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
2023
Effect Measure Modification by Birth Weight on the Association Between Overweight or Obesity and Hypertension in Children and Adolescents
Nugent J, Lu Y, Deng Y, Sharifi M, Greenberg J. Effect Measure Modification by Birth Weight on the Association Between Overweight or Obesity and Hypertension in Children and Adolescents. JAMA Pediatrics 2023, 177: 735-737. PMID: 37155182, PMCID: PMC10167596, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.0799.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Equitable approaches to reducing the prevalence of pediatric obesity: school nutrition policies and beyond
Finn EB, Beck A, Sharifi M. Equitable approaches to reducing the prevalence of pediatric obesity: school nutrition policies and beyond. International Journal Of Obesity 2021, 45: 2289-2290. PMID: 34331000, PMCID: PMC8322633, DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00924-0.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersReducing the Prevalence of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies in the United States: A Simulation Modeling Study
Yaesoubi R, Mahin M, Martin G, Paltiel AD, Sharifi M. Reducing the Prevalence of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies in the United States: A Simulation Modeling Study. Medical Decision Making 2021, 42: 217-227. PMID: 34166146, PMCID: PMC8702569, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x211023203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsContraceptionFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansPregnancyPrevalenceSexual BehaviorUnited StatesConceptsAlcohol-exposed pregnancyUnintended pregnancyPublic health effortsAlcohol abstinenceHealth effortsDifferent public health strategiesPublic health strategiesPrevalence of alcoholFamily Growth dataAwareness of pregnancyReproductive ageEffective contraceptionLive birthsContraceptive useUS womenHealth strategiesPregnancyWoman's riskPrevalenceDrinking patternsSexual activityWomenAbstinenceAlcoholic drinksNational survey
2018
Referral Strategies to a Tobacco Quitline and Racial and/or Ethnic Differences in Participation
Russo ET, Reid M, Taher R, Sharifi M, Shah SN. Referral Strategies to a Tobacco Quitline and Racial and/or Ethnic Differences in Participation. Pediatrics 2018, 141: s30-s39. PMID: 29292304, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1026g.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCessation servicesReferral strategiesBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SurveyRisk Factor Surveillance SurveyQuitline participantsStudy periodCommunity health centersMedia campaignsSelf-referred participantsDental providersLarge-scale media campaignHispanic smokersTobacco quitlineDental clinicsSmoker characteristicsHealth centersTobacco useSurveillance SurveySmokersQuitlineDisproportionate burdenHispanic participantsDemographic characteristicsEthnic differencesDifferent subpopulations