THE PROJECT
Healthy dietary intake can play an important role in protecting against obesity and chronic disease in the U.S. Access to healthy food is particularly important for Latinx communities as an opportunity to lower some of the highest rates of chronic disease and disease risk nationwide. Understanding factors related to improving healthy nutrition and developing culturally- appropriate population-level interventions are critical to improve health. Yet, health research is often limited by lack of measurement tools that are specific, appropriate, and valid for all populations. While many factors influence the ability to improve healthy nutrition, food consumed at home accounts for half of all food expenditures among US adults, and 74% of food expenditures among SNAP participants. However, few valid home food environment assessment tools exist and none have been validated with large, Spanish-speaking or English- speaking populations with low literacy (i.e., limited understanding/use of the written form of one’s native language). The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable tool to assess the home food environment among Latinx populations, address utility with low-literacy
populations and use cutting-edge app-based technology. 

JOB DESCRIPTION
The person who fills this position will have a primary role collecting data in the field as part of a team and helping with data analysis and dissemination of findings. They will be responsible for collecting 24-hour dietary recall interviews with research participants and reviewing and cleaning dietary data collected by all research team members and resolving any missing foods. They will also collect data at home visits as part of a team including data on height and weight, survey data, and data on food available in participant’s homes. The person who fills this position may serve as a project lead explaining the study to participants and obtaining consent.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:
 

Data collection (60%)

• Screen and schedule participants for dietary recall data collection and home visits as needed.
• Lead or participate in a team to collect data with participants in their homes during a time that is convenient for them (e.g., evenings, days, and weekends) and complying with COVID-19 precautions. 
• Work with undergraduate students who are participating in data collection including attending home data collection visits with students. 
• Explain the research study and obtain consent from research participants.
• Collect quantitative data from participants, including demographic and psychosocial surveys, inventories, and height and weight measurements.
• Collect data from research participants about the food they have in their homes.
• Either have training and certification in NDS-R data collection software or be willing to be trained and certified.
• Conduct dietary recalls using NDS-R data collection software.

Data management (20%)

• Resolve any missing foods with the Nutrition Coordinating Center.
• Perform quality control on dietary recall interview data. This includes reviewing data and reports, making recommendations for changes, meeting with other dietary recall interviewers to resolve any questions, and verifying that corrections were made.
• Clean, edit and enter survey data into a REDCap electronic database and perform quality assurance to check the accuracy of the data Data Analysis and Dissemination (10%) 
• Prepare reports and summaries of screening, recruitment and the data that is collected and share with the study team.
• Compile reports and make recommendations about changes to the data collection forms. 
• Contribute to study publications by writing up data collection procedures and recall findings. 
• Other duties may also be assigned given project needs and the applicant’s interests and expertise.

Project Management (10%)

• Contribute to developing or revising data collection protocols for home visits.
• Contribute to survey development and design or revision.
• Contribute to developing or revising study recruitment materials.
• Contribute to developing or revising research protocols related to conducting dietary interviews and resolving missing food queries.
• Assist with verification of translation of surveys and other study materials.
• Process program participant incentives through Clincard and track payments in REDCap.

Other duties

• Complete all required IRB and study specific trainings.
• Attend project meetings.
• Other duties may also be assigned given project needs and the applicant’s interests and expertise.