A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally Adapted, Community-Based, Remotely Delivered Mindfulness Program for Latinx Patients With Breast Cancer is Acceptable and Feasible While Reducing Anxiety.

Background/objective: Few Spanish mindfulness interventions have been evaluated in Latinx patients with cancer. We culturally adapted a mindfulness intervention for Spanish speaking Latinx patients. The objective was to measure feasibility and acceptability as primary outcomes, with changes in anxiety, depression, and sleep as secondary outcomes.

Accessing behavioral health care during COVID: rapid transition from in-person to teleconferencing medical group visits.

Background And Aim: Effective and safe behavioral health interventions in primary care are critical during pandemic and other disaster situations. California shelter-in-place orders necessitated rapid transition of an effective mindfulness-based medical group visit (MGV) program from in-person to videoconferenced sessions (VCSs). Aim: to Describe procedures, acceptability, and feasibility of converting from in-person to VCS.

Completion Rate and Side-Effect Profile of Three-Month Isoniazid and Rifapentine Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in an Urban County Jail.

In an urban jail population, 3 months of isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) was associated with an 85% latent tuberculosis infection treatment completion rate compared with 18% in a standard 9-month isoniazid treatment group. Among the 91 patients who started 3HP therapy, there were 2 treatment discontinuations from adverse drug reactions.

Factors affecting follow-up among low-income women with breast abnormalities.

Purpose: To assess factors affecting follow-up care among low-income women after identification of a breast abnormality.

Methods: Women with a newly discovered breast abnormality were selected from one public hospital and two comprehensive health centers (CHCs) in Los Angeles county. Twelve months later, a telephone survey and medical chart review were conducted.

Smoking cessation counseling with young patients: the practices of family physicians and pediatricians.

Objective: To investigate family physicians' and pediatricians' practice of and perceived barriers to smoking cessation counseling among patients 18 years and younger.

Design: Cross-sectional mail survey conducted between November 1, 1997, and January 31, 1998.

Participants: A stratified random sample selected from the 1997 American Medical Association Physician Masterfile of 1000 family physicians and pediatricians who practice in urban California, work at least 10% of the time in ambulatory care, and have at least 10% of patients 18 years and younger.