Promoting Health Equity And Population Health: How Americans' Views Differ.

To increase understanding of what Americans think about personal and public health, a national survey of US adults was conducted in 2015-16 to develop a typology of values and beliefs. The survey was commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its Culture of Health initiative. Six specific population groupings, or segments, were identified.

Using a Toolbox of tailored educational lessons to improve fruit, vegetable, and physical activity behaviors among African American women in California.

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of the Fruit, Vegetable, and Physical Activity Toolbox for Community Educators (Toolbox), an intervention originally designed for Spanish- and English-speaking audiences, in changing knowledge, attitudes, and behavior among low-income African American women.

Design: Quasi-experimental design with treatment and control groups.

Setting: Four community-based organizations and direct health service provider sites.

Cigar and smokeless tobacco use in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual population.

Large population-based studies of alternative tobacco use in the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population are needed to more fully measure tobacco use outcomes. This descriptive study used standard measures of alternative tobacco use from two separate, statewide household-based studies to compare basic prevalence rates in the LGB population and the general population in California. A total of 1,950 adult lesbians, bisexual women, heterosexual women who have sex with women, gay men, bisexual men, and heterosexual men who have sex with men, all living in California, completed surveys between 2003 and 2004.

Disparities in smoking between the lesbian, gay, and bisexual population and the general population in California.

Objectives: We conducted a large, population-based study to assess tobacco use in California's lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population.

Methods: Standard measures of tobacco use from 2 separate, statewide household-based studies were used to compare basic prevalence rates in the LGB population and the general population in California. Data were derived from a 2003-2004 survey of LGB individuals living in California as well as from the 2002 version of the California Tobacco Survey, which gathered data on the state's general population.