Diagnostic testing preferences can help inform future public health response efforts: Global insights from an international survey.

Public perception regarding diagnostic sample types as well as personal experiences can influence willingness to test. As such, public preferences for specific sample type(s) should be used to inform diagnostic and surveillance testing programs to improve public health response efforts. To understand where preferences lie, we conducted an international survey regarding the sample types used for SARS-CoV-2 tests.

Associations between frequency of food shopping at different food sources and fruit and vegetable intake among rural residents in upstate New York, USA.

Objective: To examine the frequency of shopping at different food sources and the associations between shopping at different food sources and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake among upstate New York rural residents.

Design: Cross-sectional study. Descriptive statistics and linear mixed models were used.

Self-efficacy and cooking confidence are associated with fruit and vegetable intake in a cross-sectional study with rural women.

Background: In comparison to their urban and suburban counterparts, midlife and older rural women are less likely to consume adequate fruit and vegetables (F&V). The present study aimed to examine the relationships between psychological, social, and environmental factors and F&V intake among midlife and older rural women in the United States.

Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized data from 513 midlife and older rural women (mean age = 67.