Development of a National Dietary Behaviors Questionnaire for EFNEP Adult Participants.

Objective: Develop and establish the reliability and validity of dietary behavior evaluation questions for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).

Design: A mixed-methods study using cognitive interviews, expert panels, test/retest reliability, and pretests/posttests.

Setting: 14 states across the US.

Methodology for Developing a New EFNEP Food and Physical Activity Behaviors Questionnaire.

Objective: Research methods are described for developing a food and physical activity behaviors questionnaire for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), a US Department of Agriculture nutrition education program serving low-income families.

Design: Mixed-methods observational study. The questionnaire will include 5 domains: (1) diet quality, (2) physical activity, (3) food safety, (4) food security, and (5) food resource management.

Nutrition Content in a National Nutrition Education Program for Low-Income Adults: Content Analysis and Comparison With the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The purpose of this study was to identify nutrition-related content employed nationally by the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) with adult participants. A content analysis was used to assess the type, frequency, and depth of nutrition content in adult curricula most used by EFNEP nationally compared with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010 DGA). All EFNEP curricula reviewed employed the vast majority of the 2010 DGA nutrition recommendations, with differences in the frequency and depth of nutrition content.

Thromboelastography Identifies Cyclic Haemostatic Variations in Healthy Women Using Oral Contraceptives.

Using thromboelastography (TEG) and standard laboratory haemostatic tests we examined the influence of the menstrual cycle and monophasic oral contraceptive (OC) use on haemostasis in healthy women. Tests were performed on citrated whole-blood and plasma (respectively) collected from 33 healthy non-pregnant women (18 non-OC users and 15 OC users) during menses, the follicular phase and the luteal phase of non-OC users, and the placebo, early-medicated phase, and late-medicated phase of OC users. Results for various coagulation parameters determined by TEG and standard laboratory haemostatic tests were compared within and between groups.

Hospital practices that increase breastfeeding duration: results from a population-based study.

Background: A high percentage (83%) of mothers in Colorado initiate breastfeeding; but in keeping with national breastfeeding trends, many of them discontinue breastfeeding within the first few months. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of hospital practices on breastfeeding duration and whether the effects differed based on maternal socioeconomic status.

Methods: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data were used to calculate breastfeeding duration rates for all Colorado mothers in 2002 to 2003.

Reducing low birthweight by resolving risks: results from Colorado's prenatal plus program.

Objectives: We examined low-birthweight (LBW) rates among participants in Colorado's Prenatal Plus program by prenatal risk factors (smoking, inadequate weight gain during pregnancy, and psychosocial problems) and the effect of successful resolution of these risks during pregnancy.

Methods: Data for 3569 Medicaid-eligible women who received care coordination, nutritional counseling, or psychosocial counseling through the Prenatal Plus Program in 2002 were analyzed to determine the prevalence of specific risks, the proportion of women who resolved each specific risk, and the low birthweight rates for births to women who did and did not resolve risk. LBW rates were analyzed with chi(2) tests of significance.