Planned Evaluation of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0.

Despite evidence that offering multidisciplinary treatment for children with obesity is effective, access to evidence-based pediatric weight management interventions (PWMIs) is limited. The PWMI is a multidisciplinary approach in primary care that improves BMI among children with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile. To describe the method by which we will evaluate the adoption, acceptability, and feasibility of integrating and implementing a multidisciplinary (HWC) into primary care.

Design and Approach of the Healthy Weight Clinic Pediatric Weight Management Intervention Package and Implementation: Massachusetts-CORD 3.0.

Although proven effective interventions for childhood obesity exist, there remains a substantial gap in the adoption of recommended practices by clinicians. The aims are to: (1) package implementation and training supports to facilitate the adoption of the evidence-based Pediatric Weight Management Intervention (PWMI) (based on three previous effectiveness trials); (2) pilot and evaluate the packaged PWMI; and (3) develop a sustainability and dissemination plan. We used the Consolidated Framework of Implementation Research constructs to create an Implementation Research Logic Model that defined the facilitators and barriers of the PWMI.

Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Mississippi Adults.

: Food insecurity is a public health problem. There is limited data on food insecurity in Mississippi. : We analyzed data from the 2015 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which included the Social Context Module for 5870 respondents.

Association Between Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Mississippi Adults.

Introduction: The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is linked to excessive weight gain, diabetes, and risk of cardiovascular disease. We examined the association between SSB consumption and sociodemographic characteristics among Mississippi adults.

Methods: We used data from the 2012 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which collected information on SSB consumption from 7,485 respondents.

Electronic Cigarette Use among Mississippi Adults, 2015.

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine in the form of aerosol. We identify differences and associations in e-cigarette use by sociodemographic characteristics and describe the reported reasons for initiating use among Mississippi adults. We used the 2015 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which collected information on e-cigarette use from 6,035 respondents.