Rebecca Seguin-Fowler, Ph.D., R.D.N., L.D., C.S.C.S.
Associate director for Healthy Living
Rebecca Seguin-Fowler, Ph.D., R.D.N., L.D., C.S.C.S.
Associate director for Healthy Living
Rebecca Seguin-Fowler, Ph.D., R.D.N, L.D., C.S.C.S., associate director for Healthy Living and elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, is a renowned public health scientist with expertise in community-based nutrition and physical activity intervention research. Improving community health for underserved and underrepresented populations has been at the core of her work for more than two decades. She has led widely disseminated dietary and physical activity interventions, innovative food systems intervention projects and adapted evidence-based programs for at-risk populations.
2024 Publications
Bailey R.L., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Stover P.J., Scott-Pierce M., Racine E.F., Eicher-Miller H.A., Penrod N., Fischer B.L. Effectiveness evaluation of national nutrition education programs must be a priority to safeguard nutrition security. Nature Food. 2024. In press.
Belarmino E.H., Carfagno M., Kam L., Ifeagwe K.C., Nelson M.E., Seguin-Fowler R.A. Consideration of nutrition and sustainability in public definitions of “healthy” food: an analysis of submissions to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Public Health Nutrition. 2024 Jan;27(1)e119. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980024000636. PMC11036447
Busse K.R., Poppe K.I., Wu Q., Jilcott Pitts S.B., Haynes-Maslow L., Ammerman A.S., Guerra K.K., Plakias Z., Hanks A.S., Garrity K., Gillespie R., Houghtaling B., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Garner J.A. Household food sourcing patterns and their relationship to food insecurity in Appalachian Ohio. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2024 July 23. DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2024.07.162
Faul C.B., Jilcott Pitts S., Calloway E, Seligman H.K., Reis H., Webb Cherry C., Hatsu I.E., Toyin Babatunde O., MacMillan Uribe A.L., McGuirt J.T., Seguin-Fowler R.A. A systematic review and meta-ethnography to determine critical constructs of nutrition security. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2024. In press.
Githinji P., MacMillan Uribe A.L., Szeszulski J., Rethorst C.D., Luong V., Xin L., Rolke L.J., Smith M.G., Seguin-Fowler R.A. Public health communication during the COVID-19 health crisis: sustainable pathways to improve health information access and reach among underserved communities. Humanities & Social Science Communications. 2024;11(1):1-7. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024- 03718-7
Githinji P., MacMillian Uribe A.L., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Ayine P., On A., Villarreal D.L., McNeely A., Szeszulski J., Rethorst C.D. A qualitative exploration of the health needs and goals of urban women to inform the tailoring and adaptation of Strong Hearts Healthy Communities: a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention intervention. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jan 25;24:269. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17818-1. PMC10811835
Graham M.L., Eldridge G.D., Demment M., Kershaw M., Christou A., Luong V., Andreyeva E., Folta S.C., Hanson K.L., Maddock J.E., Seguin-Fowler R.A. Leadership characteristics of Extension educators facilitating a healthy communities, civic-engagement randomized trial in rural towns. Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living. 2024;4(3):174-188. DOI: 10.51250/jheal.v4i3.87
Hanson K.L., Marshall G.A., Graham M.L., Villareal D.L., Volpe L.C., Seguin-Fowler R.A. Identifying and removing fraudulent attempts to enroll in a human health improvement intervention in rural communities. Methods and Protocols. 2024;7(6):93. DOI: 10.390/mps/7060093 24 PUBLICATIONS 17
Iyer S., Walker T.J., MacMillan Uribe A.L., Rethorst C.D., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Szeszulski J. Urbanrural differences in school districts’ local wellness policies and policy implementation environments. Nutrients. 2024;16(6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16060801. PMC10974557
Karra P., Hardikar S., Winn M., Anderson G., Haaland B., Shadyab A.H., Neuhouser M.L., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Thomson C.A., Coday M., Wactawski-Wende J., Stefanick M.L., Zhang X., Cheng T.Y.D., Karanth S., Sun Y., Saquib N., Pichado M.S., Jung S.Y., Tabung F.K., Summers S.A., Holland W.L., Jalili T., Gunter M., Playdon M.C. Metabolic phenotype and risk of obesity-related cancers in the Women’s Health Initiative. Cancer Prevention Research. 2024. DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR24-0082
Lenstra N., Franklin H., Dieckmann N.F., Andreyeva E., Maddock J., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Winkle J., Perry C.K. Assessing the readiness of rural public librarians to implement public health programs. Journal of Community Health. 2024 Sep 6. DOI: 10.1007/s10900-024-01402-0
Liu Z., Liao Y., Hwang C., Rethorst C.D., Zhang X. Associations of online health information seeking with health behaviors of cancer survivors. Digital Health. 2024;10.
MacMillan Uribe A.L., Szeszulski J., Borchers L., Eicher-Miller H.A., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Largacha Cevallos, E. Diet quality of community café meals among guests with food insecurity. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2024;56(8):579-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2024.04.009
MacMillan Uribe A.L. Why early career researchers should engage in the peer review process. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 2024;56(10):680. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2024.08.005
Maddock J.E., Perry C.K., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Diekman N.F., Currier J., Winkle J., Lenstra N., Franklin H. Is Walk Score a useful tool for measuring walkability in rural communities? Journal of Rural Health. 2024 Nov 9. DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12895
McNeely A., Borchers L., Szeszulski J., Eicher-Miller H.A., Seguin-Fowler R.A., MacMillan Uribe A.L. The role of the community café in addressing food security: perceptions of managers and directors. Appetite. 2024 Feb 14:107274. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107274
Palmer J.C., Davies A.L., Spiga F., Heitmann B.L., Summerbell C.D., Higgins J.P.T. Inequity in Obesity Prevention Trialists Collaborative Group [includes Seguin-Fowler RA]. Do the effects of interventions aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity reduce inequities? A re-analysis of randomized trial data from two Cochrane reviews. medRxiv. 2024:2024-06. DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.10.24308372
Rethorst C.D., Carmody T.H., Argenbright K.A., Vazquez L., DeLuca T., Mayes T., Hamman H.A., Trivedi M.H. The Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors (PACES) trial: a factorial randomized trial to optimize intervention for breast cancer survivors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2024;47:1002-1011.18
Rethorst C.D., Demment M., Ha S., Folta S.C., Graham M.L., Eldridge G.D., Seguin-Fowler, R.A. Heterogeneity in health outcomes in the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities-2.0 multilevel intervention in a community-randomized trial: an exploratory study of moderators. Nutrients. 2024;16(24):4353. DOI: 10.3390/nu16244353
Rethorst C.D., Trombello J.M., Chen P., Carmody T.H., Lazalde A., Trivedi M.H. Pilot evaluation of the acceptability and feasibility of an adapted tele-behavioral activation intervention targeting physical activity in persons with depression. BMC Psychology. 2024;12:643.
Schaefers A., Xin L., Butler P., Gardner J., MacMillan Uribe A.L., Rethorst C.D., Rolke L.J., Seguin-Fowler R.A., Szeszulski J. Relationship between the Inner Setting of CFIR and the delivery of the Healthy School Recognized Campus Initiative: a mixed-methods analysis. Implementation Science Communications. 2024;5(1):96. DOI: 10.1186/s43058-024-00627-3. PMC11375957
Seguin-Fowler R.A., Graham M.L., Demment M., MacMillan Uribe A.L., Rethorst C.D., Szeszulski J. Multilevel interventions targeting obesity: state of the science and future directions. Annual Reviews in Nutrition. 2024;17:44. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-122123-020340
Szeszulski J., Gustaferro K. Optimization of implementation strategies using the Multiphase Optimization STratgey (MOST) framework: practical guidance using the factorial design. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2024. DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibae035
Szeszulski J., Rolke L.J., Ayine P., Bailey R., Demment M., Eldridge G.D., Folta S.C., Graham M.L., MacMillan Uribe A.L., McNeely A., Nelson M.E., Pullyblank K., Rethorst C., Stogatz D., Seguin-Fowler R.A. Process evaluation findings from Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0: a cardiovascular disease prevention intervention for rural women. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2024;21:122. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-024-01670-y. PMC11515669