Assessing burnout among early career faculty in US dental schools.

Background: Burnout is a condition characterized by emotional exhaustion, low personal accomplishment, and feelings of depersonalization that may evolve as a result of chronic occupational stress. Our goal for the study was to measure the degree of burnout among US dental school faculty with less than 10 years in academia.

Materials And Methods: A mixed method approach to data collection was utilized for the study and included: A.

Encouraging and Reinforcing Safe Breastfeeding Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Aim: Promote safe breastfeeding during the pandemic.

Methods: All participants were encouraged to request safe breastfeeding education from their prenatal provider. Pregnant mothers received appropriate breastfeeding and COVID-19 safe breastfeeding education in line with the CDC's COVID-19 breastfeeding guidelines.

Food Insecurity in Nashville, Davidson County.

Our project examined the severity of food insecurity, the interrelatedness of social determinants of health, and how physicians and a local branch of a national non-profit are addressing food insecurity. Through surveying food bank clientele, our outcomes highlight the community health needs of the greater Nashville area.

Implementing and evaluating a community-based, inter-institutional, interprofessional education pilot programme.

Many health professions programmes have begun integrating interprofessional learning into their curricula; however, community-based interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives are relatively scarce. The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance IPE Faculty Collaborative, comprised of faculty from five institutions, developed a community-based IPE programme that allowed students to engage in meaningful interprofessional activities while exposing them to social determinants of health. Thirty students from ten professions were divided into six teams and paired with three community organisations.

The social context of cardiovascular disease: challenges and opportunities for the Jackson Heart Study.

African Americans have higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than Whites and the racial gap in heart disease is widening over time. There are especially striking patterns of the earlier onset of disease, greater severity of illness and large racial differences in CVD even when Blacks and Whites are compared at the same level of economic status. This paper outlines critical research opportunities for the Jackson Heart Study to advance the science base for understanding and effectively addressing racial disparities in CVD.

Race, socioeconomic status, and health: complexities, ongoing challenges, and research opportunities.

This paper provides an overview of racial variations in health and shows that differences in socioeconomic status (SES) across racial groups are a major contributor to racial disparities in health. However, race reflects multiple dimensions of social inequality and individual and household indicators of SES capture relevant but limited aspects of this phenomenon. Research is needed that will comprehensively characterize the critical pathogenic features of social environments and identify how they combine with each other to affect health over the life course.