HPRC Quarterly Highlights: Q2 2026
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Collaborate with Partners to Identify Evidence-Based Interventions
CalFresh Healthy Living-CHOICES Project
We continue to share findings of research strategies to promote healthy eating and active living, using the CHOICES methods and a microsimulation model with local health departments in California. We were pleased to collaborate with these local health agencies and their partners. You will find the results of new cost-effectiveness analyses completed with these teams of public health leaders. These include briefs focused on promoting quality physical education in San Diego County schools and on a strategy to reduce sugary drink consumption in the city of San Diego.
New Publications from PRC Researchers and Our Research Partners
Dr. Erica Kenney, our HPRC Director of Research, collaborated on a number of recently published studies focused on improving diet quality. These included studies of the impact of cash transfers, the association between increased WIC fruit/veg benefits and FV intake among young children, and changes in SNAP and WIC benefits in Massachusetts.
Offer Resources & Training Opportunities
New Resources to Promote Healthy Beverages in Restaurant Settings
We consistently work to share new resources, tools, and peer-reviewed publications that align with our Center’s priority areas (healthy eating, active living, sugary drinks, drinking water access and intake, and unhealthy food and beverage marketing). This quarter, our partners at the UIC Policy, Practice, and Prevention Research Center shared new tools, including the Healthy Beverage Default Policy Restaurant Kids’ Meals Implementation Guide and two interview guides. Learn more.
Reminder: The public is invited to join the Monday Nutrition Seminars at HSPH. Learn more and see upcoming events
Build Capacity for Conducting Community-Engaged Research
This spring, we celebrated several graduates at the Chan School, including Michaela Greenlee, who received a Master of Science in Global Health and Population. Michaela supported our PRC work with local health agencies, developing resources and evidence of the cost-effectiveness of different strategies to foster healthy eating and active living. Learn more about Michaela, her work at the PRC, and her future plans in public health.
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