Addressing cost barriers to healthy eating with Eat Well, a prescription produce subsidy, for patients with diabetes and at risk for food insecurity: Study protocol for a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Background: Patients with diabetes at risk of food insecurity face cost barriers to healthy eating and, as a result, poor health outcomes. Population health management strategies are needed to improve food security in real-world health system settings. We seek to test the effect of a prescription produce program, 'Eat Well' on cardiometabolic health and healthcare utilization.

Patient Perceived Quality of Virtual Group Contraception Counseling.

Introduction: The study examines the feasibility, quality of counseling, and knowledge after a virtual Group Contraception Counseling (GCC) session.

Methods: At an urban academic hospital, we recruited English-speaking pregnant women aged 15-49 who had access to a video-enabled electronic device. Participants engaged in a standardized 45-minute educational session about contraceptive methods in groups of two to five persons conducted over a video conferencing platform.

Effect of influenza vaccination on resting metabolic rate and c-reactive protein concentrations in healthy young adults.

Objectives: Chronic immune activation and severe inflammatory states are positively associated with resting metabolic rate (RMR; kcal/day), but the impacts of mild immune stimuli on metabolism are poorly understood. This study investigates the within-individual association between the inflammatory response to influenza vaccination and RMR in young adults.

Methods: We evaluated RMRs through indirect calorimetry and circulating c-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations (mg/L)-a direct measure of inflammation-via high-sensitivity immunoassays of dried blood spots (n = 17) at baseline and two- and seven-days post-vaccine.

Early vs Interval Postpartum Intrauterine Device Placement: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: The early postpartum period, 2 to 4 weeks after birth, may be a convenient time for intrauterine device (IUD) placement; the placement could then coincide with early postpartum or well-baby visits.

Objective: To determine expulsion rates for IUDs placed early postpartum compared with those placed at the standard interval 6-week visit.

Design, Setting, And Participants: In this randomized noninferiority trial, people who had a vaginal or cesarean birth were randomly assigned to undergo early (14-28 days) or interval (42-56 days) postpartum IUD placement.

The effect of Illinois Medicaid coverage of induced abortion on patient access at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Objectives: Beginning January 1, 2018, Illinois House Bill 40 (HB40) requires Medicaid coverage of induced abortion. The objective of this study was to describe the impact of HB40 on gestational age at time of induced abortion at a single academic medical center in Chicago, IL.

Study Design: We used Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to identify patients who induced abortion one year before (2016) and one year immediately after (2018) HB40 implementation.