Daniel J Schober, Ashley Wolf, Myles C Castro, Julie Slezak, Paula Hastings, Diane Latiker
{"title":"An Academic-Community Partnership to Address Gun Violence in the Roseland Neighborhood of Chicago.","authors":"Daniel J Schober, Ashley Wolf, Myles C Castro, Julie Slezak, Paula Hastings, Diane Latiker","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000392","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Gun violence is the leading cause of death for youth. This study examined an academic-community partnership to address gun violence through a strength-based approach called Asset-Based Community Development.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used a case study design. Participants were Black youth who encounter frequent gun violence (average age = 16.7 years; 72% male). Our partnership involved survey development/completion and semistructured discussions. We also interviewed community stakeholders to collect data on local assets. We interpreted data through a communitywide forum to guide social action to address gun violence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of youth (76%) witnessed neighborhood violence in the last year. The top youth concerns related to gun violence included poverty, guns, and gangs. Community stakeholders saw local people and local organizations as primary community assets. A community forum to interpret these data led to social action in the form of an environmental strategy-cleaning up an unused commercial building for the development of a youth tech center. The majority of youth participants (89.5%) agreed or strongly agreed that they had a voice in the research process.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Participatory research that takes an asset-based approach can enable relevant inquiry that engages youth and guides social action to address gun violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":"47 2","pages":"141-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139900636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000387
Matthew H Ruther, Ning Hsieh
{"title":"Explaining Health Disparities in the Sexual Minority Population: The Role of Neighborhood Effects.","authors":"Matthew H Ruther, Ning Hsieh","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000387","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000387","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Individual health is affected not only by characteristics and behaviors of the individual, but also by the environment in which the individual lives. Although neighborhood effects are well-established in the health literature, whether these effects are different for sexual minority populations is unknown. There is evidence that the neighborhoods in which sexual minorities reside are distinct from those in which heterosexuals reside, which could give rise to differential neighborhood effects. This research uses restricted data from the National Center for Health Statistics Research Data Center-which include neighborhood identifiers-to investigate health-relevant differences between the neighborhoods in which heterosexuals and sexual minorities reside. We also provide preliminary evidence on whether neighborhood effects explain any or all the disparities in health behaviors or health outcomes between sexual minority and heterosexual populations or mediate or moderate the effects of other covariates in explaining these disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"49-58"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41143315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000388
Christina N Bridges Hamilton, Kelly R Ylitalo, Marilyn E Wende, Joseph R Sharkey, M Renée Umstattd Meyer
{"title":"Depressive Symptoms and Their Longitudinal Impact on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors Among Mexican-Heritage Youth.","authors":"Christina N Bridges Hamilton, Kelly R Ylitalo, Marilyn E Wende, Joseph R Sharkey, M Renée Umstattd Meyer","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000388","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000388","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study is to examine the longitudinal impact of depressive symptoms on physical activity (PA) levels, sedentary behavior, and screen time among first-generation, Mexican-heritage youth. Mexican-heritage families were recruited by promotoras de salud from colonias in Hidalgo County, Texas. Participants (n = 200 youth, 116 families in final sample) completed at-home, interviewer-administered surveys once during the summer (June-July) and once during the fall (August-December). Youth PA and sedentary behaviors were assessed using a validated 7-day recall instrument. The validated Center for Epidemiology Studies-Depression Child scale was used to assess depression symptoms. Linear mixed-effects models were used to analyze the relationships of PA and sedentary behavior with depressive symptoms. Results showed that those depression symptoms were significantly associated with decreased number of self-reported minutes of sitting and screen time over time in the full sample and among male youth. Depression symptoms also significantly decreased the number of self-reported active and moderate to vigorous PA minutes over time among male youth. Researchers can build on our findings by identifying the mechanisms driving the relationships between depression and PA/sedentary behavior. Public health-programing efforts should intentionally consider the impact that depressive symptoms have on PA.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"20-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41113475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000386
Autumn Decker, Raven H Weaver
{"title":"Health and Social Determinants Associated With Delay of Care Among Community-Dwelling Rural Older Adults.","authors":"Autumn Decker, Raven H Weaver","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000386","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Delaying health care has the capacity to increase morbidity and premature mortality among individuals with chronic and acute health conditions, particularly for those living in rural areas.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to identify social determinants of health that are associated with delay of care (DOC) among older adults residing in rural areas across the inland northwest.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted descriptive, bivariate, and regression analyses using data from a needs assessment designed to identify health needs and service delivery gaps among an economically diverse 8-county region.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Most respondents (aged 60+ years) were white, female, with health insurance coverage (n = 1226, mean = 71). Overall, 35% experienced DOC. We used logistic regression to determine the influence of age, sex, health conditions, distance from medical facility, income, and perceived quality of neighborhood on DOC. Individuals with younger age ( P = .017), more chronic conditions ( P < .001), lower income ( P < .001), and lower perceived quality of neighborhood ( P = .008) were more likely to experience DOC.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings highlight risk factors associated with DOC, which can inform prevention efforts championed by community-based organizations, health care providers, and policy makers. Future research is needed to investigate compounding long-term effects of DOC, especially among individuals living in rural areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"41-48"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41166021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-10-13DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000383
Ana F Diallo, Marissa Mackiewicz, Lana Sargent, Youssef M Roman, Patricia W Slattum, Leland Waters, Johnathan Bennett, Kimberly Battle, Faika Zanjani, Tracey Gendron, Jodi Winship, Gregory Ford, Katherine Falls, Elvin T Price, Pamela Parsons, Jane Chung
{"title":"Cultivating Relationships as a Community-Based Recruitment Strategy in Transdisciplinary Aging Research: Lessons From an Academic-Community Partnership.","authors":"Ana F Diallo, Marissa Mackiewicz, Lana Sargent, Youssef M Roman, Patricia W Slattum, Leland Waters, Johnathan Bennett, Kimberly Battle, Faika Zanjani, Tracey Gendron, Jodi Winship, Gregory Ford, Katherine Falls, Elvin T Price, Pamela Parsons, Jane Chung","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000383","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Participation of Black American older adults in community-engaged research remains challenging in health sciences. The objectives of this study were to describe the specific efforts, successes, and challenges in recruiting Black American older adults in research led by the Health and Wellness in Aging Across the Lifespan core, part of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry, and Innovation (iCubed). We conducted a cross-case analysis of 6 community-engaged research projects using the community-engaged research continuum model. Successful recruitment strategies comprised a multifaceted approach to community-based collaboration, including a wellness program with a long standing relationship with the community, engaging key stakeholders and a community advisory board, and building a community-based coalition of stakeholders. Posting flyers and modest monetary compensation remain standard recruitment strategies. The cross-case analysis offered critical lessons on the community's nature and level of engagement in research. Relationship building based on trust and respect is essential to solving complex aging issues in the community.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"32-40"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10841158/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41215848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000373
Kim Borg, Nicholas Faulkner, Peter Slattery, Morgan J Tear
{"title":"Understanding and Changing Community Attitudes Toward Vulnerable Families: A Review of Literature and Practice.","authors":"Kim Borg, Nicholas Faulkner, Peter Slattery, Morgan J Tear","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000373","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Communities can play an important role in protecting children and supporting vulnerable families. However, there is currently a lack of understanding of what communities actually think and do regarding these groups. The purpose of this study was to review and synthesize evidence on community attitudes and behaviors toward vulnerable families. A rapid systematic literature review was conducted, supplemented by 6 semistructured interviews with experienced practitioners. Four databases were searched using key words related to community attitudes and behaviors, parents and families, and family and child protection services. Database searches returned 10 135 unique records, of which 23 met the inclusion criteria. The identified articles investigated a range of attitudes and behaviors, including reporting abuse and neglect; assisting victims of intimate partner violence; attitudes toward parenting practices; and participating in activities that build social support and social capital. Correlates of these attitudes and behaviors included sociodemographic characteristics, individual differences, community characteristics, and incident characteristics. A number of interventions to change community attitudes and behaviors were also identified. Practitioners indicated that success factors for interventions included facilitating active participation from community members; using multifaceted approaches; and increasing empathy toward vulnerable families. Despite increasing evidence around how community members think and act toward vulnerable families, more (particularly review-level) research is needed to determine how to effectively change these attitudes and behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"66-79"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41137549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000384
Ellen V Pudney, Rebecca M Puhl, Linda C Halgunseth, Marlene B Schwartz
{"title":"An Examination of Parental Weight Stigma and Weight Talk Among Socioeconomically and Racially/Ethnically Diverse Parents.","authors":"Ellen V Pudney, Rebecca M Puhl, Linda C Halgunseth, Marlene B Schwartz","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000384","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parental communication about body weight can influence children's emotional well-being and eating behaviors. However, little is known about the role of parental self-stigma concerning weight and social position variables (ie, race/ethnicity, income, and gender) in weight communication. This study examined how parents' self-stigmatization for their own weight (ie, weight bias internalization) and self-stigmatization for their child's weight (ie, affiliate stigma) relates to weight talk frequency with their children, and whether these associations vary across parental race/ethnicity, income, and gender. Parents (n = 408) completed a cross-sectional, online survey about their weight communication and self-stigmatization. Linear regression was used to examine the relationships among these variables, including interactions between the stigma variables and social position variables in predicting weight talk. Higher levels of weight bias internalization and affiliate stigma were strongly associated with increased parental weight talk frequency; parents who endorsed higher levels of internalized bias about their own weight expressed greater affiliate stigma for their child's weight, regardless of demographic characteristics or weight status. Associations between the stigma variables and weight talk outcomes were stronger among fathers and parents of higher income. Findings highlight the importance of considering weight stigma variables in parental weight communication research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10137252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-09-11DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000367
Jianghong Liu, Na Ouyang, Alina Mizrahi, Melanie L Kornides
{"title":"Social Distancing in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associated Factors, Health Outcomes, and Implications.","authors":"Jianghong Liu, Na Ouyang, Alina Mizrahi, Melanie L Kornides","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000367","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000367","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social distancing has reemerged as a public health measure for containing the spread of COVID-19. This integrative review aims to analyze the historical use of social distancing, the current application during COVID-19, individual factors that affect social distancing practices, and consequential health outcomes. We analyzed relevant literature from searches conducted on Scopus, PubMed, and PsycINFO. We found that resources, culture, age, gender, and personality are associated with the degree to which people practice social distancing. Furthermore, social distancing changes our lifestyles and behavior and results in multifaceted health outcomes, including decreased physical activity and sunlight exposure, increased weight gain, and impaired sleep quality. On the positive side, social distancing has been linked to reduced crime rates and environmental damage, as well as better social and family ties. Future interventions may be utilized to increase adherence to social distancing practices and to mitigate the negative health effects of social distancing.</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"80-94"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10553872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-10-13DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000389
Anusha Sajja, Samuel Tundealao
{"title":"Commentary: Disparities and Racial Barriers Among African American Women Despite Breastfeeding Workplace Policies.","authors":"Anusha Sajja, Samuel Tundealao","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000389","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000389","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"59-61"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41215847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Family & Community HealthPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-10-26DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000391
Holly Ann Russell
{"title":"Is It Time to Say Goodbye to BMI? A Commentary.","authors":"Holly Ann Russell","doi":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000391","DOIUrl":"10.1097/FCH.0000000000000391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The linkage between weight and health is complicated and our current body of evidence is inconsistent. We cannot have a discussion about weight without understanding the larger context of our antifat society and the influence of the diet industrial complex. Weight bias and a focus on weight in health care produce known harms. Additionally, clinicians often recommend losing weight without a nuanced discussion of the evidence showing that most people are unlikely to be successful with sustained weight loss. In this piece, I argue that using our precious time with patients and health care dollars to focus on health behaviors with indisputable evidence such as increasing physical activity and promoting smoking cessation is a more effective use of resources and more closely aligns with our ethical obligation to \"do no harm.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":47183,"journal":{"name":"Family & Community Health","volume":" ","pages":"16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50163236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}