Publications

Public Attitudes Toward Mental Health Treatment Policy.

This cross-sectional study examines public attitudes toward mental health care policies, including community-based, peer-led, and involuntary services, by political party affiliation.

JAMA network open

Cluster randomized multilevel intervention for promoting physical activity in rural communities.

Rural areas of the United States have lower levels of physical activity (PA) as compared to their urban and suburban counterparts, leading to higher levels of chronic diseases. The objective of the study was to increase PA in rural communities via a multilevel intervention.

Frontiers in public health

Rural providers' attitudes toward integrating harm reduction strategies and PrEP prescribing into rural primary care settings in the US. Southeast and Midwest.

People with opioid use disorders (OUD) living in the South and Midwest are under-prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) despite an increasing number of providers writing PrEP prescriptions in other regions of the United States. Greater research is needed into attitudes toward integrating harm reduction strategies into primary care and PrEP prescribing among prescribers working in rural primary care settings. The objective of this paper was to examine relationships between providers' attitudes toward buprenorphine and methadone, comprehensive harm reduction (e.g., fentanyl test strips) and self-reported PrEP prescribing in the past year.

Addiction science & clinical practice

Toward a Strategy to Improve National Mental Health.

JAMA health forum

Stimulating training and access to HIV research experiences (STAR program): a protocol for a crowdsourced, project-based, implementation science training program using mixed-methods design

HIV is more common among underrepresented minority adolescents and young adults in the United States. The “Stimulating Training and Access to HIV Research Experiences” (STAR) program aims to increase the number of minority trainees equipped to design, lead and evaluate HIV prevention services.

Frontiers in Public Health

Ready-to-Use School Meals in Northern Ghana Are a Viable Alternative to Traditional School Meals

School feeding improves nutrition and attendance but faces coordination challenges in low-income areas. In Ghana's Mion district, Project Peanut Butter compared ready-to-use school meals and micronutrient-fortified home-grown school food. Ready-to-use school meals proved more reliable in resource-limited settings at comparable costs.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

A Scoping Review of Implementation Science in Planning and Delivering Tobacco Control Interventions in the United States from 2000 to 2020: Frameworks, Intervention Characteristics, and Health Equity Considerations.

Evidence-based interventions to reduce tobacco-related morbidity and mortality are not widely or effectively implemented, thereby failing to equitably address disparities in tobacco-related health outcomes. Implementation science (IS) has the potential to advance the impact of tobacco control programs, but its use in this field has not been previously explored. To identify opportunities for expanding tobacco intervention impact, this scoping review investigated the use of IS tools in tobacco control research in the United States.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Toward Health Equity: A Workshop Report on the State of the Science of Obesity Interventions for Adults.

From October 18-20, 2022, the National Institutes of Health held a workshop to examine the state of the science concerning obesity interventions in adults to promote health equity. The workshop had three objectives: (1) Convene experts from key institutions and the community to identify gaps in knowledge and opportunities to address obesity, (2) generate recommendations for obesity prevention and treatment to achieve health equity, and (3) identify challenges and needs to address obesity prevalence and disparities, and develop a diverse workforce.

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)

Wastewater Monitoring: Improving Public Awareness and Understanding in the United States, May 2024

Although wastewater monitoring for virus detection has increased in communities worldwide, public awareness, understanding, questions, and concerns about wastewater monitoring are largely unknown. We assessed awareness, knowledge, and support for wastewater monitoring for detection of viruses and bacteria among US residents and elicited questions and concerns from residents about its use.

Public Health Reports