Publications by authors named "Tosha Woods Smith"
Article Synopsis
- Latinos/as have been underrepresented in eating disorder clinical trials, leading to a study that examined a culturally adapted cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) for binge-spectrum eating disorders, comparing regular CBT to CBT with a family enhancement module (CBT + FE).
- The study involved 25 Latina adult patients and their family members, showing that while CBT + FE led to better treatment adherence and satisfaction, it did not significantly improve family outcomes or eating disorder symptoms compared to standard CBT.
- Overall, the pilot study suggests that including family in treatment could be beneficial for patient retention but does not guarantee improved eating disorder outcomes.
Several studies have identified risk factors that predict future onset of eating disorders (ED) in adolescence, however, it is currently unknown how specific ED symptom dynamics operate both across time and within individuals. Advances in network methodologies allow for the study of how dynamic symptoms interrelate and predict each other within-persons and across time. In the current study, we used longitudinal group-level (N = 1272) (addressing symptom interrelations across people and across time; between-subjects, contemporaneous, and temporal networks) and intra-individual (symptom interrelations within each person and across time; contemporaneous and temporal networks) network analyses (subset n = 50) in prospective 48-month interview data in at-risk adolescents and young adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA pilot study was conducted of the feasibility of a church garden program to impact health outcomes in rural African American youth and adults. Thirty-six workdays were held at a Black church. Pre and post-intervention attitudes, diet, weight and blood pressure were measured.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial Entrepreneurship for Obesity Prevention: What Are the Opportunities?
Curr Obes Rep
September 2015
Article Synopsis
- Social entrepreneurship combines business tactics with social goals to tackle public health issues like obesity, potentially offering more sustainable solutions than traditional sectors.
- The paper explores the growth of social entrepreneurship in the U.S. and highlights the significant threat that obesity poses to society, while showcasing examples of successful social ventures combating this issue.
- It identifies additional opportunities for social entrepreneurship in obesity prevention and provides recommendations for future efforts in this field.
Practice-based evidence in public health: improving reach, relevance, and results.
Annu Rev Public Health
December 2014
Article Synopsis
- * It highlights the potential of practice-based research as a valuable method for creating and testing effective, evidence-based solutions that can be implemented in real-world settings.
- * The authors provide guidance on generating and translating practice-based evidence into practical applications, along with recommendations to integrate practice-based research into standard public health practices.