A5012534647- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Community Health and Development
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health disparities and outcomes
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Religion, Society, and Development
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
American Heart Association
2023-2025
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020-2023
Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
2020
Policy Analysis (United States)
2020
Emory University
2010-2018
Danieli (Italy)
2012
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 , is thought to spread from person primarily by respiratory route and mainly through close contact (1).Community mitigation strategies can lower risk for transmission limiting or preventing personto-person interactions (2).U.S. states territories began implementing various community policies in March 2020.One widely implemented strategy was issuance of orders requiring persons stay home, resulting decreased population movement some...
This report describes a survey taken during May among adults in the United States that found widespread support for stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures high degree of adherence to COVID-19 mitigation guidelines.
To describe adaptations that community-based organizations (CBOs) made to evidence-based chronic disease prevention intervention programs and discuss reasons for those adaptations.The process evaluation used project report forms, interviews, focus groups obtain information from organizational staff.Programs were conducted in (n = 12) rural southwest Georgia including churches, worksites, community coalitions, a senior center, clinical patient setting.Site coordinators 15), leaders 7),...
Community coalitions are rooted in complex and dynamic community systems. Despite recognition that environmental factors affect coalition behavior, few studies have examined how context impacts formation. Using the Coalition Action theory as an organizing framework, current study employs multiple case methodology to examine five domains of formation stage development. Domains history collaboration, geography, demographics economic conditions, politics history, norms values. Data were from 8...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death in the United States. Early detection through recommended screening has been shown to have favorable treatment outcomes, yet rates among medically underserved and uninsured are low, particularly for rural minority populations. This study evaluated effectiveness patient navigation program that addresses individual systemic barriers CRC patients at rural, federally qualified community health centers.This quasi-experimental evaluation compared...
The field of public health is increasingly implementing initiatives intended to make policies, systems, and environments (PSEs) more supportive healthy behaviors, even though the evidence for many these strategies only emerging. Our objective was 3-fold: 1) describe evaluations PSE-change programs in which evaluators followed steps Centers Disease Control Prevention's (CDC's) Framework Program Evaluation Public Health, 2) share resulting lessons learned, 3) assist future with their...
Current evaluation tools are inadequate for assessing the impact of small-scale interventions, such as farmer's markets or community meal programs, on fruit and vegetable consumption. This study analyzes pilot data a novel tool designed to evaluate community-based programs' Our research addresses gap in effective methods dietary behaviors within underserved populations. The survey was developed through participatory approach involving interest holders members. We conducted across four...
Diet and physical activity are behavioral risk factors for many chronic diseases, which among the most common health conditions in United States. Yet Americans fall short of meeting established dietary guidelines. Faith-based organizations as settings promotion interventions can affect members at multiple levels social ecological model. The present study investigated whether change church environment was associated with healthier behavior general 1-year follow-up. Six churches received...
Community-level policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change strategies may offer an economical sustainable approach to chronic disease prevention. The rapidly growing number of untested but promising PSE currently underway offers exciting opportunity establish practice-based evidence for this approach. This article presents lessons learned from evaluation a community-based initiative targeting stroke cardiovascular prevention in the Mississippi Delta. Its purpose is describe one...
In Brief Objectives: To describe a project that used mini-grants plus technical assistance to disseminate evidence-based programs, understand how the worked in different settings, and generate recommendations for future programming evaluation. Design: Process evaluation using program records, activity forms completed by grantees, interviews, focus groups. Setting: Churches worksites rural, southwest Georgia. Participants: Site coordinators (n = 10), organizational leaders 7), committee...
High rates of heart disease, cancer, and stroke exist in rural South Georgia where the Emory Prevention Research Center's Cancer Control Network provided mini-grant funding to six churches implement policy environmental change promote healthy eating physical activity. This study sought determine whether perceptions health promotion environment changed over time perceived was associated with behavior at church general. used a single-group pre-post design 1-year follow-up. Parishioners (N =...
The Emory Prevention Research Center's Cancer and Control Network mini-grant program funded faith-based organizations to implement policy environmental change promote healthy eating physical activity in rural South Georgia. This study describes the existing health promotion environment its relationship church member behavior.Cross-sectional.Data were obtained from parishioners of six churches predominantly Georgia.Participants 319 members with average age 48 years, whom 80% female 84%...
Abstract Advocacy organizations can play a crucial role in evaluating whether legislation or regulation has had its intended effect by supporting robust public policy implementation and outcome evaluation. The American Heart Association, working with expert advisors, developed framework for effective evaluation that be used advocacy organizations, partnership researchers, health agencies, funders, makers to assess the equity impact of over time. use parts this evaluate policies relevant...
Evidence from formal evaluation of real-world practice can address gaps in the public health knowledge base and provide information about feasible, relevant strategies for varied settings. Interest evaluability assessment (EA) as an approach generating practice-based evidence has grown. EA been central to several structured processes that identify select promising programs evaluate those most likely produce useful findings. The Emory Prevention Research Center used part initiative generate...
enetic testing in the clinic has begun to emerge as a tool towards diagnosis addition serving confirmatory function. 1The ability of genetic play leading role depends on research and understanding variants specific diseases, well underlying architecture systems that support our health care providers.The National Human Genome Research Institute Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL) is cloud-based genomic data sharing analysis platform.AnVIL facilitates...
Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, others who strive to improve health public through chronic disease prevention.
Introduction: Addressing nutrition insecurity at a population level is complex and requires changing policies, systems, environments. The American Heart Association (AHA) has identified 17 research informed systemic interventions that have the potential to increase security over time. These can be leveraged individually or together based on community needs assets. Evaluating these essential for understanding impact, improving implementation, allocating resources effective strategies. This...
Background: High rates of heart disease, cancer, and stroke exist in rural South Georgia, where Emory’s Cancer Prevention Control Research Network provided mini-grants technical assistance to six faith-based organizations implement policy environmental changes promote healthy eating (HE), physical activity (PA), tobacco use prevention (TUP). Drawing from a Social Ecological Framework, we hypothesized that church members would perceive an increase messages, programs, the availability...
To assess how employee benefits programs may strengthen and/or complement elements of the chronic care model (CCM), a framework used by health systems to improve illness care.A qualitative inquiry consisting semi-structured interviews with benefit administrators and partners from self-insured, self-administered program was conducted at large family-owned business in southwest Georgia.Results indicate that employer adapted many system-related CCM design their program. Data also suggest...