Using Quality Improvement to Expand and Align State Public Health Long-Term Follow-up Data Collection Across Newborn Screening Conditions.

Context: Despite the undeniable success of newborn screening (NBS), numerous barriers exist regarding long-term follow-up (LTFU) of children with conditions included in NBS. Furthermore, there is a focus on condition-specific follow-up with no national guidelines for standard quality measures collected by state public health LTFU programs.

Program: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Longitudinal Follow-up for NBS.

Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research cancer prevention guidelines and colorectal cancer incidence among African Americans and whites: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

Background: Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF)/American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) cancer prevention recommendations is associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in whites, but only 1 previous study has reported on this link in African Americans. This study assessed the association between the 2018 WCRF/AICR guidelines and CRC incidence in African Americans (26.5%) and whites (73.