Taren M Swindle, PhD

Research Program: Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Faculty Rank: Associate Professor Campus: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College: College of Medicine Department: Family & Preventive Medicine

Cancer Research Interest

• Research Interest Statement: I am an implementation scientist focused on community-based research to develop and test implementation strategies to promote the adoption and sustainment of evidence-based interventions and practices for obesity prevention and nutrition promotion, two key risk factors for cancer prevention. I also have funded projects focused on de-implementation of detrimental practices in the community that promote excess weight and poor dietary habits.

Contact Information

• Email Address: TSWINDLE@UAMS.EDU
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Open Clinical Trials

• “Testing an Adaptive Implementation Strategy to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings” (NCT05050539)

Active Grants

• VitaMix Foundation – AWD00055351
  “WISE Babies: Adapting and Feasibly Testing of an Evidence-Based Nutrition Intervention for Ages 0 to 3. ”
  Principal Investigator
  5/1/2022 – 5/31/2025
• NIH/Nat. Cancer Institute – 1R37CA252113
  “Testing an Adaptive Implementation Strategy to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings”
  Principal Investigator
  9/1/2021 – 8/31/2026

Recent Publications

• Zhang D, Swindle T, Fletcher JW, [et al.]. Remembered childhood mealtime experiences influence on early childcare and education staff. Appetite. 2023 190:107003. PMID: 37595754.
• Dhuliawala S, Payakachat N, Painter JT, [et al., including Swindle T]. Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States. American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities. 2023 128(6):462-480. PMID: 37875275.
• Dixon J, Hegde AV, Goodell LS, [et al., including Swindle T]. Integration of Food-based Learning With Science in the Preschool Classroom: Implementation Gaps and Opportunities. Journal of nutrition education and behavior. 2023 55(4):266-284. PMID: 37028898. PMCID: PMC10083887.
• Hasnin S, Dev DA, Swindle T, [et al.]. Systematic Review of Reflection Spectroscopy-Based Skin Carotenoid Assessment in Children. Nutrients. 2023 15(6). PMID: 36986046. PMCID: PMC10055935.
• Swindle T, Baloh J, Landes SJ, [et al.]. Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) in the pre-implementation phase: key steps and activities. Frontiers in health services. 2023 3:1155693. PMID: 37292120. PMCID: PMC10244502.
• Swindle T, Rutledge JM, Zhang D, [et al.]. De-Implementation of Detrimental Feeding Practices in Childcare: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Community Partner Selected Strategies. Nutrients. 2022 14(14). PMID: 35889818. PMCID: PMC9319894.
• Swindle T, Rutledge JM, Martin J, Curran GM. Implementation fidelity, attitudes, and influence: a novel approach to classifying implementer behavior. Implementation science communications. 2022 3(1):60. PMID: 35668517. PMCID: PMC9171954.
• Swindle T, Rutledge JM, Selig JP, [et al.]. Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial. Implementation science : IS. 2022 17(1):25. PMID: 35303894. PMCID: PMC8932138.
• Swindle T, Poosala AB, Zeng N, [et al.]. Digital Intervention Strategies for Increasing Physical Activity Among Preschoolers: Systematic Review. Journal of medical Internet research. 2022 24(1):e28230. PMID: 35014962. PMCID: PMC8790686.
• Williams TB, Garza M, Lipchitz R, [et al., including Swindle T]. Cultivating informatics capacity for multimorbidity: A learning health systems use case. Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidity. 2022 12:26335565221122017. PMID: 35990170. PMCID: PMC9389034.
• Swindle T, Bellows LL, Mitchell V, [et al.]. Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education. Frontiers in health services. 2022 2:1010305. PMID: 36925855. PMCID: PMC10012648.
• Tovar A, Miller ME, Stage VC, [et al., including Swindle T]. BMI Data Collection and Communication Practices in a Multistate Sample of Head Start Programs. Childhood obesity (Print). 2021. PMID: 34874782. PMCID: PMC9464080.
• Topham GL, Washburn IJ, Hubbs-Tait L, [et al., including Swindle T]. The Families and Schools for Health Project: A Longitudinal Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting Children with Overweight and Obesity. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021 18(16). PMID: 34444492. PMCID: PMC8393339.
• Swindle T, Phelps J, Schrick B, Johnson S.L. . Hungry is not safe: A mixed methods study to explore food insecurity in early care and education. Appetite. 2021 167:105626. PMID: 34389375. PMCID: PMC8434997.
• Swindle T, McBride NM, Selig JP, [et al.]. Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial. Implementation science : IS. 2021 16(1):48. PMID: 33933130. PMCID: PMC8088574.
• Lawless M, Shriver LH, Hubbs-Tait L, [et al., including Swindle T]. Bidirectional Associations between Restrained Eating and Body Mass Index in Middle Childhood. Nutrients. 2021 13(5). PMID: 33924792. PMCID: PMC8146129.
• Yoong SL, Jones J, Pearson N, [et al., including Swindle T]. 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. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021 18(5). PMID: 33800463. PMCID: PMC7967470.
• Elliott S, McCloskey ML, Johnson SL, [et al., including Swindle T]. Food Photography as a Tool to Assess Type, Quantity, and Quality of Foods in Parent-Packed Lunches for Preschoolers. Journal of nutrition education and behavior. 2021 53(2):164-173. PMID: 33189584.
• Swindle T, Zhang D, Johnson SL, [et al.]. A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare. Implementation science communications. 2021 2(1):8. PMID: 33446280. PMCID: PMC7807398.
• Yoong SL, Jackson J, Barnes C, [et al., including Swindle T]. Changing landscape of nutrition and dietetics research? A bibliographic analysis of top-tier published research in 1998 and 2018. Public health nutrition. 2021:1-22. PMID: 33436117. PMCID: PMC8063610.
• Swindle T, Phelps J, McBride NM, [et al.]. Table Talk: revision of an observational tool to characterize the feeding environment in early care and education settings. BMC public health. 2021 21(1):80. PMID: 33413240. PMCID: PMC7792155.
• Swindle TM, Phelps J, Schrick B, [et al.]. Identifying a Fine Line between Food Insecurity and Food Acquisition Stress: A Mixed Methods Exploration. Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition. 2021 16(1):45-63. PMID: 33868533. PMCID: PMC8049611.
• Swindle T, Rutledge J. Measuring feeding practices among early care and education teachers and examining relations with food insecurity. Appetite. 2020 155:104806. PMID: 32735955. PMCID: PMC7657568.
• Swindle T, Rutledge JM, Johnson SL, [et al.]. De-implementation of detrimental feeding practices: a pilot protocol. Pilot and feasibility studies. 2020 6(1):181. PMID: 33292711. PMCID: PMC7678218.
• Varghese FP, Skaggs S, Christie C, [et al., including Swindle T]. Employment Perceptions of Parolees: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Criminal Thinking. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. 2020:306624X20928022. PMID: 32903113.
• Swindle T, Martinez A, Børsheim E, Andres A. Adaptation of an exercise intervention for pregnant women to community-based delivery: a study protocol. BMJ open. 2020 10(9):e038582. PMID: 32895286. PMCID: PMC7478046.
• Swindle T, McBride NM, Staley A, [et al.]. Pester Power: Examining Children's Influence as an Active Intervention Ingredient. Journal of nutrition education and behavior. 2020 52(8):801-807. PMID: 32773131. PMCID: PMC7422920.
• Prusaczyk B, Swindle T, Curran G. Defining and conceptualizing outcomes for de-implementation: Key distinctions from implementation outcomes. Implementation Science Communications. 2020 1(43):1-10.
• Kopparapu A, Sketas G, Swindle T. Food Insecurity in Primary Care: Patient Perception and Preferences. Family medicine. 2020 52(3):202-205. PMID: 32159831.
• Prusaczyk B, Swindle T, Curran G. Defining and conceptualizing outcomes for de-implementation: key distinctions from implementation outcomes. Implementation science communications. 2020 1:43. PMID: 32885200. PMCID: PMC7427870.
• Ellis SK, Swindle TM. Exploration of an Integrated Active Learning Strategy to Balance Student Workload in a Mixed Level Research Methods Course. MedEdPublish (2016). 2020 9:269. PMID: 38058940. PMCID: PMC10697459.
• Ward WL, Swindle TM, Kyzer AL, [et al.]. Maternal Depression: Relationship to Food Insecurity and Preschooler Fruit/Vegetable Consumption. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2019 17(1). PMID: 31877981. PMCID: PMC6981721.
• Swindle T, Phelps J, Schrick B, [et al.]. Identifying a fine line between Food Insecurity and Food Acquisition Stress: A mixed methods exploration. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 2019:1-19.