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Academic Achievement and Pandemic Recovery in Ohio
2022

Vladimir Kogan examines student performance on the Ohio fall 2021 third grade English language arts (ELA) assessment.

It's About Time: Examining Inequality in the Time Cost of Waiting
2021

This working paper, from Associate Professor Katie Vinopal, examines the scale and extent of socioeconomic differences in waiting time

Maintaining School Foodservice Operations in Ohio during COVID-19: "This [Was] Not the Time to Sit Back and Watch"
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022

Jennifer Garner and Joshua Hawley analyze how COVID-19 related lockdowns affected critical resources for nutritious food.

Do Opioid Prescriptions Lead to Fatal Car Crashes?
American Journal of Health Economic
2022

Associate Professor Lauren Jones examines the effects of Opioid prescriptions on fatal car crashes.

Academic Achievement and Pandemic Recovery: Update from Fall Third Grade ELA Assessments
2022

This report by Prof. Vladimir Kogan examines student performance on the Ohio fall 2021 third grade English language arts (ELA) assessment, covering the second cohort of third graders tested since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Long-Term Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Women’s Physical and Mental Health
Health Economics
2022

Lauren Jones estimates the long-term effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility on women's physical and mental health at age 50. 

Approaches for Overcoming Barriers to Cross-Sector Data Sharing
The American Journal of Managed Care
2022

This study explores factors influencing the development and sustainability of data sharing in the Mid-Ohio Farmacy (MOF), a produce referral program implemented in partnership between a community-based organization and an academic medical center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Utilization Patterns of a Food Referral Program: Findings from the Mid-Ohio Farmacy
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
2021

There is limited evidence describing utilization of clinic-based food referral programs intended to support healthy eating for food-insecure patients. To address this gap, this study aims to describe the utilization of the Mid-Ohio Farmacy (MOF).

Community supported agriculture plus nutrition education improves skills, self efficacy, and eating behaviors among low income caregivers but not their children: a randomized controlled trial
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
2021

Despite the benefits of adequate fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, most individuals in the U.S. do not eat recommended amounts, with lower intake among individuals with lower socioeconomic status. Findings suggesting that greater FV access is related to higher intake underpin ongoing public health efforts to increase FV intake.

Local Value Chain Models of Healthy Food Access: A Qualitative Study of Two Approaches
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2021

Country Fresh Stops (CFS) and Donation Station (DS) are two complementary programs that support local agriculture in Appalachia Ohio. As the first study of these programs in the peer-reviewed literature, this publication identifies factors that facilitate or hinder the implementation of these local value chain models of healthy food access.

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