Cheryl Eschbach
Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture
Health and Nutrition Institute Director
Telephone: 517-353-1898
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Assistant Professor
Telephone: 517-353-1898
Dr. Cheryl Eschbach is Director of the Health and Nutrition Institute. Trained as a gerontologist, she has experience in program implementation, evaluation and research dissemination. In her former role as an Extension Specialist, she provided evaluation leadership on a variety of community-based education topics, including climate variability and agriculture, new farmer leadership development, homeownership and financial capability, anger management, parenting, health self-management, and food safety.
In 2017, with colleagues, she published an innovation report in Academic Medicine proposing how the national Cooperative Extension framework can serve as a model of health extension to be implemented at other extension services within land-grant institutions and our nation's academic health centers and community-based medical schools. Her recent publications highlight successful strategies of the MSU Model of Health Extension.
Education
Ph.D. Human Development and Family Sciences, Oregon State University.
M.S. Family Sciences and Gerontology, Oregon State University.
B.A. Psychology and Sociology/Anthropology, Oakland University.
Research Interests
Aging and health; participatory and community-engaged research; Health Extension; connecting primary care with community-based education programs.
Publications
Tobe, E., Eschbach, C., Weber, R., Ortquist, J., & Hendrian, W. (In press). Behavior change for low-income individuals resulting from a Cooperative Extension financial capability program. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning.
Eschbach, C. L., Tiret, H., Carter, E., & Newkirk, C. (2019). Preparing Extension educators for community-based research and grant partnerships. Journal of Extension, 57(6), IAW. https://www.joe.org/joe/2019december/iw1.php
Tiret, H., Eschbach, C. L., & Newkirk, C. (2019). Rx for Health Referral Tool Kit techniques to promote Extension programs. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 7(3), 173-185. Available here.
Khan, T., Eschbach, C., Cuthbertson, C. Newkirk, C., Contreras, D., & Kirley, K. (2019). Connecting primary care to community-based education: Michigan physicians’ familiarity with Extension programs. Health Promotion and Practice, 21(2), 175-180. DOI: 10.1177/1524839919868980
Hetherington, C., Eschbach, C. L., & Cuthbertson, C. (2019). How evaluation capacity building contributes to credible evidence for Cooperative Extension programs. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 7(2), 175-188. Available here.
Wardynski, F. A., Isleib, J. D., & Eschbach, C. (2018). Evaluating five years of beginning farmer webinar training impacts. Journal of Extension, 56(6). Article 6RIB6. https://www.joe.org/joe/2018october/rb6.php
Eschbach, C., Carter, E., Newkirk, C., Tiret, H., Millet, M., Cronk, L., & Dwyer, J. (2018). Using speed meetings to connect Extension experts with university health researchers. Journal of Extension, 56(4). Article 4IAW3. https://www.joe.org/joe/2018august/iw3.php
Waitrovich, B., Shelle, G., Eschbach, C., & Nichols, J. (2018). Cottage Food Law program expands outreach through online delivery. Journal of the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences, 13, 84-100. Available here.
Doll, J., Eschbach, C., & DeDecker, J. (2018). Using Dialogue to Engage Agricultural Audiences in Cooperative Learning About Climate Change. Journal of Extension, 56(2). [2FEA2] https://www.joe.org/joe/2018april/a2.php
Working Differently in Extension podcast about this article, at https://soundcloud.com/workingdifferently/julie-doll-cheryl-eschbach-and-james-dedecker-episode-124
Dwyer, J., Contreras, D., Eschbach, C., Tiret, H., Newkirk, C., Carter, E., & Cronk, L. (2017, Sep/Oct). Cooperative Extension as a Framework for Health Extension. Annals of Family Medicine. Published letter. http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/5/475.full/reply#annalsfm_el_30378
Dwyer, J., Contreras, D., Eschbach, C., Tiret, H, Newkirk, C, Carter, E., & Cronk, L. (2017). Cooperative Extension as a framework for health extension: The Michigan State University Model. Academic Medicine, 92:1416-1420. http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Citation/2017/10000/Cooperative_Extension_as_a_Framework_for_Health.27.aspx
Eschbach, C. L., Weber, R., Tobe, E., Hale, L. & Washington, V. (2016). Evaluating an outcomes-based standardized homeownership education program. Family Consumer Science Research Journal, 45, 138–149. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/fcsr.12189
Pish, S., Clark-Jones, T., Eschbach, C., & Tiret, H. (2016). Anger management program participants gain behavioral changes in interpersonal relationships. Journal of Extension, 54(5). Article 5FEA3. Available at: https://joe.org/joe/2016october/a3.php
Eschbach, C. L., Sirrine, J. R., Lizotte, Erin, & Rothwell, N. L. (2016). Participatory data collection technique for capturing beginning farmer program outcomes. Journal of Extension, 54(4). Article 4TOT3. Available at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2016august/tt3.php
Sirrine, J R., Eschbach, C. L., Lizotte, Erin, & Rothwell, N. L. (2016). The New FARM Program: A Model for Supporting Diverse Emerging Farmers and Early-Career Extension Professionals. Journal of Extension, 54(4). Article 4FEA1. Available at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2016august/a1.php