Donna Johnson

Ph.D. 1995, University of Washington. Pediatric nutrition, efficacy of public health nutrition interventions, and public health approaches to obesity

Department: Health Services, School Public Health
Position: Associate Professor
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Phone: (206) 685-1068
Box: 353410
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Recent Publications

Research Summary:

In addition to the School of Public Health, 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.

Recent Publications:

Anderson LM; Quinn T; Glanz K; Ramirez G; Kahwati, L.; Johnson DB; Ramsey Buchanan L; Archer R; R., C.; Kalra GP; DL, K.; Services, T. F. o. C. P., (Forthcoming), The Effectiveness of Worksite Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions for Controlling Employee Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review., Am J Health Promotion.

Johnson DB; Lund AE; Bruemmer B; Evens C; CM., M., (Forthcoming), Beverage Policies on Student Beverage Exposure and Consumption in Middle Schools, J Adol Health.

Neuhouser ML; Lilley S; Lund AE; DB, J., (Forthcoming), Development and Validation of a Beverage and Snack Questionnaire for Use in Evaluation of School Nutrition Policies, J Am Diet Assoc. .

Steinman L; Doescher M; Keppel G; Pak-Gorstein S; Graham E, H. A.; Johnson DB; P., P. S., (Forthcoming), Understanding infant feeding beliefs, practices, and preferred nutrition education and health provider approaches: an exploratory study with Somali mothers in the U.S. Maternal and Child Nutrition.

Maher, E. J.; Li, G.; Carter, L.; Johnson, D. B., (2008), Preschool child care participation and obesity at the start of kindergarten, Pediatrics, 122: 2, 322-30.

Johnson, D. B.; Smith, L. T.; Bruemmer, B., (2007), Small-grants programs: lessons from community-based approaches to changing nutrition environments, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107: 2, 301-5.

Podrabsky, M.; Streichert, L. C.; Levinger, D.; Johnson, D. B., (2007), Campus-community-school partnerships to evaluate a multicomponent nutrition intervention, Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 122: 4.

Vernez Moudon, A.; Lee, C.; Cheadle, A. D.; Garvin, C.; Johnson, D. B.; Schmid, T. L.; Weathers, R. D., (2007), THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH PROMOTION - Attributes of Environments Supporting Walking, American journal of health promotion : AJHP., 21: 5, 448.

Johnson, D.; Smith, L., (2006), Testing the Recommendations of the Washington State Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan: The Moses Lake Case Study , Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] , April.

Johnson, D. B.; Birkett, D.; Evens, C.; Pickering, S., (2006), Promoting Family Meals in WIC: Lessons Learned from a Statewide Initiative #9642, Journal of nutrition education and behavior., 38: 3, 177.

Johnson, D. B.; Gerstein, D. E.; Evans, A. E.; Woodward-Lopez, G., (2006), Preventing obesity: a life cycle perspective, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106: 1, 97-102.

Moudon, A. V.; Lee, C.; Cheadle, A. D.; Garvin, C.; Johnson, D.; Schmid, T. L.; Weathers, R. D.; Lin, L., (2006), Operational Definitions of Walkable Neighborhood: Theoretical and Empirical Insights, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH, 3, S99-S117.

Smith, L.; Johnson, D.; Lamson, E.; Sitaker, M., (2006), A framework for developing evaluation tools used in Washington State’s Healthy Communities projects, Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] , April.

Woodward-Lopez, G.; Ritchie, L.; Gerstein, D.; Crawford, P.; Ivey, S.; Johnson, D.; Knehans, A.; Evans, A.; Kelsey, K., (2006), Obesity: Dietary and Developmental Influences, CRC Press, New York, NY.

Johnson, D. B.; Birkett, D.; Evens, C.; Pickering, S., (2005), Statewide Intervention to Reduce Television Viewing in WIC Clients and Staff, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION, 19: 6, 418-421.

Moudon, A. V.; Lee, C.; Cheadle, A. D.; Collier, C. W.; Johnson, D.; Schmid, T. L.; Weather, R. D., (2005), Cycling and the built environment, a US perspective, Transportation research. Part D, Transport and environment., 10: 3, 245.