Evaluation of implementing a community-based exercise intervention during pregnancy

Correction: Community-based exercise interventions during pregnancy are perceived as a satisfactory and motivating form of exercise engagement.

Development and evaluation of a community-based buprenorphine treatment intervention

BACKGROUND The majority of Americans with opioid use disorder remain out of treatment. Operating in 33 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico, harm reduction agencies, which provide sterile syringes and other health services to people who inject drugs, are a key venue to reach out-of-treatment opioid users. Aiming to link out-of-treatment individuals with opioid use disorder to buprenorphine tr...

Real-world evaluation of a community-based pedometer intervention.

BACKGROUND We evaluated a pedometer-based community intervention under real-world conditions. METHODS Participants (n=559) provided demographic and health information using surveys and steps/d at baseline and during the last week the participants were in the program. A 1-year follow-up was conducted, but in keeping with real-world conditions, no incentives were offered to participate. RESUL...

Evaluation of a community-based intervention to increase breastfeeding prevalence.

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to determine whether peer counselling in the antenatal and post-natal period would increase the prevalence and duration of breastfeeding among low-income women in Glasgow. METHODS The study was designed as a quasi-experimental evaluation of a community-based breastfeeding promotion programme. The intervention comprised peer counselling of pregnant women, su...

The impact of an exercise intervention on C - reactive protein during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND C-reactive protein (CRP) during pregnancy has been associated with adverse maternal outcomes such as preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus. Randomized trials suggest that exercise programs may be associated with reductions in CRP in non-pregnant populations; however, such studies have not been conducted among pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impa...