Maria DeNunzio, Bailey Houghtaling, Vivica Kraak, Maaz Gardezi, Elena Serrano, Sarah Misyak
{"title":"Food retailer actions toward the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to promote nutrition security: Applicability of the Business Impact Assessment-Obesity as a monitoring tool.","authors":"Maria DeNunzio, Bailey Houghtaling, Vivica Kraak, Maaz Gardezi, Elena Serrano, Sarah Misyak","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae057","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The White House National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health (National Strategy) encourages actions across government and society to promote nutrition security. Nutrition security includes adequate food, diet quality, and equity, and food retail settings can promote these major concepts. Of all National Strategy whole-of-society calls to action, food retailers can contribute to 15 calls as key actors. However, there is currently no standardized monitoring tool to track food retailers' commitments and actions toward the National Strategy to promote nutrition security. The Business Impact Assessment-Obesity and population-level nutrition (BIA-Obesity), a tool originally developed for corporate accountability monitoring, can be tailored for the National Strategy and nutrition security, given its standardized indicators and process to assess food company policies and commitments across six domains. We discuss the fit of the BIA-Obesity indicators for tracking food retailers' commitments and actions across four pillars of the National Strategy. Existing indicators are appropriate to monitor components of Pillar 1: Improve Food Access and Affordability; Pillar 2: Integrate Nutrition and Health; Pillar 3: Empower All Consumers to Make and Have Access to Healthy Choices; and Pillar 5: Enhance Nutrition and Food Security Research. We suggest expanding current indicators to include equity, local foods, the digital food environment, and food waste reduction to improve alignment of the BIA-Obesity with the National Strategy. Application of the BIA-Obesity as an existing tool can facilitate data cohesion and more rapid assessment of the food retailer landscape to mutually meet nutrition security goals by 2030.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"703-712"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478119","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}
Natalie E Hundt, Bo Kim, Maribel Plasencia, Amber B Amspoker, Annette Walder, Zenab Yusuf, Herbert Nagamoto, Christie Ga-Jing Tsao, Tracey L Smith
{"title":"Factors associated with successful FLOW implementation to improve mental health access: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Natalie E Hundt, Bo Kim, Maribel Plasencia, Amber B Amspoker, Annette Walder, Zenab Yusuf, Herbert Nagamoto, Christie Ga-Jing Tsao, Tracey L Smith","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae050","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The FLOW program assists mental health providers in transitioning recovered and stabilized specialty mental health (SMH) patients to primary care to increase access to SMH care. In a recent cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial, nine VA sites implemented the FLOW program with wide variation in implementation success. The goal of this study is to identify site-level factors associated with successful implementation of the FLOW program, guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). We used the Matrixed Multiple Case Study method, a mixed-methods approach, to compare key metrics hypothesized to impact implementation that were aligned with CFIR. Based upon the number of veterans transitioned at each site, we categorized two sites as higher implementation success, three as medium, and four as lower implementation success. Themes associated with more successful implementation included perceptions of the intervention itself (CFIR domain Innovation), having a culture of recovery-oriented care and prioritizing implementation over competing demands (CFIR domain Inner Setting), had lower mental health provider turnover, and had an internal facilitator who was well-positioned for FLOW implementation, such as having a leadership role or connections across several clinics (CFIR domain Characteristics of Individuals). Other variables, including staffing levels, leadership support, and organizational readiness to change did not have a consistent relationship to implementation success. These data may assist in identifying sites that are likely to need additional implementation support to succeed at implementing FLOW.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"693-702"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356420","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}
Lyubov Gavrilova, Mellisa C Watson, Yasmine M Eshera, Angela L Ridgel, Joel W Hughes
{"title":"Young Black and White adults prefer in-person to telehealth for primary care visits and group health promotion programs.","authors":"Lyubov Gavrilova, Mellisa C Watson, Yasmine M Eshera, Angela L Ridgel, Joel W Hughes","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae064","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Telehealth utilization has increased since the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, reducing barriers to healthcare and, potentially, reducing participation in group health-promotion interventions. However, preferences for telehealth versus in-person formats have not been established. To examine preferences for telehealth and in-person format for primary care and group health-promotion interventions among Black and White women and men aged 20-39. We hypothesized that respondents would report a higher preference for telehealth than in-person appointments. This cross-sectional survey study recruited participants to answer questions about access to technology and preferences for telehealth and in-person formats of primary care and group health promotion. Respondents (n = 404) included similar proportions of White women (24.3%, 26.4 ± 4.3 years), Black women (25.0%, 29.0 ± 6.1 years), White men (25.9%, 32.8 ± 4.5 years), and Black men (24.8%, 30.6 ± 5.2 years). About 98.5% reported having a smartphone, and 80.4% had access to a computer with a camera. Preference ratings were higher for in-person visits, compared to telehealth visits, for both primary care (M = 3.86 ± 1.13 vs. M = 2.87 ± 1.18) and group health promotion (M = 3.72 ± 1.12 vs. M = 3.04 ± 1.20) F's(1,400) > 59.0, P's < .001. Most young adults have access to technology, supporting the feasibility of telehealth interventions. However, telehealth preference ratings were lower than in-person appointments. Preferences for delivery formats should be considered when designing behavioral interventions to promote health and prevent disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"738-743"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630768","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}
Chantal den Daas, Marie Johnston, Gill Hubbard, Diane Dixon
{"title":"Looking back at Covid-19 government restrictions: were local lockdown regions with tighter restrictions less adherent before the restrictions and more adherent after?","authors":"Chantal den Daas, Marie Johnston, Gill Hubbard, Diane Dixon","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae061","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is assumed that increases in Covid-19 cases are caused by people not adhering to advised individual transmission-reducing behaviours. Upon the implementation of restrictions, the hypothesis is that those individuals will change their behaviour. We aimed to retrospectively explore adherence to physical distancing before and after restrictions (e.g., lockdowns) were implemented in a region of Scotland. We assessed adherence, intention, and self-efficacy to physical distancing in a series of cross-sectional telephone surveys of a representative sample of adults in Scotland. We included data from before regional restrictions and after restrictions and examined whether regions with and without restrictions differed in adherence. A total of 1724 Scottish adults (675 men, M age = 52.79 years, SD = 17.92) participated (879 (51.0%) pre-restriction, 466 (27.0%) from a restricted region). ANOVA showed that none of the main effects (for region or time) nor the interaction effect were significant. There was a main effect of time on self-efficacy, such that self-efficacy was lower post-restriction measures (M = 4.13, SD = 0.81) compared to pre-restriction time (M = 4.22, SD = 0.79). There was no evidence that adherence was weaker before restrictions were implemented in regions with higher case rates. Nor was there evidence that imposing restrictions increased adherence. In a future pandemic, it is advisable to assess behaviour and beliefs about Covid-19, risk, and behaviours on an ongoing basis and to use that as indicators of the need for intervention even before cases rates start to go up.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"732-737"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11587813/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630766","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}
Tatiana Perrino, Alyssa Lozano, Yannine Estrada, Maria I Tapia, C Hendricks Brown, Viviana E Horigian, William R Beardslee, Guillermo Prado
{"title":"Adaptation of an evidence-based, preventive intervention to promote mental health in Hispanic adolescents: eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health.","authors":"Tatiana Perrino, Alyssa Lozano, Yannine Estrada, Maria I Tapia, C Hendricks Brown, Viviana E Horigian, William R Beardslee, Guillermo Prado","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae056","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Youth internalizing symptoms (i.e., depression and anxiety), suicide ideation and attempts have been rising in recent years, including among Hispanics. Disparities in mental healthcare are concerning and require intervention, ideally prevention or early intervention. Familias Unidas is a culturally-syntonic, family-centered intervention effective in reducing youth drug use and sexual risk, with evidence of unanticipated effects on internalizing symptoms. This paper describes the systematic process used to adapt the eHealth version of the Familias Unidas intervention to more directly address internalizing symptoms and suicide risk in preparation for an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial for youth with elevated internalizing symptoms, a history of suicide ideation/attempts, or poor parent-youth communication. The resulting eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health intervention is described. Guided by a 4-phase framework, the steps in the adaptation process involved: assessment of the community and intervention delivery setting (pediatric primary care clinics); integration of previous intervention research, including intervention mechanisms of action; and expert and community consultation via focus groups. Focus group analyses showed that youth and parents perceived that the intervention was helpful. Their feedback was categorized into themes that were used to directly target mental health by addressing technology use, parent mental health, and social support. Effective and scalable preventive interventions are needed to address mental health disparities. The systematic adaptation process described in this paper is an efficient approach to expanding interventions while maintaining known, empirical and theoretical mechanisms of action. Findings from the ongoing effectiveness-implementation trial will be critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"713-721"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11587815/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511003","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}
Danielle R Adams, Heidi Allen, Ginger E Nicol, Leopoldo J Cabassa
{"title":"Moving psychedelic-assisted therapies from promising research into routine clinical practice: Lessons from the field of implementation science.","authors":"Danielle R Adams, Heidi Allen, Ginger E Nicol, Leopoldo J Cabassa","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae053","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychedelics (e.g., 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine [MDMA], lysergic acid diethylamide [LSD], psilocybin) are molecules that have the potential to produce rapid therapeutic effects when paired with psychotherapy. Randomized clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAT) have shown promising results for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and substance use disorders. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged the promise of PAT, signaling potential approval of psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression by 2026. Given this timeline, implementation scientists must engage with PAT researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to think critically about bringing these promising new treatments into routine practice settings while maintaining quality and safety. This commentary aims to initiate a dialogue between implementation scientists and PAT researchers and practitioners on addressing these questions with a lens toward equity. Specifically, we discuss how the field of implementation science can support PAT stakeholders to accelerate the translational process from research into practice, focusing specifically on safety-net settings (i.e., Federally Qualified Health Centers and Veterans Affairs health systems) that serve historically marginalized populations. We use the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) Framework to illustrate five critical areas where implementation science can help move PAT from research into real-world practice. For each RE-AIM dimension, we highlight ways the field of implementation science can contribute tools (e.g., implementation strategies), methodologies (e.g., pragmatic hybrid implementation-effectiveness trials), and approaches (community-based participatory research) for establishing the safety, effectiveness, and accessibility of PAT for historically underserved communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"744-752"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11587814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478122","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}
Wei Yi Kong, Jennifer Heisler-MacKinnon, Nul Loren Oh, Mary Catharine McKeithen, Samantha R Stalford, Meghan B Brennan, Christopher M Shea, Amy Liu, Nisha Gottfredson O'Shea, Sachiko Ozawa, Noel T Brewer, Melissa B Gilkey
{"title":"Identifying and supporting vaccine champions in pediatric primary care: a qualitative interview study.","authors":"Wei Yi Kong, Jennifer Heisler-MacKinnon, Nul Loren Oh, Mary Catharine McKeithen, Samantha R Stalford, Meghan B Brennan, Christopher M Shea, Amy Liu, Nisha Gottfredson O'Shea, Sachiko Ozawa, Noel T Brewer, Melissa B Gilkey","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae054","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Implementation science research identifies clinical champions as instrumental in aligning healthcare professionals' (HCPs) behavior with practice guidelines for delivering health services, including vaccinations. However, we know relatively little about identifying or supporting champions. To characterize who vaccine champions are, what they do, and how to support their work in pediatric primary care. In 2022, we interviewed a purposive sample of peer-nominated or self-identified vaccine champions (n=20) and HCPs who worked with vaccine champions (n=4). We thematically analyzed qualitative data. Vaccine champions' defining characteristics were firsthand primary care experience, whether as providers or nursing staff, and a strong belief in vaccinations as uniquely effective tools for primary prevention. Participants noted these beliefs were \"part of the DNA\" of specialties like pediatrics and infectious disease, where they perceived champions as especially common. Being \"insatiable in their quest for knowledge,\" champions primarily conceptualized their role as understanding and sharing complex information and performance metric data related to vaccine administration. Champions' role in leading other implementation strategies, such as communication training, was more peripheral. Champions reported that dedicated time and staff support helped them \"go above and beyond\" to improve vaccination rates. Our findings suggest that vaccine champions can be found among providers and nursing staff with deep clinical experience and commitment to primary prevention through vaccination, including through providing vaccine education to colleagues. Healthcare systems can allocate resources to support champions as educators, while exploring opportunities to extend their role in other implementation strategies to improve vaccination rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"722-731"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12104142/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478120","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}
Florine Ndakuya-Fitzgerald, Amy Farkas, Alexa A Lopez, Jeff Whittle, Kristin O Haeger, Qiyan Mu
{"title":"Maternity care coordinator's experiences at the department of Veteran Affairs.","authors":"Florine Ndakuya-Fitzgerald, Amy Farkas, Alexa A Lopez, Jeff Whittle, Kristin O Haeger, Qiyan Mu","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae052","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides maternity care by paying for Veterans to receive pregnancy-related care in community settings and by utilizing maternity care coordinators (MCCs) at each medical facility. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to understand the MCC's experiences performing their role across VA facilities. Thirty MCCs were recruited and interviewed virtually using Microsoft Teams. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Using thematic analysis, transcripts were coded, and themes were derived. MCC's roles include being a liaison, care coordinator, and supporter. MCCs improve Veterans' care during pregnancy and postpartum by education, monitoring health status, and connecting Veterans to providers within VA and the community. Across VA facilities, there was variation in how MCCs engaged with Veterans and in the services provided. A challenge shared was the lack of dedicated time to the role. In the VA, MCCs are valuable in ensuring high-quality care coordination of pregnant/postpartum Veterans despite the fragmentation of care between VA and community providers. To improve inconsistencies in how the MCC program is implemented, systematic strategies such as ensuring dedicated time are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"684-691"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478121","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}
Borsika A Rabin, Justin D Smith, Emily V Dressler, Deborah J Cohen, Rebekka M Lee, Melody S Goodman, Heather D'Angelo, Wynne E Norton, April Y Oh
{"title":"Designing for data sharing: Considerations for advancing health equity in data management and dissemination.","authors":"Borsika A Rabin, Justin D Smith, Emily V Dressler, Deborah J Cohen, Rebekka M Lee, Melody S Goodman, Heather D'Angelo, Wynne E Norton, April Y Oh","doi":"10.1093/tbm/ibae049","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tbm/ibae049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data sharing, the act of making scientific research data available to others, can accelerate innovation and discoveries, and ultimately enhance public health. The National Cancer Institute Implementation Science Centers in Cancer Control convened a diverse group of research scientists, practitioners, and community partners in three interactive workshops (May-June 2022) to identify and discuss factors that must be considered when designing research for equitable data sharing with a specific emphasis on implementation science and social, behavioral, and population health research. This group identified and operationalized a set of seven key considerations for equitable data sharing-conceptualized as an inclusive process that fairly includes the perspectives and priorities of all partners involved in and impacted by data sharing, with consideration of ethics, history, and benefits-that were integrated into a framework. Key data-sharing components particularly important for health equity included: elevating data sharing into a core research activity, incorporating diverse perspectives, and meaningfully engaging partners in data-sharing decisions throughout the project lifecycle. As the process of data sharing grows in research, it is critical to continue considering the potential positive and adverse impact of data sharing on diverse beneficiaries of health data and research.</p>","PeriodicalId":48679,"journal":{"name":"Translational Behavioral Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"637-642"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11568841/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356419","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}