Tanning bed burns reported on Twitter: over 15,000 in 2013
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Few surveillance tools exist for monitoring tanning bed injuries. Twitter data were examined to identify and describe reports of tanning bed-caused burns. Tweets sent in 2013 containing keywords for tanning bed use and burning were content analyzed to determine whether a burn caused by a tanning bed was described, and additional data on tanning behavior and burn characteristics were extracted. After content assessment, 15,178 (64 %) tweets were found to describe a tanning bed-caused burn. Sites most reportedly burnt were buttocks (n = 3117), face/head (n = 1020), and chest/breast (n =...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - February 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Statistical methodologies to pool across multiple intervention studies
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Combining and analyzing data from heterogeneous randomized controlled trials of complex multiple-component intervention studies, or discussing them in a systematic review, is not straightforward. The present article describes certain issues to be considered when combining data across studies, based on discussions in an NIH-sponsored workshop on pooling issues across studies in consortia (see Belle et al. in Psychol Aging, 18(3):396–405, 2003). Several statistical methodologies are described and their advantages and limitations are explored. Whether weighting the different studies data different...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - February 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Transforming community prevention systems for sustained impact: embedding active implementation and scaling functions
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Traditional efforts to translate evidence-based prevention strategies to communities, at scale, have not often produced socially significant outcomes or the local capacity needed to sustain them. A key gap in many efforts is the transformation of community prevention systems to support and sustain local infrastructure for the active implementation, scaling, and continuous improvement of effective prevention strategies. In this paper, we discuss (1) the emergence of applied implementation science as an important type 3–5 translational extension of traditional type 2 translational prevention scie...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - February 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The impact of behavioral and mental health risk assessments on goal setting in primary care
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Patient-centered health risk assessments (HRAs) that screen for unhealthy behaviors, prioritize concerns, and provide feedback may improve counseling, goal setting, and health. To evaluate the effectiveness of routinely administering a patient-centered HRA, My Own Health Report, for diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol, drug use, stress, depression, anxiety, and sleep, 18 primary care practices were randomized to ask patients to complete My Own Health Report (MOHR) before an office visit (intervention) or continue usual care (control). Intervention practice patients were more likely than control prac...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - February 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The full translational spectrum of prevention science: facilitating the transfer of knowledge to practices and policies that prevent behavioral health problems
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A broad-span, six-stage translational prevention model is presented, extending from the basic sciences—taking a multi-level systems approach, including the neurobiological sciences—through to globalization. The application of a very wide perspective of translation research from basic scientific discovery to international policy change promises to elicit sustainable, population-level reductions in behavioral health disorders. To illustrate the conceptualization and actualization of a program of translational prevention research, we walk through each stage of research to practice and policy usi...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The PILI@Work Program: a translation of the diabetes prevention program to Native Hawaiian-serving worksites in Hawai‘i
This study examined the effectiveness of PILI@Work and factors associated with weight loss at post-intervention. Overweight/obese employees of 15 Native Hawaiian-serving organizations received the 3-month component of PILI@Work. Assessments included weight, systolic/diastolic blood pressure, physical activity and functioning, fat intake, locus of weight control, social support, and self-efficacy. Weight, systolic/diastolic blood pressure, physical functioning, physical activity frequency, fat intake, family support, and eating self-efficacy improved from pre- to post-intervention. Regression analysis indicated that worksit...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Overview of the obesity intervention taxonomy and pooled analysis working group
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention convened a meeting on August 29-30, 2013 entitled “Obesity Intervention Taxonomy and Pooled Analysis.” The overarching goals of the meeting were to understand how to decompose interventions targeting behavior change, and in particular, those that focus on obesity and to combine data from groups of related intervention studies to supplement what can be learned from the individual studies. This paper summarizes the workshop recommendations and provides an overview of the two other pa...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Improving physical activity program adoption using integrated research-practice partnerships: an effectiveness-implementation trial
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Integrated research-practice partnerships (IRPPs) may improve adoption of evidence-based programs. The aim of this study is to compare adoption of an IRPP-developed physical activity (PA) program (Fit Extension, FitEx) to a typical efficacy-effectiveness-dissemination pipeline model program (Active Living Every Day, ALED). Guided by the Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework, a randomized controlled trial assigned health educators (HEs) to FitEx (n = 18) or ALED (n = 18). Fourteen HEs adopted FitEx, while two HEs adopted ALED (χ
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Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Deconstructing interventions: approaches to studying behavior change techniques across obesity interventions
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Deconstructing interventions into the specific techniques that are used to change behavior represents a new frontier in behavioral intervention research. This paper considers opportunities and challenges in employing the Behavior Change Techniques Taxonomy (BCTTv1) developed by Michie and colleagues, to code the behavior change techniques (BCTs) across multiple interventions addressing obesity and capture dose received at the technique level. Numerous advantages were recognized for using a shared framework for intervention description. Coding interventions at levels of the social ecological frame...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Prioritizing multiple health behavior change research topics: expert opinions in behavior change science
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Multiple health behavior change (MHBC) approaches are understudied. The purpose of this study is to provide strategic MHBC research direction. This cross-sectional study contacted participants through the Society of Behavioral Medicine email listservs and rated the importance of 24 MHBC research topics (1 = not at all important, 5 = extremely important) separately for general and underserved populations. Participants (n = 76) were 79 % female; 76 % White, 10 % Asian, 8 % African American, 5 % Hispanic, and 1 % Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Top MHBC research priorities were p...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Contextual analysis and the success of translational research
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The success of translational research can ultimately be judged by the degree to which it reduces the incidence and prevalence of psychological, behavioral, and physical disorders and the major factors influencing them. In our view, we currently place insufficient emphasis on assessing our impact on the social determinants of disorders. As a result, we are failing to affect the incidence and prevalence of critical disorders. Moreover, translational research fails to take into account the full range of interventions that could significantly reduce the incidence and prevalence of our most pressing d...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - January 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Interest in a Twitter-delivered weight loss program among women of childbearing age
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Weight management through the childbearing years is important, yet few women have access to efficacious weight loss programs. Online social network-delivered programs may increase reach and thus impact. The aim of this study was to gauge interest in a Twitter-based weight loss intervention among women of childbearing age and the feasibility of recruitment via Twitter. We recruited English-speaking women aged 18–45 years (N = 63) from Twitter to complete an anonymous online survey including open-ended questions about program advantages and concerns. Forty percent of participants were obese ...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - December 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Examining the role of a community coalition in facilitating policy and environmental changes to promote physical activity: the case of Get Fit Kaua‘i
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Community coalitions help to generate policy and environmental changes that address community health problems. This qualitative study examined how one community coalition, Get Fit Kaua‘i, catalyzed built environment (BE) policy and infrastructure changes in a rural county in Hawai‘i. The purpose was to develop a theory that explained the process by which the community coalition facilitated BE changes to support physical activity. Using a grounded theory approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 25 stakeholders engaged in the coalition’s BE activities. T...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - December 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Application of environmental sensitivity theories in personalized prevention for youth substance abuse: a transdisciplinary translational perspective
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Preventive interventions that target high-risk youth, via one-size-fits-all approaches, have demonstrated modest effects in reducing rates of substance use. Recently, substance use researchers have recommended personalized intervention strategies. Central to these approaches is matching preventatives to characteristics of an individual that have been shown to predict outcomes. One compelling body of literature on person × environment interactions is that of environmental sensitivity theories, including differential susceptibility theory and vantage sensitivity. Recent experimental evidence has d...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - December 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
What is the role of culture, diversity, and community engagement in transdisciplinary translational science?
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Concepts of culture and diversity are necessary considerations in the scientific application of theory generation and developmental processes of preventive interventions; yet, culture and/or diversity are often overlooked until later stages (e.g., adaptation [T3] and dissemination [T4]) of the translational science process. Here, we present a conceptual framework focused on the seamless incorporation of culture and diversity throughout the various stages of the translational science process (T1–T5). Informed by a community-engaged research approach, this framework guides integration of cultural...
Source: Translational Behavioral Medicine - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
