Taren Swindle Institution-verified

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UAMS

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Family And Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine

tswindle@uams.edu

22 h-index 132 pubs 1,539 cited

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Taren Swindle's research focuses on the implementation and sustainability of interventions aimed at preventing obesity and promoting physical activity in early childhood education settings. Swindle has served as PI on two NIH/National Cancer Institute grants totaling $795,487. The first grant, for $617,778, tested adaptive implementation strategies to optimize the delivery of obesity prevention practices in childcare. The second grant, for $177,709, investigated the sustainability of nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare settings.

Swindle's publications include a systematic review on digital intervention strategies for increasing physical activity among preschoolers, a study on stakeholder-selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare, and research on the utilization of routine medical checkups among Saudi students in the USA. Other publications address implementation fidelity, the impact of nutrition intervention research in early childhood education, and a systematic review of skin carotenoid assessment in children. Swindle's work also includes studies on food insecurity in early care and education settings.

With an h-index of 22, 132 total publications, and 1,539 total citations, Swindle leads a research group at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and collaborates with researchers including Dong Zhang, Geoffrey M. Curran, and James P. Selig.

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h-index: 22
Publications: 132
Citations: 1,539

Selected Publications

A supervised STreNgth & Outpatient Exercise Regimen in pediatric patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (STRONGER ALL) (2026)

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An instrument for measuring the influence of nursing care on the length of stay in heart failure hospitalizations of African Americans (2026)

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Using end user feedback to specify an adaptive implementation strategy (2025)

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Could master protocols be adapted for effectiveness-implementation hybrid studies? (2025)

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Estimating the value of an early childhood education nutrition program (2025)

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The Effect of an Exercise Program on Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in Sedentary Pregnant Participants with Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial (2025)

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Sociotechnical Needs of Registered Nurses in the Heart Failure Hospitalizations of African American Patients: Cross-Sectional Study (2025)

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Implementation Strategies Applied in Communities Matching Process (ISAC Match): Expanded Guidance and Case Study (2025)

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Translating implementation science principles and methods to front-line clinicians: The Implementation Science Scholars Program (2025)

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The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure (2024)

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Context matters: The importance of investigating random effects in hierarchical models for early childhood education researchers (2024)

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The Association of Implemented Care Team Configuration Models with Length of Stay and Charges in Hospitalized Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: A Retrospective Analysis of EHR Data (2023)

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Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States (2023)

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Remembered childhood mealtime experiences influence on early childcare and education staff (2023)

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Classification of Early Childhood Educators’ Behaviors to Improve WISE Implementation (2023)

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Federal Grants 2 $795,487 total

NIH/National Cancer Institute Contact PI Sep 2021 - Aug 2026

Testing an Adaptive Implementation Strategy to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings

National Cancer Institute $617,778 R37

NIH/National Cancer Institute Contact PI Mar 2020 - Feb 2024

Sustainability of Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions in Childcare

National Cancer Institute $177,709 R21

Research Interests

Implementation Science; Child nutrition; Obesity Prevention; Community-based Research

Grants & Funding

WISE: We Inspire Smart Eating - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation Lincoln Health Foundation - Pass Through: Louisiana Tech University Principal Investigator
Testing an Adaptive Implementation Strategy to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute Principal Investigator
WISE: We Inspire Smart Eating - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation Lincoln Health Foundation - Pass Through: Louisiana Tech University Principal Investigator
Deimplementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices in Early Care andEducation Settings NIH Principal Investigator
Testing an Adaptive Implementation Strategy to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute Principal Investigator
WISE: We Inspire Smart Eating - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation Lincoln Health Foundation - Pass Through: Louisiana Tech University Principal Investigator
Obesity in the Hispanic population, focus on Young Children NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences - Pass Through: Arkansas Children's Research Institute Principal Investigator
Interventions for obesity prevention targeting young children in at-risk environments: An integrated approach US Department of Agriculture - Pass Through: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Co-Investigator