J Public Health Manag Pract
January 2025
Context: Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) are innovative, promising models that integrate legal service providers and medical professionals to prevent, detect, and address legal, social, and economic needs arising from social inequities that may negatively impact health. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted health care systems across the United States. MLP workflows and legal services were also interrupted by COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures such as no-visitor policies, social distancing, and the cancellation of non-emergent or routine health care services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHispanic/Latino individuals across the lifespan generally do not engage in enough physical activity. Intergenerational programming is an innovative solution that could improve opportunities for physical activity across the lifespan in a culturally relevant manner; however, few studies have explored perceptions of intergenerational physical activity programming among Hispanic/Latino communities. This pre-implementation study aimed to: (a) explore the perceived benefits, barriers, and facilitators of physical activity among an intergenerational sample of Hispanic/Latino community members and stakeholders and (b) assess interest in intergenerational physical activity programming.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study explored Hispanic/Latino aging adults' interest in and preferences for intergenerational physical activity programming. We used an exploratory sequential (Qual-QUAN) mixed methods design consisting of three focus groups ( = 13 participants; age = 62.5 years old) and a quantitative survey ( = 105 participants; age = 57.
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