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Lenk KM, Scholz N, Schriemer D, Toomey TL, Erickson DJ, Jones-Webb R, Nelson TF. The Interplay of Local- and State-Level Alcohol Policies in the US. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2024. [PMID: 38411160 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Most research on alcohol control policies in the U.S. has focused on the state-level. In this study, we assessed both local and state policy prevalence and restrictiveness in a nationwide sample of cities. METHODS We conducted original legal research to asses prevalence of local-level policies across 374 cities (48 states) in 2019 for seven policy areas: (1) Drink specials; (2) Beverage service training; (3) Minimum age for on-premise servers and bartenders; (4) Minimum age for off-premise sellers; (5) Prohibitions against hosting underage drinking parties (i.e., social host provisions); (6) Bans on off-premise Sunday sales; and (7) Keg registration. We obtained parallel state-level policies from the Alcohol Policy Information System. We assessed restrictiveness of existing policies and how these compared across local and state levels. RESULTS We found that for six of the seven policy areas, the majority of cities (53% to 83%) had only a state-level policy. Few cities (0% to 8% across policy areas) had only a local-level policy. The percentage of cities that had an alcohol policy at both the local and state-level ranged from <1% to 19% across policy areas, and the policies were mostly equally restrictive at both levels. DISCUSSION The lack of local policies may point to areas where these localities could strengthen their alcohol policy environments. More research is needed to understand how the prevalence and restrictiveness of local and state policies are associated with public health harms such as traffic crashes.
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de Brito JN, Pereira MA, Kelly AS, Erickson DJ, Sherwood NE, Mason SM, Loth KA, French SA, Evanoff NG, Dengel DR, Kunin-Batson AS. Body Mass Index Trajectories and Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Children from Low-Income and Racially and Ethnically Diverse Households. Child Obes 2023. [PMID: 37327058 DOI: 10.1089/chi.2022.0216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Background: This study examined the associations between BMI trajectories and emerging cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in children living in low-income and racially and ethnically diverse households in the United States. Methods: Data were drawn from NET-Works randomized intervention trial and NET-Works 2 prospective follow-up study (N = 338). BMI was measured across 6 follow-up visits and biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk (CMR) at the sixth visit. Group-based trajectory modeling identified child BMI trajectories. Adjusted multivariable linear regressions evaluated the associations between BMI trajectories and CMR. Results: We identified two BMI trajectories: 25% followed a trajectory of steep BMI increase, and 75% followed a moderate decreasing BMI trajectory over time. Relative to children in the moderate decreasing trajectory, children in the increasing trajectory had higher adjusted mean levels of C-reactive protein [CRP; 3.3; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.6 to 5.0], leptin (63.1; 95% CI: 44.3 to 81.8), triglycerides (35.4; 95% CI: 22.1 to 48.6), triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ratio (1.2; 95% CI: 0.8 to 1.6), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C; 0.1; 95% CI: 0.03 to 0.2), fasting glucose (1.8; 0.1 to 3.5) and insulin (8.8; 95% CI: 6.5 to 11.0), overall CMR score (0.7; 95% CI: 0.5 to 0.9), and lower adiponectin (-1.3; 95% CI: -2.5 to -0.1) and HDL (-10.8; 95% CI: -14.3 to -7.4). Conclusions: Children with high BMIs early in childhood were more likely to maintain an accelerated BMI trajectory throughout childhood, which was associated with adverse CMR in pre-adolescence. To advance health equity and support children's healthy weight and cardiovascular health trajectories, public health efforts are needed to address persistent disparities in childhood obesity and CMR.
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- Junia N de Brito
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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James SA, Erickson DJ, Lammert S, Widome R. School start time delays and high school educational outcomes: Evidence from the START/LEARN study. J Adolesc 2023; 95:751-763. [PMID: 36793198 PMCID: PMC10257742 DOI: 10.1002/jad.12151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Delaying high school start times extends adolescents' nightly sleep, but it is less clear how it affects educational outcomes. We expect links between school start time delays and academic performance because getting enough sleep is a key input to the cognitive, health, and behavioral factors necessary for educational success. Thus, we evaluated how educational outcomes changed in the 2 years following a school start time delay. METHODS We analyzed 2153 adolescents (51% male, 49% female; mean age 15 at baseline) from START/LEARN, a cohort study of high school students in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, USA metropolitan area. Adolescents experienced either a school start time delay ("policy change schools") or consistently early school start times ("comparison schools"). We compared patterns of late arrivals, absences, behavior referrals, and grade point average (GPA) 1 year before (baseline, 2015-2016) and 2 years after (follow-up 1, 2016-2017 and follow-up 2, 2017-2018) the policy change using a difference-in-differences analysis. RESULTS A school start time delay of 50-65 min led to three fewer late arrivals, one fewer absence, a 14% lower probability of behavior referral, and 0.07-0.17 higher GPA in policy change schools versus comparison schools. Effects were larger in the 2nd year of follow-up than in the 1st year of follow-up, and differences in absences and GPA emerged in the second year of follow-up only. CONCLUSIONS Delaying high school start times is a promising policy intervention not only for improving sleep and health but for improving adolescents' performance in school.
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- Sarah A James
- Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Widome R, Erickson DJ, Laska MN, Berger AT, Lenk KM, Iber C, Kilian G, Lammert S, Wahlstrom K. Impact of delaying high school start times on weight and related behaviors - the START study. Prev Med 2023; 172:107548. [PMID: 37201593 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In the US, few adolescents get adequate school night sleep, largely due to early school start times. In the START study we aimed to test the following hypothesis: That following the implementation of later high school start times students have lesser longitudinal increases in body mass index (BMI) and shift to more healthful weight-related behaviors relative to students attending schools that retain early start times. The study enrolled a cohort of students (n = 2426) in five high schools in the Twin Cities, MN metro. Heights and weights were measured objectively, and surveys were administered annually from 9th through 11th grades (2016-2018). All study schools started early (either 7:30 am or 7:45 am) at baseline (2016). At follow-up 1 (2017) and continuing through follow-up 2 (2018), two schools delayed their start times by 50-65 min, while three comparison schools started at 7:30 am throughout the observation period. Using a difference-in-differences natural experiment design, we estimated differences in changes in BMI and weight-related behaviors over time between policy change and comparison schools. Students' BMIs increased in parallel in both policy change and comparison schools over time. However relative to changes in comparison schools after the start time shift, students in policy change schools had a modestly more healthful profile of weight-related behaviors - for instance they had a relatively greater probability of eating breakfast, having supper with their family, getting more activity, eating fast food less frequently, and eating vegetables daily. Later start times could be a durable, population-wide strategy that promotes healthful weight behaviors.
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- Rachel Widome
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
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Lenk KM, Scholz N, Erickson DJ, Joshi S, Toomey TL, Jones-Webb R, Nelson TF. Alcohol Enforcement in the United States From 2010 to 2019. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2023; 84:416-423. [PMID: 36971727 PMCID: PMC10364783 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.22-00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Despite the important role of enforcement in reducing alcohol-related harms, few studies have assessed alcohol enforcement efforts, particularly over time. We assessed the prevalence of alcohol law enforcement strategies at two time points. METHOD Of a random sample of U.S. local law enforcement agencies (i.e., police, sheriff) surveyed in 2010, 1,028 were resurveyed in 2019 (742/1,028 [72%] response rate). We assessed changes in alcohol enforcement strategies and priorities within three domains: (a) alcohol-impaired driving, (b) alcohol sales to obviously intoxicated patrons (i.e., overservice), and (c) underage drinking. RESULTS Agencies reported placing higher priority on enforcement of alcohol-impaired driving and overservice in 2019 versus 2010. For alcohol-impaired driving enforcement strategies, we found increases over time in use of saturation patrols and in enforcing laws prohibiting open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles, but not in use of sobriety checkpoints. Approximately 25% of agencies conducted overservice enforcement in both years. For all strategies directed at underage drinking, enforcement decreased over time with more agencies using strategies aimed at underage drinkers versus alcohol suppliers (alcohol outlets, adults) in both years. CONCLUSIONS Agencies reported continued low levels or declines in enforcement across most strategies despite reported increases in prioritizing alcohol enforcement. More agencies could adopt alcohol control enforcement strategies, including an increased focus on suppliers of alcohol to youth rather than on underage drinkers, and increased awareness and enforcement of selling alcohol to obviously intoxicated patrons. Use of these strategies has the potential to reduce health and safety consequences of excessive alcohol use.
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- Kathleen M. Lenk
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Weiss AJ, Erickson DJ, Lammert SM, Laska MN, Berger AT, Wahlstrom KL, Widome R. The impact of delayed school start time on adolescent beverage consumption, findings from the START study. Appetite 2023; 185:106521. [PMID: 36905989 PMCID: PMC10150943 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.106521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to examine the effects of high school start time delay, a proven sleep-promoting intervention, on sugary beverage (SB) consumption among U.S. adolescents. METHODS In the Spring of 2016 (baseline), the START study recruited 2134 ninth grade students who were enrolled high schools in the Twin Cities, MN metropolitan area. These participants were surveyed again in their 10th and 11th grade years, in Spring 2017 and 2018 (follow-ups 1 and 2). All five high schools started early (7:30 or 7:45 a.m.) at baseline. By follow-up 1, two "policy change" schools shifted their start times later (8:20 or 8:50 a.m.) and maintained these later start times through follow-up 2 while three "comparison schools" retained an early start time at all time points. Generalized estimating equations using a negative binomial distribution were used to obtain estimates of the number of sugary beverages consumed per day at each wave as well as the difference in difference (DiD) estimates between baseline and each follow-up period comparing policy change to comparison schools. RESULTS Mean baseline sugary beverage consumption was 0.9 (1.5) beverages per day in policy change schools and 1.2 (1.7) beverages per day in the comparison schools. While there was no evidence of impact of start time change on total SB consumption, DiD estimates revealed a small decrease in the number of caffeinated sugary beverages consumed between baseline and the second follow-up period in students attending the policy change schools relative to comparison schools in both crude (0.11/day reduction, p-value = 0.048) and adjusted analyses (0.11/day reduction, p-value = 0.028). CONCLUSION Although the differences in this study were quite modest, a population-wide reduction in sugary beverage consumption could have public health benefit.
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- Andrew J Weiss
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA.
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Scholz N, Lenk KM, Erickson DJ, Toomey TL, Jones-Webb R, Nelson TF. Alcohol-impaired driving enforcement priorities and strategies in a nationwide sample of U.S. law enforcement agencies. Traffic Inj Prev 2022; 24:1-6. [PMID: 36480231 PMCID: PMC9850454 DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2022.2150049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Excessive alcohol consumption leads to a range of public health problems and social and financial burdens. Traffic crashes resulting from alcohol-involved driving are a major contributor to the overall health consequences of alcohol. Various laws and enforcement strategies aim to prevent alcohol-involved driving. The extent to which law enforcement agencies prioritize enforcement of alcohol-impaired driving laws can help to reduce alcohol-impaired driving. Among law enforcement agencies in the US, we examined prioritization of alcohol-impaired driving enforcement and how it is associated with use of specific enforcement strategies, as well as agency and community characteristics. METHODS We conducted a survey of a national sample of 1,024 US police and sheriff agencies in 2019. We assessed prioritization of alcohol-impaired driving enforcement, use of specific enforcement strategies (saturation patrols, sobriety checkpoints, open container law enforcement, training field officers to identify driving impairment), and agency and jurisdiction characteristics. We assessed how priority of enforcement (high vs. low) was associated with use of specific strategies, and agency and jurisdiction characteristics using regression models that accounted for agencies nesting within states. RESULTS A majority of agencies (68%) placed a high priority on alcohol-impaired driving enforcement. Almost all agencies (93%) reported performing at least one alcohol-impaired driving enforcement strategy and the most common strategy used was saturation patrols. Agencies that prioritized alcohol-impaired driving enforcement were more likely to use sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols, conduct enforcement of open container laws and train field officers in identifying driving impairment (p < 0.05). They were also more likely to have an officer assigned primarily to alcohol enforcement, have an alcohol division, and serve jurisdictions that had fewer Black residents (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Many law enforcement agencies utilize strategies to address alcohol-impaired driving, however, some strategies are underutilized and an opportunity exists for agencies to incorporate additional strategies to help prevent alcohol-impaired driving. Agencies that made alcohol-impaired driving enforcement a priority were more likely to conduct related enforcement strategies. Encouraging police and sheriff agencies to prioritize alcohol-impaired driving enforcement may be an effective approach for preventing alcohol-related harms.
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- Natalie Scholz
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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Winkler MR, Lenk K, Erickson DJ, Laska MN. Retailer Marketing Strategies and Customer Purchasing of Sweetened Beverages in Convenience Stores. J Acad Nutr Diet 2022; 122:2050-2059. [PMID: 35240342 PMCID: PMC9420172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2022.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Marketing strategies for sweetened beverages (SBs) are pervasive across food retail. Yet few studies have examined how these strategies associate with planned and unplanned SB purchasing. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine whether customers with greater exposure to SB retail marketing (eg, advertisements and product placement) were more likely to purchase an SB and whether this varied by customer characteristics. DESIGN This was an observational, cross-sectional study using objective customer purchasing and store assessment data from convenience and other small food stores. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING Participants were 1,604 food and beverage customers at 144 randomly sampled convenience and other small food stores in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN. EXPOSURE Marketing strategies, including SB advertisements, placement, and shelf space were included. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We determined the probability of customers purchasing ≥4 fluid ounces of a ready-to-drink sugar and/or artificially sweetened beverage. STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED Associations between marketing strategies and purchasing were estimated using mixed regression models, controlling for customer characteristics and accounting for customers nested within stores. RESULTS Fifty-six percent of customers purchased an SB; 14% also specified that it was an unplanned purchase. Customers were more likely to purchase an SB when exterior advertisements (P < .001) and advertisements hanging from the ceiling (P < .001) that promoted SBs were present. Customers with moderate and high cumulative exposure to SB marketing were significantly more likely to purchase SBs (51.2% and 54.9%, respectively) than those with lower exposure (34%); this effect was particularly salient for men. There were no significant associations between retail marketing strategies and unplanned purchases. CONCLUSIONS Findings demonstrate that feasible and sustainable approaches are required from policy makers, retailers, and public health professionals to shift store environments away from cues that promote unhealthy beverage selections. Given that numerous retail actors are invested in the availability, promotion, and sales of SBs, changing the predominance of SB marketing in convenience stores will likely be challenging and require cross-sector collaboration.
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- Megan R Winkler
- Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Friedman JK, Santaularia NJ, Dadi D, Erickson DJ, Lust K, Mason SM. The influence of childhood and early adult adversities on substance use behaviours in racial/ethnically diverse young adult women: a latent class analysis. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2022; 29:3-14. [PMID: 34581243 PMCID: PMC8958174 DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2021.1982990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Childhood and adult adversities occur more frequently among women and persons of colour, possibly influencing racial/ethnic disparities in substance use behaviours. This study investigates how childhood and adult adversities cluster together by race/ethnicity and how these clusters predict binge drinking, tobacco, e-cigarette, and marijuana use. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used in a combined sample from the 2015 to 2018 Minnesota College Student Health Survey to identify clusters of childhood and adult adversities among Asian, Black, Latina, and White women aged 18-25. Each substance use outcome was regressed on each adversity cluster across each race/ethnicity group. Across all racial/ethnic groups and substance use outcomes, the high adversity cluster exhibited the greatest risk. Significant racial/ethnic disparities were observed across several substance use behaviours; these were attenuated among women with fewer adversities. The reduced substance use disparities found among those with lower adversities suggest that prevention of adversities may advance health equity.
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- Jessica K. Friedman
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,Corresponding author: Jessica K. Friedman () Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, 300 West Bank Office Building, 1300 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Rosebush CE, Schofield KE, Ramirez M, Zaidman B, Erickson DJ, Tschida B, McGovern PM. Differential effectiveness of the Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Act by health care setting: An exploratory study. Am J Ind Med 2022; 65:105-116. [PMID: 34775629 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Minnesota Safe Patient Handling (MN SPH) Act requires health care facilities to implement comprehensive programs to protect their workers from musculoskeletal injuries caused by lifting and transferring patients. Nursing homes, hospitals, and outpatient facilities each face unique challenges implementing and maintaining SPH programs. The objective of the study was to compare patient handling injuries in these three health care settings and determine whether change in injury rate over time differed by setting following enactment of the law. METHODS Workers' compensation data from a Minnesota-based insurer were used to describe worker and claim characteristics in nursing homes, hospitals, and outpatient facilities. Negative binomial models were used to compare claims and estimate mean annual patient handling claim rates by health care setting and time period following enactment of the law. RESULTS Consistent with national data, the patient handling claim rate was highest in Minnesota nursing homes (168 claims/$100 million payroll [95% confidence interval: 163-174]) followed by hospitals (35/$100 million payroll [34-37]) and outpatient facilities (2/$100 million payroll [1.8-2.2]). Patient handling claims declined by 38% over 10 years following enactment of the law (vs. 27% for all other claims). The change in claims over time did not differ by health care setting. CONCLUSIONS In this single-insurer sample, declines in workers' compensation claims for patient handling injuries were consistent across health care settings following enactment of a state SPH law. Though nursing homes experienced elevated claim rates overall, results suggest they are not lagging hospitals and outpatient facilities in reducing patient handling injuries.
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- Christina E. Rosebush
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis Minnesota USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth Minnesota USA
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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- Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Research & Statistics St. Paul Minnesota USA
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- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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- Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Workplace Safety Consultation St. Paul Minnesota USA
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis Minnesota USA
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Tian D, Gerberich SG, Morris NL, Kim H, Ryan AD, Erickson DJ, Easterlund PA. Design and evaluation of a rural intersection conflict warning system and alternative designs among various driver age groups. Accid Anal Prev 2021; 162:106388. [PMID: 34600314 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Advanced Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems (RICWS) were deployed as countermeasures to reduce severe right-angle crashes at rural thru-STOP controlled intersections across the United States (U.S.). The simulator study designed and evaluated alternative RICWS designs to existing RICWS interventions, in varying rural driving scenarios, across age groups (N = 40 novice teenage, 40 middle-aged, and 40 older drivers). Each participant was randomly assigned to a RICWS design, either the original or an alternative, and drove through sequences of 17 thru-STOP controlled rural intersections (nine RICWS intervention and eight control intersections). Drivers' gap acceptance performance, intersection driving performance, traffic violation behaviors and self-reported workload were evaluated between intervention and control intersections. Regression models, applying the Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE), enabled efficacy determination of each RICWS design and an aggregated RICWS intervention effect, averaged across all simulated RICWS designs, among different levels of moderating factors. The safety performance and possible risks associated with the use of different RICWS designs were identified. Specifically, the original RICWS design had a significantly greater risk of STOP-sign violations at clear-view intersections with low traffic volumes, compared with control intersections (Risk Ratio = 2.18, 95% CI = 1.03 to 4.64). Except for Alternative RICWS Design 1, the alternative RICWS designs did not appear to outperform the Original RICWS Design. The moderating effects of drivers' ages and intersection types on aggregated RICWS intervention effects were also examined. This study provides important safety implications for development and evaluation of intelligent intersection warning systems, targeted to vulnerable driver populations at high-risk rural intersections.
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- Disi Tian
- Occupational Injury Prevention Research Program, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, United States.
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- Occupational Injury Prevention Research Program, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, United States
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- HumanFIRST Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Occupational Injury Prevention Research Program, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, United States
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- Occupational Injury Prevention Research Program, Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, United States
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- HumanFIRST Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Tian D, Gerberich SG, Kim H, Ryan AD, Erickson DJ, Morris NL. Evaluation of the efficacy of an intersection conflict warning system at two-way stop-controlled rural intersections: difference-in-differences and triple-difference analytical approaches. Inj Prev 2021; 28:204-210. [PMID: 34716178 DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Intersection conflict warning systems (ICWSs) have been implemented at high-risk two-way stop-controlled intersections to prevent right-angle crashes and associated injuries. This study involved investigation of the impacts of ICWSs on crash reductions. METHODS The study used a quasi-experimental design to analyse the potential causal relations between Minnesota's ICWSs and various crash rate outcomes (including total, injury, non-injury, targeted right-angle and non-right-angle crashes) in pre-post analyses. A restricted randomisation method enabled identification of three controls to each ICWS treatment intersection, and included as many comparable intersection characteristics as possible. Annual crash rates (per year per intersection) were analysed over the same periods before and after system activation for treatment and control intersections in each matched group. Pre-crash data for 3 years and post-crash data for up to 5 years were included, ranging from 2010 to 2018. Negative binomial regression models with generalised estimating equations were applied to estimate the average, immediate and continuing treatment effects of ICWSs, through the difference-in-differences and difference-in-difference-in-difference approaches, respectively. RESULTS The ICWS treatment was significantly associated with a decreasing trend for targeted right-angle crash rates posttreatment. Although not statistically significant, most crash rate outcomes appeared to be elevated immediately after treatment (statistically significant for sideswipe crashes only). Pre-post differences in average crash rates (over entire periods), except for incapacitating injury-related crashes, were not statistically significant between treatment and control intersections. CONCLUSIONS The study provided important insight into potential causal associations between intersection safety countermeasures and crashes at high-risk rural two-way stop-controlled intersections.
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- Disi Tian
- Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety Education and Research Center, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- HumanFIRST Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Berry KM, Berger AT, Laska MN, Erickson DJ, Lenk KM, Iber C, Full KM, Wahlstrom K, Redline S, Widome R. Weekend night vs. school night sleep patterns, weight status, and weight-related behaviors among adolescents. Sleep Health 2021; 7:572-580. [PMID: 34479827 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we examine associations between objectively measured weekend night vs. school night sleep patterns, weight status, and weight-related behaviors among adolescents. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Five Minnesota high schools that started early (7:30 or 7:45 AM) in Spring 2016. PARTICIPANTS Ninth grade students, ages 14.5-16 years (n = 284). MEASUREMENTS Students completed surveys, had body measurements taken, and wore sleep (wrist) actigraphs for 1 week (n = 284). We examined weekend night-school night differences in sleep duration and sleep timing. We then assessed whether these factors were related to weight status and weight-related behaviors (eating behaviors, food consumption, physical activity, beverage consumption) using generalized linear mixed models. RESULTS On average, students slept 1.5 hours (95% confidence interval 1.3-1.7) more and had a sleep midpoint 1.9 hours (1.8-2.1) later on weekend nights compared to school nights. Female students had larger increases in sleep duration on weekend nights than males but similar timing differences. Sleep duration differences were uncorrelated with sleep timing differences (r = 0.01). Neither duration nor timing differences were associated with overweight, obesity, or any of the eating behaviors we examined. However, sleeping longer on weekend nights than on school nights was associated with lower probability of being active 6-7 days per week (p = .02). CONCLUSIONS Adolescents have substantial sleep duration and sleep timing differences on weekend nights vs. school nights. While these differences may not be associated with weight status or weight-related behaviors, they reflect the reality that most adolescents have schedules that restrict their sleep.
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- Kaitlyn M Berry
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Lenk KM, Erickson DJ, Joshi S, Calvert C, Nelson TF, Toomey TL. An examination of how alcohol enforcement strategies by sheriff and police agencies are associated with alcohol-impaired-driving fatal traffic crashes. Traffic Inj Prev 2021; 22:419-424. [PMID: 34133253 PMCID: PMC9945917 DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2021.1934829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Objective: Over 10,000 people die in alcohol-impaired-driving traffic crashes every year in the U.S. Approximately half of alcohol-impaired drivers report their last drink was at a bar or restaurant, and most bars and restaurants serve alcohol to patrons who are already intoxicated, known as overservice. Law enforcement agencies use various strategies to address alcohol-impaired driving and overservice but research on the effectiveness of these strategies is limited. Our objective was to assess whether law enforcement efforts focusing on alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol overservice were associated with alcohol-impaired-driving fatal traffic crashes.Methods: We conducted a survey of police and sheriff agencies in 1,082 communities across the U.S. in 2010 regarding their alcohol enforcement practices. We assessed whether the agency conducted: (1) alcohol overservice enforcement and (2) alcohol-impaired driving enforcement (sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, open container, overall alcohol-impaired driving enforcement). From the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (2009-2013), we obtained counts of alcohol-impaired-driving fatal traffic crashes (at least one driver had blood alcohol content ≥ 0.08) within the agency's jurisdiction boundary and within a 10-mile buffer. Using multi-level regression, we assessed whether each enforcement type was associated with alcohol-impaired-driving fatal crashes (per 100,000 population). For both the jurisdiction boundary and 10-mile buffer, we ran stratified models based on community/agency type: (1) small town/rural police; (2) urban/suburban police and (3) sheriffs.Results: In jurisdiction boundary models, urban/suburban communities where police conducted overservice enforcement (compared to those that did not) had fewer alcohol-impaired-driving fatal crashes (5.0 vs. 6.6; p = 0.01). For the 10-mile buffer, small town/rural communities where police agencies conducted overservice enforcement (compared to those that did not) had fewer alcohol-impaired-driving fatal crashes (16.9 vs. 21.2; p = 0.01); we found similar results for small town/rural communities where police used saturation patrols (18.7 vs. 22.1; p = 0.05) and had overall high alcohol-impaired driving enforcement (18.7 vs. 22.1; p = 0.05). The direction and the size of the effects for other types of enforcement and agencies were similar, but not statistically significant.Conclusions: Alcohol enforcement strategies among police agencies in small town/rural communities may be particularly effective in reducing alcohol-impaired fatal traffic crashes. Results varied by enforcement, agency and community type.
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- Kathleen M Lenk
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Stoff LW, Bates LM, Schuler SR, Renner LM, Erickson DJ, Osypuk TL. Intimate partner violence and social connection among married women in rural Bangladesh. J Epidemiol Community Health 2021; 75:1202-1207. [PMID: 34049928 PMCID: PMC8588304 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-214843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV) is high among married women in Bangladesh. Social isolation is a well-established correlate of women's exposure to IPV, but the role of such factors in low-income and middle-income countries is not well understood. In this study, we explore whether social connection is protective against IPV among married women in rural Bangladesh. METHODS Data were drawn from a multistage, stratified, population-based longitudinal sample of 3355 married women in rural Bangladesh, who were surveyed on individual and contextual risk factors of IPV. Negative binomial regression models were used to estimate the association between three different domains of social connection (natal family contact, female companionship and instrumental social support), measured at baseline in 2013, and the risk of three different forms of IPV (psychological, physical and sexual), approximately 10 months later, adjusted for woman's level of education, spouse's level of education, level of household wealth, age and age of marriage. RESULTS Adjusted models showed that instrumental social support was associated with a lower risk of past year psychological IPV (risk ratio (RR)=0.84, 95% CI 0.769 to 0.914), sexual IPV (RR=0.90, 95% CI 0.822 to 0.997) and physical IPV (RR=0.81, 95% CI 0.718 to 0.937). Natal family contact was also associated with a lower risk of each type of IPV, but not in a graded fashion. Less consistent associations were observed with female companionship. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that social connection, particularly in the form of instrumental support, may protect married women in rural Bangladesh from experiencing IPV.
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- Laura W Stoff
- Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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- University of Minnesota School of Social Work, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Eisenberg ME, Wood BA, Erickson DJ, Gower AL, Schneider SK, Corliss HL. Associations between LGBTQ+-supportive school and community resources and suicide attempts among adolescents in Massachusetts. Am J Orthopsychiatry 2021; 91:800-811. [PMID: 34516147 PMCID: PMC9972362 DOI: 10.1037/ort0000574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Supportive school and community resources are associated with reduced risk of suicidality among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ +) adolescents as well as their cisgender, heterosexual peers. This study examined whether adolescents attending schools and living in communities with more versus fewer LGBTQ +-supportive resources were at lower risk of a past-year suicide attempt. Data on sexual orientation and past-year suicide attempt were obtained from student surveys administered in 30 Massachusetts public high schools between 2014 and 2017 (N = 20,790). Data on school resources were obtained from a questionnaire administered to school officials, and community resources were assessed through internet searching. Modified Poisson generalized estimating equations tested associations between school and community LGBTQ +-supports and suicide attempt separately by sex/gender, adjusting for student, school, and community covariates. Several school resources and the availability of community-wide LGBTQ +-supportive resources were associated with lower risk of a suicide attempt among several subgroups of students, even after controlling for the presence of multiple school and community resources and covariates. For example, the risk of a suicide attempt among gay, bisexual and questioning boys in schools with a gender-neutral restroom was approximately half compared to gay, bisexual and questioning boys in schools without this resource. Past year suicide attempts were also significantly lower among questioning, RR = 0.56, CI [0.37-0.86], and heterosexual, RR = 0.59, CI [0.50-0.68], girls living in communities with more supportive resources compared to those in communities with fewer resources. LGBTQ +-supportive resources in schools and communities may be beneficial for all adolescents regardless of sexual orientation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Marla E. Eisenberg
- Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
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- Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
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- San Diego State University, School of Public Health,Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University
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Lenk KM, Wiens T, Fabian LEA, Erickson DJ. Practices and policies of marijuana retail stores in the first two US states to legalize recreational marijuana sales. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2020.1822781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Kathleen M. Lenk
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Rosebush CE, Zaidman B, Schofield KE, Erickson DJ, Tschida B, Ramirez M, McGovern PM. Evaluation of the Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Act: trends in workers' compensation indemnity claims in nursing home workers before and after enactment of the law. Occup Environ Med 2020; 78:22-28. [PMID: 32895318 DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The 2007 Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Act aims to protect healthcare workers from injuries caused by lifting and transferring patients. The effectiveness of the law in nursing homes is unknown. This policy evaluation measured changes in patient handling injuries before and after the law was enacted. Additionally, it assessed whether effects of the law were modified by facility levels of staffing and retention. METHODS Workers' compensation indemnity claims for years 2005-2016 were matched to annual direct care productive hours and facility characteristics (eg, profit status, hospital affiliation and region) for all Medicaid-certified nursing homes in Minnesota. Trends in patient handling claims were analysed using negative binomial regression with generalised estimating equations. The primary predictors were time period, staff hours per resident day and staff retention. RESULTS The patient handling indemnity claim rate declined by 25% in years 4-6 and 38% in years 7-9 following enactment of the law. Claims for all other injuries and illnesses declined by 20% in years 7-9 only. Associations between time period and patient handling claims did not vary by levels of staffing or retention. However, independent of time, facilities with annual retention ≥75% (vs <65%) had a 17% lower patient handling claim rate. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest the law reduced patient handling claims in nursing homes. However, claim rates were elevated in facilities with low worker retention and those that were non-profit, not hospital-affiliated or in a non-metro area. Facilities with these characteristics may benefit from targeted state grants and consultation efforts.
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- Christina E Rosebush
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Research and Statistics, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Workplace Safety Consultation, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Winkler MR, Lenk KM, Erickson DJ, Caspi CE, Laska MN. Longitudinal Fruit and Vegetable Sales in Small Food Retailers: Response to a Novel Local Food Policy and Variation by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:ijerph17155480. [PMID: 32751326 PMCID: PMC7432731 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Small food retailers, including corner/convenience stores, pharmacies, gas-marts, and dollar stores, have historically stocked limited fruits and vegetables, though this may be changing. We examined increases in sales, customer purchasing, and stocking of fresh and/or frozen fruits and vegetables in small food stores over time and in relation to: (a) a local food policy (the Minneapolis Staple Foods Ordinance) and (b) neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES). We used longitudinal data (2014–2017) from 147 randomly-sampled stores in Minneapolis/St. Paul, USA, collected using interviewer-administered manager surveys (measuring sales and stocking) and customer intercepts/observations (measuring purchasing, n = 3039). The local policy required Minneapolis stores to meet minimum stocking standards for fresh/frozen produce and other healthy foods. No ordinance existed in St. Paul. Mixed regression models examined overall change over time and change by city and neighborhood SES. We observed significant increases over time (p < 0.05) in sales and purchasing of fresh fruit and in stocking of fresh fruit, frozen fruit, and frozen vegetables. We did not identify consistent statistical evidence for differential change in sales, purchasing, or stocking by city or neighborhood SES. Key study findings suggest limited differential effects of the local ordinance and/or neighborhood SES. However, findings also indicate significant time trends for some products, including consistent improvements in sales, customer purchasing, and stocking of fresh fruit. Given the ready-to-eat convenience of many fresh fruits and their broad appeal, fresh fruit appears a promising target for advancing the healthfulness of small food retailers.
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- Megan R. Winkler
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (K.M.L.); (D.J.E.); (M.N.L.)
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (K.M.L.); (D.J.E.); (M.N.L.)
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (K.M.L.); (D.J.E.); (M.N.L.)
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (K.M.L.); (D.J.E.); (M.N.L.)
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Berger AT, Widome R, Erickson DJ, Laska MN, Harnack LJ. Changes in association between school foods and child and adolescent dietary quality during implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Ann Epidemiol 2020; 47:30-36. [PMID: 32713505 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The purposes of the study were to estimate the effect of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) implementation on dietary quality of all U.S. school-aged children and adolescents and examine whether those effects differed by the demographic group. METHODS We used survey regression on 2007-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to estimate the proportion of energy intake from school foods and the association between school food intake and dietary quality, before and after HHFKA passage/implementation. To account for demographic changes in the U.S. population over time, inverse probability weighting was used. The product of the proportion of energy from school foods and the association between school food intake and dietary quality estimated the effect of HHFKA implementation on dietary quality. RESULTS School food intake quantity remained stable during the study period. HHFKA implementation improved students' dietary quality by 4.3 Healthy Eating Index-2010 points (95% confidence interval: 2.5, 6.1) on days when school foods were eaten and by 1.3 Healthy Eating Index-2010 points (95% confidence interval: 0.73, 1.8) averaged over all days annually. CONCLUSIONS HHFKA implementation improved the total dietary quality of U.S. school students. U.S. students would benefit from eating school meals in the post-HHFKA era, and HHFKA regulations should not be relaxed.
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- Aaron T Berger
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Widome R, Berger AT, Iber C, Wahlstrom K, Laska MN, Kilian G, Redline S, Erickson DJ. Association of Delaying School Start Time With Sleep Duration, Timing, and Quality Among Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr 2020; 174:697-704. [PMID: 32338727 PMCID: PMC7186915 DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Sleep is a resource that has been associated with health and well-being; however, sleep insufficiency is common among adolescents. OBJECTIVE To examine how delaying school start time is associated with objectively assessed sleep duration, timing, and quality in a cohort of adolescents. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This observational cohort study took advantage of district-initiated modifications in the starting times of 5 public high schools in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota. A total of 455 students were followed up from grade 9 (May 3 to June 3, 2016) through grade 11 (March 15 to May 21, 2018). Data were analyzed from February 1 to July 24, 2019. EXPOSURES All 5 participating schools started early (7:30 am or 7:45 am) at baseline (2016). At follow-up 1 (2017) and continuing through follow-up 2 (2018), 2 schools delayed their start times by 50 and 65 minutes, whereas 3 comparison schools started at 7:30 am throughout the observation period. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Wrist actigraphy was used to derive indices of sleep duration, timing, and quality. With a difference-in-difference design, linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate differences in changes in sleep time between delayed-start and comparison schools. RESULTS A total of 455 students were included in the analysis (among those identifying sex, 225 girls [49.5%] and 219 boys [48.1%]; mean [SD] age at baseline, 15.2 [0.3] years). Relative to the change observed in the comparison schools, students who attended delayed-start schools had an additional mean 41 (95% CI, 25-57) objectively measured minutes of night sleep at follow-up 1 and 43 (95% CI, 25-61) at follow-up 2. Delayed start times were not associated with falling asleep later on school nights at follow-ups, and students attending these schools had a mean difference-in-differences change in weekend night sleep of -24 (95% CI, -51 to 2) minutes from baseline to follow-up 1 and -34 (95% CI, -65 to -3) minutes from baseline to follow-up 2, relative to comparison school participants. Differences in differences for school night sleep onset, weekend sleep onset latency, sleep midpoints, sleep efficiency, and the sleep fragmentation index between the 2 conditions were minimal. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE This study found that delaying high school start times could extend adolescent school night sleep duration and lessen their need for catch-up sleep on weekends. These findings suggest that later start times could be a durable strategy for addressing population-wide adolescent sleep deficits.
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- Rachel Widome
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
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- Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis
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Rosebush CE, Zaidman B, Schofield KE, Erickson DJ, Ramirez M, Tschida B, McGovern PM. Occupational differences in workers' compensation indemnity claims among direct care workers in Minnesota nursing homes, 2005-2016. Am J Ind Med 2020; 63:517-526. [PMID: 32166773 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nursing assistants have one of the highest injury rates in the U.S., but few population-based studies assess differential injury risk by occupation in nursing homes. This statewide study assessed differences in musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and patient handling injuries among direct care workers in Minnesota nursing homes. METHODS Indemnity claims from the Minnesota workers' compensation database were matched to time at risk from the Minnesota Nursing Home Report Card to estimate 2005 to 2016 injury and illness claim rates for certified nursing assistants (CNAs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and registered nurses (RNs). Associations between occupation and claim characteristics were assessed using multivariable regression modeling. RESULTS Indemnity claim rates were 3.68, 1.38, and 0.69 per 100 full-time equivalent workers for CNAs, LPNs, and RNs, respectively. Patient handling injuries comprised 62% of claims. Compared to RNs, CNAs had higher odds of an indemnity claim resulting from an MSD (odds ratio [OR] = 1.67; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31-2.14) or patient handling injury (OR = 1.89; 95% CI, 1.47-2.45) as opposed to another type of injury or illness. CNAs had lower odds of receiving temporary and permanent partial disability benefits and higher odds of receiving a stipulation settlement. CONCLUSIONS CNAs in Minnesota nursing homes are at heightened risk for lost time MSDs and patient handling injuries. Claims filed by CNAs are more frequently settled outside the regular workers' compensation benefit structure, an indication that the workers' compensation system is not providing adequate and timely benefits to these workers.
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- Christina E. Rosebush
- Division of Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis‐Saint Paul Minnesota
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- Minnesota Department of Labor and IndustryResearch and Statistics Saint Paul Minnesota
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringSwenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community HealthSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis‐Saint Paul Minnesota
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- Division of Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis‐Saint Paul Minnesota
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- Minnesota Department of Labor and IndustryWorkplace Safety Consultation Saint Paul Minnesota
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- Division of Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis‐Saint Paul Minnesota
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Hammett PJ, Lando HA, Erickson DJ, Widome R, Taylor BC, Nelson D, Japuntich SJ, Fu SS. Proactive outreach tobacco treatment for socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers with serious mental illness. J Behav Med 2020; 43:493-502. [PMID: 31363948 PMCID: PMC7525931 DOI: 10.1007/s10865-019-00083-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Smokers with serious mental illness (SMI) face individual, interpersonal, and healthcare provider barriers to cessation treatment utilization and smoking abstinence. Proactive outreach strategies are designed to address these barriers by promoting heightened contact with smokers and facilitating access to evidence-based treatments. The present study examined the effect of proactive outreach among smokers with SMI (n = 939) who were enrolled in the publicly subsidized Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) and compared this effect to that observed among MHCP smokers without SMI (n = 1382). Relative to usual care, the intervention increased treatment utilization among those with SMI (52.1% vs 40.0%, p = 0.002) and without SMI (39.3% vs 25.4%, p < 0.001). The intervention also increased prolonged smoking abstinence among those with SMI (14.9% vs 9.4%, p = 0.010) and without SMI (17.7% vs 13.6%, p = 0.09). Findings suggest that implementation of proactive outreach within publicly subsidized healthcare systems may alleviate the burden of smoking in this vulnerable population. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01123967.
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- Patrick J Hammett
- VA HSR&D Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research (CCDOR), VA Medical Center (152), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- VA HSR&D Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research (CCDOR), VA Medical Center (152), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- VA HSR&D Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research (CCDOR), VA Medical Center (152), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- VA HSR&D Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research (CCDOR), VA Medical Center (152), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Hammett PJ, Taylor BC, Lando HA, Widome R, Erickson DJ, Fu SS. Serious Mental Illness and Smoking Cessation Treatment Utilization: the Role of Healthcare Providers. J Behav Health Serv Res 2020; 48:63-76. [PMID: 32378032 DOI: 10.1007/s11414-020-09707-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Healthcare provider barriers to cessation resources may be undercutting quit rates for smokers with serious mental illness (SMI). The study aim was to examine how providers influence cessation treatment utilization among smokers with SMI. Data were taken from a trial conducted among smokers in Minnesota Health Care Programs. The sample was split into groups of participants with SMI (n = 939) and without SMI (n = 1382). Analyses assessed whether the association between SMI and treatment utilization was mediated by healthcare provider-delivered treatment advice and healthcare provider bias. Results revealed higher rates of treatment utilization among smokers with SMI than those without SMI (45.9% vs 31.7%, p < 0.001); treatment advice and provider bias did not mediate this association. Subsequent individual regression analyses revealed positive associations between treatment advice and treatment utilization (β 0.21-0.25, p < 0.05), independent of SMI status. Strategies to increase low-income smokers' contacts with providers may reduce treatment utilization barriers among these smokers.
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- Patrick J Hammett
- VA HSR&D Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research (CCDOR), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- VA HSR&D Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research (CCDOR), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- VA HSR&D Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research (CCDOR), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Widome R, Wahlstrom KL, Laska MN, Erickson DJ, Berger A, Iber C, Kilian G. The START study: An evaluation to study the impact of a natural experiment in high school start times on adolescent weight and related behaviors. Obs Stud 2020; 6:66-86. [PMID: 33977291 PMCID: PMC8109619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research has shown that early high school start times, which are asynchronous with adolescent biology, are one of the most significant obstacles to youth being able to net sufficient sleep. Given that adolescence is a critical period that sets the stage for long-term obesity risk behavior patterns, there is an need to understand the obesity-related implications of increased sleep as a result of intervention and policy changes. METHODS We evaluated a community-based natural experiment in school start time policy modification when several Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN metro area school districts shifted to later school start times in Fall 2016. We collected data on student weight and related risks (via paper survey, objective weight and height measurement, dietary recall, and sleep actigraphy) before and after two districts (two high schools) shifted their start times later and in a comparison district (three high schools) which kept their start times early (7:30am) through the course of the study. Our specific aims were: 1) Determine how a shift to a later high school start time relates to objectively measured weight change over time. 2) Identify the relationship between school start times and obesity-related behaviors over time.At baseline we had 2,133 returned surveys (93% participation) and 2,037 (86% participation) objective height/weight measurements from 9th grade students (class of 2019) in the five schools. The sample was 87.7% white, 12.8% reported qualifying for free/reduced price lunch (a measure of lower socio-economic status), and the mean age was 15.2 (SD=0.35) years. DISCUSSION The products of this research will clarify causal connections between sleep and obesity among adolescents as well as provide evidence for whether a school start time policy can minimize unhealthy weight gain.
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- Rachel Widome
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University
of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and
Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of
Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University
of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University
of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University
of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep
Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN,
USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University
of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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Caspi CE, Winkler MR, Lenk KM, Harnack LJ, Erickson DJ, Laska MN. Store and neighborhood differences in retailer compliance with a local staple foods ordinance. BMC Public Health 2020; 20:172. [PMID: 32019508 PMCID: PMC7001202 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-8174-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Policies to improve healthy food retail have been recognized as a potential means of reducing diet-related health disparities. The revised 2014 Minneapolis Staple Foods Ordinance instituted minimum stocking standards for healthy, staple foods. The objective of this study was to examine retailer compliance with the policy, and whether compliance varied by neighborhood and store characteristics. METHODS In this natural experiment, audits were conducted annually pre- and post-ordinance (2014-2017) in 155 small/nontraditional stores in Minneapolis, MN and a comparison city (St. Paul, MN). Compliance measures for 10 product categories included: (1) met requirements for ≥8 categories; (2) 10-point scale (one point for each requirement met); and (3) carried any item in each category. Store characteristics included store size and ownership status. Neighborhood characteristics included census-tract socioeconomic status and low-income/low-access status. Analyses were conducted in 2018. RESULTS All compliance measures increased in both Minneapolis and St. Paul from pre- to post-policy; Minneapolis increases were greater only for carrying any item in each category (p < 0.01). In Minneapolis, corporate (vs. independent) stores were generally more compliant. No differences were found by neighborhood characteristics. CONCLUSIONS Overall trends suggest broad movement among Minneapolis stores towards providing a minimum level of staple foods. Increases were greater in corporate stores. Trends do not suggest neighborhood-level disparities in compliance. STUDY REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02774330, retrospectively registered May 17, 2016.
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- Caitlin E Caspi
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Background: Insufficient sleep is widespread among adolescents and has consequences that extend far beyond hampering day-to-day functioning. It may influence eating and physical activity patterns and be an important determinant of adolescent overweight/obesity status. Methods: We assessed how self-reported sleep duration on school nights was associated with weight-related behaviors (eating, diet, and physical activity) and overweight/obesity at the baseline wave (ninth grade year) of the START study (n = 2134). Results: Fifteen percent of our sample reported optimal sleep duration (8.5-10.0 hours); nonwhites, participants of lower socioeconomic status, and girls were at greater risk for insufficient sleep. Suboptimal sleep was associated with various poor weight-related behaviors such as increased sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, decreased vegetable consumption, and decreased breakfast eating (p < 0.001). Fewer hours of sleep were also associated with less physical activity and an increased likelihood of obesity (p = 0.02 for both associations). Conclusions: The influence of adolescent sleep insufficiency on diet and activity could impact childhood obesity and following chronic disease risk especially if lack of sleep sets the stage for enduring, lifelong, poor, weight-related behavior patterns.
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- Rachel Widome
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN.,Address correspondence to: Rachel Widome, PhD, MHS, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Laska MN, Caspi CE, Lenk K, Moe SG, Pelletier JE, Harnack LJ, Erickson DJ. Evaluation of the first U.S. staple foods ordinance: impact on nutritional quality of food store offerings, customer purchases and home food environments. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2019; 16:83. [PMID: 31533737 PMCID: PMC6751624 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-019-0818-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Many lower-income and racially diverse communities in the U.S. have limited access to healthy foods, with few supermarkets and many small convenience stores, which tend to stock limited quantities and varieties of healthy foods. To address food access, in 2015 the Minneapolis Staple Foods Ordinance became the first policy requiring food stores to stock minimum quantities and varieties of 10 categories of healthy foods/beverages, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other staples, through licensing. This study examined whether: (a) stores complied, (b) overall healthfulness of store environments improved, (c) healthy customer purchases increased, and (d) healthfulness of home food environments improved among frequent small store shoppers. Methods Data for this natural (or quasi) experiment were collected at four times: pre-policy (2014), implementation only (no enforcement, 2015), enforcement initiation (2016) and continued monitoring (2017). In-person store assessments were conducted to evaluate food availability, price, quality, marketing and placement in randomly sampled food retailers in Minneapolis (n = 84) and compared to those in a nearby control city, St. Paul, Minnesota (n = 71). Stores were excluded that were: supermarkets, authorized through WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children), and specialty stores (e.g., spice shops). Customer intercept interviews were conducted with 3,039 customers exiting stores. Home visits, including administration of home food inventories, were conducted with a sub-sample of frequent shoppers (n = 88). Results Overall, findings indicated significant improvements in healthy food offerings by retailers over time in both Minneapolis and St. Paul, with no significant differences in change between the two cities. Compliance was low; in 2017 only 10% of Minneapolis retailers in the sample were fully compliant, and 51% of participating Minneapolis retailers met at least 8 of the 10 required standards. Few changes were observed in the healthfulness of customer purchases or the healthfulness of home food environments among frequent shoppers, and changes were not different between cities. Conclusions This study is the first evaluation a local staple foods ordinance in the U.S. and reflects the challenges and time required for implementing such policies. Trial registration NCT02774330.
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- Melissa N Laska
- School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA.
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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Gower AL, Saewyc EM, Corliss HL, Kne L, Erickson DJ, Eisenberg ME. The LGBTQ Supportive Environments Inventory: Methods for Quantifying Supportive Environments for LGBTQ Youth. J Gay Lesbian Soc Serv 2019; 31:314-331. [PMID: 31327914 PMCID: PMC6640865 DOI: 10.1080/10538720.2019.1616023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The social environment in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth live influences health and wellbeing. We describe the development of the LGBTQ Supportive Environments Inventory (LGBTQ SEI), designed to quantify the LGBTQ-inclusiveness of social environments in the US and Canada. We quantify aspects of the social environment: 1) Presence/quality of LGBTQ youth-serving organizations; 2) LGBTQ-inclusive Community Resources; 3) Socioeconomic and Political environment. Using GIS tools, we aggregated data to buffers around 397 schools in 3 regions. The LGBTQ SEI can be used to assess the role of the social environment in reducing health disparities for LGBTQ youth.
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- Amy L. Gower
- University of Minnesota, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA
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- University of British Columbia, Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, CANADA
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- San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health and Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 100, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA
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- University of Minnesota, U-Spatial, Research Computing, Office of Vice President for Research, 267 19 Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA
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Sanem JR, Erickson DJ, Nelson TF, Toomey TL. What Affects College Students' Decision to Intervene or Not Intervene When Someone Is Drinking Too Much? J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2019; 80:310-313. [PMID: 31250795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Medical amnesty policies aim to encourage individuals to help their peers who have been drinking too much by providing immunity for alcohol policy violations. We examined college students' decisions to intervene or not intervene when someone was drinking too much and reasons for not intervening. METHOD We conducted secondary analyses using data from college students ages 18-25 who participated in the Healthy Minds Study, a national survey of mental health and substance use (N = 30,785; 65% female). We examined the prevalence of reasons for not intervening and estimated a multilevel multinomial logistic regression to answer our research questions. RESULTS Nearly half (46.5%) of students reported being in at least one situation in the past year when someone was drinking too much. Among these students, 46.7% consistently intervened, 27.7% inconsistently intervened, and 25.6% did not intervene in these situations. The most common reasons for not intervening were: "I felt it was none of my business" and "I didn't know what to do." "I was afraid I'd get in trouble" was the least common reason for not intervening. Intervening differed by student characteristics, including age, gender, race/ethnicity, residence, international student status, and binge drinking. CONCLUSIONS Fear of getting in trouble, the basis for amnesty policies, was not a major barrier preventing intervention behavior in our study. Our findings suggest that implementing amnesty policies may not lead to intervention behavior. Strategies that empower and compel students to help their peers and provide them with skills needed to help may lead to more intervention behavior.
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- Julia R Sanem
- Boynton Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Sanem JR, Erickson DJ, Nelson TF, Toomey TL. What Affects College Students’ Decision to Intervene or Not Intervene When Someone Is Drinking Too Much? J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2019. [DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2019.80.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Julia R. Sanem
- Boynton Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Hammett PJ, Lando HA, Taylor BC, Widome R, Erickson DJ, Joseph AM, Clothier B, Fu SS. The relationship between smoking cessation and binge drinking, depression, and anxiety symptoms among smokers with serious mental illness. Drug Alcohol Depend 2019; 194:128-135. [PMID: 30439609 PMCID: PMC6363348 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Concerns about the adverse effects of smoking cessation on alcohol use and mental health are a barrier to cessation for smokers with serious mental illness (SMI). The purpose of this study is to examine how incident smoking cessation affects binge drinking and symptoms of depression and anxiety among smokers with SMI. METHODS The present study is a secondary analysis of the OPTIN trial, which demonstrated the effectiveness of proactive outreach for smoking cessation among Minnesota Health Care Programs enrollees. Participants with ICD-9 codes indicating schizophrenia spectrum disorders, psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, or severe/recurrent major depressive disorder were categorized as having SMI (n = 939); remaining smokers were categorized as non-SMI (n = 1382). Multivariable regressions modeled the association between incident smoking cessation and binge drinking, PHQ-2 depression scores, and PROMIS anxiety scores in the two groups. RESULTS Quitting smoking was not associated with binge drinking among those with SMI, but was associated with less binge drinking among those without SMI (p = 0.033). Quitting smoking was not associated with PHQ-2 depression scores among those with or without SMI. However, quitting smoking was associated with lower mean PROMIS anxiety scores for those with SMI (p = 0.031), but not those without SMI. CONCLUSION Quitting smoking was not associated with heightened binge drinking or symptoms of depression and anxiety among smokers with SMI. These findings suggest that quitting smoking is not detrimental for these patients, and provide evidential support for facilitating access to cessation resources for patients with serious mental illness who smoke.
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- Patrick J. Hammett
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA,VA HSR and D Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA,Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN, USA,VA HSR and D Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN, USA
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- VA HSR and D Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN, USA,VA HSR and D Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR), Minneapolis VA Health Care System, MN, USA
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Barnes TL, Lenk K, Caspi CE, Erickson DJ, Laska MN. Perceptions of a healthier neighborhood food environment linked to greater fruit and vegetable purchases at small and non-traditional food stores. J Hunger Environ Nutr 2018; 14:741-761. [PMID: 31798762 DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2018.1549518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to examine associations between perceived neighborhood food environments and food purchasing at small and non-traditional food stores. Intercept interviews of 661 customers were conducted in 105 small and non-traditional food stores. We captured (1) customer perceptions of the neighborhood food environment, (2) associations between customer perceptions and store-level characteristics, and (3) customers' perceptions and shopping behaviors. Findings suggest that customers with more favorable perceptions of the neighborhood food environment were more likely to purchase fruits and vegetables, despite no significant association between perceptions of the neighborhood and objectively measured store characteristics.
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- Timothy L Barnes
- Children's Minnesota Research Institute, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, 2525 Chicago Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55404.,University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, 1300 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, 1300 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, 1300 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55454
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, 1300 South 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55454
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Pinsker EA, Hennrikus DJ, Erickson DJ, Call KT, Forster JL, Okuyemi KS. Trends in self-efficacy to quit and smoking urges among homeless smokers participating in a smoking cessation RCT. Addict Behav 2018; 78:43-50. [PMID: 29125976 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In the U.S., approximately 73% of homeless adults smoke cigarettes and they experience difficulty quitting. Homeless smokers report low self-efficacy to quit and that smoking urges are a barrier to quitting. Self-efficacy to quit and smoking urges are dynamic and change throughout smoking cessation treatment. This study examines changes in self-efficacy to quit and smoking urges throughout a smoking cessation intervention among the homeless and identifies predictors of change in these characteristics. METHODS Homeless smokers (n=430) participating in a smoking cessation randomized controlled trial in the U.S. completed surveys at baseline, and weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 26 on demographic and smoking characteristics (i.e., confidence to quit, self-efficacy to refrain from smoking, and smoking urges). A growth curve analysis was conducted by modeling change in the smoking characteristics over time and examining the variability in the change in smoking characteristics by demographic characteristics and treatment group. RESULTS Among the full sample, self-efficacy to refrain from smoking increased linearly over time, confidence to quit increased until the midpoint of treatment but subsequently decreased, and smoking urges decreased until the midpoint of treatment but subsequently increased. There were race differences in these trajectories. Racial minorities experienced significantly greater increases in self-efficacy to refrain from smoking than Whites and Blacks had higher confidence to quit than Whites. CONCLUSIONS White participants experienced less increase in self-efficacy to refrain from smoking and lower confidence to quit and therefore may be a good target for efforts to increase self-efficacy to quit as part of homeless-targeted smoking cessation interventions. Sustaining high confidence to quit and low smoking urges throughout treatment could be key to promoting higher cessation rates among the homeless.
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Lenk KM, Erickson DJ, Nelson TF, Horvath KJ, Nederhoff DM, Hunt SL, Ecklund AM, Toomey TL. Changes in alcohol policies and practices in bars and restaurants after completion of manager-focused responsible service training. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017; 37:356-364. [PMID: 29151272 DOI: 10.1111/dar.12629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2017] [Revised: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Irresponsible and illegal serving practices at bars and restaurants, such as sales to obviously intoxicated patrons, can lead to various public health harms. Training managers of bars and restaurants in the development and promotion of responsible alcohol policies may help prevent risky and illegal alcohol serving practices. DESIGN AND METHODS We implemented a training program for managers of bars/restaurants designed to establish and promote responsible beverage service policies/practices. The program included online and in-person components. Bars/restaurants were randomised to intervention (n = 171) and control (n = 163) groups. To assess changes in policies/practices, we surveyed managers prior to and at 1 and 6 months post-training. Logistic regression models assessed changes in policies/practices across time points. RESULTS The proportion in the intervention group that had written alcohol policies increased from 62% to 95% by 6 months post-training while the control group increased from 65% to 79% (P < 0.05). Similarly, by 6 months post-training 70% of managers in the intervention group reported they had communicated to their staff how to cut off intoxicated patrons, a significant increase from baseline (37%) and from the change observed in the control group (43%-56%). Prevalence of other policies/practices also increased post-training but differences between intervention and control groups were not statistically significant. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Our training program appears to have led to implementation of some policies/practices. Additional studies are needed to determine how training can be combined with other strategies to further improve establishment policies and ultimately reduce alcohol-related harms.
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- Kathleen M Lenk
- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Toomey TL, Lenk KM, Erickson DJ, Horvath KJ, Ecklund AM, Nederhoff DM, Hunt SL, Nelson TF. Effects of a Hybrid Online and In-Person Training Program Designed to Reduce Alcohol Sales to Obviously Intoxicated Patrons. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2017; 78:268-275. [PMID: 28317507 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Overservice of alcohol (i.e., selling alcohol to intoxicated patrons) continues to be a problem at bars and restaurants, contributing to serious consequences such as traffic crashes and violence. We developed a training program for managers of bars and restaurants, eARM™, focusing on preventing overservice of alcohol. The program included online and face-to-face components to help create and implement establishment-specific policies. METHOD We conducted a large, randomized controlled trial in bars and restaurants in one metropolitan area in the midwestern United States to evaluate effects of the eARM program on the likelihood of selling alcohol to obviously intoxicated patrons. Our outcome measure was pseudo-intoxicated purchase attempts-buyers acted out signs of intoxication while attempting to purchase alcohol-conducted at baseline and then at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after training. We conducted intention-to-treat analyses on changes in purchase attempts in intervention (n = 171) versus control (n = 163) bars/restaurants using a Time × Condition interaction, as well as planned contrasts between baseline and follow-up purchase attempts. RESULTS The overall Time × Condition interaction was not statistically significant. At 1 month after training, we observed a 6% relative reduction in likelihood of selling to obviously intoxicated patrons in intervention versus control bars/restaurants. At 3 months after training, this difference widened to a 12% relative reduction; however, at 6 months this difference dissipated. None of these specific contrasts were statistically significant (p = .05). CONCLUSIONS The observed effects of this enhanced training program are consistent with prior research showing modest initial effects followed by a decay within 6 months of the core training. Unless better training methods are identified, training programs are inadequate as the sole approach to reduce overservice of alcohol.
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- Traci L Toomey
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Pinsker EA, Hennrikus DJ, Erickson DJ, Call KT, Forster JL, Okuyemi KS. Cessation-related weight concern among homeless male and female smokers. Prev Med Rep 2017; 7:77-85. [PMID: 28593127 PMCID: PMC5458131 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Concern about post-cessation weight gain is a barrier to making attempts to quit smoking; however, its effect on smoking cessation is unclear. In this study we examine cessation-related weight concern among the homeless, which hasn't been studied. Homeless males (n = 320) and females (n = 110) participating in a smoking cessation RCT in the Twin Cities, Minnesota from 2009 to 2011 completed surveys on cessation-related weight concern, smoking status, and components from the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine baseline predictors of cessation-related weight concern at baseline, the end of treatment, and 26-weeks follow-up. Logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between cessation-related weight concern and smoking status at the end of treatment and follow-up. Females had higher cessation-related weight concern than males. Among males, older age, Black race, higher BMI, depression, and having health insurance were associated with higher cessation-related weight concern. Among females, nicotine dependence, greater cigarette consumption, indicating quitting is more important, older age of smoking initiation, and less support to quit from family were associated with higher cessation-related weight concern. In multivariate analyses, cessation-related weight concern decreased over time among females. Cessation-related weight concern wasn't associated with smoking cessation. Although several types of characteristics predicted cessation-related weight concern among males, only smoking characteristics predicted cessation-related weight concern among females. Given the small proportion of quitters in this study (8% of males and 5% of females), further research on the impact of cessation-related weight concern on smoking cessation among the homeless is warranted. Concern about post-quitting weight gain is higher among homeless females than males. In multivariate analyses, weight concern decreased over time among homeless females. Several types of variables predicted weight concern among homeless males. Only smoking characteristics predicted weight concern among homeless females. Weight concern was not associated with smoking cessation among the homeless.
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- Erika Ashley Pinsker
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, One Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA.,University of Minnesota, Department of Medicine, 401 East River Parkway Suite 131, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Health Policy & Management, 516 Delaware St. SE Suite 15-223, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Program in Health Disparities Research, 717 Delaware St. SE Suite 166, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
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Caspi CE, Lenk K, Pelletier JE, Barnes TL, Harnack L, Erickson DJ, Laska MN. Association between store food environment and customer purchases in small grocery stores, gas-marts, pharmacies and dollar stores. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2017; 14:76. [PMID: 28583131 PMCID: PMC5460502 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0531-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Purchases at small/non-traditional food stores tend to have poor nutritional quality, and have been associated with poor health outcomes, including increased obesity risk The purpose of this study was to examine whether customers who shop at small/non-traditional food stores with more health promoting features make healthier purchases. Methods In a cross-sectional design, data collectors assessed store features in a sample of 99 small and non-traditional food stores not participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN in 2014. Customer intercept interviews (n = 594) collected purchase data from a bag check and demographics from a survey. Store measures included fruit/vegetable and whole grain availability, an overall Healthy Food Supply Score (HFSS), healthy food advertisements and in-store placement, and shelf space of key items. Customer nutritional measures were analyzed using Nutrient Databases System for Research (NDSR), and included the purchase of ≥1 serving of fruits/vegetables; ≥1 serving of whole grains; and overall Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) score for foods/beverages purchased. Associations between store and customer measures were estimated in multilevel linear and logistic regression models, controlling for customer characteristics and store type. Results Few customers purchased fruits and vegetables (8%) or whole grains (8%). In fully adjusted models, purchase HEI-2010 scores were associated with fruit/vegetable shelf space (p = 0.002) and the ratio of shelf space devoted to healthy vs. less healthy items (p = 0.0002). Offering ≥14 varieties of fruit/vegetables was associated with produce purchases (OR 3.9, 95% CI 1.2–12.3), as was having produce visible from the store entrance (OR 2.3 95% CI 1.0 to 5.8), but whole grain availability measures were not associated with whole grain purchases. Conclusions Strategies addressing both customer demand and the availability of healthy food may be necessary to improve customer purchases. Trial registration ClinialTrials.gov: NCT02774330. Registered May 4, 2016 (retrospectively registered). Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0531-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Caitlin E Caspi
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Statewide Health Improvement Program, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, MN, 55164, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Suite 300, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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Many US cities have adopted legal restrictions on high-alcohol malt liquor sales in response to reports of crime and nuisance behaviors around retail alcohol outlets. We assessed whether these policies are effective in reducing crime in urban areas. We used a rigorous interrupted time-series design with comparison groups to examine monthly crime rates in areas surrounding alcohol outlets in the 3 years before and after adoption of malt liquor sales restrictions in two US cities. Crime rates in matched comparison areas not subject to restrictions served as covariates. Novel methods for matching target and comparison areas using virtual neighborhood audits conducted in Google Street View are described. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, sales of single containers of 16 oz or less were prohibited in individual liquor stores (n = 6). In Washington, D.C., the sale of single containers of any size were prohibited in all retail alcohol outlets within full or partial wards (n = 6). Policy adoption was associated with modest reductions in crime, particularly assaults and vandalism, in both cities. All significant outcomes were in the hypothesized direction. Our results provide evidence that retail malt liquor sales restrictions, even relatively weak ones, can have modest effects on a range of crimes. Policy success may depend on community support and concurrent restrictions on malt liquor substitutes.
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- Patricia McKee
- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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PURPOSE To identify trajectories of smoking behaviors of a cohort of youth followed through young adulthood from 2000 to 2013. DESIGN The Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort study, a population-based cohort study. SETTING Nationwide, originating in the Midwestern United States. PARTICIPANTS Cohort of youth surveyed for 14 years beginning at ages 12 to 16 (N = 4241 at baseline; 59% recruitment rate). MEASURES Main variable of interest was the number of days smoked in the past 30 days. Also included time-varying and time-invariant covariates. ANALYSIS We utilized growth mixture modeling to group individuals into trajectories over time. RESULTS We identified 5 distinct trajectories: nonsmokers (59.5%), early-onset regular smokers (14.2%), occasional smokers (11.5%), late-onset regular smokers (9.4%), and quitters (5.3%). Adjusted models showed that early- and late-onset regular smokers (compared to nonsmokers) had lower odds of attending or graduating from a 4-year college ( P < .05). Participants in all smoking classes compared to nonsmokers had greater odds of having more close friends who smoked ( P < .05). CONCLUSION Our results show that individuals in their teens through young adulthood can be classified into 5 smoking trajectories. More people in this age range remained abstainers than found in most previous studies; however, a sizable group was identified as regular smokers by the time they reached young adulthood. Interventions targeted at teens, including those that address social and environmental influences, are clearly still needed to prevent escalation of smoking as they move toward young adulthood.
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- Kathleen M Lenk
- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Lytle LA, Laska MN, Linde JA, Moe SG, Nanney MS, Hannan PJ, Erickson DJ. Weight-Gain Reduction Among 2-Year College Students: The CHOICES RCT. Am J Prev Med 2017; 52:183-191. [PMID: 27939237 PMCID: PMC5253254 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The young adult years have been recognized as an influential period for excess weight gain. Non-traditional students and those attending 2-year community colleges are at particularly high risk for a range of adverse weight-related outcomes. DESIGN Choosing Healthy Options in College Environments and Settings was an RCT with students randomly assigned into a control or intervention condition after baseline assessment. The study was designed to evaluate if a 24-month weight-gain prevention intervention reduces the expected increase in BMI and overweight prevalence in young adults attending 2-year colleges. Two cohorts were recruited, corresponding to the fall and spring semesters. Data collection occurred at four time points for each cohort, with baseline occurring in fall 2011 for Cohort 1 and spring 2012 for Cohort 2. The 24-month follow-up occurred in fall 2013 for Cohort 1 and spring 2014 for Cohort 2. Data analysis occurred in 2015-2016. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS This research was conducted with 441 students from three community colleges in Minnesota. INTERVENTION The 24-month intervention began with a 1-credit college course on healthy weight behaviors. A social networking and social support website was introduced as part of the course and participation encouraged for the duration of the trial. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Changes in BMI, weight, body fat percentage, waist circumference, and weight status were assessed. RESULTS Retention of the cohorts at 24 months was 83.4%. There was not a statistically significant difference in BMI between conditions at the end of the trial. However, there was a statically significant difference in the prevalence of overweight/obesity between treatment conditions at 24 months. Also, participants randomized to the intervention who were overweight or obese at baseline were more than three times as likely to transition to a healthy weight by the end of the trial as compared with control students. CONCLUSIONS The intervention was not successful in achieving BMI differences between treatment groups. However, an 8% reduction in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over time may have population-level significance. TRIAL REGISTRATION This study is registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT01134783.
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- Leslie A Lytle
- Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Nederhoff DM, Lenk KM, Horvath KJ, Nelson TF, Ecklund AM, Erickson DJ, Toomey TL. Alcohol Service Practices: A Survey of Bar and Restaurant Managers. J Drug Educ 2016; 46:64-81. [PMID: 29231039 PMCID: PMC5877466 DOI: 10.1177/0047237917724408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Excessive alcohol consumption can result from illegal sales to intoxicated patrons at bars and restaurants. We surveyed bar/restaurant managers about their practices in reducing illegal sales to intoxicated patrons. We found that managers were confident that they could refuse service to intoxicated customers but were less likely to have communicated necessary information to their staff on how to refuse such sales. Managers who agreed that a business in their community would be cited for overservice were more likely to be confident that they could handle customers who had been cut off from alcohol service. Our study suggests that bar/restaurant managers may need training to improve their communication with staff and that increased enforcement may lead to an increase in manager confidence in handling intoxicated patrons.
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- Dawn M Nederhoff
- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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- 1 Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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Lenk KM, Nelson TF, Toomey TL, Jones-Webb R, Erickson DJ. Sobriety checkpoint and open container laws in the United States: Associations with reported drinking-driving. Traffic Inj Prev 2016; 17:782-7. [PMID: 26983365 PMCID: PMC5584594 DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2016.1161759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess how 2 types of drinking-driving laws-permitting sobriety checkpoints and prohibiting open containers of alcohol in motor vehicles-are associated with drinking-driving and how enforcement efforts may affect these associations. METHODS We obtained 2010 data on state-level drinking-driving laws and individual-level self-reported drinking-driving from archival sources (Alcohol Policy Information System, NHTSA, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System). We measured enforcement of the laws via a 2009 survey of state patrol agencies. We computed multilevel regression models (separate models for each type of law) that first examined how having the state law predicted drinking-driving, controlling for various state- and individual-level covariates; we then added the corresponding enforcement measure as another potential predictor. RESULTS We found that states with a sobriety checkpoint law, compared with those without a law, had 18.2% lower drinking-driving; states that conducted sobriety checks at least monthly (vs. not conducting checks) had 40.6% lower drinking-driving (the state law variable was not significant when enforcement was added). We found no significant association between having an open container law and drinking-driving, but states that conducted open container enforcement, regardless of having a law, had 17.6% less drinking-driving. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that having a sobriety checkpoint law and conducting checkpoints as well as enforcement of open containers laws may be effective strategies for addressing drinking-driving.
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- Kathleen M Lenk
- a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health , School of Public Health, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota
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- a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health , School of Public Health, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota
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- a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health , School of Public Health, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota
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- a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health , School of Public Health, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota
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- a Division of Epidemiology and Community Health , School of Public Health, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis , Minnesota
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Barnes TL, Pelletier JE, Erickson DJ, Caspi CE, Harnack LJ, Laska MN. Healthfulness of Foods Advertised in Small and Nontraditional Urban Stores in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, 2014. Prev Chronic Dis 2016; 13:E153. [PMID: 27831683 PMCID: PMC5109932 DOI: 10.5888/pcd13.160149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Introduction Shopping at small food stores, such as corner stores and convenience stores, is linked with unhealthful food and beverage purchases, poor diets, and high risk of obesity. However, information on how foods and beverages are marketed at small stores is limited. The objective of this study was to examine advertisements and product placements for healthful and less healthful foods and beverages at small stores in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota. Methods We conducted in-store audits of 119 small and nontraditional food retailers (corner/small grocery stores, food–gas marts, pharmacies, and dollar stores) randomly selected from licensing lists in Minneapolis–St. Paul in 2014. We analyzed data on exterior and interior advertisements of foods and beverages and product placement. Results Exterior and interior advertisements for healthful foods and beverages were found in less than half of stores (exterior, 37% [44 of 119]; interior, 20% [24 of 119]). Exterior and interior advertisements for less healthful items were found in approximately half of stores (exterior, 46% [55 of 119]); interior, 66% [78 of 119]). Of the 4 store types, food–gas marts were most likely to have exterior and interior advertisements for both healthful and less healthful items. Corner/small grocery stores and dollar stores had fewer advertisements of any type. Most stores (77%) had at least 1 healthful item featured as an impulse buy (ie, an item easily reached at checkout), whereas 98% featured at least 1 less healthful item as an impulse buy. Conclusion Findings suggest imbalanced advertising and product placement of healthful and less healthful foods and beverages at small food stores in Minneapolis–St. Paul; less healthful items were more apt to be featured as impulse buys. Future interventions and polices should encourage reductions in advertisements and impulse-buy placements of unhealthful products, particularly in food–gas marts, and encourage advertisements of healthful products.
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- Timothy L Barnes
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Research and Sponsored Programs, 2525 Chicago Ave S, MS 40-LL08, Minneapolis, MN 55404.
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Pelletier JE, Caspi CE, Schreiber LRN, Erickson DJ, Harnack L, Laska MN. Successful customer intercept interview recruitment outside small and midsize urban food retailers. BMC Public Health 2016; 16:1050. [PMID: 27716142 PMCID: PMC5050669 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3717-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Customer intercept interviews are increasingly used to characterize food purchases at retail food outlets and restaurants; however, methodological procedures, logistical issues and response rates using intercept methods are not well described in the food environment literature. The aims of this manuscript were to 1) describe the development and implementation of a customer intercept interview protocol in a large, NIH-funded study assessing food purchases in small and midsize food retailers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, 2) describe intercept interview response rates by store type and environmental factors (e.g., neighborhood socioeconomic status, day/time, weather), and 3) compare demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity) of participants versus non-participants. METHODS After a pilot phase involving 28 stores, a total of 616 interviews were collected from customers exiting 128 stores in fall 2014. The number of eligible customers encountered per hour (a measure of store traffic), participants successfully recruited per hour, and response rates were calculated overall and by store type, neighborhood socio-economic status, day and time of data collection, and weather. Response rates by store type, neighborhood socio-economic status, time and day of data collection, and weather, and characteristics of participants and non-participants were compared using chi-square tests. RESULTS The overall response rate was 35 %, with significantly higher response rates at corner/small grocery stores (47 %) and dollar stores (46 %) compared to food-gas marts (32 %) and pharmacies (26 %), and for data collection between 4:00-6:00 pm on weekdays (40 %) compared to weekends (32 %). The distribution of race/ethnicity, but not gender, differed between participants and non-participants (p < 0.01), with greater participation rates among those identified as Black versus White. CONCLUSIONS Customer intercept interviews can be successfully used to recruit diverse samples of customers at small and midsize food retailers. Future community-based studies using customer intercept interviews should collect data sufficient to report response rates and consider potential differences between the racial/ethnic composition of the recruited sample and the target population.
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- Jennifer E Pelletier
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA.
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. Second St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
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Linde AC, Toomey TL, Wolfson J, Lenk KM, Jones-Webb R, Erickson DJ. Associations between Responsible Beverage Service Laws and Binge Drinking and Alcohol-Impaired Driving. J Alcohol Drug Educ 2016; 60:35-54. [PMID: 29225382 PMCID: PMC5722467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We explored potential associations between the strength of state Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) laws and self-reported binge drinking and alcohol-impaired driving in the U.S. A multilevel logistic mixed-effects model was used, adjusting for potential confounders. Analyses were conducted on the overall BRFSS sample and drinkers only. Seven percent of BRFSS respondents lived in states with the strongest RBS laws, 15% reported binge drinking and 2% reported driving after having too much to drink at least once in the past 30 days. There was no evidence of a significant association between RBS law strength and self-reported binge drinking or alcohol-impaired driving. Future studies should include additional information about RBS laws and use a prospective research design.
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- Ann C Linde
- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
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VanKim NA, Erickson DJ, Eisenberg ME, Lust K, Rosser BRS, Laska MN. Relationship between weight-related behavioral profiles and health outcomes by sexual orientation and gender. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2016; 24:1572-81. [PMID: 27193906 PMCID: PMC5024549 DOI: 10.1002/oby.21516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Examine relationships between weight-related factors and weight status, body dissatisfaction, chronic health conditions, and quality of life across sexual orientation and gender. METHODS Two- and four-year college students participated in the College Student Health Survey (n = 28,703; 2009-2013). Risk differences were calculated to estimate relationships between behavioral profiles and weight status, body satisfaction, diagnosis of a chronic condition, and quality of life, stratified by gender and sexual orientation. Four behavioral profiles, characterized as "healthier eating habits, more physically active," "healthier eating habits," "moderate eating habits," and "unhealthy weight control," were utilized based on latent class analyses, estimated from nine weight-related behavioral survey items. RESULTS Sexual orientation differences in weight and quality of life were identified. For example, sexual minority groups reported significantly poorer quality of life than their heterosexual counterparts (females: 22.5%-38.6% (sexual minority) vs. 19.8% (heterosexual); males: 14.3%-26.7% (sexual minority) vs. 11.8% (heterosexual)). Compared with the "healthier eating habits, more physically active" profile, the "unhealthy weight control" profile was associated with obesity, poor body satisfaction, and poor quality of life in multiple gender/sexual orientation subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Interventions are needed to address obesity, body dissatisfaction, and poor quality of life among sexual minority college students.
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- Nicole A VanKim
- Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Douglas S. Krull
- Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Missouri, Columbia
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VanKim NA, Erickson DJ, Eisenberg ME, Lust K, Rosser BRS, Laska MN. Differences in Weight-Related Behavioral Profiles by Sexual Orientation Among College Men: A Latent Class Analysis. Am J Health Promot 2016; 30:623-633. [PMID: 26305726 DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.140714-quan-331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To identify and describe homogenous classes of male college students based on their weight-related behaviors (e.g., eating habits, physical activity, and unhealthy weight control) and to examine differences by sexual orientation. DESIGN Study design was a cross-sectional sample of 2- and 4-year college students. SETTING Study setting was forty-six 2- and 4-year colleges in Minnesota. SUBJECTS Study subjects comprised 10,406 college males. MEASURES Measures were five categories of sexual orientation derived from self-reported sexual identity and behavior (heterosexual, discordant heterosexual [identifies as heterosexual and engages in same-sex sexual behavior], gay, bisexual, and unsure) and nine weight-related behaviors (including measures for eating habits, physical activity, and unhealthy weight control). ANALYSIS Latent class models were fit for each of the five sexual orientation groups, using the nine weight-related behaviors. RESULTS Overall, four classes were identified: "healthier eating habits" (prevalence range, 39.4%-77.3%), "moderate eating habits" (12.0%-30.2%), "unhealthy weight control" (2.6%-30.4%), and "healthier eating habits, more physically active" (35.8%). Heterosexual males exhibited all four patterns, gay and unsure males exhibited four patterns that included variations on the overall classes identified, discordant heterosexual males exhibited two patterns ("healthier eating habits" and "unhealthy weight control"), and bisexual males exhibited three patterns ("healthier eating habits," "moderate eating habits," and "unhealthy weight control"). CONCLUSION Findings highlight the need for multibehavioral interventions for discordant heterosexual, gay, bisexual, and unsure college males, particularly around encouraging physical activity and reducing unhealthy weight control behaviors.
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- Nicole A VanKim
- Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Boynton Health Service, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Toomey TL, Lenk KM, Nederhoff DM, Nelson TF, Ecklund AM, Horvath KJ, Erickson DJ. Can Obviously Intoxicated Patrons Still Easily Buy Alcohol at On-Premise Establishments? Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2016; 40:616-22. [PMID: 26891204 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Excessive alcohol consumption at licensed alcohol establishments (i.e., bars and restaurants) has been directly linked to alcohol-related problems such as traffic crashes and violence. Historically, alcohol establishments have had a high likelihood of selling alcohol to obviously intoxicated patrons (also referred to as "overservice") despite laws prohibiting these sales. Given the risks associated with overservice and the need for up-to-date data, it is critical that we monitor the likelihood of sales to obviously intoxicated patrons. METHODS To assess the current likelihood of a licensed alcohol establishment selling alcohol to an obviously intoxicated patron, we conducted pseudo-intoxicated purchase attempts (i.e., actors attempt to purchase alcohol while acting out obvious signs of intoxication) at 340 establishments in 1 Midwestern metropolitan area. We also measured characteristics of the establishments, the pseudo-intoxicated patrons, the servers, the managers, and the neighborhoods to assess whether these characteristics were associated with likelihood of sales of obviously intoxicated patrons. We assessed these associations with bivariate and multivariate regression models. RESULTS Pseudo-intoxicated buyers were able to purchase alcohol at 82% of the establishments. In the fully adjusted multivariate regression model, only 1 of the characteristics we assessed was significantly associated with likelihood of selling to intoxicated patrons-establishments owned by a corporate entity had 3.6 greater odds of selling alcohol to a pseudo-intoxicated buyer compared to independently owned establishments. CONCLUSIONS Given the risks associated with overservice of alcohol, more resources should be devoted first to identify effective interventions for decreasing overservice of alcohol and then to educate practitioners who are working in their communities to address this public health problem.
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- Traci L Toomey
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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