Dunc Williams Jr., former pre-doctoral fellow in the AHRQ NRSA Health Service Research Fellowship, and Dr. George Pink, Senior Research Fellow in the Rural Health Research Program, conducted a recent study that describes the number and geographic distribution of 380 rural hospital mergers from 2005 through 2016. To further discuss the impact of hospital mergers… Read more »
AcademyHealth Interest Group Selection by Kathleen Thomas
State Benchmarking, Employment Outcomes, and Implications for People with Disabilities, lead author Kathleen Thomas, was selected at AcademyHealth 2018 to be featured in the first ever “Best of IG” session at the 2018 Annual Research Meeting. These were presented at the Interest Group Pre-Conference Meeting. You can read the abstract at this link: https://academyhealth.confex.com/academyhealth/2018ig/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/25473
Sheps Center and U.S. Centers for Disease Control Seek Cause of Mysterious Tick Rash
Among the many tick bite-related diseases that exist in North Carolina, one of the most feared is Lyme Disease, a condition that often begins with a growing, target-shaped rash surrounding the site of a tick bite. What many people don’t realize is that this rash, called erythema migrans, is rarely due to Lyme disease in this… Read more »
Study of International Retirement Migration from North America to Colonial Cities in Latin America
International retirement migration is a growing phenomenon that is expected to accelerate with the aging of the baby boomer generation. In the Western hemisphere, migrants particularly favor medium-sized historic, picturesque colonial cities in Latin America. Their impact on these settings is large and complex but has received little systematic study. This phenomenon can stimulate economic… Read more »
Dr. Parth Shah receives prestigious Distinguished Dissertation Award
Parth Shah (center) with dissertation committee member Macary Marciniak (left) and NRSA fellowship mentor Betsy Sleath (right) AHRQ NRSA Postdoctoral Trainee, Parth Shah, PhD, received the 2018 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the area of Social Sciences. Dr. Shah was recognized and presented with a plaque at The Graduate School’s Annual Graduate Student Recognition… Read more »
How can we improve health and health care in rural America?
Mark Holmes, PhD Associate professor of health policy and management Director, UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research George Pink, PhD Humana Distinguished Professor of health policy and management How can we improve health and health care in rural America?
The challenge of preventing mass shootings through mental health records
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Florida, there’s been discussion of addressing those with mental and emotional problems. But preventing violence by using mental health records is more complicated than many realize. What systems are already in place and what are the challenges? Judy Woodruff gets perspective from Jeffrey Swanson, Professor in Psychiatry and… Read more »
Diabetes Results That Can Make a Difference: The Monitor Trial
Diabetes Results That Can Make a Difference by April Reese, Programs Manager, North Carolina Division of Public Health, and Patient Partner in the PCORI-funded MONITOR Trial. “Anything we can do to help people manage their condition within a budget is high on the list of things we in public health want to achieve. So,… Read more »
“Improving Youth Question-Asking and Provider Education during Pediatric Asthma Visits”
“Improving Youth Question-Asking and Provider Education during Pediatric Asthma Visits” will be published in the Patient Education and Counseling Journal. It was authored by Betsy Sleath, Delesha M. Carpenter, Scott A. Davis, Claire Hayes Watson, Charles Lee, Ceila E. Loughlin, Nacire Garcia, Daniel S. Reuland, and Gail Tudor. “The question prompt list and video intervention… Read more »
How can we improve health and health care in rural America?
How can we improve health and health care in rural America? Mark Holmes, PhD Professor of health policy and management Director, UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research George Pink, PhD Humana Distinguished Professor of health policy and management Read the entire article here: How can we improve health and health care… Read more »
Medicaid Expansion Helped Keep Rural Hospitals Open
Obamacare Helped Keep Rural Hospitals Open The Medicaid expansion isn’t the only factor that affects whether rural hospitals stay open. George Pink, PhD, a professor of health policy and management at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, told Healthline that there are “three broad categories of reasons why rural… Read more »
Dr. Sleath Awarded 2018 Research Achievement Award in the Pharmaceutical Sciences
The American Pharmacists Association has announced that Betsy Sleath, PhD is the recipient of the 2018 Research Achievement Award in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. The award recognizes and encourages outstanding, meritorious achievement in any of the pharmaceutical sciences. Dr. Sleath will receive the award in March in Nashville.
Access to Mental Health Care Has Increased Under the Affordable Care Act
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 15, 2017 – People with mental illness reported that they were more likely to be insured and thus better able to access health and mental health services following implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new study published online today in Psychiatric Services in Advance. Effects were seen in states that had expanded… Read more »
Kathleen C. Thomas Receives 2017 Banks Award for Mentoring
Kathleen C. Thomas, PhD, MPH, was awarded the 2017 Steven M. Banks Award from the Mental Health Section of the American Public Health Association in recognition of outstanding mentoring and sponsorship of diverse mental health services researchers. Dr. Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, and… Read more »
Paper by Marisa Domino and Mental Health colleagues published in Health Services Research journal
Researchers from the mental health and substance abuse services and systems program at the Sheps Center examined the effect that primary-care based medical homes had on access to care and costs among Medicaid enrollees with severe mental illness using a variety of estimation techniques. They found that medical homes increased access to both primary care… Read more »
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