Yelena Malyuta

Participant Experiences and Recommendations for Improving Eat Well, Be Well, Rhode Island’s Statewide Retail SNAP Incentive Program: a Qualitative Study

Food insecurity affects 13.7% of US households and is linked to diet-related chronic disease. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) serves over 41 million Americans, but benefit levels are often insufficient for beneficiaries to purchase enough fruit and vegetables...

Implementing Mental Health and Substance Use Screening at a Sexual Health Clinic.

PURPOSE: Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience heightened mental health problems and substance misuse. Improved approaches to screening for behavioral health in this population are needed. We evaluated the implementation of a digital intake platform incorporatin...

Assessing Public Health and Preventative Health Needs of Underserved Communities in Rhode Island.

BACKGROUND: In the United States, significant disparities exist in preventative health among underserved communities, including African American/Black (AA/B), Hispanic/Latino (H/L) and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/ queer (LGBTQ+) individuals. We explored the influence of soci...