PSE READI

The PSE READI project is a partnership between Case Western Reserve University, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, The Ohio State University, SNAP-Ed program, and the Ohio Department of Health, Creating Healthy Communities program. Click here to learn more about the PSE READI.

For more information, contact us at [email protected].

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

Darcy Freedman, PhD, MPH

Director, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, Principle Investigator

Owusua Yamoah, PhD, MA

Research Scientist, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

Katie Poppe, MPH, RDN

Program Manager, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

Emily Nelson, MPH, PhD

Data Manager, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

Linea Webb, MSW

Research Associate, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

Jillian Schulte, MA, MPH

Graduate Research Assistant, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

Eleanor Gillerlane Hinkes, MA

Graduate Research Assistant, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS

Ohio SNAP-Ed

Pat Bebo, MS, RD, LD

Assistant Director, Ohio State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences, Co-Investigator

Ana Claudia Zubieta, PhD

Director, Ohio SNAP-Ed, Co-Investigator

Megan Riley, MPH

Program Manager, Ohio SNAP-Ed

Patrick Tegge

Ohio SNAP-Ed PSE Specialist, South & East Regions

Tina Robbins

Ohio SNAP-Ed PSE Specialist, North & Central Regions

Tanner Cooper-Risser

Ohio SNAP-Ed PSE Specialist, West Region

LICENSING PARTNERS

University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, FoodWIse program

Sarah Smith

Policy, Systems & Environment Specialist

Publications

The following articles describe our multiphase consensus-building approach used to develop each PSE READI

Farmers Markets: Lee, E., Dalton, J., Ngendahimana, D., Bebo, P., Davis, A., Remley, D., Smathers, C., & Freedman, D.A. (2017). Consensus modeling to develop the farmers’ market readiness assessment and decision instrument. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 7(3); 506-516. Read More
Healthy Eating in Childcare: Parsons, A.A., Monteban, M., Lee, E., Bebo, P., Zubieta, A.C., Ginnetti, S., Hewitt, J., & Freedman, D. (2019). Indicators of Readiness and Capacity for Implementation of Healthy Eating Strategies in Child Care Settings Serving Low-income Children. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(4), 465-477. Read More
Team-Based Open Coding Approach: Cascio, M.A., Lee, E., Vaudrin, N., & Freedman, D.A. (2019). A Team-Based Approach to Open Coding: Considerations for Creating Intercoder Consensus. Field Methods, 31(2), 116-130. Read More
Farm to School: Lee, E., Smathers, C., Zubieta, A. C., Ginnetti, S., Shah, A., & Freedman, D. A. (2019). Identifying indicators of readiness and capacity for implementing farm-to-school interventions. Journal of School Health, 89(5), 373-381. Read More
Healthy Food Retail: Sanchez-Flack, J., Joshi, K., Lee, E.E., & Freedman, D.A. (2021). Indicators of readiness and capacity for implementation of healthy food retail interventions. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(3), 1-17. Read More
Food Pantry: Yamoah, O., Schulte, J., Osborn, L., Ogland-Hand, C., Zubieta, A. C., & Freedman, D. A. (2023). Pantry clients and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education practitioners’ perspectives on factors influencing healthy eating policy, system and environmental interventions in food pantries. Journal of Nutritional Science, 12, e81. Read More
K-12 Schools: Ogland-Hand, C., Schulte, J., Osborn, L.M., Yamoah, O., Bebo, P. & Freedman, D.A. (2024). Healthy Eating in K–12 Schools: Assessing Readiness and Capacity to Guide SNAP-Ed Programming in Ohio. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 56(12), 845-855. Read More