Rural maternal health interventions: A scoping review and implications for best practices.

Purpose: Maternal health outcomes in rural areas of the United States are persistently poor, with pregnant individuals in rural areas facing complex health care obstacles. Interventions adapted to the needs of rural patients are critical to mitigate worsening health disparities. To inform future efforts in this field, we conducted a scoping review, given the complex and diverse nature of existing interventions, to synthesize the literature on rural maternal health interventions, analyze mechanisms to improve care, and identify barriers and facilitators to intervention implementation.

Improving dissemination products and practices for community-based organisations serving LGBTQ+ communities in the USA: a thematic analysis.

Background: In the USA, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people report higher rates of tobacco use than non-LGBTQ+ people due to diverse factors, from anti-LGBTQ stigma to targeted marketing by the tobacco industry. There is an opportunity to support behavioural changes by delivering evidence-based health communication campaigns through community-based organisations (CBOs), but an insufficient evidence base and organisational resource restrictions limit this potential. Our previous research with CBO staff and leaders serving LGBTQ+ communities identified gaps in evidence-based campaigns, such as insufficient centering of LGBTQ+ communities in campaign development and execution.

Conformational Stability at Low Temperatures Using Single Protein Nanoaperture Optical Tweezers.

Nanoaperture optical tweezers allow for trapping single proteins and detecting their conformational changes without modifying the protein, i.e., being free from labels or tethers.

Methane emission reduction by adding sulfate to liquid dairy manure.

Dairy farmers are interested in reducing the carbon footprint of milk. Reducing methane (CH) emissions is a key part of this goal, and manure is a significant CH source. Technologies like anaerobic digesters for biogas production are effective; however, adoption rates are slowed by upfront costs and infrastructure needs.

Pharmacy harm reduction practices to help reduce opioid overdoses, Arizona 2023.

Background: Characterizing pharmacies based on their practices, community need for such practices and pharmacy type could advance pharmacy-based intervention precision to reinforce or increase pharmacy practices related to reducing opioid overdose deaths.

Objective: To measure a combination of 3 pharmacy practices focused on opioid overdose death reduction and explore whether there are discernable groupings related to practices, pharmacy characteristics, and community characteristics.

Methods: A telephone survey was conducted between August 1, 2023 and October 8, 2023 with the pharmacist on duty at 921 Arizona community pharmacies.