A5056448030- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Physical Activity and Health
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Community Health and Development
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Diabetes Management and Research
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health disparities and outcomes
Washington University in St. Louis
2016-2025
Wilmington University
2024
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2023
Washington Center
2022
Federal Reserve
2020
E Ink (South Korea)
2020
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2020
National Institutes of Health
2019-2020
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2020
Creative Commons
2020
Dissemination and implementation (D&I) Research is increasingly Recognized as an important function of academia a growing priority for major health-related funders. Because D&I in the health field has emerged from traditions diverse disciplines Ranging agriculture to education, there are inconsistencies use meaning terms main concepts. This glossary provides definitions key concepts (in both public clinical settings). Definitions organized under five sections: (1) foundation concepts; (2)...
There is growing urgency to tackle issues of equity and justice in the USA worldwide. Health equity, a framing that moves away from deficit mindset what society doing poorly (disparities) one positive about can achieve, becoming more prominent health research uses implementation science approaches. Equity begins with justice-health differences often reflect societal injustices. Applying perspectives tools has potential for immediate impact improve equity.We propose vision set action steps...
Purpose. To identify perceived indicators of the physical environment associated with obesity in rural communities. Design. Cross-sectional telephone survey. Setting. Thirteen communities Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas, 2003. Subjects. A total 2510 adults completed survey 2210 respondents were included analysis (74% female, 93% white, 27% obese). Measures. The 106-item measured perceptions neighborhood (recreational facilities, land use, transportation/safety, aesthetics, food...
Abstract Objective: To assess, in diverse pediatric practices, the frequency of overweight/obesity (OW/OB) identification during health supervision visits and its association with BMI curve use. Research Methods Procedures: Pediatricians public private practice St. Louis, MO, participated a study care chronic conditions visits. Requested information from 30 per pediatrician children 6 to 17 years age included visit note, growth chart, one‐page questionnaire about patient demographics...
We explored the effect of disseminating evidence-based guidelines that promote physical activity on US health department organizational practices in United States.We implemented a quasi-experimental design to examine changes dissemination suggested (The Guide Community Preventive Services) 8 study states; remaining states and Virgin Islands served as comparison group. Guidelines were disseminated through workshops, ongoing technical assistance, distribution an instructional CD-ROM. The main...
Diabetes may affect one-third of US adults by 2050. Adopting a healthful diet and increasing physical activity are effective in preventing type 2 diabetes decreasing the severity diabetes-related complications. Educating informing public about health problems is service provided local departments (LHDs). The objective this study was to examine how LHDs using social media educate inform diabetes.In June 2012 we used NVivo 10 collect all tweets ever posted from every LHD with Twitter account...
Abstract Obesity and type 2 diabetes disproportionately impact U.S. racial ethnic minority communities low‐income populations. Improvements in implementing efficacious interventions to reduce the incidence of are underway (i.e., National Diabetes Prevention Program), but challenges effectively scaling‐up successful reaching at‐risk populations remain. In October 2017, Institutes Health convened a workshop understand how (1) address socioeconomic other environmental conditions that perpetuate...