The Association of Levels of Food Insecurity and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Youth and Young Adults With Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study.

Objective: To examine the relationship between levels of household food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors (DEB) among youth and young adults with youth-onset type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Method: We used cross-sectional data from the multicenter SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study (2015-2020). The Household Food Security Survey Module and the Diabetes Eating Problem Survey-Revised (DEPS-R) were utilized to measure household food insecurity and continuous scores for DEB.

Does travel time matter?: predictors of transportation vulnerability and access to HIV care among people living with HIV in South Carolina.

Background: People living with HIV (PLHIV) in the southern United States (US) are at high risk for poor outcomes across the HIV care continuum leading to low rates of viral suppression. Understanding structural barriers to care-including transportation vulnerability-is critical to improve HIV outcomes. This study investigated relationships between travel time to HIV care, transportation vulnerability, and HIV care disruptions to inform future transportation interventions for PLHIV residing in South Carolina and other southern US states.

Ecological footprint of ionophores in livestock production: Environmental pathways and effects.

Ionophores, a class of animal antibiotics, are widely used in intensive livestock farming to enhance feed efficiency and control coccidiosis. These compounds, known for their ability to transport cations across biological membranes, are crucial in maintaining cellular homeostasis. However, their extensive use raises environmental and human health concerns.

Organizational readiness and implementation of colorectal cancer screening evidence-based interventions in federally qualified health centers: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Evidence-based interventions (EBIs) exist to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, but implementation remains slow in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). Assessing organizational readiness can improve EBI implementation outcomes, but no studies have quantitatively examined the relation between organizational readiness subcomponents and implementation outcomes. This study examines associations between readiness subcomponents and CRC screening EBI implementation outcomes in FQHCs.

Digital HIV information seeking and willingness to use a smartphone application for PrEP care among persons who inject drugs in Northeast Georgia, United States.

Georgia has one of the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses in the United States, while rates of PrEP uptake are among the lowest. This study examines the association between seeking digital HIV information and willingness to use smartphone applications (app) for PrEP resources and services among people who inject drugs (PWID) living in northeast Georgia. Data were collected from adult HIV-negative PWID who reported using the internet (N = 130).

Caloric Restriction, the Menstrual Cycle and Sleep in Women without Obesity.

Introduction: Short-term caloric restriction is common practice in women and may alleviate sleep apnea in obese women. We studied the impact of dietary restriction on sleep and its interplay with reproductive hormones across the menstrual cycle in women without obesity.

Methods: Seventeen healthy women without obesity, aged 23.

Socio-demographic factors associated with mental health disorders among rural women in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Introduction: In Bangladesh, the reported prevalence of mental disorders among adults varies from 6.5% to 31.0%.

I simply have to accompany my parents to sell, nothing else!: a multi-method exploration of barriers and facilitators of extracurricular physical activity among Mexican schoolchildren.

Background: The time spent physically active outside of school (e.g., extracurricular physical activity) is an important contributor to children's total daily physical activity for health and well-being.

α-Galactose Syndrome Cases within the Prisma Health System, South Carolina.

Objectives: Humans can develop a vector-associated allergy to galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-gal) a polysaccharide found in mammalian meats and by-products, resulting in α-gal syndrome (AGS). tick bites have been implicated in AGS development in the United States, but the AGS clinical burden in South Carolina is not well understood. Because is the predominant tick species in the state and large AGS cohorts exist in neighboring states, the potential for AGS clinical cases in South Carolina exists.

Exploring US college students' perceived credibility of the world's largest tobacco company's promise for smoke-free future.

Objective: Philip Morris International's Smoke-Free Future (SFF) campaign pledged to replace conventional cigarettes with smoke-free alternatives, promoting smokers' health and combating smoking-related misinformation.

Method: We interviewed 25 college students to assess their perceived credibility of SFF messages and interest in smoke-free products.

Results: Nearly half couldn't identify a tobacco company as the message source, speculating it came from public health entities.

"I'm Afraid to Put Any More of It Into My Body": COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Barriers and Facilitators Among People with HIV in South Carolina.

As people with HIV (PWH) have an immunocompromised status and face potential complications from a COVID-19 infection, there are alternate, more expansive, vaccination schedules recommended for PWH. As the pandemic evolves and prevention fatigue rises, the vaccination sentiments and hesitancy of PWH require attention amid continued recommendations for boosters. Situated within South Carolina, this study aims to illustrate PWH's vaccination sentiments, as well as barriers and facilitators to vaccination.

Redesigning urban parks for active living in dense urban areas: a remote audit approach.

The widespread use of virtual audits has transformed the assessment of urban design attributes by eliminating the necessity for on-site visits. However, there remains a lack of virtual audit tools specifically designed for evaluating urban parks in dense urban environments. This study aims to (1) adapt the Audit Tool for Activity-friendly Parks in Dense Urban Areas (TAPS) into a remote audit tool (R-TAPS), and (2) evaluate its reliability and validity.

Community pharmacists' pneumococcal vaccine knowledge and perceived barriers to vaccination.

Background/objective: Pneumococcal disease is a serious bacterial infection, particularly for high-risk groups such as infants, adults 65 and older, and individuals with certain conditions; however, vaccination rates remain low. Pharmacists are often visited more frequently than primary care physicians and therefore are in a unique position to increase pneumococcal vaccination rates. This study aims to identify barriers to pneumococcal vaccination and assess pharmacists' knowledge of pneumococcal vaccines in a community pharmacy setting.

Temporal Changes in Racial Disparities of HIV Linkage to Care from 2013 to 2020: A Statewide Cohort Analysis.

Background: Racial disparities have historically existed regarding HIV care outcomes, including linkage to care. This study aims to explore the contribution of contextual features (e.g.

Cigarette smoking in relation to survival in Black women with ovarian cancer: Evidence from the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES).

Background: Numerous studies have documented the negative impact of cigarette smoking on ovarian cancer survival, but the participants in these prior studies were predominantly White women. In comparison, Black women experience significantly worse ovarian cancer survival, which may be due in part to dissimilar risk factor profiles or factors associated with survival. We therefore examined the association between cigarette smoking and survival in a cohort of Black women with ovarian cancer.

Development of prediction models of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Lebanese and Syrians in a district of Beirut, Lebanon: a population-based study.

Introduction: Vaccines are essential to prevent infection and reduce the morbidity of infectious diseases. Previous evidence has shown that migrants and refugees are particularly vulnerable to exclusion and discrimination, and low COVID-19 vaccine intention and uptake were observed among refugees globally. This study aimed to develop and internally validate prediction models of COVID-19 vaccine uptake by nationality.

Characterising the killing of girls and women in urban settings in Latin America, 2000-2019: an analysis of variability and time trends using mortality data from vital registration systems.

Introduction: Latin America is burdened by high levels of violence. Although boys and men often experience more violence and fatalities, girls and women face a greater risk of being killed by family members or intimate partners due to their gender, a phenomenon known as femicide. Our study estimates femicide rates in Latin America across age groups, examining city-level variations and temporal trends.

Qualitative Analysis of Therapist Documentation of Assessments of Orally Feeding Infants Who Require Noninvasive Respiratory Support.

Purpose: This is a qualitative analysis of speech-language pathology and occupational therapy documentation of bedside assessments of infants orally feeding on noninvasive respiratory support (NRS).

Method: Data were extracted from speech-language pathology and occupational therapy electronic health record documentation of bedside feeding/swallowing assessment and treatment of infants on NRS. These data included the rate of documentation of objective metrics, as well as themes in feeding safety, quality, and therapeutic interventions.

Impact of sedentary behaviour reduction on desk-worker workplace satisfaction, productivity, mood and health-related quality of life: a randomised trial.

Objectives: Sedentary behaviour (SB) is related to lower worker health-related quality of life (HRQOL), mental health and productivity. However, it is unknown whether reducing SB improves these outcomes. This study assessed whether a 3-month SB reduction intervention improved or was associated with dose-response changes in workplace satisfaction, productivity, mood and HRQOL.

An Investigation of Travel Distance and Timeliness of Breast Cancer Treatment Among a Diverse Cohort in the United States.

Travel to and from distant cancer treatment facilities can place a significant burden on cancer patients, particularly rural and minority survivors. Thus, the purpose of our investigation was to examine the association between patient travel distance and delays in types of treatment for breast cancer (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy) and treatment delays. Using a novel linkage between the state cancer registry and administrative data from Medicaid and a private insurance plan, 2155 BC patients were successfully linked to create the cohort.

Designing stepped wedge trials to evaluate physical activity interventions in schools: methodological considerations.

Background: In a stepped wedge design, schools are randomised to a sequence of measurements, with each sequence transitioning to intervention status at a different time. There are several advantages to such designs, including increased statistical power, logistical benefits and the ability to explore change over time. However, stepped wedge designs have not previously been used to evaluate school-based physical activity interventions in children.

Adoption or placement in foster care and catch-up in linear growth and development: a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

Background: The ability of children to recover from linear growth retardation, often referred to as catch-up growth, has intrigued researchers for many decades. Whether adoption from a low-to a high-income setting, which provides a comprehensive improvement in the conditions that cause children to not grow well, leads to catch-up growth is unknown.

Objective: We estimated the association of adoption (or placement in foster care) with catch-up in linear growth and child development before 5 years of age.

Utility of the Modified Anxiety Dimensional Observation Scale in Autistic Preschoolers with Varying Intellectual Functioning.

Objective: Co-occurring anxiety affects 40-80% of autistic individuals; however, little is understood about how anxiety manifests in young autistic children, especially those with intellectual disability (ID), partly due to the paucity of measures designed to assess anxiety symptoms in this population. The present study examined the utility of the Modified Anxiety Dimensional Observation Scale (M-Anx-DOS), an observational measure of anxiety-related behaviors, in preschool-aged autistic children with and without ID.

Method: This study included 48 autistic children (Mean age = 43.

Role of hepcidin on benefits and risks of supplementation with iron syrup and multiple micronutrient powders in Bangladeshi children: a substudy to a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Hepcidin can determine individuals' responses to iron supplementation, but limited evidence exists from pediatric trials.

Objectives: We aimed to examine the influence of hepcidin on the effects of supplementation with iron syrup and multiple micronutrient powders (MNPs) on hemoglobin and ferritin concentrations and the incidence of diarrhea in young children.

Methods: Participants included a subsample of 1281 8-mo-old children enrolled in a 3-arm, double-blind, double-dummy, individually randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of 3 mo of universal supplementation with daily iron syrup (12.

Legal residency status and its relationship with health indicators among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a nested cross-sectional study.

Background: Failure to possess or renew legal residency permits increases the burden on a vulnerable refugee population. It risks detention or deportation, and hinders access to basic services including healthcare. This study aimed to examine the association between legal residency status and health of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon.