Advanced Child Tax Credit Monthly Payments and Substance Use Among US Parents.

Importance: 2021 Advance child tax credit (ACTC) monthly payments were associated with reduced US child poverty rates; however, policymakers have expressed concerns that permanent adoption would increase parental substance use.

Objective: To assess whether 2021 ACTC monthly payments were temporally associated with changes in substance use among parents compared with adults without children.

Design, Setting, And Participants: The primary sample included adults aged 18 to 64 years who responded to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2021.

Associations Between Telemedicine Use Barriers, Organizational Factors, and Physician Perceptions of Care Quality.

Evaluating physician perceptions of telemedicine use and its impact on care quality among physician providers is critical to sustaining telemedicine programs, given the uncertainty of reimbursement policy, preferences, inadequate training, and technical difficulties. Physicians reported technical barriers to effectively practicing integrated medicine using telemedicine as patient volumes increased during the pandemic. The objective of this work was to examine whether perceived practice barriers and facilitators were associated with physician respondents' perceptions of telemedicine care quality compared with in-person care.

State Minimum Wage Increases As a Potential Policy Lever to Reduce Black-White Disparities in Hypertension.

Introduction: Black adults are disproportionately burdened by hypertension. Income inequality is associated with elevated risk of hypertension. Minimum wage increases have been explored as a potential policy lever to address the disparate impact of hypertension on this population.

The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Black-White Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of mortality among U.S. adults, especially low-income and uninsured adults.

Visual Impairment and Self-Efficacy in Diabetes Management.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between visual impairment and diabetes management self-efficacy.

Methods: The present study utilized pooled cross-sectional data (2008-2018) from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component and Diabetes Care Survey. Binary and generalized ordinal logit regression models were used to compare diabetes management self-efficacy between patients with and without visual impairments.

Patient need and provider referrals to diabetes self-management education.

Objectives: This study measured the likelihood of adult patients with diabetes being referred to diabetes self-management education (DSME) when "in need" according to clinical guidelines and identified which types of clinical need predict a greater likelihood of provider referral to DSME.

Study Design: This repeated cross-sectional analysis utilized patient electronic health records (EHRs) and a statewide health information exchange database to examine a 7-year panel (2010-2016) of adult patients with diabetes. Our analytic sample included 8782 adult patients with diabetes with a total of 356,631 encounters.

Mandated Benefits for Diabetes Education and the Availability of Accredited Programs and Certified Diabetes Educators.

States have the latitude to mandate coverage of diabetes self-management education (DSME) services for privately insured and Medicaid patients. The impact of these mandates on the supply of DSME resources is unknown. This study compared changes in the supply of DSME programs and program sites accredited by the American Association for Diabetes Educators (AADE) and certified diabetes educators (CDE) between states that did and did not mandate benefits for DSME.

The Association Between State-Level Health Information Exchange Laws and Hospital Participation in Community Health Information Organizations.

Evidence suggests that health information exchange (HIE) is an effective strategy to improve efficiency and quality of care, as well as reduce costs. A complex patchwork of federal and state legislation has developed over time to encourage HIE activity. Hospitals and health systems have adopted various HIE models to meet the requirements of these statutes and regulations.

Graduation and Academic Placement of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minority Doctoral Recipients in Public Health Disciplines, United States, 2003-2015.

Objectives: Given public health's emphasis on health disparities in underrepresented racial/ethnic minority communities, having a racially and ethnically diverse faculty is important to ensure adequate public health training. We examined trends in the number of underrepresented racial/ethnic minority (ie, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) doctoral graduates from public health fields and determined the proportion of persons from underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups who entered academia.

Methods: We analyzed repeated cross-sectional data from restricted files collected by the National Science Foundation on doctoral graduates from US institutions during 2003-2015.

Employment Trends Among Public Health Doctoral Recipients, 2003-2015.

Objectives: To examine postgraduation employment trends among graduates of doctoral programs in public health from 2003 to 2015.

Methods: We analyzed pooled cross-sectional data from a census of graduates receiving a research doctorate from US accredited institutions. The outcome of interest was employment status.

Pain clinic definitions in the medical literature and U.S. state laws: an integrative systematic review and comparison.

Background: In response to widespread opioid misuse, ten U.S. states have implemented regulations for facilities that primarily manage and treat chronic pain, called "pain clinics.

Interdisciplinary Dissertation Research Among Public Health Doctoral Trainees, 2003-2015.

Objectives: Given the call for more interdisciplinary research in public health, the objectives of this study were to (1) examine the correlates of interdisciplinary dissertation completion and (2) identify secondary fields most common among interdisciplinary public health graduates.

Methods: We analyzed pooled cross-sectional data from 11 120 doctoral graduates in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2003-2015. The primary outcome was interdisciplinary dissertation completion.

Developing a Multiple Caregiver Group for Caregivers of Adolescents With Disruptive Behaviors.

This article describes the development of a 6-week multiple caregiver group intervention for primary caregivers of adolescents diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder in low-income African American families. The intervention is aimed at increasing the primary caregivers' self-efficacy in managing interactions within the family and especially with child serving educational, mental health, juvenile justice, and child welfare systems. Development of the intervention involved seven iterative activities performed in a collaborative effort between an interdisciplinary academic team, community engagement specialists, members of the targeted population, and clinical partners from a large public mental health system.