Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has been shown to improve patient safety and quality of care. Particularly, IPC assists health care providers to manage complex and chronic diseases. To this end, primary care centers around the world have begun practicing IPC; however, little is known about the patient’s experience of IPC in primary care (IPC-pc). The goals of this scoping review were to identify the studies exploring patients’ perspectives on IPC-pc and to reveal gaps in the literature for future research in order to inform policy and practice. A key word search strategy was conducted using PubMed to identify studies published from 1997 to 2017 on IPC-pc that included data collected from patients or their caregivers about patient experience or satisfaction. Seven studies met the inclusion criteria for the scoping review, and these studies were evaluated by interprofessional intervention, collaboration, and outcomes.

Pet ownership, the most common human–animal interaction, is believed to bestow positive health benefits onto pet owners. However, there is limited research on substantiating these assertions. The aim of this review was to systematically identify, evaluate, and summarize primary research on the relationship between cat and/or dog ownership and cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and obesity to inform future research on pet ownership and chronic disease. How pet ownership was defined/measured, and identification of the chronic disease variables and health behaviors most often measured were emphasized. Two researchers independently searched PubMed and Web of Science, where One Health literature are mostly likely to be indexed, for peer-reviewed literature on pet ownership and CVD, T2D, and obesity. A review of 4541 titles and abstracts for relevance resulted in 34 manuscripts eligible for full-text review. Two researchers assessed each eligible manuscript and extracted data only from those that met the inclusion criteria (n = 14). Ten studies on CVD, four studies on obesity, and zero studies on T2D met the study criteria. The CVD and obesity variables varied and were not well described. The relationship between pet ownership and CVD and obesity varied (positive, negative, mixed effects, and no effect). Generalizability lacked across all studies: most studies were with Non-Hispanic White populations. Other areas of weakness were quality of study outcomes and instrument validity. Operationalization of pet ownership varied (from no verification to confirmed pet registration). Integration of the evidence-based influence of the human–animal connection through pet ownership on CVD and obesity may make prevention, mitigation, and treatment strategies more robust.

The MIND diet was designed as an intervention to delay neurodegeneration and has been explored by systematic reviews for associations with cognition and, more recently, cardiometabolic disease. Comparatively less is known about how the MIND diet is associated with other health outcomes (e.g., all-cause mortality, anxiety, insomnia). This scoping review included studies exploring associations between the MIND diet and health outcomes other than cognition and cardiometabolic disease. Online databases were used to identify 4090 studies published between January 2015 and April 2024, from which 47 publications were included for review. Associations between the MIND diet and health outcomes were assessed as either favorable, unfavorable, or having no statistically significant association. Overall, 47 studies were included in this scoping review, 46 were observational, and several were conducted in large, established cohort studies. Across the 47 studies, 18 different topics were explored. Higher adherence to the MIND diet was mostly associated with favorable health outcomes (65%), while roughly one-third (33%) of studies found no statistically significant associations. One study, in Italy, found that increased adherence to the MIND diet was associated with increased exposure to cadmium, a heavy metal. In populations that may benefit from the MIND diet, we recommend additional observational and exploratory studies to identify health associations. Studies exploring educational interventions would help to identify facilitators and barriers to adopting the MIND diet. This scoping review provides some evidence that higher adherence to the MIND diet is associated with risk reduction for many diseases. Further research on environmental exposures (e.g., cadmium) and other deleterious substances absorbed by food crops will be crucial as we strive to enhance health and food security through plant-rich dietary patterns.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries (UT Libraries) utilizes research guides as supplemental training resources, educational tools, and community enrichment aids to support health literacy. This article illustrates case studies of three UT Libraries research guides that provide consumer health information, breaking down each research guide’s development, facilitation, and purpose. As a training resource, the Cultural Competency Guide works to support the course curriculum. The Introduction to Health Sciences Research Guide serves as an educational tool by establishing foundational information for consumer health assimilation. Lastly, the Seed Library & Gardening Guide serves as a community enrichment aid to encourage healthy lifestyles and share food insecurity information that impacts campus and local communities.

The University of Tennessee’s Preston Medical Library (PML) collaborated with local libraries for outreach at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) event. Librarians staffed a resource table and distributed consumer health handouts, received and fulfilled health information requests, and administered the Newest Vital Sign, a health literacy assessment tool, to volunteers. Researchers analyzed completed health information requests and health literacy assessment results to better inform future outreach. Collaboration at this event built relationships, particularly with the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries, for future community events.