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TFYR Research Project
Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
University of Minnesota
1300 S. Second Street
Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN
55454-1015

Phone : 612.626.1799
Fax : 612.624.0315
E-mail: klei0289@umn.edu

TFYR is a project funded by a grant from the MN Department of Health (MDH) to the Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota (ANSR-MN).

TFYR promotes adoption of tobacco free-park and recreation policies throughout the state. The purpose of this research project was to learn about the ease or difficuly of passing tobacco-free policies.

Jean Forster, PhD, MPH is the Principal Investigator for the TFYR study. Jean has been involved in all aspects of the project including survey and sampling design, data analysis, and presenting findings at state and national conferences. She has numerous publications on public health policy as a prevention study and adolescent tobacco use. Jean teaches courses in public health policy and legislative advocacy skills for public health.

Liz Klein, MPH, is the Project Coordinator for the TFYR study. Liz has been involved in data analysis and presentation of study findings. She has years of experience working in population-based research, from field data collection up to project management. Liz is currently a doctoral student in the behavioral epidemiology program at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health.

Brittany McFadden directs the statewide Tobacco-Free Youth Recreation (TFYR) program in Minnesota. Since 2001, Brittany has worked in partnership with local advocates from all over Minnesota, assisting in development of tobacco-free park and recreation policy advocacy strategies. To date, over 70 Minnesota cities have adopted tobacco-free park and recreation policies. To promote the idea of tobacco-free parks, Brittany has given trainings at the national, state, and local level, including city council and park board meetings and youth advocacy trainings.