Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2023

A known effective strategy to teach family caregivers how to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia requires cultural adaptation for Latino family caregivers.

A process evaluation of the Dulce Digital-Me mobile health intervention study revealed successful reach, adoption, and implementation, suggesting potential for future dissemination and implementation.

Limited access to healthful food (e.g., food insecurity) is a social determinant of health that impacts gestational diabetes risk and related disparities for American Indian and Alaska Native females.

This first-generation study explored the feasibility and value of applying a novel participatory evaluation method, called Ripple Effects Mapping, within a behavioral lifestyle intervention trial to assess participant-centered outcomes, inform future intervention optimization and implementation, and complement more traditional researcher-driven evaluation measures.

Tailored, print-based physical activity interventions, with and without additional text messages and phone calls, are cost-effective approaches to increasing physical activity and supporting meeting PA guidelines among Latinas.

Weekly text messaging can help breast cancer survivors to engage in sustained physical activity (PA) cost-effectively, costing $0.95 per each additional minute of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week.

When given free high-quality N95 masks during the COVID-19 Omicron BA.1 surge, community members utilized them at a high rate, felt safer, discussed N95s with others, planned to buy more, and reported cost as a critical barrier to sustained utilization.

This report describes the systematic process followed to translate a family-based adolescent weight management intervention from randomized control trial protocol to an intervention package ready to deliver and evaluate as a group-based telehealth program in a medical center setting.

Pilot study of a peer-led, navigation program for minoritized Veterans in VHA mental health clinics shows feasibility of further testing and acceptability of the intervention. Results also show promising improvements in mental health outcomes. However, modifications are needed to increase program session attendance and retention.

With few resources available as part of routine care currently, we need to develop and test dyadic, psychosocial interventions that can be integrated within palliative care for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and caregivers early after diagnoses with potential to translate to other terminal/serious illness.