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J Nutr ; 150(8): 2191-2198, 2020 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32559278

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BACKGROUND: The diet quality among adults receiving nutrition education lessons through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is currently unknown. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to characterize the diet quality of Indiana SNAP-Ed-eligible women; estimate their mean usual intake of fruits, vegetables, dairy, and whole grains compared to Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) recommendations; and determine if these dietary outcomes differed by food security status. METHODS: SNAP-Ed paraprofessionals recruited participants from August 2015 to May 2016 for this secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected as the baseline assessment for a randomized controlled trial. Participants were SNAP-Ed-eligible women aged ≥18 y interested in nutrition education lessons. Dietary outcomes were assessed by one or two 24-h dietary recalls. The Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2010 was used to characterize diet quality. Mean usual intake of food groups was estimated using the National Cancer Institute Method. Food security status was classified using the US Household Food Security Survey Module. Data were analyzed in October 2019. RESULTS: Mean ± SEM HEI-2010 total score was 42 ± 0.9 for the study sample. Mean ± SE usual intake of servings of fruits (0.61 ± 0.08 cups [144.32 ± 18.93 mL]), vegetables [1.4 ± 0.10 cups (331.2 ± 23.66 mL)], dairy [1.5 ± 0.11 cups (354.88 ± 26.02 mL)], and whole grains [0.48 ± 0.06 ounces (13.61 ± 1.70 g)] did not differ by food security subgroup. Mean HEI-2010 total score was significantly higher by 4.8 ± 2.0 points for the food-secure than for the food-insecure subgroup (P = 0.01). Mean HEI-2010 component scores were 1.1 ± 0.5 points higher for whole grain (P = 0.01) and 1.0 ± 0.5 points higher for dairy (P = 0.05) in the food-secure than in the food-insecure subgroup. The proportions of the study sample not meeting the DGA recommendations for food group intake were ≥85% for both food-secure and -insecure subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: Indiana SNAP-Ed-eligible women reported poor diet quality, highlighting their need for nutrition interventions aiming to improve food security and diet as per DGA recommendations in low-income populations.


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Dieta/normas , Assistência Alimentar , Abastecimento de Alimentos/economia , Adolescente , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Comportamento Alimentar , Feminino , Abastecimento de Alimentos/estatística & dados numéricos , Educação em Saúde , Humanos , Indiana , Política Nutricional , Inquéritos Nutricionais , Pobreza/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto Jovem
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Public Health Nutr ; 21(5): 957-966, 2018 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29199629

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of policy, systems and environmental factors with improvement in household food security among low-income Indiana households with children after a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) direct nutrition education intervention. DESIGN: Household food security scores measured by the eighteen-item US Household Food Security Survey Module in a longitudinal randomized and controlled SNAP-Ed intervention study conducted from August 2013 to April 2015 were the response variable. Metrics to quantify environmental factors including classification of urban or rural county status; the number of SNAP-authorized stores, food pantries and recreational facilities; average fair market housing rental price; and natural amenity rank were collected from government websites and data sets covering the years 2012-2016 and used as covariates in mixed multiple linear regression modelling. SETTING: Thirty-seven Indiana counties, USA, 2012-2016. SUBJECTS: SNAP-Ed eligible adults from households with children (n 328). RESULTS: None of the environmental factors investigated were significantly associated with changes in household food security in this exploratory study. CONCLUSIONS: SNAP-Ed improves food security regardless of urban or rural location or the environmental factors investigated. Expansion of SNAP-Ed in rural areas may support food access among the low-income population and reduce the prevalence of food insecurity in rural compared with urban areas. Further investigation into policy, systems and environmental factors of the Social Ecological Model are warranted to better understand their relationship with direct SNAP-Ed and their impact on diet-related behaviours and food security.


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Dieta , Assistência Alimentar , Abastecimento de Alimentos , Pobreza , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , População Rural , População Urbana , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Estudos Transversais , Características da Família , Feminino , Educação em Saúde , Habitação , Humanos , Indiana , Estilo de Vida , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Inquéritos Nutricionais , Meio Social , Adulto Jovem
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Annu Rev Nutr ; 36: 73-103, 2016 07 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27431364

RESUMO

Each of the macronutrients-carbohydrate, protein, and fat-has a unique set of properties that influences health, but all are a source of energy. The optimal balance of their contribution to the diet has been a long-standing matter of debate. Over the past half century, thinking has progressed regarding the mechanisms by which each macronutrient may contribute to energy balance. At the beginning of this period, metabolic signals that initiated eating events (i.e., determined eating frequency) were emphasized. This was followed by an orientation to gut endocrine signals that purportedly modulate the size of eating events (i.e., determined portion size). Most recently, research attention has been directed to the brain, where the reward signals elicited by the macronutrients are viewed as potentially problematic (e.g., contribute to disordered eating). At this point, the predictive power of the macronutrients for energy intake remains limited.


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Regulação do Apetite , Dieta Saudável , Carboidratos da Dieta/metabolismo , Gorduras na Dieta/metabolismo , Proteínas Alimentares/metabolismo , Ingestão de Energia , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Animais , Pesquisa Biomédica/métodos , Pesquisa Biomédica/tendências , Encéfalo/citologia , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Carboidratos da Dieta/administração & dosagem , Gorduras na Dieta/administração & dosagem , Proteínas Alimentares/administração & dosagem , Metabolismo Energético , Células Enteroendócrinas/citologia , Células Enteroendócrinas/metabolismo , Trato Gastrointestinal/citologia , Trato Gastrointestinal/inervação , Trato Gastrointestinal/metabolismo , Humanos , Células Neuroendócrinas/citologia , Células Neuroendócrinas/metabolismo , Neurônios/citologia , Neurônios/metabolismo , Ciências da Nutrição/métodos , Ciências da Nutrição/tendências
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J Nutr ; 146(11): 2375-2382, 2016 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27683869

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Food insecurity is negatively associated with US children's dietary intake and health. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) aims to alleviate food insecurity by offering nutrition, budgeting, and healthy lifestyle education to low-income individuals and families. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term impact of the Indiana SNAP-Ed on food security among households with children. METHODS: A randomized, controlled, parallel study design with SNAP-Ed as an intervention was carried out during a 4- to 10-wk intervention period. Intervention group participants received the first 4 Indiana SNAP-Ed curriculum lessons. Study participants (n = 575) were adults aged ≥18 y from low-income Indiana households with ≥1 child living in the household. Both treatment groups completed an assessment before and after the intervention period and 1 y after recruitment. The 18-item US Household Food Security Survey Module was used to classify the primary outcomes of food security for the household and adults and children in the household. A linear mixed model was used to compare intervention with control group effects over time on food security. RESULTS: Mean ± SEM changes in household food security score and food security score among household adults from baseline to 1-y follow-up were 1.2 ± 0.4 and 0.9 ± 0.3 units lower, respectively, in the intervention group than in the control group (P < 0.01). The mean change in food security score from baseline to 1-y follow-up among household children was not significantly different in the intervention group compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS: SNAP-Ed improved food security over a longitudinal time frame among low-income Indiana households with children in this study. SNAP-Ed may be a successful intervention to improve food security.


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Características da Família , Assistência Alimentar/economia , Abastecimento de Alimentos/economia , Criança , Alimentos/economia , Humanos , Indiana , Estilo de Vida , Inquéritos Nutricionais , Estado Nutricional , Pobreza
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Soc Work ; 68(4): 287-297, 2023 09 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37421650

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Low-income, underrepresented communities of color are disproportionally affected by emotional distress. Little is known about malleable, household-level determinants of emotional distress, addressable by feasible, stigma-neutral interventions. The present study addressed this knowledge gap by analyzing secondary data from a cross-sectional community needs assessment survey in a marginalized urban community (N = 677). Relying on dominance analyses, authors found that, on average, the largest household-level contributions to respondents' emotional distress included exposures to fellow household members' alcohol use and anger-driven behaviors. Both determinants are arguably feasible to address via household-level interventions and community-level preventive efforts. Household members' physical and serious mental illness and drug use were moderately associated with respondents' emotional distress; household cohesion and communications, residential overcrowding, and child behavior played a minimal role. Article concludes with a discussion of public health implications of the results.


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Angústia Psicológica , Determinantes Sociais da Saúde , Criança , Humanos , Estudos Transversais , Serviço Social , Pobreza
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J Racial Ethn Health Disparities ; 10(1): 130-140, 2023 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35040107

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Depression disproportionately burdens poverty-affected minority communities. Racism and racial discrimination are well-known determinants of depression among members of marginalized minority communities. Less is known about potential buffers of the discrimination effects on depression, particularly those that could serve as targets for efficient community-based policies and interventions. Our secondary analysis of data from a community needs assessment survey (N = 677) in an urban minority neighborhood of low socio-economic status revealed that high school completion and current employment significantly weakened the association between discrimination and depression. Our findings frame community-level efforts to foster high school completion and employment as potential strategies to reduce the footprint of racism on the mental health of marginalized community members. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.


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Racismo , Humanos , Racismo/psicologia , Depressão/psicologia , Grupos Minoritários/psicologia , Classe Social , Saúde Mental
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Nutrients ; 15(6)2023 Mar 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36986184

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Food insecurity affects nearly 50 million Americans and is linked to cardiovascular disease risk factors and health disparities. The purpose of this single-arm pilot study was to determine the feasibility of a 16-week dietitian-led lifestyle intervention to concurrently address food access, nutrition literacy, cooking skills, and hypertension among safety-net primary care adult patients. The Food Resources and Kitchen Skills (FoRKS) intervention provided nutrition education and support for hypertension self-management, group kitchen skills and cooking classes from a health center teaching kitchen, medically tailored home-delivered meals and meal kits, and a kitchen toolkit. Feasibility and process measures included class attendance rates and satisfaction and social support and self-efficacy toward healthy food behaviors. Outcome measures included food security, blood pressure, diet quality, and weight. Participants (n = 13) were on average {mean (SD)} aged 58.9 ± 4.5 years, 10 were female, and 12 were Black or African American. Attendance averaged 19 of 22 (87.1%) classes and satisfaction was rated as high. Food self-efficacy and food security improved, and blood pressure and weight declined. FoRKS is a promising intervention that warrants further evaluation for its potential to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults with food insecurity and hypertension.


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Doenças Cardiovasculares , Hipertensão , Humanos , Adulto , Feminino , Masculino , Projetos Piloto , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Hipertensão/prevenção & controle , Refeições , Insegurança Alimentar
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J Acad Nutr Diet ; 123(2): 284-298.e2, 2023 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35781080

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BACKGROUND: The goal of US Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is to improve the likelihood that those eligible for SNAP will make healthy choices aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to evaluate the long-term effects of a direct SNAP-Ed intervention in which participants actively engage in learning with educator instruction about dietary quality and usual intake of key nutrient and food groups among Indiana SNAP-Ed-eligible women participants as an example sample in the context of no similar existing evaluation. DESIGN: The study design was a parallel-arm, randomized controlled, nutrition education intervention, with follow-up at 1 year. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING: Participants (18 years and older; n = 97 women) eligible for SNAP-Ed and interested in receiving nutrition education lessons were recruited from 31 Indiana counties from August 2015 to May 2016 and randomized to an intervention (n = 53) or control (n = 44) group. INTERVENTION: The intervention comprised core lessons of Indiana SNAP-Ed delivered between 4 and 10 weeks after baseline assessment. Each participant completed a baseline and 1-year follow-up assessment. Dietary intake was assessed using repeated 24-hour dietary recalls (up to 2). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mean usual nutrient, food group intake, diet quality (ie, Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores), and proportion of intervention and control groups meeting Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 recommendations and Dietary Reference Intake indicators of requirement or adequacy, were determined using the National Cancer Institute method and the simple Healthy Eating Index-2010 scoring algorithm method. Dietary changes between intervention and control groups were examined over time using mixed linear models. STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED: Bonferroni-corrected significance levels were applied to the results of the mixed linear models for comparisons of usual intake of nutrients and foods. RESULTS: No differences in diet quality, intake of food group components, food group intake, or nutrients were observed at 1-year follow-up, except that vitamin D intake was higher among those who received SNAP-Ed compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS: A direct SNAP-Ed intervention did not improve diet quality, food group intake, or key nutrient intake, except for vitamin D, among Indiana SNAP-Ed-eligible women up to 1 year after the nutrition education.


Assuntos
Assistência Alimentar , Vitamina D , Humanos , Feminino , Estados Unidos , Indiana , Dieta , Vitaminas
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Vet Res ; 43: 85, 2012 Dec 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23234600

RESUMO

Herpesviruses have been recognized in marine mammals, but their clinical relevance is not always easy to assess. A novel otarine herpesvirus-3 (OtHV3) was detected in a geriatric California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), and using a newly developed quantitative PCR assay paired with histology, OtHV3 was associated with esophageal ulcers and B cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in this animal. The prevalence and quantities of OtHV3 were then determined among buffy coats from 87 stranded and managed collection sea lions. Stranded sea lions had a higher prevalence of OtHV3 compared to managed collection sea lions (34.9% versus 12.5%; p = 0.04), and among the stranded sea lions, yearlings were most likely to be positive. Future epidemiological studies comparing the presence and viral loads of OtHV3 among a larger population of California sea lions with and without lymphoid neoplasia or esophageal ulcers would help elucidate the relevance of OtHV3-associated pathologies to these groups.


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Doenças do Esôfago/veterinária , Gammaherpesvirinae/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Herpesviridae/veterinária , Linfoma de Células B/veterinária , Leões-Marinhos , Úlcera/veterinária , Animais , Doenças do Esôfago/epidemiologia , Doenças do Esôfago/virologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/complicações , Infecções por Herpesviridae/epidemiologia , Linfoma de Células B/epidemiologia , Linfoma de Células B/virologia , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Análise de Sequência de Proteína/veterinária , Úlcera/epidemiologia , Úlcera/virologia , Estados Unidos
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J Gen Virol ; 91(Pt 1): 166-73, 2010 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19759240

RESUMO

Astroviruses are small, non-enveloped, positive-stranded RNA viruses. Previously studied mammalian astroviruses have been associated with diarrhoeal disease. Knowledge of astrovirus diversity is very limited, with only six officially recognized astrovirus species from mammalian hosts and, in addition, one human and some bat astroviruses were recently described. We used consensus PCR techniques for initial identification of five astroviruses of marine mammals: three from California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), one from a Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) and one from a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Bayesian and maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis found that these viruses showed significant diversity at a level consistent with novel species. Astroviruses that we identified from marine mammals were found across the mamastrovirus tree and did not form a monophyletic group. Recombination analysis found that a recombination event may have occurred between a human and a California sea lion astrovirus, suggesting that both lineages may have been capable of infecting the same host at one point. The diversity found amongst marine mammal astroviruses and their similarity to terrestrial astroviruses suggests that the marine environment plays an important role in astrovirus ecology.


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Infecções por Astroviridae/veterinária , Carnívoros/virologia , Variação Genética , Mamastrovirus/genética , Mamastrovirus/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Infecções por Astroviridae/virologia , Golfinho Nariz-de-Garrafa/virologia , Análise por Conglomerados , Mamastrovirus/classificação , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/métodos , RNA Viral/genética , Recombinação Genética , Leões-Marinhos/virologia , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Homologia de Sequência
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J Vet Diagn Invest ; 22(4): 628-32, 2010 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20622238

RESUMO

An adult female California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that stranded in central California was found to have a small glossal polypoid mass on gross necropsy. Histologically, the mass was consistent with a fibropapilloma, and intranuclear inclusions were found within endothelial cells lining small arterioles within the mass. Electron microscopy revealed 40-nm virions within endothelial intranuclear inclusions. Rolling circle amplification was used to obtain a partial viral genomic sequence. Sequence analysis identified the virus as a novel polyomavirus, tentatively named California sea lion polyomavirus 1. In addition, the sea lion had a severely thickened small intestine and swollen pale kidneys on gross examination. Severe renal amyloidosis with chronic interstitial nephritis was diagnosed histologically as well as T-cell intestinal lymphoma, which was confirmed via immunophenotyping and molecular clonality. The relationship, if any, between polyomavirus infection and the other disease processes in this sea lion is not known, but it is considered unlikely that the polyomavirus induced the lymphoma.


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Neoplasias Intestinais/veterinária , Linfoma de Células T/veterinária , Infecções por Polyomavirus/veterinária , Polyomavirus/isolamento & purificação , Leões-Marinhos , Infecções Tumorais por Vírus/veterinária , Animais , Feminino , Neoplasias Intestinais/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Intestinais/patologia , Linfoma de Células T/diagnóstico , Linfoma de Células T/patologia , Infecções por Polyomavirus/virologia , Infecções Tumorais por Vírus/virologia
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Nutrients ; 12(9)2020 Aug 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32872411

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The purpose of this project was to determine whether consistent food assistance program participation or changes in participation over time mediated or moderated the effect of federal nutrition education through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) on food security and determine the associations of SNAP-Ed program delivery characteristics with change in food security. This secondary analysis used data from a randomized controlled trial from September 2013 through April 2015. SNAP-Ed-eligible participants (n = 328; ≥18 years) in households with children were recruited from 39 counties in Indiana, USA. The dependent variable was one year change in household food security score measured using the United States Household Food Security Survey Module. Assessment of mediation used Barron-Kenny analysis and moderation used interactions of food assistance program use and changes over time with treatment group in general linear regression modeling. Program delivery characteristics were investigated using mixed linear regression modeling. Results showed that neither consistent participation nor changes in food assistance program participation over time mediated nor moderated the effect of SNAP-Ed on food security and neither were SNAP-Ed program delivery characteristics associated with change in food security over the one year study period. SNAP-Ed directly improved food security among SNAP-Ed-eligible Indiana households with children regardless of food assistance program participation and changes over time or varying program delivery characteristics.


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Assistência Alimentar/estatística & dados numéricos , Segurança Alimentar/métodos , Segurança Alimentar/estatística & dados numéricos , Educação em Saúde/métodos , Educação em Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Inquéritos Nutricionais/métodos , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Indiana , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Inquéritos Nutricionais/estatística & dados numéricos , Pobreza , Adulto Jovem
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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry ; 59(3): 336-338, 2020 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32089193

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The best-tested treatments for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are grounded in the principles of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) and blended with developmental science. Examples include Project ImPACT1 and Early Start Denver Model,2 among others. ABA-based behavioral interventions use conditioned reinforcement of target behaviors by giving the child access to desired objects and activities as a consequence of performing target behaviors. Unlike the original ABA technique, discrete trial training, ABA-based naturalistic developmental-behavioral interventions (NDBIs) occur in natural environments and employ operant conditioned reinforcement of target behaviors by capitalizing on the child's interests in objects and activities.1-3 NDBIs are highly recommended for toddlers and children with autism.3 Clinical manuals for NDBIs emphasize that clinicians should use modulations of voice and exaggerated facial expressions and gestures to engage toddlers.1-4 These behaviors are often referred to as positive affect, increased animation, modulation of child affect, or playfulness. Given the range of clinician behaviors described across these constructs and the commonalities between them, within this article we will henceforth refer to the following behaviors as playfulness: positive affect, increased animation, modulation of child affect, and exaggerated facial expressions and gestures. Most NDBIs indicate that playfulness should be thoughtfully employed throughout NDBI sessions in conjunction with other NDBI strategies (eg, contingent responsiveness, balanced turns, child choice) to maintain engagement and build social reciprocity with the child as the clinician and child work together toward treatment goals. However, our clinical and supervisory experiences suggest that many clinicians do not consistently use playfulness as an intervention tool. Instead, according to our observations, many clinicians largely employ neutral affect when providing treatment to toddlers with ASD, even while employing NDBI strategies such as following the child's lead, contingent responsiveness, and balanced turns. This article presents our clinical perspective on the utility of playfulness for treating toddlers with ASD.


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Transtorno do Espectro Autista , Transtorno Autístico , Transtorno do Espectro Autista/terapia , Terapia Comportamental , Pré-Escolar , Expressão Facial , Humanos , Jogos e Brinquedos
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Autism ; 24(8): 2035-2045, 2020 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32627579

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LAY ABSTRACT: For preschool children with autism, individual (one-to-one) behavioral interventions are among the best-tested treatments. However, they are rarely used in special education preschools. We observed formally and informally delivered one-to-one behavioral interventions use by classroom staff (n = 51) in 12 classrooms across three special education preschools for children with autism, aged 3-6 years, in a major US city. We estimated the associations between one-to-one intervention use and classroom characteristics including staff-student ratio, professional role composition, and frequency of challenging child behaviors. As a whole, the factors we examined were considerably important for both formally and informally delivered one-to-one interventions. The number of individually assigned personal care aides in the classroom was negatively associated with the use of formally delivered one-to-one intervention. Classroom challenging behavior was positively associated with use of formally delivered one-to-one interventions. Interventionist's professional roles and the number of children in the class were most important for the use of informally delivered interventions. Staff training, clarifying professional roles, setting performance expectations for personal care aides and other classroom team members, and reducing class size may represent promising implementation targets. Findings suggest caution around task-shifting policies that transfer clinical functions from more highly trained to less highly trained staff.


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Transtorno do Espectro Autista , Transtorno Autístico , Transtorno do Espectro Autista/terapia , Transtorno Autístico/terapia , Pré-Escolar , Educação Inclusiva , Humanos , Professores Escolares , Recursos Humanos
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J Acad Nutr Diet ; 120(9): 1457-1468, 2020 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32703690

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BACKGROUND: Food pantry users represent a predominantly food insecure population, yet dietary intake may differ among food secure (FS), low FS, and very low FS clients. Usual intake of food groups and nutrients by food security status has not previously been compared among food pantry clients. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate the usual intakes of underconsumed nutrients (ie, potassium; dietary fiber; choline; magnesium; calcium; vitamins A, D, E, and C; and iron) and related food groups (ie, vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and dairy) and dietary quality, and to evaluate their relationship with food security status. DESIGN: This cross-sectional, secondary analysis used baseline data from a prior intervention study (Clinical Trial Registry: NCT03566095). A demographic questionnaire, the US Household Food Security Survey Module, and up to three 24-hour dietary recalls on nonconsecutive days, including weekdays and weekends, were collected. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING: This community-based study included a convenience sample of adult, midwestern food pantry clients (N=579) recruited from August to November 2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Main outcomes evaluated were Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores and usual intakes of underconsumed nutrients and related food groups. STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED: Linear regression models and the National Cancer Institute method, adjusting for confounders, were used to estimate associations of food security with diet quality and usual intake, respectively. RESULTS: Being FS was associated with a higher whole grains HEI-2010 score and higher mean usual intake of whole grains compared with being low FS. Being FS was associated with higher usual intakes of iron and dairy compared with being very low FS. Being FS was associated with a higher mean usual intake of dark green vegetables compared with being low FS and very low FS. Usual intakes were below federal guidance for all subgroups of food security. CONCLUSIONS: Although food security status may differentiate dietary intake among food pantry clients, improvements are needed among all clients.


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Dieta Saudável/estatística & dados numéricos , Assistência Alimentar/estatística & dados numéricos , Segurança Alimentar/estatística & dados numéricos , Nutrientes/análise , População Rural/estatística & dados numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Estudos Transversais , Inquéritos sobre Dietas , Feminino , Humanos , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Meio-Oeste dos Estados Unidos , Valor Nutritivo , Adulto Jovem
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Issues Ment Health Nurs ; 30(7): 436-42, 2009 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19544127

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Learning about one's sexuality is an important developmental task for the adolescent and has implications for a lifelong process of becoming a sexual being and reaching sexual maturity. Learning about intimacy in relationship with others is another important developmental task for the adolescent. The occurrence of interpersonal violence, particularly sexual, physical, or psychological violence, disrupts the development of intimacy which informs the process for becoming a sexual being. Society can assist adolescent females experiencing interpersonal violence to understand their sexual nature and make informed sexual decisions throughout their lifetime. This assistance requires a contextual understanding of the relationship between adolescent sexual development and the effects of interpersonal violence on this process. This study presents the groundwork needed to understand the contextual meanings of sexual relationships of adolescent females with a history of interpersonal violence and discusses the evolution of these adolescents' attitudes and beliefs for sexual health promotion.


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Comportamento do Adolescente/etnologia , Negro ou Afro-Americano/etnologia , Maus-Tratos Infantis/etnologia , Americanos Mexicanos/etnologia , Comportamento Sexual/etnologia , Mulheres/psicologia , Adolescente , Desenvolvimento do Adolescente , Atitude Frente a Saúde/etnologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Maus-Tratos Infantis/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Relações Interpessoais , Grupos Minoritários/psicologia , Pesquisa Metodológica em Enfermagem , Psicologia do Adolescente , Assunção de Riscos , Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/etnologia , Meio Social , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Texas/epidemiologia , Mulheres/educação
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Nutr Rev ; 77(12): 903-921, 2019 12 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31077323

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is the nutrition promotion component of SNAP, formerly known as food stamps. SNAP-Ed assists low-income populations in the United States improve dietary intake and reduce food insecurity through nutrition education. This narrative review summarizes current investigations of SNAP-Ed's effectiveness at improving food security and dietary outcomes, and it can help inform future policy and implementation of the program. There was stronger evidence for SNAP-Ed as an effective means of improving food security (n = 4 reports) than for its effects on nutrition or dietary outcomes (n = 10 reports). Inconsistency in measurement tools and outcomes and a lack of strong study designs characterized the studies that sought to evaluate the effectiveness of SNAP-Ed at improving nutrition or dietary outcomes. Additional rigorous study designs in diverse population groups are needed to strengthen the evidence. In the face of reduced financial SNAP benefits, SNAP-Ed may play an important role in helping to eliminate food insecurity and improve dietary outcomes and, ultimately, the health of low-income Americans.


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Dieta , Assistência Alimentar , Abastecimento de Alimentos , Educação em Saúde , Humanos , Estado Nutricional , Pobreza , Estados Unidos
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Emerg Infect Dis ; 14(3): 397-405, 2008 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18325253

RESUMO

Parainfluenza virus (PIV) is a leading cause of respiratory infections in humans. A novel virus closely related to human and bovine parainfluenza viruses types 3 (HPIV-3 and BPIV-3), named Tursiops truncatus parainfluenza virus type 1 (TtPIV-1), was isolated from a dolphin with respiratory disease. We developed a dolphin-specific ELISA to measure acute- and convalescent-phase PIV antibodies in dolphins during 1999-2006 with hemograms similar to that of the positive control. PIV seroconversion occurred concurrently with an abnormal hemogram in 22 animals, of which 7 (31.8%) had respiratory signs. Seroprevalence surveys were conducted on 114 healthy bottlenose dolphins in Florida and California. When the most conservative interpretation of positive was used, 11.4% of healthy dolphins were antibody positive, 29.8% were negative, and 58.8% were inconclusive. PIV appears to be a common marine mammal virus that may be of human health interest because of the similarity of TtPIV-1 to BPIV-3 and HPIV-3.


Assuntos
Golfinho Nariz-de-Garrafa/virologia , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/veterinária , Respirovirus/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais/análise , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Antígenos Virais , California/epidemiologia , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática/veterinária , Feminino , Florida/epidemiologia , Masculino , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/sangue , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/epidemiologia , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/imunologia , Infecções por Paramyxoviridae/virologia
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J Wildl Dis ; 54(1): 112-121, 2018 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29077545

RESUMO

: Adenoviruses are nonenveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses, known to infect members of all tetrapod classes, with a similarity between phylogenies of hosts and viruses observed. We characterized bottlenose dolphin adenovirus 2 (BdAdV-2) found in a bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus) with enteritis. Virions were seen by negative staining electron microscopy of feces. Initial sequences obtained using conserved PCR primers were expanded using primer walking techniques, and the complete coding sequence was obtained. Phylogenetic analyses were consistent with coevolution of this virus and its bottlenose dolphin host, placing BdAdV-2 into a monophyletic group with other mastadenoviruses of Cetartiodactyla. When considering the low guanine/cytosine (G/C) content of BdAdV-2 with the phylogenetic data, this virus may represent a host-jumping event from another member of Cetartiodactyla. Analysis of partial polymerase indicated that bottlenose dolphin adenovirus 1, previously identified in Spain, and BdAdV-2 are sister taxa with harbor porpoise adenovirus 1, forming a cetacean clade. Bottlenose dolphin adenovirus 2 includes a highly divergent fiber gene. Two genes homologous to the dUTPase superfamily are also present which could play a role in enabling viral replication in nondividing cells. We used sequence data to develop a probe hybridization quantitative PCR assay specific to BdAdV-2 with a limit of detection of 10 copies.


Assuntos
Infecções por Adenoviridae/veterinária , Golfinho Nariz-de-Garrafa/virologia , Enterite/veterinária , Mastadenovirus/genética , Infecções por Adenoviridae/virologia , Animais , Enterite/virologia , Genoma Viral , Mastadenovirus/classificação , Filogenia
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