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Public Health Education and Promotion

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2020

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Building Implementation Science In Nutrition, Andrea M. Warren, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Rahul Rawat Sep 2020

Building Implementation Science In Nutrition, Andrea M. Warren, Edward A. Frongillo Jr., Rahul Rawat

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The field of nutrition has been investing in the development of many nutrition-specific and -sensitive policies and programs aimed at improving population-level malnutrition in all its forms. When there is a need to learn about a new system, programmatic context, or target population to understand how to effectively deploy an intervention to help improve nutrition, it is important to be able to ask a broad range of questions, both in topic and in scope. Our aim is to provide a simple and conceptually clear definition and principles to elaborate the science of implementation for nutrition to distinguish it from other …


Men’S Vasectomy Knowledge, Attitudes, And Information-Seeking Behaviors In The Southern United States: Results From An Exploratory Survey, Ashley L. White, Rachel E. Davis, Deborah Lynn Billings Phd, Emily S. Mann Aug 2020

Men’S Vasectomy Knowledge, Attitudes, And Information-Seeking Behaviors In The Southern United States: Results From An Exploratory Survey, Ashley L. White, Rachel E. Davis, Deborah Lynn Billings Phd, Emily S. Mann

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Vasectomy is one of the few options men have to manage their reproductive capacity and take on a more equitable role in pregnancy prevention. While the method is underused throughout the United States, the southern states have a lower prevalence rate compared to the rest of the country. Existing survey research does not assess what men know or think about the procedure as a means of understanding why this is the case. We created and conducted an exploratory survey to assess men’s knowledge, attitudes, and information-seeking behaviors about vasectomy in the Southern United States. We used targeted Facebook advertising to …