Publications by authors named "J Litt"

Background: Loneliness, a major public health concern, could be alleviated through social interventions with nature contact as a primary component. "Friends in Nature" is a complex nature-based social intervention designed to be implemented as part of "Reimagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces" (RECETAS). This project aims to alleviate loneliness and promote health-related quality of life in six different geographic areas worldwide.

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This review of the history of neonatal follow-up identifies the challenges, inequity in access to care and the inequity in care delivery. It also reviews the outcomes of prematurity with a focus on common outcomes and those outcomes identified by parents as important. It assimilates the evidence around various models of care to model a program that provides care in all environments (rural and urban), leveraging local resources in collaboration with academic centers to provide greater equity in care delivery and an emphasis on function, rather than data collection.

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Article Synopsis
  • Preterm birth (PTB) is linked to serious health issues and is influenced by racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities, particularly due to structural racism and neighborhood factors.
  • The Boston Birth Cohort study examined PTB among high-risk birthing people between 2000 and 2018 and found that neighborhoods accounted for only 3% of PTB risk variability, with individual factors like previous PTB history playing a more significant role.
  • The study suggests that focusing on individual-level interventions, rather than broad neighborhood policies, might be more effective in addressing PTB issues among high-risk groups.
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