Here you will find a list of publications affiliated with the Sheps Center from August 2023 – November 2023.   Berkowitz SA, Basu S, Hanmer J. Eliminating Food Insecurity in the USA: a Target Trial Emulation Using Observational Data to Estimate Effects on Health-Related Quality of Life. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Aug;38(10):2308-2317. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08095-6…. Read more »

Here you will find a list of publications affiliated with the Sheps Center from March 2023 – July 2023.   Kent, E. E., deJong, N. A., Barnette, H., Deaton, S., Appert, K., Ming, D. Y. (2023). Caregiving across the life course: a health policy priority for North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 84(3), 114-118. Mayo-Wilson… Read more »

Here you will find a list of publications affiliated with the Sheps Center from December 2022 – March 2023. Davis SA, Thomas KC. Patterns of mental health service use during the transition to adulthood among autistic adolescents and young adults, Autism in Adulthood (in press). Hynes DM, Thomas KC. Realigning theory with evidence to understand… Read more »

Here you will find a list of publications affiliated with the Sheps Center from August 2022 – December 2022. Shabo, V. & Friedman, H.R. (2022). Health, Work, and Care in Rural America. New America Policy Report Shook-Sa, Bonnie E., M.G. Hudgens, A.L. Kavee, and D.L. Rosen. 2022. “Estimating the number of persons with HIV in… Read more »

Here you will find a list of publications affiliated with the Sheps Center from March 2022 – July 2022. Richmond J, Adams LB, Annis IE, Ellis AR, Perryman T, Sikich L, Thomas KC. Rapid and Deferred Help-Seeking among African American Parents of Children with Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties, Psychiatric Services. (in press)  Fraher EP, Lombardi… Read more »

Priscilla A. Guild, MSPH, was a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Administration at the Sheps Center when she retired in 2008. In addition to her administrative responsibilities, while at the Sheps Center (1971-2008), she designed and implemented information systems for program management and evaluation at two community health centers, coordinated the evaluation of… Read more »

Arnold (Arnie) Kaluzny is professor emeritus of health policy and management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and senior research fellow at UNC’s Sheps Center for Health Services Research. His affiliation with the Center spans 54 years, beginning in 1967. That year, he served as co-principal investigator for one of the three… Read more »

Here you will find a complete list of publications affiliated with the Sheps Center from June 2021-September 2021. Te Vazquez J, Feng SN, Orr CJ, Berkowitz SA. Food Insecurity and Cardiometabolic Conditions: a Review of Recent Research. Curr Nutr Rep. 2021 Jun 21:1–12. doi: 10.1007/s13668-021-00364-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34152581. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34152581/ Miller KEM, Miller… Read more »

              COVID-19 North Carolina Collaborative Modeling Sheps researchers are part of an independent, informal collaborative of data scientists, health services and policy researchers, and epidemiologists who are modeling the impact of COVID-19 on North Carolina.   Brief 1: Hospital Capacity and the COVID-19 Epidemic in North Carolina: Preliminary Estimates… Read more »

The major goal of this contract is to evaluate the effect of a pediatric antipsychotic registry on metabolic screening and antipsychotic utilization in the NC Medicaid population. Joel Farley, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

The UNC-CH Sheps Center will perform two sets of activities as described below: Collaborate with NCCNC staff to create an integrated database linking three data sets maintained by the NC Department of Health and Human Services: HEARTS (state psychiatric hospital admissions), IPRS (outpatient mental health services), and Medicaid claims. Sheps Center staff will provide technical… Read more »