Jennifer M. Barton Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor

Center for Childhood Obesity Research - CCOR
129 Noll Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802

Email jvb6891@psu.edu
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Areas of Expertise

Education & Certification

Ph.D., M.A., Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
M.S., B.S., Psychology, University of North Florida

Websites

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10 years of parenting and child development and health research experience

Daily variability in parent-child interactions with a focus on feeding young children.
Measuring the home food environment as an indicator of child nutrition and how this environment changes as children age.
Understanding change in weight gain during childhood through early context predictors.
Developing, implementing, and evaluating effective interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of young children and their families among high-risk populations in rural communities.

#MomLife (Principal Investigator), ENRICH (Co-Investigator), ONE PATH, and INSIGHT

Longitudinal design and analysis (intensive and panel)
Psychometric evaluation
Statistical analysis (Mplus, Stata, SAS)
Manuscript development
Grant writing
Project management
Data management and participant tracking
Survey development (REDCap and Qualtrics)
Institutional Review Board
Mentorship
Undergraduate instruction

2024

Identifying elevated child weight from 3 to 24 months
Jennifer M. Barton, Alexandra Lundquist, Meghan C. Fisher, Barbara H. Fiese, Brent A. McBride, Jun 2024, In: Pediatric Obesity

Longitudinal changes in home food availability and concurrent associations with food and nutrient intake among children at 24-48 months
Jennifer M. Barton, Arden L. McMath, Stewart P. Montgomery, Sharon M. Donovan, Barbara H. Fiese, Feb 2 2024, In: Public Health Nutrition

Western, Healthful, and Low-Preparation Diet Patterns in Preschoolers of the STRONG Kids2 Program
Arden L. McMath, Jennifer M. Barton, Tianying Cai, Naiman A. Khan, Barbara H. Fiese, Sharon M. Donovan, Apr 2024, In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

2023

Preparing New Nurses During a Pandemic
Michael M. Evans, Kimberly Streiff, Catherine Stiller, Jennifer Barton, Kiernan Riley, Kalei Kowalchik, Mar 2023, In: Nursing Clinics of North America

Longitudinal changes in home food availability across the first 3 years of life and associations with family context predictors
Barbara H. Fiese, Jennifer M. Barton, Esra Sahin, 2023, In: Frontiers in Nutrition

Parents' coping behaviors and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Andrew E. Koepp, Jennifer M. Barton, Hannah M. Berendzen, Haley E. Rough, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Dec 2023, In: Family Relations

WIC Staff Views and Perceptions on the Relationship between Food Insecurity and Perinatal Depression
Karen M. Tabb, Shannon D. Simonovich, Jana D. Wozniak, Jennifer M. Barton, Wan Jung Hsieh, Claire Klement, Mary Ellen Ostrowski, Noreen Lakhani, Brandon S. Meline, Hsiang Huang, Jan 2023, In: Healthcare (Switzerland)

2022

Food and beverage offerings by parents of preschoolers
Jennifer M. Barton, Jul 1 2022, In: Appetite

Patterns of Childhood Body Mass Index Percentile Gains as Predictors of Adolescent Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Blood Pressure
Anne Bichteler, Jennifer M. Barton, Julie C. Lumeng, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Jul 2022, In: Academic Pediatrics

2020

Investigating the Eff ectiveness of a Community-Based Activity on Community-Service Attitudes
Jennifer M. Barton, Jody S. Nicholson, Heather Barnes Truelove, Jan 1 2020, In: Community-Based Transformational Learning

2018

Ability to Categorize Food Predicts Hypothetical Food Choices in Head Start Preschoolers
Jody S. Nicholson, Jennifer M. Barton, Ali L. Simons, Mar 2018, In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

2015

Presenting a Self-Compassionate Image After an Interpersonal Transgression
Ashley Batts Allen, Jennifer Barton, Olivia Stevenson, Jan 15 2015, In: Self and Identity