Mary Ellen Grap, Heather C Hamner, Carrie Dooyema, Adi Noiman, Sohyun Park
{"title":"Factors Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among Young Children - United States, 2021.","authors":"Mary Ellen Grap, Heather C Hamner, Carrie Dooyema, Adi Noiman, Sohyun Park","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.230354","DOIUrl":"10.5888/pcd21.230354","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Because limited data exist about factors related to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake among younger children, we investigated factors associated with SSB intake among US children aged 1 to 5 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined SSB intake (0, 1-3, or ≥4 times/week) by using data from the 2021 National Survey of Children's Health. We performed a multinomial logistic regression to calculate adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for select sociodemographic and household factors associated with moderate (1-3 times/week) and high (≥4 times/week) SSB intake.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 36% of children consumed SSBs 1 to 3 times/week and 21% consumed 4 or more times/week. Both moderate and high SSB intake were associated with child's age, child's race and ethnicity, highest caregiver education level, household income, primary household language, and frequency of family meals. For example, children who lived in households with caregiver education level of high school graduate or less were significantly more likely to have moderate (aOR, 2.06) and high (aOR, 2.81) SSB intake than those who lived in households with caregiver education level of college degree or higher. High SSB intake was also associated with marginal household food sufficiency, nonmetropolitan statistical area status, and receipt of government food benefits.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Several sociodemographic and household factors were significantly associated with SSB intake among children aged 1 to 5 years. Public health initiatives designed to address SSB intake among young children in various settings including pediatric health care, early care and education, and the child's home could consider key associated factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10962274/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186345","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}
Jennifer L Wiltz, Brian Lee, Rachel Kaufmann, Timothy J Carney, Kailah Davis, Peter A Briss
{"title":"Modernizing CDC's Practices and Culture for Better Data Sharing, Impact, and Transparency.","authors":"Jennifer L Wiltz, Brian Lee, Rachel Kaufmann, Timothy J Carney, Kailah Davis, Peter A Briss","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.230200","DOIUrl":"10.5888/pcd21.230200","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10962273/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186346","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}
{"title":"Exposure Among Middle and High School Students to Warning Labels on E-Cigarette Packages Before and After an FDA Requirement, 2018-2019","authors":"Kimberly Snyder","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.220411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd21.220411","url":null,"abstract":"Beginning August 10, 2018, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule required all e-cigarette packages to have a health warning. We examined exposure among middle and high school students to e-cigarette warnings before and after the compliance date of the FDA’s deeming rule, a rule allowing the FDA to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars, and other products.","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140125213","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}
Michelle Wood, Brenda Robles, Jacqueline Beltran, Tony Kuo
{"title":"Integrating Healthy Nutrition Standards and Practices Into Food Service Contracting in a Large US County Government.","authors":"Michelle Wood, Brenda Robles, Jacqueline Beltran, Tony Kuo","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.230220","DOIUrl":"10.5888/pcd21.230220","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose and objectives: </strong>Although considered a promising model of practice, integrating healthy nutrition standards and practices into a large county government's contracting process with food vendors has not been widely described in empirical literature. We conducted an implementation evaluation project to address this gap.</p><p><strong>Intervention approach: </strong>County of Los Angeles food vendors provide food or meals annually to more than 100,000 employees and millions of clients and visitors. In 2011, the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors adopted a policy to integrate healthy nutrition standards and practices into its requests for proposals (RFPs) and contracting process with food vendors. The policy required all contracts awarded to adhere to these new standards.</p><p><strong>Evaluation methods: </strong>In 2011, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) began reviewing RFPs for food services for county departments that procured, served, or sold food. From 2011 through 2021, DPH applied a 4-pronged formative-evaluative approach to help county departments implement the Board of Supervisors policy and ensure that nutritional requirements were appropriately integrated into all RFPs for new and renewing contracts with food vendors. We focused our evaluation on understanding the process and tracking the progress of this policy intervention. Our evaluation included 13 key informant interviews, a 2-part survey, reviews of contract data, and synthesis of lessons learned.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on reviews and subsequent actions taken on more than 20 RFPs, DPH successfully assisted 7 county departments to incorporate healthy nutrition standards and practices into their food vendor contracts. Implementation of the food policy encountered several challenges, including staffing and training constraints and a limited infrastructure. An iterative approach to program improvement facilitated the process.</p><p><strong>Implications for public health: </strong>Although the model for integrating healthy nutrition standards and practices into a government contracting process is promising, more work is needed to make it less resource-intensive and to increase user buy-in.</p>","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10944636/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140061204","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}
Gabriel A Benavidez, Whitney E Zahnd, Peiyin Hung, Jan M Eberth
{"title":"Chronic Disease Prevalence in the US: Sociodemographic and Geographic Variations by Zip Code Tabulation Area.","authors":"Gabriel A Benavidez, Whitney E Zahnd, Peiyin Hung, Jan M Eberth","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.230267","DOIUrl":"10.5888/pcd21.230267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>We examined the geographic distribution and sociodemographic and economic characteristics of chronic disease prevalence in the US. Understanding disease prevalence and its impact on communities is crucial for effective public health interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data came from the American Community Survey, the American Hospital Association Survey, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PLACES. We used quartile thresholds for 10 chronic diseases to assess chronic disease prevalence by Zip Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs). ZCTAs were scored from 0 to 20 based on their chronic disease prevalence quartile. Three prevalence categories were established: least prevalent (score ≤6), moderately prevalent (score 7-13), and highest prevalence (score ≥14). Community characteristics were compared across categories and spatial analyses to identify clusters of ZCTAs with high disease prevalence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our study showed a high prevalence of chronic disease in the southeastern region of the US. Populations in ZCTAs with the highest prevalence showed significantly greater socioeconomic disadvantages (ie, lower household income, lower home value, lower educational attainment, and higher uninsured rates) and barriers to health care access (lower percentage of car ownership and longer travel distances to hospital-based intensive care units, emergency departments, federally qualified health centers, and pharmacies) compared with ZCTAs with the lowest prevalence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Socioeconomic disparities and health care access should be addressed in communities with high chronic disease prevalence. Carefully directed resource allocation and interventions are necessary to reduce the effects of chronic disease on these communities. Policy makers and clinicians should prioritize efforts to reduce chronic disease prevalence and improve the overall health and well-being of affected communities throughout the US.</p>","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10944638/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139998160","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}
{"title":"Empowering Communities of Color for Environmental Health and Justice: The Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling in Los Angeles Case.","authors":"Jason A Douglas","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.230248","DOIUrl":"10.5888/pcd21.230248","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10890355/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139934072","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}
{"title":"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Use of Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Adults With Chronic Medical Conditions: BRFSS 2012-2020","authors":"Maira A. Castañeda-Avila","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.230257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd21.230257","url":null,"abstract":"People with chronic conditions and people with colorectal cancer (CRC) may share common risk factors; thus, CRC screening is important for people with chronic conditions. We examined racial and ethnic differences in the use of CRC screening among people with various numbers of chronic conditions.","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139926809","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}
Claire Townsend Ing, Hyeong Jun Ahn, Mapuana C K Antonio, Adrienne Y Dillard, Bridget Puni Kekauoha, Kevin Cassel, Scott Abrigo, Michelle Kauhane, Melody S Halzel, Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula
{"title":"Neighborhood-Level Stressors and Individual-Level Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Native Hawaiians: a Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Claire Townsend Ing, Hyeong Jun Ahn, Mapuana C K Antonio, Adrienne Y Dillard, Bridget Puni Kekauoha, Kevin Cassel, Scott Abrigo, Michelle Kauhane, Melody S Halzel, Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.220341","DOIUrl":"10.5888/pcd21.220341","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Native Hawaiian people have higher rates of illness and death related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) than non-Hispanic White people. Research in other populations has shown that individual-level CVD risk factors (ie, high-fat diet, physical inactivity, obesity, and tobacco use) are associated with neighborhood characteristics (ie, social cohesion, walkability, availability of healthy food, and safety). This association has yet to be examined among Native Hawaiians.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional survey of community-dwelling Native Hawaiian people in 2020. Three multiple regression models and 1 logistic regression model were assessed. Each model included individual-level CVD risk factors, age, sex, education, income, and neighborhood characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The regression models for body mass index (BMI) and physical activity showed significant results. The BMI model (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.22, F = 4.81, P < .001) demonstrated that age, sex, education level, physical activity, and percentage of fat in the diet were significantly related to BMI. The availability of healthy foods had a significant, independent relationship with BMI (standardized β = -1.47, SE = 0.53, P = .01). The physical activity model (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.21, F = 4.46, P < .001) demonstrated that age, sex, education, and BMI were significantly related to physical activity. None of the neighborhood characteristics had significant, independent relationships to physical activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found that neighborhood-level factors improved the model's ability to explain variance in BMI. Efforts to decrease BMI would benefit from improving the availability of healthy foods in neighborhoods, a finding supported by research in other populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10870997/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139742665","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}
Yui Fujii, Taylor E Streeter, Linda Schieb, Michele Casper, Hilary K Wall
{"title":"Finding Optimal Locations for Implementing Innovative Hypertension Management Approaches Among African American Populations: Mapping Barbershops, Hair Salons, and Community Health Centers.","authors":"Yui Fujii, Taylor E Streeter, Linda Schieb, Michele Casper, Hilary K Wall","doi":"10.5888/pcd21.230329","DOIUrl":"10.5888/pcd21.230329","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51273,"journal":{"name":"Preventing Chronic Disease","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10870996/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139742664","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}