2015
Connect for Health: Design of a clinical-community childhood obesity intervention testing best practices of positive outliers
Taveras EM, Marshall R, Sharifi M, Avalon E, Fiechtner L, Horan C, Orav J, Price SN, Sequist T, Slater D. Connect for Health: Design of a clinical-community childhood obesity intervention testing best practices of positive outliers. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2015, 45: 287-295. PMID: 26427562, PMCID: PMC4753774, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.09.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexObesity-related outcomesHealth coachesHealth StudyOne-year intervention periodHealth-related qualityChildhood obesity interventionsChild-reported outcomesAge-associated increaseParents/guardiansCommunity resourcesIntervention armMass indexYear old childrenCommunity-level resourcesObesity interventionsIntervention periodHealth coachingTwo-armPediatric carePediatric practiceSupport modalitiesHealth behaviorsControl groupVirtual visits
2014
Characteristics of Walkable Built Environments and BMI z-Scores in Children: Evidence from a Large Electronic Health Record Database
Duncan DT, Sharifi M, Melly SJ, Marshall R, Sequist TD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taveras EM. Characteristics of Walkable Built Environments and BMI z-Scores in Children: Evidence from a Large Electronic Health Record Database. Environmental Health Perspectives 2014, 122: 1359-1365. PMID: 25248212, PMCID: PMC4256697, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307704.Peer-Reviewed Original Research