Publications by authors named "N E TOMPKINS"

Public health practice continues to expand beyond traditional partners to increase reach and impact in communities. This is particularly important in rural communities, who face inequities in the social determinants of health and increased chronic disease burden. However, the capacity for non-traditional community organizations to understand and implement public health work varies widely.

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Gardening is associated with a wide array of health benefits. We describe the dissemination of a low-cost social media-based campaign (Grow This!), an intervention intended to reach novice gardeners and which combined elements of old (seeds) and new (Facebook) technology. Grow This! was implemented before (2018, 2019) and during (2020) the COVID pandemic, providing an interesting framework for understanding participants' motivations for gardening.

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Purpose And Objectives: This article describes the implementation and evaluation of a chronic disease mini-grant initiative, coordinated by a state health department in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. Braided funding from federal and state sources was used to build and implement the initiative.

Intervention Approach: Mini-grants, facilitated by five different facilitating organizations, were funded to promote implementation of policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes at the local level.

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Constant pressure pumps are an invaluable yet underutilized resource for microfluidic flow systems. In particular, constant pressure pumps are able to stabilize the fluid pressure in systems where the viscosity may change due to chemical reactions or the flow rate may vary due to deformations of the channels. The constant pressure pump presented here is designed on the premise of creating and maintaining a pressure differential between the laboratory and a pressure reservoir.

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Background: Rural environments present many barriers to regular physical activity (PA), and residents who live in these communities are at higher risk for a variety of health issues.

Objectives: We used community-based participatory research (CBPR) to guide the development of project interventions and enhance partnerships within the communities.

Methods: University-community partnerships, including Extension professionals, were used to gather data from twenty key informants in two West Virginia counties.

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