Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2024

Theory and methods from health geography and behavioral economics can be applied to characterize contexts of time and activity space to expand existing behavior change frameworks and strengthen behavior change interventions.

Developing successful and informative preliminary studies is challenging due to confusion surrounding health behavior intervention development. This confusion may be the result of a mismatch between best-practice recommendations and the realities of the research enterprise.

A training program including brief motivational interviewing skills improved clinician and staff experiences discussing maternal immunizations with patients. Implementation was shaped by contextual factors.

Federal standardization of Medicaid income eligibility thresholds and continuous coverage during the first year postpartum has the potential to address heightened and disparate morbidity and mortality risk.

The Society of Behavioral Medicine supports increasing access to evidence-based treatment of insomnia by addressing barriers at the patient, provider, and systemic levels including support from government agencies to raise awareness about sleep and sleep disorders, health payors providing fair reimbursement for evidence-based insomnia assessment and therapy consistent with standard of care recommendations, and relevant training programs (e.g. psychologists, nurses, physicians, social workers, licensed professional counselors) to prioritize sleep education.

Eleven measures assessing intervention characteristic determinants showed good reliability and validity.

A culturally tailored, integrated care intervention produced improvements in glycemic management and decreases in depression and anxiety symptoms, and these improvements were maintained up to 6 months after its conclusion.