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2026
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Taren Swindle
Sourced from institutional research profiles (UAMS TRI or ARA).
Federal Grant PI
Associate Professor
Faculty Researcher
Family And Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine
22 h-index
132 pubs
1,539 cited
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
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.
Metrics
- h-index: 22
- Publications: 132
- Citations: 1,539
Selected Publications
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Self-Reported Dietary Carotenoid Intake and Skin Carotenoid Score Status in a Geographically Diverse U.S. Sample (2026)
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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)
Federal Grants 2 $795,487 total
NIH
Contact PI
Sep 2021 - Aug 2026
NIH
Contact PI
Mar 2020 - Feb 2024
Sustainability of Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions in Childcare
Research Interests
Implementation Science; Child nutrition; Obesity Prevention; Community-based Research
Grants & Funding
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.
- WISE: We Inspire Smart Eating - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation Lincoln Health Foundation via Louisiana Tech University Principal Investigator
- Deimplementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices in Early Care andEducation Settings NIH Principal Investigator
- Obesity in the Hispanic population, focus on Young Children NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences via 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 via University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Co-Investigator
- Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention NIH Principal Investigator
- De-Implementation of Detrimental Feeding Practices in Childcare- Resubmission NIH Principal Investigator
- Effect of Food, Home, and Community Environments on Early Childhood University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Co-Investigator
- GR034200 Swindle(Weber) Community Engagement Core, Phase 2 Year 2 NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences via UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
- Center for Research, Health and Society NIH Co-Investigator
- Developing and Testing Implementation Strategies for Evidence-Based Obesity Prevention in Childcare NIH Principal Investigator
- Equitable Standards of Care Delivery in Team-Based Risk Stratification of CHF Hospitalizations NIH/Nat. Inst. of Nursing Research Principal Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Julie M. Rutledge
Louisiana Tech University (US)
9 shared publications
- Implementation fidelity, attitudes, and influence: a novel approach to classifying implementer behavior
- Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
- The Families and Schools for Health Project: A Longitudinal Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting Children with Overweight and Obesity
- Table Talk: revision of an observational tool to characterize the feeding environment in early care and education settings
- De-Implementation of Detrimental Feeding Practices in Childcare: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Community Partner Selected Strategies
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
James P. Selig
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- Utilization of Routine Medical Checkup and Factors Influencing Use of Routine Medical Checkup among Saudi Students Studying in the USA in 2019
- Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
- Table Talk: revision of an observational tool to characterize the feeding environment in early care and education settings
- Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Dong Zhang
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
7 shared publications
In database
- Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
- Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education
- De-Implementation of Detrimental Feeding Practices in Childcare: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Community Partner Selected Strategies
- A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare
- Remembered childhood mealtime experiences influence on early childcare and education staff
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Geoffrey M. Curran
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
7 shared publications
In database
- Implementation fidelity, attitudes, and influence: a novel approach to classifying implementer behavior
- Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) in the pre-implementation phase: key steps and activities
- Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education
- De-Implementation of Detrimental Feeding Practices in Childcare: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Community Partner Selected Strategies
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Susan L. Johnson
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
6 shared publications
- Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
- Hungry is not safe: A mixed methods study to explore food insecurity in early care and education
- Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education
- A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Janna Martin
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5 shared publications
In database
- Implementation fidelity, attitudes, and influence: a novel approach to classifying implementer behavior
- Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
- De-Implementation of Detrimental Feeding Practices in Childcare: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Community Partner Selected Strategies
- A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare
Tremaine B. Williams
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
5 shared publications
In database
- Cultivating informatics capacity for multimorbidity: A learning health systems use case
- The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure
- 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
- Sociotechnical Needs of Registered Nurses in the Heart Failure Hospitalizations of African American Patients: Cross-Sectional Study
- An instrument for measuring the influence of nursing care on the length of stay in heart failure hospitalizations of African Americans
Leanne Whiteside-Mansell
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial
- Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial
- Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education
- A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare
Laura Bellows
Cornell University (US)
4 shared publications
- Digital Intervention Strategies for Increasing Physical Activity Among Preschoolers: Systematic Review
- Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education
- A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare
- Digital Intervention Strategies for Increasing Physical Activity Among Preschoolers: Systematic Review (Preprint)
Maryam Y. Garza
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (US)
4 shared publications
- Cultivating informatics capacity for multimorbidity: A learning health systems use case
- The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure
- 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
- Sociotechnical Needs of Registered Nurses in the Heart Failure Hospitalizations of African American Patients: Cross-Sectional Study
Kevin W. Sexton
Vanderbilt University
4 shared publications
In database
- Cultivating informatics capacity for multimorbidity: A learning health systems use case
- The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure
- 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
- Sociotechnical Needs of Registered Nurses in the Heart Failure Hospitalizations of African American Patients: Cross-Sectional Study
Alisha Crump
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- The association of workforce configurations with length of stay and charges in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure
- 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
- Sociotechnical Needs of Registered Nurses in the Heart Failure Hospitalizations of African American Patients: Cross-Sectional Study
- An instrument for measuring the influence of nursing care on the length of stay in heart failure hospitalizations of African Americans
Sze Lin Yoong
Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
3 shared publications
- An Overview of Research Opportunities to Increase the Impact of Nutrition Intervention Research in Early Childhood and Education Care Settings According to the RE-AIM Framework
- Changing landscape of nutrition and dietetics research? A bibliographic analysis of top-tier published research in 1998 and 2018
- An Overview of Research Opportunities to Increase the Impact of Nutrition Intervention Research in Early Childhood and Education Care Settings According to the RE-AIM Framework
Courtney Barnes
University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
3 shared publications
- An Overview of Research Opportunities to Increase the Impact of Nutrition Intervention Research in Early Childhood and Education Care Settings According to the RE-AIM Framework
- Changing landscape of nutrition and dietetics research? A bibliographic analysis of top-tier published research in 1998 and 2018
- An Overview of Research Opportunities to Increase the Impact of Nutrition Intervention Research in Early Childhood and Education Care Settings According to the RE-AIM Framework
Nicole Pearson
Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
3 shared publications
- An Overview of Research Opportunities to Increase the Impact of Nutrition Intervention Research in Early Childhood and Education Care Settings According to the RE-AIM Framework
- Changing landscape of nutrition and dietetics research? A bibliographic analysis of top-tier published research in 1998 and 2018
- An Overview of Research Opportunities to Increase the Impact of Nutrition Intervention Research in Early Childhood and Education Care Settings According to the RE-AIM Framework
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