Publications by authors named "R Rosenman"
Background: Prevention of alcohol-exposed pregnancy (AEP) involves reducing risky alcohol consumption among women at-risk for pregnancy, using effective contraception among women drinking at risky levels to prevent pregnancy, or both. This study presents the outcomes of a randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of Native CHOICES, a culturally tailored adaptation of the CHOICES intervention, among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women.
Methods: AI/AN women aged 18-44 who were at-risk for an AEP were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either the Native CHOICES intervention or a waitlist control group.
Background: The majority of recent estimates on the direct medical cost attributable to hospital-onset infections (HOIs) has focused on device- or procedure-associated HOIs. The attributable costs of HOIs that are not associated with device use or procedures have not been extensively studied.
Objective: We developed simulation models of attributable cost for 16 HOIs and estimated the total direct medical cost, including nondevice-related HOIs in the USA for 2011 and 2015.
Pilot study of a heart-healthy food box intervention for Native Americans with uncontrolled hypertension: methods and results from the Chickasaw Healthy Eating Environments Research Study.
Health Educ Res
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- This study assessed a culturally tailored food box program aimed at improving blood pressure, food security, and body mass index among Chickasaw Nation adults with high blood pressure.
- Conducted in four tribal communities, the intervention involved providing heart-healthy food boxes aligned with the traditional Chickasaw diet over a 6-month period.
- Results showed that participants in the intervention groups experienced lower blood pressure and better diet quality, highlighting the potential of such programs to address food insecurity and hypertension in Native American communities.
Background: Dietary interventions are used for the treatment of hypertension. We evaluated the cost-efficacy of delivering boxes of healthy, culturally tailored foods and checks that can only be spent on produce in a Native American population.
Methods: We conducted a group randomized controlled trial from 2018 to 2020 with N = 2 treatment counties and N = 2 control counties and a total of N = 160 Native American adults with baseline stage 1 or stage 2 hypertension.
Article Synopsis
- A study evaluated a dietary intervention aimed at treating hypertension in Native American adults by providing culturally tailored boxes of healthy foods and checks specifically for purchasing produce.
- Conducted from 2018 to 2020, the trial included 160 participants, with results indicating that the intervention was effective in women with stage 1 hypertension.
- The intervention was found to be potentially cost-effective, suggesting that continued support should focus on those who show positive responses to it, highlighting a need for further research to explore why effectiveness varied among different groups.