Appendix A Glossary of Acronyms

ACEND / Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
ACS / American Cancer Society
AGPPHN / Association of Graduate Programs in Public Health Nutrition
AHA / American Heart Association
AHK / Action for Healthy Kids (ASPHN Liaison)
AM / Annual Meeting
AMCHP / Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
AND / The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (referred to as “The Academy”)
APHA / American Public Health Association (ASPHN Liaison)
ASHA / American School Health Association
ASNNA / Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators
ASPHN / Association of State and Public Health Nutritionists
ASTHO / Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
ASTPHND / Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors (original, legal name of ASPHN)
BPHP / Breastfeeding Public Health Partners
BRFSS / Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CCDF / Child Care and Development Fund
CDC / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CGBI / Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (in BPHP)
CACFP / Child & Adult Care Food Program
CHWC / Children’s Healthy Weight CoIIN
CNPP / Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
CoIIN / Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network
CSPI / Center for Science in the Public Interest
DASH / Division of Adolescent and School Health
DHPE / Directors of Health Promotion and Education
DNPAO / Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
EBT / Electronic Benefits Transfer
ECE / Early Care and Education
ERS / USDA, Economic Research Service
ESM / Evidence Based / Informed Measure
eWIC / Electronic Benefits Transfer for the WIC Program
F&V Council / National Council of Fruit & Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators
FFY / Federal Fiscal Year
FINI / Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program
FNB / Food and Nutrition Board
FNS / Food and Nutrition Service
FOA / Funding Opportunity Announcement
FRAC / Food Research and Action Center
FSG / Food Service Guidelines
HEAL / Healthy Eating, Active LivestyleLifestyle
HP2020 / Healthy People 2020
HPKE / Healthy Places for Kids to Eat
HRSA / Health, Resources, and Services Administration
IHS / Indian Health Service
IOM / Institutes of Medicine (name changed to National Academy of Medicine in 2015)
MCH / Maternal and Child Health (Title V Program)
MCHB / Maternal and Child Health Bureau
MMWR / Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
NACCHO / National Association of County and City Health Officials
NACDD / National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
NAM / National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM)
NANA / National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity
NAPSACC / Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care
NCCDPHP / National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
NCCOR / National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research
NFVA / National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance
NIFA / USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NIH / National Institutes of Health
NLC / National League of Cities (in BPHP)
NOM / National Outcome Measure
NPAS / National Physical Activity Society
NPM / National Performance Measure
NSRI / National Salt Reduction Initiative
NWA / National WIC Association
OSTLTS / CDC, OfficeCDC, Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support
PBH / Produce for Better Health Foundation
PDSA / Plan, Do, Study, Act. (A structured trial of a process change.)
PHCNPG / Public Health/Community Nutrition Practice Group of the Academy (ASPHN Liaison)
PPHN / Personnel in Public Health Nutrition
QI / Quality Improvement
QRIS / Quality Rating and Improvement System
RFA / Request for Application
RTI / Research Triangle Institute
RWJF / Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
SAMHSA / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SNAP / Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly Food Stamps Program)
SPM / State Performance Measure
SSB / Sugar Sweetened Beverage
SSBG / Social Service Block Grants
TA / Technical Assistance
TANF / Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Title V / Title V of the Social Security Act. The Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program.
USBC / United States Breastfeeding Committee
USDA / United States Department of Agriculture
VOIP / Voice over Internet Protocol
WIC / Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
YBRFSS / Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
YI / Young Invincibles
1305 / State Public Health Actions to Prevention and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health (DP13-1305); CDC funding to state health agencies
1416 / Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas (DP14-1416)
1421 / A Comprehensive Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (DP14-1421)
1422 / State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevention Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease and Stroke (DP14-1422)