On May 23, 2019, NCCOR hosted a Connect & Explore webinar to discuss the findings in a recent publication from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service called “Linking USDA Nutrition Databases to IRI Household-Based and Store-Based Scanner Data.” USDA researchers created a purchase-to-plate “crosswalk”—linking USDA data and household retail scanner data—to measure the overall healthfulness of American’s food-at-home (FAH) purchases. Results show that improvements in the healthfulness of Americans’ FAH purchases are needed to comply with federal dietary guidance. The speaker is Andrea Carlson, PhD, MS,an economist in the Food Markets Branch of the Food Economics Division.
The program, intended for early stage research investigators, features lectures, mock grant review, seminars, and small group discussions on research relevant to minority health and health disparities. It also includes sessions with NIH scientific staff engaged in related health disparities research across the various institutes and centers.
Lectures and seminars include:
- Population science and health disparities
- Research design and measurement approaches
- Intervention Science methods
- Healthcare disparities and outcomes research
- Community-based participatory research
- Grant writing and mock grant review.