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Chronic Disease Prevention

Racialized Black–White Economic Segregation and Major Chain Yoga Studio Locations in Major U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Despite yoga’s benefits and popularity, there are racial inequities in yoga access and participation. The authors extracted census tracts and 5-digit ZIP codes for >500 major chain yoga franchises in the U.S. and found that most are situated in areas that fall within the highest quintile of Black–White economic segregation.

AJPM Focus

Dissemination & Implementation

So what? Elevating the impact of implementation science

Implementation science provides actionable methods to enhance population health, reduce health inequities, and guide effective public health and clinical practices and policies. We describe four essential domains of implementation impact: speed of research translation, sustainability, de-implementation, and equity. For implementation science to become more relevant to societal needs, enhancing and evaluating its impacts matter.

Implementation Science Communications

Planetary Health

Active learning-guided catalyst design for selective acetate production in CO electroreduction

Acetic acid is an essential chemical with industrial and consumer relevance, but its manufacture has significant environmental impacts. Electrochemical CO reduction reaction (CORR) over Cu offers a sustainable route to acetate from waste carbon, but identifying appropriate catalysts is challenging. This paper offers a data-driven catalyst design strategy.

Nature Communications

Health Communications

Assessing the usability of a novel toolkit for creating visual key information pages for informed consent for research: mixed methods usability study

Key information pages for informed consent require a concise summary of information but have not widely incorporated health literacy best practices. In this study, we conducted usability testing of a customizable one-page key information template. Overall, participants considered the toolkit to be appropriate, acceptable, and feasible.

JMIR Formative Research

Global Health Health Communications

Preliminary impact of public health messaging on HPV vaccine uptake among adolescent girls and young women living with HIV in central Uganda

This study assessed the impact of public health messaging on HPV vaccine uptake among adolescents and young women living with HIV in central Uganda. Using a mixed-effects logistic regression model, we found that the intervention was effective in promoting HPV vaccination over time. This study highlights the importance tailored public health messaging.

AIDS and Behavior

Dissemination & Implementation Health Communications Systems Science

Strategies to improve healthcare team communication structure and quality in resource-variable childhood cancer hospitals (TeamTalk): a study protocol

This paper describes a study protocol to develop and test an intervention to improve healthcare team communication, a field that currently lacks effective interventions. This work will provide a foundational understanding of modifiable determinants of communication that impact healthcare delivery in resource-variable settings.

Implementation Science Communications

Mental Health Violence & Trauma

Patterns of polysubstance use disorder among human trafficking survivors: A latent class analysis

Survivors of human trafficking are at risk for substance use disorder. This analysis of trafficking survivors’ emergency department visits found that survivors could be classified into three groups by their probability of having alcohol, opioid, cannabis, stimulant or other use disorders. Those with greater probability of multiple use disorders had greater likelihood of hospitalization.

Addictive Behaviors

Refugee & Immigrant Health

Setting Research Priorities To Support Arabic-speaking Newcomer Students Resettled in the US: Findings from a Consensus Ranking Activity

Schools serve as a critical site of inclusion for Arabic-speaking refugee and immigrant adolescents. This study identifies five key priority areas for future research that can inform efforts to improve school-based supports.

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Mental Health Policy

Trends in hallucinogen-related emergency department and hospital admissions, 2016 to 2023

Hallucinogen use in the United States has increased in recent years amid shifting cultural attitudes and medicalization. It remains unclear whether these evolving cultural, medical, and policy contexts are reflected in detectable changes in hallucinogen-related emergency department and inpatient admissions at the population level.

JAMA Network Open

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