Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes in Child Nutrition Programs: A Systematic Literature Review.

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides healthy food to millions of children annually. To promote increased lunch consumption, policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change strategies are being implemented in child nutrition programs. An evaluation of the current evidence supporting PSE interventions in school nutrition programs is needed to facilitate evidence-based practices across the nation for programs.

Evaluating a Campus Food Pantry's Potential Impact on Nutrition Security using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) Framework.

Background: Campus food pantries are uniquely positioned to promote health equity with the foods they make accessible to food-insecure students.

Objectives: This study assessed the implementation and effectiveness of a client-choice campus food pantry to understand its potential impact on nutrition security and to inform future implementation.

Methods: This observational study was designed using the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance framework, leveraging administrative data collected from a client-choice campus food pantry at a large Midwest university from August 2020 to May 2022.

The Role of Campus Food Pantries in the Food Security Safety Net: On-Going or Emergency Use at a Midwest Campus Pantry.

Food pantries are an integral part of the food security safety net and were designed to distribute emergency food to alleviate short-term hunger. Given many rely on assistance long-term, food pantries may no longer meet the nutritional needs of the typical food pantry user. Less is known about the extent college students use campus food pantries and whether they seek ongoing food support.

Persistent and Episodic Food Insecurity and Associated Coping Strategies Among College Students.

Objective: To determine the rates of episodic and persistent food insecurity among college students and whether coping strategies employed differs on the basis of food security status.

Design: Online cross-sectional survey administered in March 2021.

Setting: A large Midwestern university.

Etiology of Small Echogenic Renal Masses.

Objectives: There has been controversy on how frequently small echogenic masses are angiomyolipomas (AMLs) versus renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and how best to manage these echogenic masses. We performed this study to determine the etiologies of echogenic renal masses and compare them with prior publications to reach possible management decisions.

Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of all consecutive renal ultrasound examinations performed at our institution between January 2015 and December 2016, with an ultrasound report finding containing the wording "echogenic" and "mass.

The Influence of Hospital Urbanicity on Mortality in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure: A National Cohort Retrospective Analysis.

Background: The primary objective of this study was to employ a national database to evaluate the association of hospital urbanicity, urban versus rural, on mortality and length of hospital stay in patients hospitalized with acute respiratory failure.

Methods: We used the 2014 National Inpatient Sample database to evaluate the association of hospital urbanicity with (1) mortality and (2) prolonged hospital stay, defined as ≥ 75th percentile of the study population. We conducted a mixed-effects logistic regression analysis adjusting for sociodemographic variables and medical comorbidities.

Accuracy of focal cystic appearance within adrenal nodules on contrast-enhanced CT to distinguish pheochromocytoma and malignant adrenal tumors from adenomas.

Purpose: To determine the accuracy of cystic appearance within adrenal masses on contrast-enhanced CT in distinguishing pheochromocytomas and malignant adrenal tumors from adenomas.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of adult patients with pathologically proven adrenal tumors who underwent contrast-enhanced abdominal CT. There were 92 patients (mean age 64.

Demographic and clinical factors associated with same-day discharge and unplanned readmission following shoulder arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Same-day discharge, defined as discharge from the hospital within 24 h of surgery, has been shown to be safe for joint arthroplasty. We examined demographic and clinical factors associated with same-day discharge and unplanned readmission following shoulder arthroplasty in adult patients.

Methods: Utilizing data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database, we extracted information of all patients that underwent shoulder arthroplasty.

Rigid segmental cervical spine instrumentation is safe and efficacious in younger children.

Purpose: The utilization of cervical spine instrumentation in the young pediatric patient is not well reported. This study presents outcomes and complications of cervical spine instrumentation in patients who underwent cervical spine fusion surgery before age 10.

Methods: Radiographic and clinical data were collected on all patients who underwent cervical spine surgery with instrumentation at a single institution between January 1, 2006, and March 31, 2015.

Learning styles differ between senior dietetics students and dietetics faculty members.

This study examined learning styles of faculty members and senior students in coordinated programs in dietetics and compared learning styles by area of career expertise (faculty) or interest (students). Respondents included 108 faculty members and 324 students. The survey included a standardized Learning Styles Inventory and questions regarding demographics and career preferences.

Adult norms for a commercially available Nine Hole Peg Test for finger dexterity.

The Nine Hole Peg Test is commonly used by occupational therapists as a simple, quick assessment for finger dexterity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the interrater and test-retest reliability of the commercially available Smith & Nephew Rehabilitation Division version of the Nine Hole Peg Test, and to establish new adult norms for the Nine Hole Peg Test for finger dexterity utilizing this particular version. Two of the researchers established interrater and test-retest reliability by evaluating 25 occupational therapy student volunteers.