Evaluating diabetes self-management education and support services delivered alone and in combination with produce packages at a Texas Food Bank.

Food banks can successfully deliver diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) services, which improve glycemic control and reduce adverse outcomes among people with diabetes (PWD). However, consequences of providing produce packages with DSMES in food banks are unknown. This study assessed pre-to-post intervention changes in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), food security, and other outcomes among PWD (type 1 or 2) in two 8-week interventions delivered by a Texas food bank, one providing DSMES services alone (Diabetes Hands On [DHO],  = 31) and one providing DSMES services plus fruit/vegetable packages (Diabetes Hands On Plus [DHO+],  = 48).

Content Development for a Multilevel Intervention to Operationalize Behavior Change Theory and Improve Parenting Behaviors for Physical Activity: Descriptive Study.

Background: Theory-informed strategies for engaging parents in children's physical activity (PA) promotion show promise. However, behavior-change interventions must become more rigorous in both their application of theory and the reporting of its use to continue to advance the field.

Objective: This study aims to elucidate how 2 behavior change theories were used to develop parent communication materials in a 20-week communications campaign, nested within a multilevel (school-home) intervention to promote children's PA.

Predictors of caffeine consumption patterns in high school athletes.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine caffeine consumption and the factors that affect caffeine use in high school athletes.

Methods: Three hundred and ninety-four Rhode Island high school athletes (age: 16.8 ± 1.

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Background: Herpes simplex-1 virus myelitis is a rare cause of myelitis in immunocompetent adults.

Case Presentation: A healthy man in his sixties presented with acute chest pain, dyspnoea and cardiac arrest. Pre-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed, and he underwent thrombolysis.