Curating and translating the evidence about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 for frontline public health and clinical care: The Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium (NCRC).

The public health crisis created by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has spurred a deluge of scientific research aimed at informing public health and medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, those working in frontline public health and clinical care had insufficient time to parse the rapidly evolving evidence and use it for decision making. Academics in public health and medicine were well-placed to translate the evidence for use by frontline clinicians and public health practitioners.

The Global Engagement in Care Convening: Recommended Actions to Improve Health Outcomes for People Living With HIV.

The National HIV AIDS Strategy (NHAS) calls for a more coordinated response to the HIV epidemic. The Global Engagement in Care Convening created a forum for domestic and international experts to identify best practices in HIV care. This manuscript summarizes the meeting discussions and recommendations from meeting notes and an audio recording of the meeting.

Revisiting respect for persons in genomic research.

The risks and benefits of research using large databases of personal information are evolving in an era of ubiquitous, internet-based data exchange. In addition, information technology has facilitated a shift in the relationship between individuals and their personal data, enabling increased individual control over how (and how much) personal data are used in research, and by whom. This shift in control has created new opportunities to engage members of the public as partners in the research enterprise on more equal and transparent terms.

Early life conditions of overall and cause-specific mortality among inner-city African Americans.

Objectives: We examined how early life conditions influence midlife overall and cause-specific mortality in a community cohort of disadvantaged African Americans.

Methods: Using a prospective design, we assessed first-grade children and their teachers and families when children were 6 years old, with follow-up at ages 16, 32, and 42 years. We obtained information on death from family members, neighbors, and the National Death Index (NDI).

Food-related behavior, physical activity, and dietary intake in First Nations - a population at high risk for diabetes.

Objective: To describe determinants of diet-related behavior and physical activity in First Nations for development of culturally appropriate diabetes prevention programs. DESIGN. Cross-sectional 24-hour dietary recalls (n=129), random household risk factor surveys of primary food preparers/shoppers (n=133), and accelerometry (n=81) were assessed in First Nations adults.

End-of-life care: findings from a national survey of informal caregivers.

Background: Family and friends are thought to be the predominant providers of end-of-life care, although nationally representative data on this topic have been lacking.

Methods: This study draws from the 1999 National Long-Term Care Survey and its Informal Caregivers Survey to characterize primary informal caregivers' experiences providing end-of-life care to chronically disabled community-dwelling older adults. Study participants were 1149 primary informal caregivers, stratified by care recipients' survival or death during the following 12 months.