Massachusetts' Parental Consent Law and Procedural Timing Among Adolescents Undergoing Abortion.

Objective: To describe individual-level delay in obtaining abortion associated with use of the Massachusetts judicial bypass system, which legal minors (aged 17 years or younger) use to obtain abortion without consent of a parent or legal guardian in the setting of Massachusetts' parental consent law for abortion.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2,026 abortions among minors at a large, statewide network of abortion clinics between 2010 and 2016. Delay was defined as the number of calendar days between the minor's first call to the clinic to schedule an abortion, and the day the abortion was received.

"She Gave Me the Confidence to Open Up": Bridging Communication by Promotoras in a Childhood Obesity Intervention for Latino Families.

Childhood obesity is a public health threat that disproportionally affects Latino youth in the United States. Active and Healthy Families (AHF) is a culturally tailored, family-based program for addressing obesity disparities in a predominantly immigrant Latino population. AHF was the first primary care, culturally tailored intervention for Latino children to significantly reduce BMI in a randomized controlled trial.

Lessons Learned: A Strategic Alliance to Improve Elementary Physical Education in an Urban School District.

Background: Physical education (PE) can help to achieve important public health goals, but is often under-prioritized and lacking in schools.

Objectives: To detail the actions, impact, and successes of a strategic alliance formed by three collaborating organizations to improve PE in a large California school district.

Methods: Semistructured interviews with alliance members, principals, and teachers in 20 elementary schools, 3 years after the alliance formation.

Active and Healthy Families: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally Tailored Obesity Intervention for Latino Children.

Objective: There is a critical need for culturally relevant interventions to address obesity among Latino children, who have a greater risk of obesity and diabetes than non-Hispanic white children. To test the impact of a family-centered, culturally tailored obesity intervention delivered through group medical appointments on body mass index (BMI) and other measures of cardiovascular risk among Latino children.

Methods: In a randomized controlled trial, 55 parent-child dyads were assigned to Active and Healthy Families (AHF) or a usual care wait-list control condition.