Faculty

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Maternal and Child Health Track, (MPH program)

Professor Johnson is also affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Program in Nutritional Sciences and is Associate Director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition. She has a focus on public health nutrition practice, and works closely with state and local health departments on planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health nutrition programs. Dr. Johnson is an investigator at the CDC funded Health Promotion Research Center.

(office)  306B, Raitt Hall
Interdisciplinary Program in Nutritional Sciences
Box:  353410
Seattle, WA 98195
(voice)  206-685-1068     (fax)  206-685-1696
djohn@u.washington.edu
maternal and child nutrition, public health/community nutrition

• NUTR 526, Maternal and Infant Nutrition
• NUTR 531, Community Nutrition

pediatric nutrition, efficacy of public health nutrition interventions, public health approaches to obesity Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    06/2006 - 11/2009
The PLAN study will take advantage of the natural experiment provided by Washington State SB 5436 that requires all school districts to develop school nutrition policies to examine the process of school nutrition policy development and implementation. The purpose of this study is to identify successful strategies that lead from policy legislation to healthful school nutrition environments to better student diets.

Centers for Disease Control
PI:   Harris           Dates:    09/2004 - 09/2009
The Health Promotion Research Center improves health by conducting high quality prevention research that empasizes healthy aging and can be incorporated into community practice.

National Institutes of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    06/2007 - 05/2009
Unplugged and media savvy is a comprehensive, multilevel intervention to reduce sedentary behavior and improve dietary intake in children.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PI:   Maher           Dates:    07/2006 - 12/2008
The goal of this project is to examine the association between participation in different types of non-parental child care settings and children's OW/OB outcomes during the adiposity rebound.

Centers for Disease Control
PI:   Doescher           Dates:    09/2004 - 09/2008
The HPRC Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPN) is a collaborative group that works locally and nationally to understand policies related to physical activity in communities.

University of California - Los Angeles
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    07/2003 - 06/2008
The goal of this project is to recruit, train, and mentor one MPH in nutrition trainee each year and supervise the trainee's leadership project and fieldwork.

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    07/2005 - 06/2008
This contract will provide assessment, surveillance, and evaluation functions for the Washington State Department of Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Risk Reduction Unit.

National Institutes of Health
PI:   Drewnowski           Dates:    09/2004 - 07/2007
This exploratory center for obesity research will address biomedical, public health, and policy aspects of the obesity epidemic.

National Institutes of Health
PI:   Doescher           Dates:    09/2005 - 05/2007
The purpose of this exploratory study is to develop and test a curriculum for teaching pediatric primary care providers to address caregiver's infant nutrition practices.

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    07/2000 - 06/2006
To continue to train public health nutritionists on the uses of distance learning and communication techniques; to support the work of the Northwest Obesity Prevention Project; to continue to update the Community Nutrition Assessment web page; and to continue to build an infrastructure for public health nutrition.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    09/2002 - 05/2006
This pilot study will assess and evaluate obesity-related health outcomes of a real-life policy decision voted on and adopted by the Seattle School Board to free the school environment from commercial pressures.

National Institutes of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    10/2003 - 09/2005
This pilot study will evaluate a project to promote and support breastfeeding through policy and environmental changes in Moses Lake, WA.

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    07/2004 - 06/2005
This contract will provide assessment, surveillance, and evaluation functions for the Washington State Department of Health, focusing on the primary and secondary prevention of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity through the common risk factors of nutrition and physical activity.

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    06/2003 - 12/2004
This project will provide assessment, surveillance and evaluation functions for the Washington State Department of Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Risk Reduction Unit.

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    10/2000 - 09/2003
To revitalize quality WIC nutrition services in Washington through local capacity building, technical assistance, provision of nutrition education resources, opportunities for collaboration with existing efforts to ensure consistent nutrition messages, and financial support that will stimulate development of local innovative programs.

Centers for Disease Control
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    09/2000 - 09/2003
Expansion of P.I.s current work on the NW Obesity Prevention Project and the WA State Coalition for Physical Activity. New emphasis added on environment as well as adolescents and women of color.

Centers for Disease Control
PI:   LoGerfo           Dates:    09/2000 - 09/2003
The Washington State Department of Health has subcontracted with the University of Washington for evaluation and strategic planning services pertaining to the DOH "Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs to Prevent Obesity and Related Chronic Diseases".

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    07/2001 - 06/2002
Washington State DOH has subcontracted with UW for evaluation and strategic planning services pertaining to the DOH "Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs to Prevent Obesity and Related Chronic Diseases". This supplement funds Donna Johnson's participation.

WA State Department of Health
PI:   Johnson           Dates:    11/1999 - 06/2000
Training in good early nutrition practices for mothers and infants.

Johnson DB, Evens C, Pickering S. Promoting Family Meals in WIC: Lessons Learned from a Statewide Initiative. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2006 May-Jun;38(3):177-82.

Smith LT, Johnson DB, Lamson E, Sitaker M. A framework for developing evaluation tools used in Washington State's Healthy Communities projects. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2006 Apr. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0097.htm

Johnson DB, Smith LT. Testing the recommendations of the Washington State Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan: The Moses Lake case study. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2006 Apr]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0096.htm

Johnson DB , Gerstein DE, Evans AE, Woodward-Lopez G. Preventing obesity: A life cycle perspective. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006 Jan; 106(1):97-102.

Johnson DB, Birkett D, Evens C, Pickering S. Statewide intervention to reduce television viewing in WIC clients and staff. Am J Health Promot. 2005 Jul-Aug;19(6):418-21

Birkett D, Johnson DB, Oberg D, Thompson J. Reaching Low Income Families: Focus Group Results Provide Direction for a Behavioral Approach to WIC Services. J Am Diet Assoc.104:1277-1280. 2004.

Johnson DB , Beaudoin S, Smith LT, Beresford SAA, LoGerfo JP. Increasing fruit and vegetable intake in homebound elders: the Seattle Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2004 Jan [date cited]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/jan/pdf/03_00010a.pdf

Smith LT, Johnson DB, Beaudoin S, Monsen ER, LoGerfo JP. Qualitative assessment of participant utilization and satisfaction with the Seattle Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2004 Jan [date cited]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/jan/pdf/03_0010b.pdf