Lizbeth Becerra, Guadalupe Ramos-Plascencia, Sarah Keller, April Go Forth, Lisa Craig, Jennifer B Unger, Claradina Soto
{"title":"Vaping Endgame: cultural approaches and preliminary findings of an adapted vaping pilot intervention for American Indian youth.","authors":"Lizbeth Becerra, Guadalupe Ramos-Plascencia, Sarah Keller, April Go Forth, Lisa Craig, Jennifer B Unger, Claradina Soto","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag053","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibag053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>American Indian (AI) youth report disproportionately high e-cigarette use (16%), twice that of Non-Hispanic White youth (8%). However, culturally tailored vaping prevention interventions remain. Preliminary findings from the pilot assessment of Vaping Endgame (VE), an AI culturally adapted vaping prevention curriculum developed through a community-informed process, highlights pre-post outcomes, participant acceptability, and satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using Community-Based Participatory Research and Positive Youth Development principles, the VE curriculum was adapted from the Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco, and Health and included Medicine Wheel elements. AI students participated in the 5-day VE program. Pre-post assessment included knowledge, attitudes, perceived behavioral control, intentions toward e-cigarette use, and readiness to change vaping behaviors. Feedback from participants and Youth Advocate Team (YAT) members assessed acceptability and satisfaction of the curriculum.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 63 eligible AI students (7-12 grade), 32 participated in the VE pilot intervention (50.8% participation; 100% retention). Participants had a significant increase in knowledge of vaping harms (100% vs. 88%), commercial tobacco marketing tactics toward youth (94% vs. 97%), and ceremonial tobacco use (6% vs. 16%). Their perceived behavioral control against vaping significantly increased (r = -0.50, P < .001). Students rated the curriculum and facilitator (average 8.8/10). YAT members described pride contributing to the VE program.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Preliminary outcomes showed changes in knowledge and perceived behavioral control of vaping, and high satisfaction of the VE program. To our knowledge, this is the first culturally responsive vaping curriculum developed and assessed for AI youth, suggesting potential for broader delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13499681/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liane M Ventura, Lindsay Miller, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Laura H Gunn, Margaret Hanff, Meghana Muralidhar, Patrick Robinson, Chisom Obi-Jeff, Jarrel Clark, Donaldson F Conserve, Chelsea Gulden, Bernard A Davis, Kristie L Foley, Joseph D Tucker, Meagan Zarwell
{"title":"\"Go where the young people are\": Assessing participatory engagement among young adults for HIV prevention.","authors":"Liane M Ventura, Lindsay Miller, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Laura H Gunn, Margaret Hanff, Meghana Muralidhar, Patrick Robinson, Chisom Obi-Jeff, Jarrel Clark, Donaldson F Conserve, Chelsea Gulden, Bernard A Davis, Kristie L Foley, Joseph D Tucker, Meagan Zarwell","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibag032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To reduce the incidence of HIV, federal priorities aim to increase HIV testing rates, especially in high-risk jurisdictions. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is an evidence-based option that reduces barriers to facility-based testing. However, uptake of HIVST is low among young adults.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To describe participatory engagement processes applied to identify implementation strategies for expanding the uptake of HIVST among young adults in one urban county in the Southeast United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In-depth interviews with community members, providers, and young adults were conducted (February to December 2024). A matrix analysis was applied to identify themes pertaining to facilitators and barriers of engagement among young adults. Three engagement methods were facilitated: a community advisory group, crowdsourcing open call, and charrettes co-creation workshops (January 2024 to June 2025). The community engagement processes were grounded in a community-based participatory research approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three themes emerged from the in-depth interviews: the importance of community connections, best practices for community engagement, and multiplatform health communication strategies to engage young adults. The final implementation strategies identified were: training for support staff at implementing agencies, disseminating HIVST kits at community-wide pop-up events, and word-of-mouth dissemination. However, ongoing participation among young adults in the community advisory group was a challenge.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The identified implementation strategies to promote the uptake of HIVST reflect ongoing engagement efforts facilitated by the research team. Findings highlight the need to investigate motivating factors for participation in ongoing HIV prevention, and to develop asynchronous modalities for engaging with young adults who have competing priorities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148820072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andy Dang, Lori Fischbach, Claude Jovelle, Lidia Guerra, Megan Garcia, Ruth Toruno, Montgomery Messex, Tonya Gorham Gallow, Tony Kuo
{"title":"The use of a policy adoption and implementation model to advance a smokefree multi-unit housing ordinance in a large city in California, USA.","authors":"Andy Dang, Lori Fischbach, Claude Jovelle, Lidia Guerra, Megan Garcia, Ruth Toruno, Montgomery Messex, Tonya Gorham Gallow, Tony Kuo","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibag042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Local development, adoption, and implementation of tobacco-related ordinances is an intricate but instrumental process that can contribute to the reduction of smoking prevalence and exposure to secondhand smoke. Since 2004, the Tobacco Control and Prevention Program in Los Angeles County has supported and provided technical assistance to 50 cities to initiate and complete policy campaigns that successfully led to the adoption of over 100 tobacco-related policies, including 20 smokefree multi-unit housing (MUH) ordinances. The program has been able to achieve these results through its partnerships with 32 prior and current community-based organizations and its use of the Policy Adoption and Implementation Model (PAIM), a practical framework and tool that originated in Los Angeles County. This model utilizes a multi-phased approach that focuses on community engagement, building local coalitions, and managing community-level campaigns to advance local ordinances. In this case example from 2023, we describe how PAIM was used and leveraged to successfully help Torrance, California develop, adopt, and implement a smokefree MUH ordinance.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148425684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guiyuan Ma, Yunyun Peng, Li Liu, Jun Ma, Carmen W H Chan, Cho Lee Wong, Zitong Zhang, Can Gu
{"title":"Bridging the gap: a systematic cultural adaptation of the Surviving Cancer Competently Intervention Program (SCCIP) for Chinese families using the ADAPT-ITT framework.","authors":"Guiyuan Ma, Yunyun Peng, Li Liu, Jun Ma, Carmen W H Chan, Cho Lee Wong, Zitong Zhang, Can Gu","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag016","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibag016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Psychosocial interventions are essential for families of children with cancer. The Surviving Cancer Competently Intervention Program (SCCIP), an evidence-based intervention (EBI) has effectively improved the negative emotions of American children and their families. Due to the national and cultural differences, it is not suitable to apply it to China directly.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to culturally adapt the SCCIP for Chinese families of children with cancer and to pilot test it in improving Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) and anxiety.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The adaptation process followed a modified ADAPT-ITT framework. We assessed parents' intervention needs (Assessment), reviewed the literature to select the SCCIP (Decision), translated and culturally adjusted the intervention (Administration), developed an intervention plan (Production), gathered expert feedback (Topical Experts), created a caregiver manual (Integration), and trained the interveners (Training). A pilot test was then conducted with 30 families (Testing). Mixed methods (including cross-sectional survey, interviews, pilot testing) were used throughout the process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using the ADAPT-ITT framework, minor yet important changes were made to enhance the SCCIP's relevance, acceptability, and feasibility. Modifications were made to language, methods, content, metaphors, and context, such as changing \"tumor\" to \"sick\" in language. Chinese families of children with cancer generally responded positively to the intervention. Pilot test results indicated that the adapted SCCIP reduced parents' PTSS and anxiety scores, decreased children's PTSS and negative emotion scores, and increased children's positive emotion scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We successfully modified SCCIP for the Chinese context, maintaining its core component. The pilot study demonstrated that the adapted SCCIP is feasible, acceptable, and promising.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147692869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jillian B Schulte, David Ngendahimana, Timothy H Ciesielski, Jarrod E Dalton, Eunice Lee, Darcy A Freedman
{"title":"Evaluation of an algorithm to tailor implementation strategies for community nutrition interventions to local readiness and capacity.","authors":"Jillian B Schulte, David Ngendahimana, Timothy H Ciesielski, Jarrod E Dalton, Eunice Lee, Darcy A Freedman","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag023","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibag023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) interventions are recommended to address diet-related chronic diseases, yet guidance for selecting PSE implementation strategies for unique community contexts remains limited. Previous research identified the importance of specific readiness and capacity factors for implementing PSEs at farmers markets and translated them into a weighted assessment for practitioners.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We examined the robustness of a weighted scoring algorithm and algorithm derived recommendations to guide implementation of PSE interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The scoring algorithm, a hierarchical weighted-sum model, quantifies PSE readiness and generates recommendations to guide implementation strategies. Two tests evaluated the algorithm's performance. Test 1 analyzed assessment data from practitioners in OH (N = 5) to explore readiness score variation and algorithm derived recommendations. Test 2 used a 30-indicator survey on farmers' market PSEs to simulate 1000 baseline assessments (T0) and reassessments at three follow up time points (T1-T3). During reassessments, the simulation assigned probabilistic improvements in prioritized indicators to reflect varying success in accomplishing recommendations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In Test 1, overall readiness scores ranged from 37.31 to 70.31 (maximum = 100); 66.6% of all algorithm derived recommendations were unique to one responder. In Test 2, by the third reassessment (T = 3), 89.5% of the simulated respondents experienced changes in one (40.5%), two (36.7%), or three (12.3%) prioritized indicators from the preceding reassessment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The algorithm effectively characterized distinct readiness and capacity profiles and refined recommendations for PSE implementation strategies in response to changes in community readiness. Findings highlight one approach to efficiently prioritize PSE implementation strategies across different communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147786492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violeta Chacón, Isabelli L Costa da Silva, Sarah McKee, Katie Martin, Maisie Campbell, Marlene Schwartz, Caitlin Caspi, Maria Gombi Vaca
{"title":"Identifying barriers and facilitators of the implementation of nutrition guidelines in food banks using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.","authors":"Violeta Chacón, Isabelli L Costa da Silva, Sarah McKee, Katie Martin, Maisie Campbell, Marlene Schwartz, Caitlin Caspi, Maria Gombi Vaca","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag018","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibag018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Healthy Eating Research Nutrition Guidelines for the Charitable Food System (HER Guidelines) are nutrition standards to measure and improve the nutritional quality of foods distributed to people experiencing food insecurity.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This qualitative study used the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to systematically identify the barriers and facilitators to implementing the HER Guidelines in a national sample of US food banks.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted in-depth interviews among a random sample of food banks that reported implementing the HER Guidelines for at least 1 year. Interviews (12 food banks) were recorded and transcribed. The CFIR was used to create a semi-structured interview guide, coding guide, and thematic analysis. Interrater reliability was assessed by double coding 25% of the transcripts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Food banks employed different approaches to implementing the HER Guidelines yet often faced similar successes and challenges. Successful HER implementation practices included strategies to prioritize resources, such as focusing efforts on purchased items first and using online tools like WellSCAN to rank foods from USDA (US Department of Agriculture) food programs. Challenges included difficulties evaluating the categories of mixed dishes and grains, evaluating assortments of donated foods, and having enough staff to complete the task of ranking. Food banks expressed the need for more educational resources to train food bank staff members involved in the implementation of the HER Guidelines.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study identified successful strategies, common challenges, and opportunities to improve the implementation of HER Guidelines to support the availability of healthier food products across the charitable food system.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13076927/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147677878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karissa M Fenwick, Elizabeth M Yano, Susan M Frayne, Alison B Hamilton
{"title":"Stakeholder engagement in implementation research: a qualitative study of VA implementation scientist perspectives.","authors":"Karissa M Fenwick, Elizabeth M Yano, Susan M Frayne, Alison B Hamilton","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibag022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Stakeholder engagement improves the quality, clinical relevance, and contextual fit of healthcare interventions. However, there is limited work characterizing how researchers approach stakeholder engagement in practice, and which organizational supports they most value.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The objective of this study is to describe how experienced researchers engaged multilevel stakeholders in implementation studies, and the benefits, challenges, and needs they encountered.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We identified Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system researchers with histories of stakeholder-engaged implementation research through a combination of literature review and snowball sampling. We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with 28 participants in 2016. Two research team members analyzed interview data using a hybrid inductive-deductive approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants described how multilevel stakeholder input substantively improved their research. Common engagement approaches varied in intensity and included interviews and focus groups, advisory committees, and stakeholder membership on research teams. Although participants expressed a desire-even a moral imperative-to increase stakeholder engagement, their efforts were limited by organizational constraints. Participants suggested that VA can support stakeholder engagement in research by reconceptualizing funding mechanisms, providing resources, and fostering an organizational culture that aligns with engagement principles.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Experienced researchers perceived multilevel stakeholder engagement as both critical for implementation research and difficult to achieve. Findings highlight that stakeholder engagement is shaped not only by researcher commitment and skill but also by organizational constraints, incentives, and power structures. Results offer actionable suggestions for improving alignment between engagement activities, professional incentives, and organizational infrastructure that may strengthen stakeholder-engaged implementation research in VA and other healthcare settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147876149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalia Giraldo-Santiago, Marlene E Cardoza, Nicolás A Alvarez-Frank, Esther E E Estey, Yoojee Kim, Zev Schuman-Olivier, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Jonathan Greenberg
{"title":"Cultural and linguistic tailoring of a mind-body intervention for Spanish-speaking Latine adults with chronic pain.","authors":"Natalia Giraldo-Santiago, Marlene E Cardoza, Nicolás A Alvarez-Frank, Esther E E Estey, Yoojee Kim, Zev Schuman-Olivier, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Jonathan Greenberg","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag047","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibag047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mind-body programs can improve physical and emotional functioning in individuals with pain. However, few are culturally and linguistically tailored for Spanish-speaking adults, limiting their accessibility and efficacy in non-English-speaking populations.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We gathered patients' and medical providers' perspectives on tailoring \"GetActive-Fitbit,\" a mind-body activity pain program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted 10 focus groups, totaling 21 Spanish-speaking adults with chronic pain (N = 4 groups) and 21 healthcare providers (N = 6 groups). Using Barrera and Castro's Heuristic Framework and the Ecological Validity Framework, we applied a hybrid inductive-deductive thematic qualitative analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified eight a priori adaptation needed (themes) mapped onto the domains of the Ecological Validity Framework: (i) Language: go beyond literal translation to address patient's limited pain literacy; (ii) Person: need for a trusted, empowering, and trusted group facilitator; (iii) Content: address skepticism toward mind-body skills and increase program relevance; (iv) Metaphors: incorporate culturally meaningful stories and vignettes; (v) Concepts: Use concrete and practical explanations of program skills; (vi) Goals: ensure program is responsive to family and community needs; (vii) Methods: a flexible delivery format that accommodates complex socioeconomic realities; and (viii) Context: address the impact of immigration enforcement fears on participation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings underscore the importance of addressing multifaceted sociocultural and structural factors in pain interventions. Beyond informing the cultural and linguistic tailoring of GetActive-Fitbit, the results highlight a critical need for context and language-responsive interventions that reduce inequities in pain care.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148609016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guillermo M Wippold, Kalyn Prothro, Micheal Priester, Hanna Smyles, Thrisha Mote, Kaylyn Garcia, Trishna Patel, Megan Rozier, Ariel Domlyn, Terry Woods
{"title":"Designing men's health fairs: community-guided strategies.","authors":"Guillermo M Wippold, Kalyn Prothro, Micheal Priester, Hanna Smyles, Thrisha Mote, Kaylyn Garcia, Trishna Patel, Megan Rozier, Ariel Domlyn, Terry Woods","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibag050","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibag050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Men's premature mortality is largely driven by preventable health concerns. In turn, these preventable health concerns are propelled by perceived normative behaviors among men, such as engagement in unhealthy behaviors and reluctance to seek health services. There is evidence that health fairs designed specifically for men can promote health, yet no community-informed guidance on developing and implementing such health fairs exists.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This qualitative study uses the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to identify key factors that affect how a men's health fair is developed and implemented, and then develops implementation strategies to address those factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants included 13 individuals, who were predominately male, Black/African American, and had an average age of 48.59. A rapid qualitative analytic approach was used in two phases. First, two independent reviewers identified themes (i.e. determinants) in each transcript and then developed strategies based on the themes that had emerged.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 18 community- and determinant-informed implementation strategies were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An overarching theme across the strategies was that implementation strategies should be tailored to unique, normative behaviors among men. Developing and implementing a health fair specifically for men has the potential to promote the uptake of health services and reduce high rates of preventable adverse health outcomes among men.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148609037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}