At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many workplaces transitioned to remote work, which altered lifestyle behaviors. We conducted a meta-analysis to understand if the transition to working from home due to the pandemic affected workers’ physical activity and sedentary behavior worldwide. We reviewed articles published between November 2019 and May 2022. Of an initial 3485 articles, a total of 17 were included, 15 of 17 were included for their physical activity (PA) comparisons (n = 36,650), and 12 of 17 (n = 57,254) were included for their sedentary behavior (SB) comparisons (10 studies have data for both PA and SB). This work is registered through PROSPERO (CRD42022356000). Working from home resulted in a significant decrease in PA (Hedge’s g = −0.29, 95% CI [−0.41, −0.18]) and an increase in SB (Hedge’s g = +0.36, 95% CI [0.20, 0.52]). Working from home impaired preventative activity behaviors, and these results are relevant to worker health as the future of work evolves beyond the pandemic.

Introduction The ability of healthcare, community and public health systems to effectively implement and disseminate research innovations depends on contextual factors at multiple interconnected levels of influence (eg, the innovation, individual, provider/implementor, organisation and health system). Recently, there has been an increase in the development of complex interventions designed to target multiple levels, designed for or adapted to the context in which they are delivered. Two concepts from complex systems thinking have been increasingly used to operationalise such interventions—core functions (theory and evidence-driven purposes of interventions) and forms (adaptable activities that perform each core function). However, there is a gap in the literature regarding how these concepts are being applied in intervention design and evaluation and implementation strategies. To fill this gap and advance understanding of complex health interventions, this scoping review will: Identify how functions and forms are defined and operationalised across complex health implementation research studies. Describe methodological approaches to identify or apply the concepts of core functions and forms to the design and evaluation of complex health interventions and implementation strategies. Methods and analysis This review will follow the methodological approach of Arksey and O’Malley. The search strategy will include electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science) and reference lists and citations of exemplar papers in the field. The literature search will be designed to capture research applying the concepts of core functions and forms in healthcare and public health complex interventions. The search will be restricted to studies published in English in peer-reviewed academic journals. Two coders will screen study titles and abstracts, followed by full-text reviews. One researcher will extract the data and a second will review it for any omissions or errors. An inductive content analysis will be used to categorise the nature of how studies define and operationalise core functions and forms. The scope of the work in this area and methodology (eg, measures selection and analytic approaches) will be described narratively. Results will be presented to experts in the field and their input will be used to further contextualise the findings. Ethics and dissemination This project does not require ethics approval. We will share the findings and data results will be shared via peer-reviewed journals. Trial registration number https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YQFP7

Medical librarians collaborate with physicians and other healthcare professionals to improve the quality and accessibility of medical information, which includes assembling the best evidence to advance health equality through teaching and research. This column brings together brief cases highlighting the experiences and perspectives of medical librarians, educators, and healthcare professionals using their organizational, pedagogical, and information-analysis skills to advance health equality indexing.

Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program curriculum redesign at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in the early 2010s resulted in incorporation of a long-term research project—called “Scholarly Projects”—into the UME experience. Since 2014, OHSU librarians have participated in curricular support for Scholarly Projects, focusing on helping students develop skills in searching and information management at a moment when the students are starting their projects. This library participation has developed over time and continues to change in response to ongoing librarian reflection on student engagement with the material.