Submissions from 2024
Maine Provider Attitudes Towards Contingency Management for Substance Use Disorders, Evelyn Ali and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD
Submissions from 2025
An Assessment of Maine's Capacity to Support Transitions of Care Through the Substance Use Disorder Continuum, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Sarah McLaughlin MPH, and Rachel M. Gallo MPH
Feedback on Withdrawal Management Services in Maine from Persons with Lived Experience, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD and Katie Rosingana BA
Withdrawal Management in Maine: Capacity Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Katie Rosingana BA, Tyler Egeland BA, and Sarah McLaughlin MPH
Submissions from 2024
Downeast Community Opioid Response Program: Final Summary Report, Tyler Egeland BA, Gordon McIntire BA, Evelyn Ali, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, and Katie Rosingana BA
Pediatric and Pregnancy-related Visits at Rural Health Clinics in 2018 among Medicaid/CHIP Enrollees in 20 States, Katherine A. Ahrens MPH, PhD; Zachariah T. Croll; Yvonne Jonk PhD; John Gale; and Heidi O'Connor
New Mexico Crime Victimization Report, Robyn Dumont and George Shaler MPH
BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MAINE: A study of best practices and current use, George Shaler MPH, Alison Grey, Lucy Tumavicus, Tara Wheeler, Clare Murray, and Robyn Dumont
York County Rural Communties Opioid Response Implementation IV Grant: Interim Evaluation Report, Katie Rosingana BA, Evelyn Ali BS, Gordon McIntire BA, Sarah McLaughlin MPH, and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD
Healthy Acadia PROSPER: Year 2 Interim Evaluation Report, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Evelyn Ali BS, Gordon McIntire BA, and Sarah McLaughlin MPH
Western Maine Addiction and Recovery Initiative's Substance Misuse Prevention and Wellness Day: Year 2 Feedback Survey for OHCHS, Tyler Egeland BA, Evelyn Ali BS, and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD
Health Care Coalitions: A Resource to Support Critical Access Hospital Emergency Preparedness Planning, John Gale MS; Karen Pearson MLIS, MA; and Rebecca Stearns MPH, EMS-1
Health Leadership Perspectives on Challenges to Providing & Expanding Withdrawal Management Capacity in Maine, Sarah McLaughlin MPH
Qualitative Brief: Baseline Needs Assessment Treatment Experiences in Rural Vermont, Katie Rosingana BA, Evelyn Ali MPH, Tyler Egeland BA, Karen Pearson MLIS, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, C. Peasley-Miklus, and J. Shaw
Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Departments by Rural and Urban Adults, Erika Ziller PhD, Carly Milkowski, Zachariah Croll, and Yvonne Jonk PhD
Identifying Rural Health Clinics Within the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files, Katherine Ahrens MPH, PhD; Zachariah Croll; Yvonne Jonk PhD; John Gale MS; and Heidi O'Connor MS
Western Maine Addiction and Recovery Initiative's Substance Misuse Prevention and Wellness Day: Year 2 Planning Survey Summary for OHCHS, Evelyn Ali BS, Tyler Egeland BA, and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD
Lessons Learned from Efforts to Support Vulnerable Critical Access and Other Rural Hospitals, John Gale MS; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Karen Pearson MLIS, MA
Trends in maternal opioid use disorder and neonatal abstinence syndrome in Maine, 2016-2022., Julia Dudley, Sarah M B Gabrielson, Alane B O'Connor, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Critical Access Hospital - Local Health Department Partnerships to Address Rural Community Needs, Zachariah T. Croll; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and John A. Gale MS
Healthy Acadia Downeast Community Opioid Response Program: Year 3 Summary, Tyler Egeland BA, Gordon McIntire BA, Evelyn Ali, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, and Katie Rosingana BA
Treatment and recovery beliefs of rural Vermont family members of people with opioid use disorder, Kate Peasley-Miklus PhD, Julia Shaw MPH, Katie Rosingana BA, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, S. Sigmon, Sarah H Heil PhD, J. Jewiss, Andrea C Villanti, and Valerie S Harder
Qualitative Brief: Perspectives on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access and Engagement from Rural Family Members and People in Treatment, Katie Rosingana BA, Evelyn Ali MPH, Tyler Egelund BA, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Kate Peasley-Miklus PhD, and J. Shaw
The Rural Health Action Network Enhanced Outreach Initiative: Year 2 Interim Evaluation Report, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Evelyn Ali BS, Tyler Egeland BA, and Katie Rosingana BA
Healthy Acadia Downeast Community Opioid Response Program: Year 2 Summary, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Evelyn Ali BS, and Katie Rosingana BA
Time to Ask Program at Redington-Fairview General Hospital: Summary of Participant Feedback, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Tyler Egeland BA, and Evelyn Ali BS
Submissions from 2023
Excess deaths associated with COVID-19 by rurality and demographic factors in the United States., Katherine Ahrens PhD; Lauren M Rossen PhD; Carly Milkowski MPH; Catherine Gelsinger RN, MPH; and Erika Ziller PhD
Western Maine Recovery Rally Feedback Survey, Evelyn Ali BS, Tyler Egeland BA, and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD
Western Maine Addiction and Recovery Initiative's Substance Misuse Prevention and Wellness Day: Year 2 Feedback Survey for MVHS, Tyler Egeland BA, Evelyn Ali BS, and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD
Respite for ME Grants First Year Evaluation Report, Kimberly I. Snow MHSA, BA and Jayne M. Foley
Respite for ME Grants First Year Evaluation Report. Executive Summary, Kimberly I. Snow MHSA, BA and Jayne M. Foley
Identifying a Consensus Set of EMS Agency Licensure Elements and Definitions to Support Rural EMS Data Collection, John Gale MS; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Karen Pearson MLIS, MA
Healthy Acadia PROSPER Program: Key Informant Interview Findings, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Evelyn Ali BS, and Katharine Knight
Prosecutorial Data in Maine: Themes and Trends from 2017-2021, Tara Wheeler MPPM; Julia Bergeron-Smith MPPM, MSW; and George Shaler MPH
Year 3 Evaluation Report: Evaluation of the EMS Supplemental Funding Grants, John Gale MS and Karen Pearson MLIS, MA
A Consensus Panel Approach to Estimating the Start-Up and Annual Service Costs for Rural Ambulance Agencies, Yvonne Jonk PhD; Gary Wingrove FACPE, CP-C; Nikiah Nudell MS, MPhil, NRP, FACPE; and Kevin McGinnis MPS
Greater Portland Health Homeless Opioid User Service Engagement Program: Final Evaluation Report, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD; Evelyn Ali BS; Tyler Egeland BA; Katharine Freund MPH; Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin MSW, PhD; and Katie Rosingana BA
Federal Telehealth Policy Changes During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Associations with Telemental Health Use among Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries, Jean A. Talbot PhD, MPH; Amanda R. Burgess MPPM, MPH; Yvonne C. Jonk PhD; and Heidi O'Connor MS
Population Health Outcome Measurement Strategies for State Flex Programs, John Gale; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Sara Kahn-Troster MPH
Emergency Medical Service Outcome Measurement Strategies for State Flex Programs, John Gale MS; Karen Pearson MLIS, MA; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Sara Kahn-Troster MPH
Mental Health Within 24 Months After Delivery Among Women with Common Pregnancy Conditions., Katherine Ahrens MPH, PhD; Kristin Palmsten; Heather S Lipkind; Mariah Pfeiffer RN, MPH; Catherine Gelsinger RN; and Christina Ackerman-Banks
Association of Prenatal Depression With New Cardiovascular Disease Within 24 Months Postpartum., Christina M Ackerman-Banks; Heather S Lipkind; Kristin Palmsten; Mariah Pfeiffer RN, MPH; Catherine Gelsinger RN; and Katherine Ahrens MPH, PhD
Provision of Postpartum Contraception Before and After the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Maine., Catherine Gelsinger BSN, RN; Kristin Palmsten; Heather S. Lipkind; Mariah Pfeiffer RN, MPH; Christina Ackerman-Banks; Jennifer A Hutcheon; and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Western Maine Addiction and Recovery Initiative's Substance Misuse Prevention and Wellness Day: Year 1 Feedback Survey for OHCHS and Telstar, Tyler Egeland BA, Evelyn Ali BS, and Mary Lindsey Smith PhD
Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services [Chartbook], Yvonne Jonk PhD; Carly Milkowski MPH; Zachariah Croll MPH; and Karen Pearson MLIS, MA
Rural Working-Age Adults Report More Cost Barriers to Health Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Carly Milkowski MPH; and Amanda Burgess MPPM, MPH
Twenty-five Years of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program: The Past as Prologue, John Gale MS
Rural-Urban Residence and Sequelae of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the First Year Postpartum, 2007 – 2019, Mariah Pfeiffer BSN, RN; Catherine Gelsinger BSN, RN; Kristin Palmsten; Heather S. Lipkind; Christina Ackerman-Banks; and Katherine Ahrens PhD
Rural-Urban Differences in Workers' Access to Paid Sick Leave., Erika Ziller PhD, Carly Milkowski MPH, Zachariah Croll, and Yvonne Jonk PhD
Local Community-Based Workforce to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Access: Deliverables Summary Binder, Mary Lindsey Smith PhD, Evelyn Ali BS, Katie Rosingana BA, Tyler Egeland BA, and Katharine Freund MPH
