2022
Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial
Fay C, Castro I, Velez D, Ruggiero C, O'Connor G, Perkins M, Luo M, Sharifi M, Mini F, Taveras E, Kuhlthau K, Fiechtner L. Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial. Childhood Obesity 2022, 19: 507-514. PMID: 36315223, PMCID: PMC10698771, DOI: 10.1089/chi.2022.0112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric weight management interventionsBody mass index improvementWeight management interventionsImportant weight lossUnmet social needsPerspectives of caregiversHealthy weightHealth behaviorsNonrespondersSemistructured guideThematic saturationWeight lossWeight stigmaRespondersMindful eatingMulti-sector stakeholder's perceptions of determinants of successful implementation of a pediatric weight management intervention
Persaud A, Castro I, Simione M, Smith J, O'Connor G, Sharifi M, Perkins M, Torres S, Taveras E, Kuhlthau K, Fiechtner L. Multi-sector stakeholder's perceptions of determinants of successful implementation of a pediatric weight management intervention. Frontiers In Public Health 2022, 10: 954063. PMID: 36091513, PMCID: PMC9454190, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.954063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric weight management interventionsWeight management interventionsCommunity settingsPre-implementation periodCommunity resource guideLow-income settingsUnmet social needsNational clinicPatient barriersHealthy weightFramework analysis approachPrimary careTwo-armFamily-centered programsHealth centersCFIR domainsGroup visitsConsolidated FrameworkInsurance reimbursementLocal YMCAManagement interventionsMultidisciplinary personnelClinicInterventionClinical organizations
2021
The Association Between History of Depression and Access to Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Balasuriya L, Quinton JK, Canavan ME, Holland ML, Edelman EJ, Druss BG, Ross JS. The Association Between History of Depression and Access to Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2021, 36: 3778-3785. PMID: 34405350, PMCID: PMC8370448, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06990-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported historyHistory of depressionMental health outcomesMedicare beneficiariesHealth outcomesCOVID-19Adverse health outcomesPARTICIPANTSCross-sectional studyMental health effectsUnmet social needsClinical characteristicsHigh riskKey ResultsParticipantsPublic Use FileMedical careGreater riskMental healthHealth effectsCareDepressionUse FileCOVID-19 pandemicOutcomesGreater inabilityMedicare
2020
Unmet Social Needs and Adherence to Pediatric Weight Management Interventions: Massachusetts, 2017–2019
Atkins M, Castro I, Sharifi M, Perkins M, O’Connor G, Luo M, Sandel M, Taveras E, Fiechtner L. Unmet Social Needs and Adherence to Pediatric Weight Management Interventions: Massachusetts, 2017–2019. American Journal Of Public Health 2020, 110: s251-s257. PMID: 32663093, PMCID: PMC7362692, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2020.305772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric weight management interventionsBody mass indexUnmet social needsWeight management interventionsIntervention adherenceParents' body mass indexComparative effectiveness trialHousing insecurityIntervention armMass indexChildhood obesityPositive screenEffectiveness trialMean differenceParental depressionManagement interventionsAdherenceChild's ageParental stressSignificant differencesChildrenTrialsIndividual associationsHoursIntervention
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