Journal Articles
2024
Anderson, A.T., Mack, W.J., Horiuchi, S.S., Paulukonis, S., Zhou, M., Snyder, A.B., et al. (2024). National quality indicators in pediatric sickle cell anemia. Pediatrics, e2022060804. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-060804. View.
Attell, B. McGee, B., DiGirolamo, A., Cohen, L., Snyder, A. (2024). Self-reported pain levels for emergency department visits associated with sickle cell disease in the United States. Blood Advances. DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011127. View.
Ellis, W., Rawlinson, K., Milstein, B., Erickson, J., Creegan, A., Lanford, D., et al. (2024). Cross-sector collaboration practitioners weigh-in on this special issue. Health Services Research, 59(S1). DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14267. View.
Gleason, B., Burger, R., Nesselrodt, M., Kendig, S., Adimu, T. (2024). Bringing together clinical and community partners for better patient care: Bootheel Perinatal Network. In D. Cilenti, A. Jackson, N. D. Hernandez, L. Yates, S. Verbiest, J. L. Michener, & B. C. Castrucci The practical playbook III: Working together to improve maternal health. Oxford University Press. View.
Lanford, D., Minyard, K., Alderman, L., Hemming, J., Parker, C., Adimu, T. (2024). Extending the reach of maternal health practice into new zones of transformation with the Framework for Aligning Sectors. In D. Cilenti, A. Jackson, N. D. Hernandez, L. Yates, S. Verbiest, J. L. Michener, & B. C. Castrucci The practical playbook III: Working together to improve maternal health. Oxford University Press. View.
McCarthy, N., Baggs, J., Wolford, H., Kazakova, S., Kabbani, S., Attell, B., et al. (2024). Length of antibiotic therapy among adults hospitalized with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia, 2013-2020. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. Published online 2024:1-7. DOI:10.1017/ice.2024.14. View.
McLaren, S., Bliss, L.R., Scott, C., Kraidler, P. & Pettignano R. (2024). Applying a social ecological model to medical legal partnerships practice and research. Law, Medicine & Ethics, 51(4): 817–823. DOI: 10.1017/jme.2023.151. View.
Minyard, K., Heishman, H., Lanford, D., Richardson, L., Shervington, D. (2024). The big picture for this special issue: The state of the field, article highlights, and a look into the future. Health Services Research, 59(S1). DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14266. View.
Napierala, E., Rencher, B., Solomon, L., Parker, C. (2024). Can federal policy help overcome systemically reinforced racial inequities in social determinants of health? An observational study of Georgia and neighboring U.S. states. BMC Public Health, 24(304). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17726-4. View.
Smith, J., Heberlin, E., Snyder, A., Minyard, K. (2024). Driving access, health equity, and innovation in maternal health care through Medicaid. In D. Cilenti, A. Jackson, N. D. Hernandez, L. Yates, S. Verbiest, J. L. Michener, & B. C. Castrucci The practical playbook III: Working together to improve maternal health. Oxford University Press. View.
Snyder, A.B., Zhou, M., Attell, B.K., Cohen, L.L., Carter, S., Bock, F., & Dampier, C. (2024). Opioid use after first opioid prescription in children with sickle cell disease. JAMA Pediatrics. DOI:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6500. View.
2023
Aligning Systems for Health. (2023). Aligning Systems for Health: Research Learnings from Across the Nation. Georgia Health Policy Center. DOI: 10.57709/1TN6-V504 View.
Attell, B., Barrett, P., Pace, B., McLemore, M.L., McGee, B.T., Oshe, R., et al. (2023). Characteristics of emergency department visits made by individuals with sickle cell disease in the United States, 1999-2020. AJPM Focus, 3(1). DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2023.100158. View.
Attell, B., Singleton, A., McLaren, S., Moses, G. (2023) Measurement characteristics of the Wraparound Fidelity Index Short Form: Results from a statewide implementation. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 46(4). DOI: 10.1177/01632787231175184. View.
Beck, L., Johnson, N., Delgado, S., Helmly, S., McLaren, S., Prendergast, A., et al. (2023) Addressing barriers to housing in reentry programs working to address a variety of needs: A qualitative study of Second Chance Act grants. Cityscape, 25(2):13-33. View.
Branscomb, J., Dills, J., Landers, G., Minyard, K., & Hassmiller Lich, K. (2023). Chapter 3: Systems thinking for public health professionals. In Michael R. Fraser & Brian C. Castrucci (Eds.), Building strategic skills for better health: A Primer for public health professionals. Oxford University Press. View.
Corallo, K., Carr, C., Lavner, J., Koss, K., Ehrlich, K. (2023). The protective role of parental vigilance in the link between risky childhood environments and health. Social Science & Medicine, 317; 115593. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115593. View.
Hill, M., Smith J., Elimam D., Mustafaa, G., Wortley, P., Taylor, B.J., et al. (2023). Ending the HIV epidemic: PrEP equity recommendations from a rapid ethnographic assessment of multilevel PrEP use determinants among young Black gay and bisexual men in Atlanta, GA. PLos One, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283764. View.
Lanier, P., Kennedy, S., Snyder, A.B., Smith, J.C., Napierala, E., Talbert, J., et al. (2023). STI Testing Among Medicaid Enrollees Initiating PrEP for HIV Prevention in 6 Southern States. Southern Medical Journal, 116(6), 455-563. DOI: 10.14423/smj.0000000000001564. View.
Leonard, M., Bernhardt, C., DiPetrillo, B., Hemming J., Minyard, K. (2023). Social determinants of health as a framework to identify and assess cross-section funding opportunities. Health Services Research. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.14235. View.
Lowe, A., Callis, A., DiGirolamo, A., Girard, A, Boayke, A., Ogutu, E., et al. (2023). Evidence-based complementary feeding recipe book for Kenyan caregivers: A novel approach. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 20(S3), e13475. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13475. View.
Napierala, E. Patterson, S., Laboy, A., Weiss. M., Smith, J. (2023). Mothers’ experience with health insurance coverage when youngest child reaches 18 years of age. JAMA Health Forum,4(2):e225514. DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5514. View.
Paulukonis, S., Snyder, A., Smeltzer, M., Sutaria, A., Hurden, I., Latta, K., et al. (2023). COVID-19 infection and outcomes in newborn screening cohorts of sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease in Michigan and Georgia. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 45(4): 174-180. DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002671. View.
Reeves, S., Horiuchi, S., Zhou, M., Paulukonis, S., Snyder, A., Wilson-Frederick, S. et al. (2023). Case ascertainment of sickle cell disease using surveillance or single administrative database case definitions. Public Health Reports, 139(2). DOI: 10.1177/00333549231166465. View.
Singh, A., Sontag, M., Zhou, M., Dasgupta, M., Crume, T., McLemore, M., et al. (2023). Evaluating the discriminatory ability of the sickle cell data collection program’s administrative claims case definition in identifying adults with sickle cell disease: Validation study. JMIR Public Health Surveillance, 9. DOI: 10.2196/42816. View
Smeltzer, M., Reeves, S., Cooper, W., Attell, B., Strouse, J., Takemoto, C., et al. (2023). Common data model for sickle cell disease surveillance: Considerations and implications. JAMIA Open, 6(2). DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooad036. View.
Stein, A.D., Adair, L., Donati, G., Wray, C., Richter, L., Norris, S., et al. (2023). Early-life stature, preschool cognitive development, schooling attainment, and cognitive functioning in adulthood: a prospective study in four birth cohorts. The Lancet Global Health, 11(1): E95-E104. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00448-X. View.
Wray, C., Kowalski, A., Mpondo, F., Ochaeta, L., Belleza, D., DiGirolamo, A., et al. (2023). Contrasting speed and accuracy approaches to measure executive functions in three low-and middle-income countries. PLOS One, 18(8): e0290238. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290238. View.
2022
Attell, B., Kingery, K., Adimu, T., Butts, J., Howard, P., Saha, S., et al. (2022). Development and validation of a measure to assess readiness to advance health and equity: The Assessment for Advancing Community Transformation (AACT). Evaluation & the Health Professions. DOI: 10.1177/01632787221139244. View.
Bernhardt, C., King, C. (2022). Neighborhood disadvantage and prescription drug misuse in low-income urban mothers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 231(1). DOI: j.drugalcdep.2021.109245. View.
Branscomb, J., Powis, L., Cilenti, D., Dills, J., Chaudhry, A. (2022). Policy Engagement Framework for Public Health: A tool to enhance maternal and child health workforce capacity. Maternal and Child Health, 27:1–6. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-022-03562-8. View.
Daniel, L., Petiwala, A., Landers, G. M., Minyard, K. J. (2022). Aligning health care, public health, and social services: A scoping review of the role of purpose, governance, finance, and data. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, 432– 447. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13374. View.
DiGirolamo, A., Varghese, J., Kroker-Lobos, M., Mazariegos, M., Ramirez-Zea, M., Martorell, R., Stein, A. (2022). Protein-energy supplementation in early-life decreases the odds of mental distress in later adulthood in Guatemala. Journal of Nutrition, 152(4). 1159-1167. DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxac005. View.
Dills, J. Lawson, T., Branscomb, J., Mullenix, A., Hassmiller Linch, K. (2022) Health impact assessment: A missed opportunity for MCH professionals in their quest to address the social determinants of health. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 26:88–113. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-021-03350-w. View.
Heberlein, E., Smith, J., Marton, J., Otekunrin, A., LaBoy, A., Britt, J., et al. (2022). Well child visit attendance for group prenatal care participants. Academic Pediatrics. DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.09.022. View.
Horiuchi S.S., Zhou M., Snyder A., Paulukonis S. (2022). Hematologist encounters among Medicaid patients who have sickle cell disease. Blood Advances, 6 (17): 5128–5131. DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007622. View.
Ibemere, S., Oyedeji, C., Preiss, L., Van Althuis, L., Hankins, J., Azul, M., et al. (2022). Characterising the prevalence of overweight and obese status among adults with sickle cell disease. British Journal of Hematology, 00:1-10. DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18548. View.
Jones, J., Courtemanche, C., Denteh, A., Morton, J., Tchernis, R. (2022). Do state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program policies influence program participation among seniors? Applied Economics and Perspectives and Policy, 44(2):591-608. DOI: 10.1002/aepp.13231. View.
Landers, G., Minyard, K., Heishman, H. (2022) How aligning sectors builds resilient, equitable communities. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 28(4). S118-S121. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001454. View.
Lanier, P., Kennedy, S., Snyder, A., Smith, J., Napierala, E., Talbert, J., et al. (2022). Prenatal syphilis screening among Medicaid enrollees in 6 southern states. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 1(62). DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.11.011. View.
Mazariegos, M., Varghese, J. S., Kroker-Lobos, M. F., DiGirolamo, A., Ramirez-Zea, M., Ramakrishan, U., Stein, A. D. (2022). Age at childbirth and change in BMI across the life-course: Evidence from the INCAP Longitudinal Study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 22(151). DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04485-6. View.
McGarrie, L., Napierala, E., Oliver, C., Heberlein, B., Jean Taylor, B., Snyder, A. (2022). An enhanced mentoring model’s impact on youth in Boys and Girls Clubs. Journal of Youth Development, 17(30). DOI: 10.5195/jyd.2022.1220. View.
Patterson, S., Singleton, A., Branscomb, J., Nsonwu, V., Spratling, R. (2022). Transfusion complications in Thalassemia: Patient knowledge and perspectives. Frontiers in Medicine Hematology, 9:772886. DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.772886. View.
Tang, A., Zhou, M., Maillis, A., Lai, K., Lane, P., Snyder, A. (2022). Trends in blood transfusion, hydroxyurea use, and iron overload among children with sickle cell disease enrolled in Medicaid, 2004-2009. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 70(3). DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30152. View.
Treadwell, M., Mushiana, S., Badawy, S., Preiss, L., King, A., Kroner, B., Chen, Y., et al. (2022). An evaluation of patient-reported outcomes in sickle cell disease within a conceptual model. Quality of Life Research, 31, 2681-2649. DOI 10.1007/s11136-022-03132-z. View.
Snyder, A., Lakshmanan, S., Hulihan, M., Paulukonis, S., Zhou, M., Horiuchi, S., et al. (2022). Surveillance for sickle cell disease – Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, two states, 2004-2018. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 71(9). 1-18. DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7109a1. View.
Whitehead, S., Dills, J., Bever, E., Lindberg, R. (2022). Updating the minimum elements and practice standards for HIA to reflect evolution in the field of practice. Chronicles of Health Impact Assessment, 6(1). DOI: 10.18060/25082. View.
Wolf, L., Brown, E., Greeson, R., Hammack-Aviran, C., Hazel, J., Rencher, W., et al. (2022). Addressing choice of law challenges in multi-state precision medicine research: Experts’ assessment of key factors. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 9(1). DOI: 10.1093/jlb/lsac013. View.
2021
Aligning Systems for Health. (2021). Aligning Systems for Health: Two Years of Learning. Georgia Health Policy Center. View.
Allwood-Kendrick, S., McLaren, S., Pettignano, R. (2021). Medical-legal partnerships benefit families of developmentally disabled children. Common Ground Research Networks, 11(1). DOI: 10.18848/2156-8960/CGP/v11i01/85-96. View.
Bernhardt, C., Hou, S., King, C., Miller, A. (2021) Identifying barriers to effective patient-provider communication about food insecurity screenings in outpatient clinical settings in central Florida. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 28(2):E595-E602. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001449. View.
Bernhardt, C., King, C. (2021). Telehealth and food insecurity screenings: challenges and lessons learned. Online Nov. 23, 2021. mHealth. DOI: 10.21037/mhe. View.
DiGirolamo, A., Desai, D., Farmer, D., et al. (2021). Results from a statewide school-based mental health program: Effects on school climate. Social Psychology Review, 50(1):1-28. DOI: 0.1080/2372966X.2020.1837607. View.
Heberlein, E., Smith, J., LaBoy, A., Britt, J., Crockett, A. (2021). Birth outcomes for medically high-risk pregnancies: Comparing group to individual prenatal care. American Journal of Perinatology. DOI:10.1055/a-1682-2704. View.
Kanter, J., Meier, E., Hankins, J., Paulukonis, S., Snyder, A. (2021). Improving outcomes for patients with sickle cell disease in the United States making the case for more resources, surveillance, and longitudinal data. JAMA Health Forum, 2(10). DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3467. View.
Landford, D., Petiwala, A., Landers, G., Minyard, K. (2021). Aligning healthcare, public health and social services: A scoping review of the role of purpose, governance, finance and data. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(2): 432-447. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13374. View.
Marton, J., Smith, J., Heberlein, E., Laboy, A., Britt, J., Crockett, A. (2021). Group prenatal care and emergency room utilization. Medical Care Research and Review. DOI: 10.1177/10775587211059938. View.
Petiwala, A., Lanford, D., Landers, G., Minyard, K. (2021). Community voice in cross-sector alignment: Concepts and strategies from a scoping review of the health collaboration literature. BMC Public Health, 21(712). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10741-9. View.
Rollins, MR., Boudreaux, J., Eckman, J., Branscomb, J., Zhou, M., Snyder, A. (2021). Intermittent transfusions for treatment of thalassemia in the state of Georgia, 2007-2006. Annals of Hematology & Oncology, 8(4), 1340. View.
Smith, J., Alderman, L., Attell, B., Rodriguez, W., Covington, J., Manteuffel, B., et al. (2021). Dynamics of parental opioid use and children’s health and well-being: An integrative systems mapping approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 (687641). 1-15. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.687641. View.
Wright, E., LaBoy, A., Tsukerman, K., et al. (2021). The prevalence and correlates of labor and sex trafficking in a community sample of youth experiencing homelessness in Metro-Atlanta. Social Sciences, 10(2), 32. DOI: 10.3390/socsci10020032. View.
2020
Aluc, A., Zhou, M., Paulukonis, S.T., et al. (2020). Using surveillance to determine the number of individuals with sickle cell disease in California and Georgia, 2005–2016. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 37(8), 747-751. View.
Beneciuk, J.M., Verstandig, D., Taylor, C., Scott, D., Levin, J., Osborne, R., et al. (2020). Musculoskeletal pain stakeholder engagement and partnership development: determining patient-centered research priorities. Research Involvement and Engagement, 6(28). View.
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J. H., & Yelowitz, A. (2020). The full impact of the ACA on political participation. Journal of the Social Sciences, 6(2):179-204. View.
DiGirolamo, A.M., Ochaeta, L., Mejia, R.M. (2020). Early childhood nutrition and cognitive functioning in childhood and adolescence. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 41(1_suppl): S31-S40. View.
Fitchtenberg, C., Delva, J., Minyard, K., Gottlieb, L. (2020). Human and human services integration: Generating sustained health and equity improvements. Health Affairs, 39(4). View.
Heath, E., Sanon, V., Mast, D.K., Kibbe, D., Lyn, R. (2020). Increasing community readiness for childhood obesity prevention: A case study of four communities in Georgia. Health Promotion Practice, online May 14, 2020. doi: 10.1177/1524839920917127. View.
Heberlein, E., Smith, J., Willis, C., Hall, W., Covington-Kolb, S., Crockett, A. (2020). The effects of CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care on postpartum visit attendance and contraception use. Contraception, 102(1):46-51. View.
Knisely, M.R., Pugh, N., Kroner, B., et al. (2020). Patient‐reported outcomes in sickle cell disease and association with clinical and psychosocial factors: Report from the Sickle Cell Disease implementation consortium. Hematology, 95(9), 1066-1074. View.
Landers, G.M., Minyard, K.J., Lanford, D., & Heishman, H. (2020). A theory of change for aligning health care, public health, and social services in the time of COVID-19. American Journal of Public Health, 110(S2): S178-S180. View.
Lanford, D., (Ed.). (2020). Medicaid: Politics, policy, and key issues. Nova Science Publishers. View.
Lawrence, R.H., Singleton, A., Branscomb, J. (2020). Blood transfusion: Knowledge, perspectives, and experience of individuals with sickle cell disease. Journal of Patient Experience, online Sept.10, 2020. doi.org/10.1177/2374373520956744. View.
Rock, C.L., Thomson C., Gansler, T., Gapstur S.M., McCullough, M.L., Patel, A.V., et al. (2020). American Cancer Society guideline for diet and physical activity for cancer prevention. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 70(4): 245-271. View.
Snyder, A., McGarrie, L., Oliver, C., Heberlein, E., & Napierala, E. (2020). Effective mentoring at boys and girls clubs of metro Atlanta: A mixed methods study. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching, 4(13), 389-394. View.
Wray, C., Kowalski, A., Mpondo, F., Ochaeta, L., Belleza, D., DiGirolamo, A., et al. (2020). Executive functions form a single construct and are associated with schooling: Evidence from three low- and middle- income countries. PLoS ONE, 15(11): e0242936. View.
2019
Ashford, R., Brown, A., Brown, T., Callis, J., Cleveland, H., Eisenhart, E., et al. (2019). Defining and operationalizing the phenomena of recovery: a working definition from the recovery science research collaborative. Addiction Research & Theory, 1-10. View.
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J. H., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., & Zapata, D. (2019). Effects of the Affordable Care Act on health behaviors after three years. Eastern Economic Journal, 45(1), 7-33. View.
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J. H., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., Zapata, D., & Fazlul, I. (2019). The three year impact of the Affordable Care Act on disparities in insurance coverage. Health Services Research, 54(S1), 307-316. View.
Crockett, A. H., Heberlein, E. C., Smith, J. C., Ozluk, P., Convington-Kolb, S., & Willis, C. (2019). Effects of a multi-site expansion of group prenatal care on birth outcomes. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 23(10), 1424-1433. View.
DiGirolamo, A.M., Ochaeta, L., & Mejia Flores, R. M. (2019). Early childhood nutrition and cognitive functioning in childhood and adolescence. In M Ramirez-Zea and M. Mazariegos (Eds.), Estudio Longitudinal de Oriente del INCAP: 50 Años Contribuyendo a la Nutrición Pública. INCAP. View.
Fasano, R. M., Branscomb, J., Lane, P., Josephson, C., Snyder, A., & Eckman, J. (2019). Transfusion service knowledge and immunohaematological practices related to sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Transfusion Medicine Reviews. 29(3), 185-192. View.
Johnson, N., Paris, N., Baker, N., Durden, K., Parker, C., & Patterson, A. (2019). From Macro to Micro—Transdisciplinary Statewide Networks Drive Innovations in Cancer Care. In V. X. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Transdisciplinary Knowledge Generation (pp. 242-261). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. View.
Manteuffel, B., Alderman, L., Branscomb, J., & Minyard, K. (2019). Systems thinking and the opioid epidemic in Georgia. In A Public Health Guide to Ending the Opioid Epidemic. Oxford University Press. View.
Minyard, K., Heberlein, E., Parker, C., Landers, G., Adimu, T., Sutton, C., et al. (2019). Bridging for Health: Improving Community Health Through Innovations in Financing. E. Heberlein (Ed.). Atlanta, GA: Georgia Health Policy Center. View.
Minyard, K., Manteuffel, B., Smith, C., Attell, B., Landers, G., Schlanger, M., & Dore, E. (2019). Treatment services for people with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems. A rapid realist synthesis. HRB Drug and Alcohol Evidence Review. View.
Snyder, A. B., Zhou, M., Theodore, R., Quarmyne, M.-O., Eckman, J., & Lane, P. A. (2019). Improving an administrative case definition for longitudinal surveillance of sickle cell disease. Public Health Reports, 134(3), 274-281. View.
Tang, A., Branscomb, J., Zhou, M., Snyder, A., & Eckman, J. (2019). Characterizing complication risk from multisite, intermittent transfusions for the treatment of sickle cell disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 23(10). View.
2018
Attell, B. K., Cappelli, C., Manteuffel, B., & Li, H. (2018). Measuring functional impairment in children and adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS). Evaluation & the Health Professions, 1-27. View.
Calancie, L., Anderson, S., Branscomb, J., Apostolico, A., Lich, K. (2018). Using behavior over time graphs to spur systems thinking among public health practitioners. Preventing Chronic Disease, 15(6), 1-8. View.
Fasano, R. M., Meyer, E. K., Branscomb, J., White, M. S., Gibson, R. W., & Eckman, J. R. (2018). Impact of red blood cell antigen matching on alloimmunization and transfusion complications in patients with sickle cell disease: A systematic review. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 1-12. View.
Gonzalez-Casanova, I., Stein, A., Barraza-Villareal, A., Feregrino, R., DiGirolamo, A., Hernandez-Cadena, L., Rivera, J., Romieu, I., Ramakrishnan, U. (2018). Prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants and child development trajectories through 7 years. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 221(4):616-622. View.
Grinshteyn, E. G., Xu, H., Manteuffel, B., Ettner, S. L. (2018). The associations of area-level violent crime rates and self-reported violent crime exposure with adolescent behavioral health. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(3), 252-258. View.
Hall, W. J., Erausquin, J. T., Nichols, T. R., Tanner, A. E., & Brown-Jeffy, S. (2018). Relationship intentions, race, and gender: Student differences in condom use during hookups involving vaginal sex. Journal of American College Health, 1-10. View.
Landers, G., Price, K., & Minyard, K. (2018). Developmental evaluation of a collective impact initiative: Insights for foundations. The Foundation Review, 10(2), 80-92. View.
Lawler, K., Landers, G., Minyard, K., Fuller, K., Branscomb, J. (2018). Using dynamics systems modeling to advance common agendas. In Using Collective Impact to Bring Community Change, Routledge. View.
Minyard, K., Smith, A.T, Turner, R., Milstein, B., Solomon, L. (2018). Community and programmatic factors influencing effective use of system dynamic models. System Dynamics Review, 34, 154-171. View.
Mobley, L. R., Kuo, T.-M., Zhou, M., Y, R., Seth, M., Julia, K. (2018). What happened to disparities in CRC screening among FFS Medicare enrollees following Medicare modernization? Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 6(2), 273-291. View.
Singleton, A., Spratling, R. (2018). A strategic planning tool for increasing African American blood donation. Health Promotion Practice, 1-8. View.
Smart, A., Minyard, K. (Dec. 13, 2018). Moving work on social determinants of health from health funders to health funder partnerships. Health Affairs Blog. Retrieved from https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20181211.887431/full/ View.
2017
Aletraris, L., Roman, P. M., Pruett, J. (2017). Integration of care in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act: changes in treatment services in a national sample of centers treating substance use disorders. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 49(2), 132-140. View.
Attell, B. (2017). Changing attitudes toward euthanasia and suicide for terminally ill persons, 1977 to 2016: an age-period cohort analysis. OMEGA Journal of Death and Dying, 0(0), 1–25. View.
Attell, B., Kummerow Brown, K., Treiber, L. (2017). Workplace bullying, perceived job stressors, and psychological distress: gender and race differences in the stress process. Social Science Research, 65, 210-221. View.
Black, M. M., Walker, S. P., Fernald, L., Anderson, C., DiGirolamo, A., Lu, C., et al. (2017). Early Child Development Coming of Age: Science through the Life-Course. The Lancet, 389(10064), 77-90. View.
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., Zapata, D. (2017). Early effects of the Affordable Care Act on health care access, risky health behaviors, and self-assessed health. National Bureau of Economic Research, 84(3), 660-691. View.
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., Zapata, D. (2017). Early impacts of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance coverage in Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36(1), 178-210. View.
Crockett, A. H., Pickell, L. B., Heberlein, E. C., Billings, D. L., Mills, B. (2017). Six-and twelve-month documented removal rates among women electing postpartum inpatient compared to delayed or interval contraceptive implant insertions after Medicaid payment reform. Contraception, 95(1), 71-76. View.
Grinshteyn, G. E., Haiyong, X., Manteuffel, B., Ettner, L. S. (2017). The associations of area-level violent crime rates and self-reported violent crime exposure with adolescent behavioral health. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(3), 252-258. View.
Landers, G., Fuller, K., Zhou, M. (2017). Medicaid savings continue in the year after end of participation in the program. Money Follows the Person, 7(1), 42-44. View.
Landers, G., Ketsche, P., Diana, M., Campbell, C. (2017). County smoke-free laws and asthma discharges: evidence from 17 US states. Canadian Respiratory Journal, online May 14. doi.org/10.1155/2017/6321258 View.
Marton, J., Yelowitz, A., Talbert, J. C. (2017). Medicaid program choice, inertia and adverse selection. Journal of Health Economics, 56, 292-316. View.
Palmer, M., Marton, J., Yelowitz, A. (2017). Medicaid managed care and the health care utilization of foster children. The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 54, 1-9. View.
Pettignano, R., Bliss, L., McLaren, S., Caley, S. (2017). Interprofessional medical-legal education of medical students: assessing the benefits for addressing social determinants of health. Academic Medicine, 92(9), 1254-1258. View.
Powell, K.E., Kibbe, D., Ferencik, R., Soderquist, C., Phillips, M. A., Vall, E. A., Minyard, K. (2017). Systems thinking and simulation modeling to inform childhood obesity policy and practice. Public Health Reports, 132(2), 33S-38S. View.
Snyder, A., Lane, P., Zhou, M., Paulukonis, S., Hulihan, M. (2017). The accuracy of hospital ICD-9-CM codes for determining sickle cell disease genotype. Journal of Rare Diseases Research & Treatment, 2(4), 39-45. View.
Snyder, A., Marton, J., McLaren, S., Feng, B., Zhou, M. (2017). Do high fidelity wraparound services for youth with serious emotional disturbances save money in the long-term?. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 20(4), 167-175. View.
Vall, E. A., Kibbe, D., O’Connor, J. C., Greene, C., Smith, K. S. (2017). Leading the way in preventing childhood obesity in Georgia. Public Health Reports, 132(2), 3S-6S. View.
Wright, E. R., Attell, B., Ruel, E. (2017). Social support networks and the mental health of runaway and homeless youth. Social Sciences Research, 6(4), 117. View.
2016
Attell, B. (2016). Disparities in health insurance coverage among children and young adults in Georgia and the U.S. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 6(2), 155-157. View.
Black, M., Walker, S., Anderson, C., DiGirolamo, A., Lu, C., McCoy, D., … Grantham-McGregor, S. (2016). Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course. The Lancet, 389(10064), 77-90. View.
Cole, E., Willis, C., Rencher, W., Zhou, M. (2016). Long-term acute care hospitals and Georgia Medicaid: utilization, outcomes, and cost. SAGE Open Medicine, 4, 1-8. View.
Colvin, M., Pruett, J., Young, S., Holosko, M. (2016). An exploratory case study of a sexual assault telephone hotline: training and practice implications. SAGE Open Medicine, 1-20. View.
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J., Yelowitz, A. (2016). Who gained insurance coverage in 2014, the first year of full ACA implementation? Journal of Health Economics, 25(6), 778-784. View.
Guy, G., Johnston, E., Ketsche, P., Joski, P., Adams, E. K. (2016). The role of public and private insurance expansions and premiums for low-income parents: lessons from state experiences. Medical Care, 55(3), 236–243. View.
Kibbe, D., Vall, E. A., Green, C., Fitzgerald, B., Minyard, K., Cornett, K. (2016). Addressing childhood obesity in Georgia: past, present, and future. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 5(3), 197-203. View.
Kuo, T., Robles, B., Trogdon, J., Ferencik, R., Simon, P. Fielding, J. (2016). Framing the local context and estimating the health impact of CPPW obesity prevention strategies in Los Angeles county, 2010-2012. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 22(4), 360-369. View.
Landers, G. (2016). Whether health departments should provide clinical services after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. American Journal of Public Health, 106(2), 271-272. View.
Marton, J., Snyder, A., Zhou, M. (2016). Enhanced citizenship verification and children’s Medicaid coverage. Economic Inquiry, 54(3), 1670-1683. View.
Marton, J., Yelowitz, A., Shores, M., Talbert, J. C. (2016). Does Medicaid managed care help equalize racial and ethnic disparities in utilization? Health Services Research, 51(3), 872-891. View.
Minyard, K., Lawler, K., Fuller, E., Wilson, M., Henry, E. (2016). Reducing health disparities In Atlanta. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 22-23. View.
Minyard, K., Parker, C., Butts, J. (2016). Improving rural access to care: recommendations for Georgia’s health care safety net. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 5(4), 387-396. View.
Minyard, K., Phillips, M. A., Baker, S. (2016). The Philanthropic Collaborative for a Healthy Georgia: building a public-private partnership with pooled funding. The Foundation Review, 8(1), 74-87. View.
Neunert, C., Gibson, R., Lane, P., Verma-Bhatnagar, P., Barry, V., Zhou, M., Snyder, A. (2016). Determining adherence to quality indicators in sickle cell disease using multiple data sources. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51(1), S24-S30. View.
Paulukonis, S., Eckman, J., Snyder, A., Hagar, W., Feuchtbaum, L., Zhou, M., … Hulihan, M. (2016). Defining sickle cell disease mortality using a population-based surveillance system, 2004 through 2008. Public Health Reports, 131(2), 367-375. View.
Smith, T., Adimu, T., Phillips-Martinez, A., Minyard, K. (2016). Selecting, adapting, and implementing evidence based interventions in rural settings: an analysis of 70 community examples. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27(4), 181-193. View.
Young, S., Pruett, J., Colvin, M. (2016). Comparing help-seeking behavior of male and female survivors of sexual assault: a content analysis of a hotline. SAGE Open Medicine, 30(4), 454-474. View.
2015
Adams, K. E., Ketsche, P., Minyard, K. (2015). Who really pays for Medicaid: intended and unintended consequences of the matching grant. Public Finance Review, 43(1), 4-31. View.
Cole, E., Campbell, C., Diana, M., Webber, L., Culbertson, R. (2015). Patient-centered medical homes in Louisiana had minimal impact on Medicaid population’s use of acute care and costs. Health Affairs, 34(1), 87-94. View.
Fields, D., Pruett, J., Roman, P. M. (2015). Exploring Massachusetts health care reform impact on fee-for-service funded substance use disorder treatment providers. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 47(5), 417-425. View.
Ketsche, P., Adams, E. K., Wallace, S., Kannan, V., Kannan, H. (2015). The distribution of the burden of US health care financing. International Journal of Financial Research, 6(3), 29-48. View.
Marton, J., Ketsche, P., Snyder, A., Adams, K. E., Zhou, M. (2015). Estimating premium sensitivity for children’s public health insurance coverage: selection but no death spiral. Health Services Research, 50(2), 579-598. View.
Marton, J., Sung, J., Honore, P. (2015). Does more public health spending buy better health? Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 1-9. View.
Marton, J., & Yelowitz, A. (2015). Health insurance generosity and conditional coverage: evidence from Medicaid managed care in Kentucky. Southern Economic Journal, 82(2), 535-555. View.
Minyard, K., (2015). Leading through health system change: a public health opportunity. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 21(1), 3-5. View.
Sheldon, E., Lyn, R., Bracci, L., Phillips, M. A. (2015). Community readiness for childhood obesity prevention: findings from a statewide assessment in Georgia. Environment and Behavior Journal on the Community Readiness, 48(1), 78-88. View.
Visser, S., Kramer, D., Snyder, A., Sebian, J., McGiboney, G., Handler, A. (2015). Student-perceived school climate is associated with ADHD medication treatment among adolescents in medicaid. Journal of Attention Disorders, 1-12. View.
2014
Cole, E., Walker, D., Mora, A., Diana, M. (2014) Identifying hospitals that may be at most financial risk from Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payment cuts. Health Affairs, 33(11), 2025-2033. View.
Ferencik, R., & Soderquist, C. (2014). Building systems thinking capacity: an essential skill set for policymakers, 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society Conference Proceedings, 1-11. View
Hassmiller Lich, K., Niles, R., Minyard, K., Gaurav, D., Gillen, E. (2014). Systems dynamics and community health. Methods for Community Public Health Research, Chapter 6. View
Hulihan, M., Feuchtbaum, L., Jordan, L., Kirby, R., Snyder, A., Young, W., … Grant, A. (2014). State-based surveillance for selected hemoglobinopathies. Genetics in Medicine, 17(2), 125-130. View.
Landers, G. (2014). The impact of smoke-free laws on asthma discharges: a multistate analysis. American Journal of Public Health, 104(2), e74-e79. View.
Landers, G., & Zhou, M. (2014). The impact of Medicaid peer support utilization on cost. Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, 4(1), e1-e14. View.
Lockner, D. W., Kibbe, D., Marley, S. C., Trowbridge, F. (2014). Get healthy together: a program to improve counseling for childhood obesity in community-based WIC clinics. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 25(2), 771-786. View.
Marton, J., Yelowitz, A., Talbert, J. C. (2014). A tale of two cities? The heterogeneous impact of Medicaid managed care. Journal of Health Economics, 36, 47-68. View.
Minyard, K. (2014). A modular guide to developing & thriving as a public health institute. National Network of Public Health Institutes, Chapter 2.2. View.
Mishra, A., Ketsche, P., Marton, J., Snyder, A., McLaren, S. (2014). Examining the potential of information technology to improve public insurance application processes: enrollee assessments from a concurrent mixed method analysis. Journal of the American Medical Information Association, 21(6), 1045-1052. View.
Swahn, M., Haberlen, M., Palmier, J., Kasirye, R. (2014). Alcohol and drug use and other high-risk behaviors among youth in the slums of Kampala, Uganda: perceptions and contexts obtained through focus groups. The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 3(4), 289-295. View.
Yeager, V., Walker. D., Cole, E., Mora, A., Diana, M. (2014). Factors related to health information exchange participation and use. Journal of Medical Systems, 38(8), 78. View.
2013
Avey, H., Fuller, E., Branscomb, J., Cheung, K., Reed, P., Wong, N., … Williams, S. (2013). Using a health in all policies approach to address social determinants of sexually transmitted disease inequities in the context of community change and redevelopment. Public Health Reports, 128(3), 77-86. View.
Castaneda, M. & Marton, J. (2013). Employer-provided health insurance and the adverse selection problem. Public Finance Review, 41(1), 3-36. View.
Landers, G., Snyder, A., Zhou, M. (2013). Comparing preventive visits of children in foster care with other children in Medicaid. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 24(2), 802-812. View.
Marton, J., & Woodbury, S. A. (2013). Retiree health benefits as deferred compensation: evidence from the health and retirement study. Public Finance Review, 41(1), 64-91. View.
Milstein, B., Hirsch, G., Minyard, K. (2013). County officials embark on new, collective endeavors to ReThink their local health systems. Journal of County Administration, 5-10. View.
Minyard, K., Ferencik, R., Phillips, M. A., Soderquist, C. (2013). Using systems thinking in state health policymaking: an educational initiative. Health Systems, 3(2), 117-123. View.
Pettignano, R., Bliss, L. R., Caley, S., McLaren, S. (2013). Can access to a medical-legal partnership benefit patients with asthma who live in an urban community? Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 24(2), 706–717. View.
2012
Dills, J., Rutt, C. D., Mumford, K. (2012). Objectively measuring route-to-park walkability in Atlanta, Georgia. Environment & Behavior, 44(6), 841-860. View.
Marton, J., Kenney, G. M., Pelletier, J. E., Talbert, J., Klein, A. (2012). The effects of Medicaid policy changes on adults’ service use patterns in Kentucky and Idaho. Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, 2(4), E1-E22. View.
Pettignano, R., Caley, S. McLaren, S. (2012). The health law partnership: adding a lawyer to the health care team reduces system costs and improves provider satisfaction. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 18(4), E1-E3. View.
Scherrer, C., Griffin, P., Snyder, A. (2012). Operations research for family violence needs assessment in the state of Georgia. 2012 Southeastern INFORMS Conference Proceedings, 536-543. View.
Yin, Z., Parra-Medina, D., Cordova, A., He, M., Trummer, V., Sosa, E., … Ramirez, A. (2012). Míranos! look at us, we are healthy! an environmental approach to early childhood obesity prevention. Childhood Obesity, 8(5), 429-439. View.
2011
Kenney, G., Marton, J., Klein, A., Pelletier, J., Talbert, J. C. (2011). The effects of Medicaid and CHIP policy changes on receipt of preventive care among children in Idaho and Kentucky. Health Services Research, 46(1p2), 298-318. View.
Ketsche, P., Adams, E. K., Wallace, S., Kannan, V. D., Kannan, H. (2011). Lower-income families pay a higher share of income toward national health care spending than higher-income families do. Health Affairs, 30(9), 1637-1646. View.
Landers, G. & Zhou, M. (2011). An analysis of relationships among peer support, psychiatric hospitalization, and crisis stabilization. Community Mental Health Journal, 47(1), 106-112. View.
Romanow, D., Mathiassen, L., Landers, G., Parker, C. (2011). Development of IT-enabled chronic care management for the medically underserved: a contextualist framework. Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 12(4), 27-49. View.
2010
Kelly, I. R., Phillips, M. A., Revels, M., Ujamaa, D. (2010). Contribution of the school environment to physical fitness in children and youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7(3), 333-342. View.
Ketsche, P., & Marton, J. (2010). Funding Trauma Care in Georgia. Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia, 99(4), 19-20. View.
Marton, J., Ketsche, P., Zhou, M. (2010). SCHIP premiums, enrollment, and expenditures: a two state, competing risk analysis. Health Economics, 19(7), 772-791. View.
Marton, J., Searcy, C. S., Ghandhi, J. (2010). Disparate effects of CHIP premiums on disenrollment for minorities. Current Issues in Health Economics, Chapter 5. View.
Marton, J., & Talbert, J. C. (2010). CHIP premiums, health status, and the insurance coverage of children. Inquiry, 47(3), 199-214. View.
Phillips, M. A., Rivera, M., Shoemaker, J., Minyard, K. (2010). Georgia’s utilization minigrant program: promoting Medicaid/CHIP outreach. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21(4), 1282-1291. View.
Wong, N., Zimmerman, M., Parker, E. (2010). A typology of youth participation and empowerment for child and adolescent health promotion. American Journal of Community Psychology. 46(1-2), 100-114. View.
2009
Devlin, H., Desai, J., Walaszek, A. (2009). Reviewing performance of birth certificate and hospital discharge data to identify births complicated by maternal diabetes. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 13(5), 660-666. View.
Powell, K. E., Roberts, A. M., Ross, J., Phillips, M. A., Ujamaa, D., Zhou, M. (2009). Low physical fitness among fifth- and seventh-grade students, Georgia, 2006. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4), 304-310. View.
2008
Adams, E. K., Ketsche, P., Zhou, M., Minyard, K. (2008). Access and satisfaction among children in Georgia’s Medicaid program and SCHIP: 2000 to 2003. Health Care Financing Review, 29(3), 43-57. View.
Devlin, H., Desai, J., Holzman, G., Gilbertson, D. (2008). Trends and disparities among diabetes-complicated births in Minnesota, 1993-2003. American Journal of Public Health, 98(1), 59-62. View.
Goodman, R., Larsen, B., Marmet, P. F. Wheeler, F. C., Adams, P., Brownson, C.A., . . . Yerkes, A. (2008). The public health role in the primary prevention of diabetes: recommendations from the chronic disease directors’ project. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 14(1), 15-25. View.
2007
Henry, G. T., & Rickman, D. K. (2007). Do peers influence children’s skill development in preschool? Economics of Education Review, 26(1), 100-112. View.
Ketsche, P., Adams, E. K., Minyard, K., Kellenberg, R. (2007). The stigma of public programs: does a separate S-CHIP program reduce it? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26(4), 775-790. View.
Ketsche, P., Adams, E. K., Snyder, A., Zhou, M., Minyard, K., Kellenburg, R. (2007). Discontinuity of coverage for Medicaid and S-CHIP children at a transitional birthday. Health Services Research, 42(6p2), 2410-2423. View.
Smith, T., Minyard, K., Parker, C., Ferencik, R., Shoemaker, J. (2007). From theory to practice: what drives the core business of public health? Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 13(2), 169-172. View.
2005
Ketsche, P. (2005). Employment-based health insurance: analysis of rural-urban differences in one state. Medical Care Research and Review, 62(4), 458-478. View.
Rein, D. B. (2005). A matter of classes: stratifying health care populations to produce better estimates of inpatient costs. Health Services Research, 40(4), 1217-1233. View.
2004
Bae, J., & Gardner, K. (2004). Low-income children’s participation in a public health insurance program in Georgia. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 25(2), 225-243. View.
2003
Minyard, K., Lineberry, I. C., Smith, T., Byrd-Roubides, T. (2003). Transforming the delivery of rural health care in Georgia: state partnership strategy for developing rural health networks. Journal of Rural Health, 19(5), 361-371. View.
2002
Cooney, J., Landers, G., Williams, J. (2002). Hospital executive leadership: a critical component for improving care at the end of life. Hospital Topics, 80(3), 25-29. View.