Effectively engaging faith-based leaders on syringe services programs: U.S. pastors' knowledge, perceptions, and questions.

Objective: To identify faith-based leaders' (FBLs') knowledge, perceptions, and questions about syringe services programs (SSPs).

Methods: We conducted a one-time, national online survey of 461 Christian FBLs August-September 2022.

Results: 56% of FBLs agreed they support having SSPs in their communities; only 7% strongly disagreed.

Communicating Effectively With People Experiencing Homelessness to Prevent Infectious Diseases.

Background: People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are disproportionately affected by many infectious diseases, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, communication efforts during public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic often do not consider the unique needs of PEH. We examined how PEH seek and receive health information and how traditional health communication methods resonate with them.

New insights into diabetes burnout and its distinction from diabetes distress and depressive symptoms: A qualitative study.

Aims: This study aimed to corroborate the main hypotetized dimensions of diabetes burnout, and its distinction from diabetes distress and depressive symptoms among adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was employed to collect data from 31 eligible participants using semi-structured individual phone interviews. Participants were recruited through purposive sampling among a larger sample of adults with T1D in a previous study.

I don't have the choice to burnout; experiences of parents of children with type 1 diabetes.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to explore the description of diabetes burnout in parents of children with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Background: Parents of children with T1D struggle to balance diabetes management and typical parenting challenges, which may lead to diabetes burnout. Although diabetes burnout is a familiar concept in public forum and diabetes literature, science on diabetes burnout in parents is lacking.

Burnout, distress, and depressive symptoms in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Introduction: We identified established scales and subscales related to the hypostatized dimensions of diabetes burnout (exhaustion, detachment, powerlessness) emerging from our preliminary qualitative studies, and examined the relationship of diabetes burnout with diabetes distress, depressive symptoms, and diabetes outcomes.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, adults with type 1 diabetes (n = 111) completed an online survey including measures of diabetes distress, depressive symptoms, and proposed measures of diabetes burnout. Participants also answered questions related to diabetes outcomes (i.

CE: Original Research: Experiences of Diabetes Burnout: A Qualitative Study Among People with Type 1 Diabetes.

Background: People with type 1 diabetes are at increased risk for diabetes burnout, resulting in suboptimal diabetes care and quality of life. While the existence of diabetes burnout is widely acknowledged, there is no evidence-based definition, means of measurement, or interventions to address it.

Objective: This study was aimed at increasing our understanding of the lived experiences of diabetes burnout among adults with type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes detachment: How cultural, contextual, and personal barriers influence low-income young women with diabetes in Appalachia.

Aim: This study explored the experiences of young low-income women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Appalachia, Tennessee.

Background: Diabetes care remains suboptimal across the United States particularly in underserved communities.

Methods: The study employed a descriptive qualitative case study collecting data using in-depth interview of a group of low-income women in their 20s with T2D.

Young Women's Perceptions Regarding Communication with Healthcare Providers About Breast Cancer, Risk, and Prevention.

Background: Women younger than 45 years old have lower rates of breast cancer, but higher risk of recurrence and mortality after a cancer diagnosis. African American women are at risk for early onset and increased mortality; Ashkenazi Jewish women are at risk for genetic mutations leading to breast and ovarian cancer. Although younger women are encouraged to talk to doctors about their family history, little is known about these discussions.