Technical Assistance

Center faculty and staff offer technical assistance for public health nutrition practice:

• Evidence-based approaches for environmental and policy change
• Environmental assessment
• Program planning
• Program evaluation (pdf)
• Policy analysis
• Communication and outreach (pdf)

Examples of current projects:

• The Center partners with the Washington State Department of Health to implement and evaluate the impact of the Washington State Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan.
• The Center works with the Lewis County Community Health Partnership to assess middle and high school nutrition environments and evaluate a physical activity intervention in elementary schools.
• The Center participates in the CDC funded Healthy Communities Projects to evaluate the effect of these initiatives.