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Enhancing intergenerational HeAlth in Nigeria: peripartum as Critical life stagE for CardioVascular Health (ENHANCE-CVH) study: findings from pre-implementation using the updated consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR 2.0).

Pregnancy is a crucial period to improve cardiovascular health (CVH) for mothers and their families. The current study emphasizes framework-guided factors that influence the adaptation of an evidence-based intervention (Parents as Teachers and Healthy Eating Active Living Taught at Home [PAT + HEALTH]) to support healthy gestational weight gain and postpartum weight management among pregnant women with obesity and their infants in Nigeria.

Implementation science communications

Integrating psychiatric rehabilitation into inpatient psychiatric hospitalization to advance personal recovery.

Psychiatric rehabilitation services (PRS) were developed to facilitate recovery and community integration by addressing psychosocial needs such as housing, employment, illness management, and social inclusion for individuals with serious mental illness. However, PRS are primarily designed for and available in community settings. The objective of this conceptual article is to explore the potential role of PRS during inpatient psychiatric hospitalization and offer a forward-looking vision, identifying trends to guide future efforts.

Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

Beyond the Check Box: Development of the Nutrition Health Related Social Need Assessment and Referral Tool (N-HART).

Food insecurity screeners focus on identifying a financial barrier to accessing food. Other social and medical factors influence an individual's nutritional status and the need for food provision support. Yet, there are no existing tools that elicit the various life factors that influence food and nutrition needs and further identify relevant resources to address those needs.

Journal of general internal medicine

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

Implementing and evaluating visual key information pages compared to text-based key information: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.

Informed consent is a key aspect of conducting research studies, yet many participants do not understand critical study details after reviewing long, complex consent documents. The 2018 Common Rule aimed to address this challenge by requiring a key information section, a "concise and focused" presentation of important and relevant study information. In our ongoing work, we developed a template and toolkit to improve the presentation of key information by incorporating health literacy best practices, including color and visual icons. The goal of this study is to assess the impact of the visual key information (KI) pages at both the research coordinator and participant level.

BMC medical ethics

Association Between Structural and Social Determinants of Health and Cognitive Functioning Among African Americans: the ARCHES Cohort.

Structural and social determinants of health (S/SDOH) are linked to dementia, yet despite Black Americans having a twofold dementia risk compared to Whites, research is limited. This study examined a new S/SDOH composite index (CI) based on the multidimensional poverty-adjusted headcount ratio and explored its association with potential cognitive impairment (PCI) or poor cognitive performance (PCP) among Black Americans.

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

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

An Integrable and Interactive Session for Developing Action-Oriented Foundational Climate Change and Health Competencies in Medical Students.

Climate change is the greatest threat to global health, yet there are few foundational climate resources available for integration into medical school curricula. We describe an interactive session for equipping medical students with practical and empowering foundational climate-health competencies.

MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources

Neighborhood support as a protective factor for cognition: Associations with sleep, depression, and stress.

Sleep, depression, stress, and neighborhood support are independently linked to cognition, but how these factors interact when sleep quality is poor remains understudied.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

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