Publications by authors named "W T Norton"
Background: As dissemination and implementation (D&I) research increases, we must continue to expand training capacity and research networks. Documenting, understanding, and enhancing advice networks identifies key connectors and areas where networks are less established. In 2012 Norton et al.
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- Environmental factors, particularly environmental enrichment (EE), influence the development and severity of neuropsychiatric disorders, especially externalizing disorders that involve impulsive and aggressive behaviors.
- The study focused on zebrafish with a gene linked to impulsivity and attention deficits (adgrl3.1), showing that those raised in enriched environments exhibited reduced anxiety and improved attention but continued to display impulsive behaviors.
- These results indicate that while EE can help alleviate some symptoms associated with externalizing and internalizing disorders, impulsivity is more resistant to environmental modifications.
Background: The American Council for Pharmacy Education outlines that pharmacists should be able to "recognize social determinants of health to diminish disparities and inequities in access to quality care." This randomized, cross-sectional study assessed students' knowledge and confidence in caring for patients with diverse religious backgrounds. Students were assigned to either a series of religious cases created in MyDispense or a control group to read a pamphlet on religious considerations in patient care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial isolation intensifies adgrl3.1-related externalizing and internalizing behaviors in zebrafish.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
November 2024
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- Externalizing disorders (EDs), marked by behaviors like aggression and hyperactivity, arise from complex gene-environment interactions, but the specifics are not fully understood.
- Research using adgrl3.1 knockout zebrafish showed that social isolation worsens anxiety, abnormal behaviors, and memory issues, particularly in genetically predisposed individuals.
- The study highlights the importance of considering both genetic and environmental factors in diagnosing and treating EDs, emphasizing the need for more integrated approaches.
Data sharing, the act of making scientific research data available to others, can accelerate innovation and discoveries, and ultimately enhance public health. The National Cancer Institute Implementation Science Centers in Cancer Control convened a diverse group of research scientists, practitioners, and community partners in three interactive workshops (May-June 2022) to identify and discuss factors that must be considered when designing research for equitable data sharing with a specific emphasis on implementation science and social, behavioral, and population health research. This group identified and operationalized a set of seven key considerations for equitable data sharing-conceptualized as an inclusive process that fairly includes the perspectives and priorities of all partners involved in and impacted by data sharing, with consideration of ethics, history, and benefits-that were integrated into a framework.
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