Laura Lessard

Laura Lessard

University of Delaware

H-index: 12

North America-United States

About Laura Lessard

Laura Lessard, With an exceptional h-index of 12 and a recent h-index of 9 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Delaware, specializes in the field of program and policy evaluation, early childhood obesity prevention.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Chronic Disease Risk of Family Child Care Professionals:: Results of a Statewide Survey of Health and Wellbeing Indicators

Illuminating Child and Adult Care Food Program Partnerships That Improved Food Access and Waiver Utilization for Feeding Young Children in Early Care and Education Programs …

Training the Next Generation of Public Health Leaders to Tackle Chronic Disease in Delaware:: Examples And Opportunities

Design and impact of the early head start wellbeing partnership for child care professionals

Illuminating CACFP Partnerships that Improved Food Access and Waiver Utilization for Feeding Young Children in ECE during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.

Restaurant kids’ meal beverage offerings before and after implementation of healthy default beverage policy statewide in California compared with citywide in Wilmington, Delaware

Community-Based Domestic Violence services improve the health and well-being of survivors

Family Child Care Educator Self-Reported Job Stress, Demands, and Mental and Physical Health

Laura Lessard Information

University

Position

Assistant Professor Behavioral Health & Nutrition

Citations(all)

561

Citations(since 2020)

296

Cited By

386

hIndex(all)

12

hIndex(since 2020)

9

i10Index(all)

13

i10Index(since 2020)

9

Email

University Profile Page

University of Delaware

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Laura Lessard Skills & Research Interests

program and policy evaluation

early childhood obesity prevention

Top articles of Laura Lessard

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Chronic Disease Risk of Family Child Care Professionals:: Results of a Statewide Survey of Health and Wellbeing Indicators

Delaware Journal of Public Health

Laura Lessard

Rena Hallam

2024/3

Illuminating Child and Adult Care Food Program Partnerships That Improved Food Access and Waiver Utilization for Feeding Young Children in Early Care and Education Programs …

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Dipti A Dev

Carly Hillburn

Jordan Luxa

Katherine W Bauer

Laura Lessard

...

2024/4/1

Training the Next Generation of Public Health Leaders to Tackle Chronic Disease in Delaware:: Examples And Opportunities

Delaware Journal of Public Health

Laura Lessard

Angela Herman

2024/3

Design and impact of the early head start wellbeing partnership for child care professionals

APHA 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo

Laura Lessard

Stephen McLaren

2023/11/12

Illuminating CACFP Partnerships that Improved Food Access and Waiver Utilization for Feeding Young Children in ECE during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

DA Dev

C Hillburn

J Luxa

KW Bauer

L Lessard

...

2023/10/11

Restaurant kids’ meal beverage offerings before and after implementation of healthy default beverage policy statewide in California compared with citywide in Wilmington, Delaware

Public health nutrition

Lorrene D Ritchie

Laura Lessard

Phoebe Harpainter

Marisa M Tsai

Gail Woodward-Lopez

...

2022/3

Community-Based Domestic Violence services improve the health and well-being of survivors

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

Erin Ridout

Laura Lessard

Sarah Williams Leng

Ruth Fleury-Steiner

2022/11/8

Family Child Care Educator Self-Reported Job Stress, Demands, and Mental and Physical Health

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

Rena Hallam

Laura Lessard

Deborah Drain

2022/11/8

Implementation of federal waivers for feeding children in early care and education during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Dipti A Dev

Carly Hillburn

Jordan Luxa

Laura Lessard

Katherine W Bauer

...

2022/10/1

Shining the Light on You:: An Evidence-Based Program Designed to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Family Child Care Professionals

Delaware Journal of Public Health

Laura Lessard

Rena Hallam

Sarah Albrecht

Eric Plautz

Kyma Fulgence-Belardo

2022/8

DV-Community Health Worker Service Model Improves Health and Well-Being of Survivors

APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo

Erin Ridout

Laura Lessard

Sarah Williams Leng

Ruth Fleury-Steiner

2022/11/9

COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Attitudes of Family Child Care Providers in Delaware, September 2021

Vaccines

Laura Lessard

Rena Hallam

Deborah Drain

Laurie Ruggiero

2022/3/19

Child Care Oral Session

Laura Lessard

Joanna Mackie

2022/11/9

CInovliltaebdo Croanttirvieb uAtsiosness stmo SeTnEtM O Efd Cuocallteiocnti v NeO RNe-RaEcFhER AEEnDd A RImTICpLaE ct Among Inbre Supported Summer Undergraduate Research …

Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research

Laura Lessard

Christine Smith

Sharon O'Connor

Sarah E Velasquez

Julie Benson

...

2021/4/1

Collaborative assessment of collective reach and impact among INBRE supported summer undergraduate research programs across the United States

Journal of STEM education: innovations and research

Laura Lessard

Christine Smith

Sharon O’Connor

Sarah E Velasquez

Julie Benson

...

2021/4

A safety net unraveling: feeding young children during COVID-19

American journal of public health

Katherine W Bauer

Jamie F Chriqui

Tatiana Andreyeva

Erica L Kenney

Virginia C Stage

...

2021/1

The health status of the early care and education workforce in the USA: A scoping review of the evidence and current practice

Laura M Lessard

Katilyn Wilkins

Jessica Rose-Malm

M Chaplin Mazzocchi

2020/12

Healthy default beverages in kids’ meals: Evaluating policy implementation and impact in California and Delaware

APHA's 2020 VIRTUAL Annual Meeting and Expo (Oct. 24-28)

Allison Karpyn

Phoebe Harpainter

Wendi Gosliner

Danielle Lee

Laura Lessard

...

2020/10/27

Implementation of revised nutrition standards in US Department of Agriculture's Child and Adult Care Food Program

Journal of nutrition education and behavior

Laura Lessard

2020/5/1

Healthy default beverage policies for kids’ meals: A statewide baseline assessment of restaurant managers’ perceptions and knowledge in Delaware

Preventive Medicine Reports

Allison Karpyn

Laura Lessard

Kathleen McCallops

Phoebe Harpainter

Adam Apsley

...

2020/12/1

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