submissions from 2021
Associations between Maternal Technology Use, Perceptions of Infant Temperament, and Indicators of Mother-to-Infant Attachment Quality, Shawnee Alvarez Guitierrez and Alison K. Ventura
Effect of Prenatal Lifestyle Intervention on Maternal Postpartum Weight Retention and Child Body MassIndex z-score at 36 Months, Suzanne Phelan, Chantelle N. Hart, Elissa Jelalian, Karen Muñoz-Christian, Noemi Alarcon, Angelica McHugh, Alison K. Ventura, and Rena R. Wing
Promoting Responsive Bottle-Feeding Within WIC: Evaluation of a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Approach, Alison K. Ventura, Karina Silva Garcia, Martha Meza, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Catherine E. Martinez, and Shannon E. Whaley
Mother–infant Interactions and Infant Intake during Breastfeeding Versus Bottle-feeding Expressed Breast Milk, Alison K. Ventura, Megan Hupp, and Joseph Lavond
WIC Participants' Perceptions of COVID-19-Related Changes to WIC Recertification and Service Delivery, Alison K. Ventura, Catherine E. Martinez, and Shannon E. Whaley
Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and Lactation and Child Food Preferences, Dietary Patterns, and Weight Outcomes: A Review of Recent Research, Alison K. Ventura, Suzanne Phelan, and Karina Silva Garcia
Submissions from 2020
A Qualitative Study of Breastfeeding and Formula-Feeding Mothers’ Perceptions of and Experiences in WIC, Rebeca Almeida, Shawnee Alvarez Gutierrez, Shannon E. Whaley, and Alison K. Ventura
Potential Overfeeding among Formula Fed Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Participants and Associated Factors, Christopher E. Anderson, Catherine E. Martinez, Alison K. Ventura, and Shannon E. Whaley
Biography of Leann L Birch, PhD, 25 June 1946 – 26 May 2019, Stephani Anzman-Frasca, Kirsten K. Davison, Jennifer O. Fisher, Lori A. Francis, Susan L. Johnson, Justin A. Lavner, Ian M. Paul, Alison K. Ventura, and Jennifer S. Savage
Positive Parenting Approaches and Their Association with Child Eating and Weight: A Narrative Review from Infancy to Adolescence, Katherine N. Balantekin, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Lori A. Francis, Alison K. Ventura, Jennifer O. Fisher, and Susan L. Johnson
Development and Validation of the Maternal Distraction Questionnaire, Alison K. Ventura, Megan Hupp, Shawnee Alvarez Gutierrez, and Rebeca Almeida
Associations Between Variations in Breast Anatomy and Early Breastfeeding Challenges, Alison K. Ventura, Brittany Lore, and Olga Mireles
Submissions from 2019
Maternal Diet during Lactation and Breast-feeding Practices have Synergistic Association with Child Diet at 6 Years, Jacob P. Beckerman, Emily Slade, and Alison K. Ventura
Effects of Varying Doses of Oral Bisphenol A Consumption on Type 2 Diabetes Risk Markers in Healthy Adults, Todd Hagobian, Alyssa Bird, Sean Stanelle, Dana Williams, Andrew Schaffner, and Suzanne Phelan
Dataset for Pilot Randomized Trial to Reduce Urinary Bisphenols in Women With Obesity, Todd Hagobian, Zoe Delli-Bovi, Adrian Mercado, Alyssa Bird, Megan Guy, and Suzanne Phelan
Maternal Digital Media Use during Infant Feeding and the Quality of Feeding Interactions, Alison K. Ventura, Jordyn Levy, and Sierra Sheeper
Exploring Correlates of Infant Clarity of Cues During Early Feeding Interactions, Alison K. Ventura, Sierra Sheeper, and Jordyn Levy
Predictors of Resilience Among Infants at Risk for Rapid Weight Gain, Alison K. Ventura and Kristen Thompson