- Gestational weight management in underserved mothers in the US. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Aug 08; :108542. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: A remotely delivered lifestyle intervention concomitant with WIC care reduced gestational weight and fat mass gain. This approach demonstrates the potential for scalable interventions integrated into existing public health systems to expand access and inform public health strategies targeting maternal health disparities.
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- Adherence to 24-hour Movement Guidelines and Self-rated Health among U.S. Adults with and without Disabilities. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Aug 04; :108540. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to multiple compositions of the 24-hour movement guidelines, especially those including PA, was positively associated with SRH. For adults with disabilities, meeting at least two guidelines was associated with better SRH than meeting none.
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- Comparing predictive performance of two composite and four single fall risk assessment tools in community-dwelling older adults: A prospective study. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Aug 01; :108532. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: The performances of the optimal algorithm in predicting 12-month falls and fall-related injuries among older adults from the two composite risk assessment tools were not better than those from four common single risk assessment tools.
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- ACPM Member Spotlight-Cat Livingston, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 31; :108535. [Online ahead of print]AJ
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- Structural Context and Lived Experience as Complementary Indicators of Youth Mental Health Risk. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 31; :108534. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: County-level SDoH identify geographic patterns of risk, but youths' lived experiences more strongly differentiate individual vulnerability. Prevention strategies relying solely on county-level structural indicators may miss high-risk youth, even in relatively advantaged areas. Integrating geographic targeting with screening for social adversity may improve identification of youth at risk and inform multilevel mental health prevention planning.
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- Which Tobacco Retailers are the Worst Offenders? Underage Tobacco Sales in Ohio, 2025. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 31; :108524. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: With 1-in-5 tobacco retailers making underage tobacco sales, youth can easily access tobacco for personal use or distribution to peers. These findings underscore the need for stronger enforcement, as well as policies to reduce the number, density, and type of tobacco retailers.
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- Rural-Urban Differences in the Impact of a Medicare Opioid Safety Policy on Beneficiaries with Disabilities. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 30; :108537. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: Rural relative to urban new-to-opioid beneficiaries with disabilities experienced a weakened effect on initial opioid duration after Medicare's 7-day limit, while receiving declining dosage in follow-up opioid fills, suggesting potential disparities in access to follow-up opioid prescriptions for rural versus urban beneficiaries with disabilities. Policymakers may consider more flexible opioid regulations and attention to alternative pain management for rural Medicare beneficiaries.
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- Trends of Tobacco Product Use Among US Adults with Mental Health Problems. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 30; :108531. [Online ahead of print]AJ
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- Young People's Worries about Contraception and Abortion Access in the United States: A National, Cross-Sectional Study. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 30; :108538. [Online ahead of print]AJ
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- Health Outcomes and Behavioral Risk Factors Among US Law Enforcement Officers. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 30; :108529. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: LEOs reported favorable overall and mental health profiles alongside specific vulnerabilities that may reflect occupational context such as shift work and frontline exposure. These findings underscore the need for identifying LEO-specific health risks when developing targeted prevention and intervention strategies.
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- Prediction models and nomograms for incident risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in Shanghai. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 30; :108530. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: The study developed overall and sex-specific COPD risk prediction models with C-indices exceeding 70%. Corresponding nomograms provide practical tools for supporting routine COPD risk prediction to facilitate individualized preventive care.
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- Opioid Prescriptions and Adverse Events Among Medicaid Enrollees with Disabilities, 2016-2021. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 30; :108539. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: Prescription opioid receipt declined substantially among Medicaid enrollees with disabilities, but opioid-related adverse events increased. Future research should examine whether reduced access to prescription opioids may have contributed to increased use of non-prescribed opioids in this population.
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- Z-Code documentation of Social Determinants of Health Among Medicaid Beneficiaries, 2016-2022. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 30; :108533. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: Z-codes for HRSN were rarely used in 2016-2022 Medicaid claims across 46 states with usable data, underrepresenting HSRN in this population. Limited use in claims may be driven by lack of reimbursement for Z-codes.
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- Clinical Obesity Beyond BMI Identifies a Large High-Risk Subgroup in UK Adults. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 29; :108527. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: Defining obesity based on abnormal adiposity and obesity-related organ dysfunction may increase the estimated population burden of obesity compared with BMI alone. Individuals with non-obese BMI but clinical obesity represent a clinically meaningful high-risk subgroup with markedly elevated cardiometabolic risk. These findings support the clinical utility of multidimensional obesity definitions beyond BMI-based classification.
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- A Low-Data-Burden Vascular-Behavioral Profile for First-Pass Stratification of Later-Life Cognitive Decline Across International Aging Cohorts. [Journal Article]Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jul 26; :108528. [Online ahead of print]AJ
- CONCLUSIONS: This simple profile supports low-data-burden first-pass cognitive-decline risk ordering. It may help prioritize higher-burden adults for proportionate follow-up and prevention support, with local recalibration required before absolute probabilities guide individual decisions.
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