2024
Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care
Sharifi M, Fiechtner L, Barrett J, O'Connor G, Perkins M, Reiner J, Luo M, Taveras E, Gortmaker S. Cost‐effectiveness of a primary care‐based Healthy Weight Clinic compared with usual care. Obesity 2024, 32: 1734-1744. PMID: 39192764, PMCID: PMC11361715, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy weight clinicHealth care sectorObesity prevalenceIntervention costsCare sectorReducing obesity disparitiesNational implementationHealth care costsObesity disparitiesUsual careBMI changeCare costsFQHCsCost-effectiveSocietal perspectiveWhite populationHealthHealthyObesityQALYEstimated costInterventionClinicChildrenGreater reductions
2016
The role of neighborhood characteristics and the built environment in understanding racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity
Sharifi M, Sequist TD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Melly SJ, Duncan DT, Horan CM, Smith RL, Marshall R, Taveras EM. The role of neighborhood characteristics and the built environment in understanding racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity. Preventive Medicine 2016, 91: 103-109. PMID: 27404577, PMCID: PMC5270384, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBMI z-scoreNeighborhood socioeconomic statusPhysical activity environmentsRace/ethnicityEthnic disparitiesSocioeconomic statusZ-scoreObesity disparitiesChild body mass indexBMI z-score changeChildhood obesity disparitiesChildhood obesity prevalenceZ-score changeMultivariable linear regressionActivity environmentsZ-score differencesElectronic health recordsMass indexChildhood obesityObesity prevalencePediatric practiceMAIN OUTCOMEChildren 4Geocoded addresses
2013
Accelerating Progress in Reducing Childhood Obesity Disparities: Exploring Best Practices of Positive Outliers
Sharifi M, Marshall G, Marshall R, Bottino C, Goldman R, Sequist T, Taveras EM. Accelerating Progress in Reducing Childhood Obesity Disparities: Exploring Best Practices of Positive Outliers. Journal Of Health Care For The Poor And Underserved 2013, 24: 193-199. PMID: 23727974, DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0099.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersConceptsChildhood obesityChildhood obesity disparitiesU.S. population subgroupsBody mass indexChildhood obesity ratesMass indexObesity interventionsObesity disparitiesHealth behaviorsObesity ratesSocioeconomic disparitiesPopulation subgroupsOverall rateObesitySuccessful strategyDisparitiesPositive outliersBest practices