Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Janice Kao

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Academic Coordinator II
Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI)
1111 Franklin Street
11th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607
510-987-0613
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Specialty

program and policy evaluation, SNAP-Ed

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Kao, Janice; Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Rangel, Maria Isabel & Hicks (2023). Lessons Learned from a Food Hub-Based Retail Intervention That Expanded Reach and Sales of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Low-Income, Low-Access Neighborhoods. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition.
  • Rider, Carolyn D; Kao, Janice; Hewawitharana, Sridharshi; Becker, Christine M; Linares, Amanda; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2022). Validity and Reliability of a Site-Level Assessment Questionnaire to Assess Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices in Schools. Childhood Obesity. 18:6, 383-398.
  • Hewawitharana, S. C. (2021). Method for Scoring Dose of Multicomponent Interventions: A Building Block for Future Evaluations. American Journal of Evaluation. 43:2. October 21, 2021.
  • Rider, Carolyn; Linares, Amanda; Kao, Janice; Becker, Christina; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2020). Assessing Healthful Eating and Physical Activity Practices in Places Children Learn. Journal of Extension. 58:6. December. https://www.joe.org/joe/2020december/pdf/JOE_v58_6tt5.pdf
  • Thompson, Hannah; Hewawitharana, Sridharshi; Kao, Janice; Rider, Carolyn; Talmage, Evan; Gosliner, Wendi; Whetstone, Lauren; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2020). SNAP-Ed physical activity interventions in low-income schools are associated with greater cardiovascular fitness among 5th and 7th grade students in California. Preventive Medicine Reports. 20. September. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101222
  • Au, Lauren E.; Ritchie, Lorrene D.; Gurzo, Klara; Nhan, Lilly A.; Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Kao, Janice; Guenther, Patricia M.; Tsai, Marisa; Gosliner, Wendi (2019). Post–Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Adherence to Select School Nutrition Standards by Region and Poverty Level: The Healthy Communities Study. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.10.016
  • Woodward-Lopez, G.; Kao, J.; Kuo, E. S.; Rauzon, S.; Taylor, A. C.; Goette, C.; Collins, C.; Gonzalez, E. P.; Ronshausen, D. R.; Boyle, K.; Williamson, D.; Cheadle, A. (2018). "Changes in Consumer Purchases in Stores Participating in an Obesity Prevention Initiative." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 54(5)
  • Woodward-Lopez, G.; Kao, J.; Kuo, E. S.; James, P.; Lenhart, K.; Becker, C.; Boyle, K.; Williamson, D.; Rauzon, S. (2018). "Changes in Nutrition Policies and Dietary Intake in Child Care Homes Participating in Healthy Eating and Active Living Initiative." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 54(5)
  • Woodward-Lopez, G.; Gosliner, W.; Au, L. E.; Kao, J.; Webb, K. L.; Sagatov, R. D.; Strauss, W. J.; Landgraf, A. J.; Nagaraja, J.; Wilson, D. K.; Nicastro, H. L.; Nebeling, L. C.; Schultz, J. A.; Ritchie, L. D.; Healthy Communities Study, Team (2018). "Community characteristics modify the relationship between obesity prevention efforts and dietary intake in children: the Healthy Communities Study." Pediatric Obesity 13: 46-55.
  • Kao, J.; Woodward-Lopez, G.; Kuo, E. S.; James, P.; Becker, C. M.; Lenhart, K.; Boyle, K.; Williamson, D.; Rauzon, S. (2018). "Improvements in Physical Activity Opportunities: Results From a Community-Based Family Child Care Intervention." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 54(5)
  • Webb, K. L.; Hewawitharana, S. C.; Au, L. E.; Collie-Akers, V.; Strauss, W. J.; Landgraf, A. J.; Nagaraja, J.; Wilson, D. K.; Sagatov, R.; Kao, J.; Loria, C. M.; Fawcett, S. B.; Ritchie, L. D. (2018). "Objectives of community policies and programs associated with more healthful dietary intakes among children: findings from the Healthy Communities Study." Pediatric Obesity 13: 103-112.
  • Au, Lauren E.; Crawford, Patricia B.; Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Gurzo, Klara; Kao, Janice; Webb, Karen L.; Ritchie, Lorrene D. (2018). "School Wellness Committees Are Associated With Lower Body Mass Index Z-Scores and Improved Dietary Intakes in US Children: The Healthy Communities Study." Journal of School Health 88(9): 627-635.
  • Kao, Janice; Chakrabarti, Trisha; Harvey, Dana; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2017). Evaluation of a local healthy retail initiative: The Mandela MarketPlace Health and Wealth Net. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. November 2017.
  • Ritchie, Lorrene D.; Wakimoto, Patricia; Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Thompson, Frances E.; Loria, Catherine M.; Wilson, Dawn K.; Kao, Janice; Crawford, Patricia B.; Webb, Karen L. (2015). "The healthy communities study nutrition assessments: Child diet and the school nutrition environment." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 49(4): 647-652.
  • Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Kao, Janice; Kiesel, Kristin; Lewis Miller, Markell; Boyle, Maria; Drago-Ferguson, Soledad; Braff-Guajardo, Ellen; Crawford, Patricia (2014). "Is scratch-cooking a cost-effective way to prepare healthy school meals with US Department of Agriculture foods?" Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 114(9): 1349-1358.
  • Peart, Tasha; Kao, Janice; Crawford, Patricia B.; Samuels, Sarah E.; Craypo, Lisa; Woodward-Lopez, Gail (2012). "Does competitive food and beverage legislation hurt meal participation or revenues in high schools?" Childhood obesity (Print) 8(4): 339-46.
  • Woodward-Lopez, G.; Gosliner, W.; Samuels, S. E.; Craypo, C.; Kao, J.; Crawford, P. B. (2011). "Erratum: Lessons learned from evaluations of California's statewide school nutrition standards (American Journal of Public Health (2010) 100:11 (2137-2145) DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.193490)." American Journal of Public Health 101(10)
  • Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Gosliner, Wendi; Samuels, Sarah E.; Craypo, Lisa; Kao, Janice; Crawford, Patricia B. (2010). "Lessons learned from evaluations of California's statewide school nutrition standards." American Journal of Public Health 100(11): 2137-45.
  • Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Kao, Janice; Ritchie, Lorrene (2010). "To what extent have sweetened beverages contributed to the obesity epidemic?" Public Health Nutrition(10): 1-11.
  • Samuels, Sarah E.; Bullock, Sally Lawrence; Woodward-Lopez, Gail; Clark, Sarah E.; Kao, Janice; Craypo, Lisa; Barry, Jay; Crawford, Patricia B. (2009). "To what extent have high schools in California been able to implement state-mandated nutrition standards?" The Journal of Adolescent Health 45(3 Suppl): S38-44.

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