Publications from 2019
Availability of Services Related to Achieving Pregnancy in U.S. Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinics, Ana Carolina Loyola Briceno MPH; Katherine A. Ahrens PhD; Marie E. Thoma PhD, MPH; and Susan Moskowsky
The Health Care Costs of Financial Exploitation in Maine, Kimberly I. Snow MHSA, Yvonne Jonk PhD, Deborah Thayer MBA, Catherine McGuire BS, Stuart Bratesman MPP, Charles A. Smith PhD, and Erika C. Ziller PhD
Advancing Tobacco Prevention and Control in Rural America, Jean A. Talbot PhD; Martha Elbaum Williamson MPA; Karen B. Pearson MLIS, MA; Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Frances Jimenez; Nathan Paluso MPH; Louisa Munk; Jaclyn Janis BSN, RN; and Paula F. Clayton MS, RDN, LD
Advancing Tobacco Prevention and Control in Rural America: Executive Summary, Jean A. Talbot PhD; Martha Elbaum Williamson MPA; Karen B. Pearson MLIS, MA; Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Frances Jimenez; Nathan Paluso MPH; Louisa Munk; Jaclyn Janis BSN, RN; and Paula F. Clayton MS, RDN, LD
Beyond birth outcomes: Interpregnancy interval and injury-related infant mortality, Marie E. Thoma, Lauren M. Rosen, Dane A. De Silva, Margaret Warner, Alan E. Simon, Susan Moskosky, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Cardiovascular Health of Mothers in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2014, Catherine J. Vladutiu, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Sarah Verbiest, M. Kathryn Menard, and Alison M. Stuebe
Growing Up Rural [Podcast], Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD
How Did We Get Here? Rural Health Challenges in America [Podcast], Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD
Rural Health in Maine and America vs. the World, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD
Preventive Health Service Use among Rural Women, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; Nathan Paluso MPH; and Jaclyn Janis BSN, RN
Rural-Urban Differences in the Decline of Adolescent Cigarette Smoking., Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, Nathan Paluso MPH, Jean A. Talbot PhD, and Angela Daley PhD
Publications from 2018
Birth spacing in the United States - Towards Evidence-Based Recommendations, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD and Jennifer A. Hutcheon
Optimal Birth Spacing: What Can We Measure and What Do We Want to Know?, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD and Jennifer A. Hutcheon
Report of the Office of Population Affairs Expert Work Group Meeting on Short Birth Spacing and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Methodological quality of existing studies and future directions for research, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Cande V. Anath, Olga Basso, Peter A. Briss, Cynthia D. Ferré, Brittni N. Frederiksen, Sam Harper, Sonia Hernández-Díaz DrPH, Ashley H. Hirai, Russell S. Kirby, Mark A. Klebanoff, Laura Lindberg, Sunni L. Mumford, Heidi D. Nelson, Robert W. Platt, Laura M. Rossen, Alison M. Stuebe, Marie E. Thoma, Catherine J. Vladitiu, and Susan Moskosky
Updating the Systematic Reviews Used to Develop the U.S. Recommendations for Providing Quality Family Planning Services, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD and Susan B. Moskosky MS
Short Interpregnancy Intervals and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in High-Resource Settings: An updated systematic review, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Heidi Nelson, Reva L. Stidd, Susan Moskosky, and Jennifer A. Hutcheon
Unintended Pregnancy and Interpregnancy Interval by Maternal Age, National Survey of Family Growth, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Maria E. Thoma PhD, Casey E. Copen, Brittni N. Frederiksen, Emily J. Decker, and Susan Moskosky MS
Trends in health insurance coverage of Title X Family Planning Program clients, 2005-2015, Emily J. Decker MPH, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Christina I. Fowler PhD, Marion Carter PhD, Loretta Gavin PhD, and Susan Moskosky MS
Clinic-Based Programs to Prevent Repeat Teen Pregnancy: A systematic review, Brittni N. Frederiksen PhD, MPH; Katherine A. Ahrens PhD; Maria I. Rivera MPH; Nikita M. Malcolm; Anna W. Brittain MHS; Julia M. Rollison PhD, MPH; and Susan B. Moskosky MS
Good Practices for the Design, Analysis, and Interpretation of Observational Studies on Birth Spacing and Perinatal Health Outcomes, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Susan Moskosky, Cande V. Ananth, Olga Basso, Peter A. Briss, Cynthia D. Ferré, Brittni N. Frederiksen, Sam Harper, Sonia Hernández-Díaz DrPH, Ashley H. Hirai, Russell S. Kirby, Mark A. Klebanoff, Laura Lindberg, Sunni L. Mumford, Heidi D. Nelson, Robert W. Platt, Lauren M. Rossen, Alison M. Stuebe, Marie E. Thoma, Catherine J. Vladutiu, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Parity Associated With Telomere Length Among US Reproductive Age Women, A. Z. Pollack, K. Rivers, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Trends in Risk of Pregnancy Loss Among US Women, 1990-2011, Lauren M. Rossen PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, and Amy M. Branum
Placental Tissue Collection, Processing, and Measurement Procedures for Application in Large Scale Assessment of Placental Inflammation, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Daniel L. Kuhr, TIffany L. Holland, Ukpebo R. Omoshigo, Brian T. Steffan, Natalie K. Weir, Hannah K. Tollman, Robert M. Silver, Michael Y. Tsai, and Enrique F. Schisterman
Low-Income, Uninsured Mainers Face Substantial Challenges Getting Health Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Barbara Leonard MPH
Health Equity Challenges in Rural America, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Access to Health Care Services for Adults in Maine [Policy Brief], Erika C. Ziller PhD, Barbara Leonard MPH, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Nathan Paluso MPH
Medicaid Income Eligibility Transitions Among Rural Adults, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Deborah Thayer, and Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS
Publications from 2017
Reducing Unintended Pregnancies as a Strategy to Avert Zika-Related Microcephaly Births in the United States: A Simulation Study, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Loretta E. Gavin, and Susan Moskosky MS
Birth Order and Injury-Related Infant Mortality in the United States, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Lauren M. Rossen PhD, Maria E. Thoma PhD, Margaret Warner PhD, and Alan E. Simon MD
Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Analysis of Successive Pregnancies, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Marie E. Thoma PhD, and Lauren M. Rossen PhD
Plurality of Birth and Infant Mortality Due to External Causes in the United States, 2000-2010, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Marie E. Thoma PhD, Lauren M. Rossen PhD, Margaret Warner PhD, and Alan E. Simon PhD
Growing Portland: Not Whether, but How, Richard Barringer PhD and Joseph McDonnell PhD
Greater Portland Tomorrow: Choices for Sustained Prosperity, Richard Barringer PhD, Joseph McDonnell PhD, and Frank O'Hara
Does Contraceptive Use in the United States Meet Global Goals?, Brittni N. Frederiksen, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Susan B. Moskosky MS, and Loretta Gavin
Future Directions in Performance Measures for Contraceptive Care: A Proposed Framework, Loretta E. Gavin, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Christine Dehlendorf, Brittni N. Frederiksen, and Susan Moskosky
Update: Providing Quality Family Planning Services - Recommendations From CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs, 2017, Loretta E. Gavin PhD, Karen Pazol PhD, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Financial Exploitation of Maine's Older Adults: An Analysis of Maine Adult Protective Services and Legal Services for the Elderly Case Records, State Fiscal Years 2010-2016, Eileen Griffin JD; Catherine McGuire BS; and Kimberly I. Snow MHSA, BA
Receipt of Selected Preventive Health Services for Women and Men of Reproductive Age - United States, 2011-2013, Karen Pazol PhD, Cheryl L. Roberts PhD, Lindsey I. Black MPH, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Kimberly Daniel PhD, Anjani Chandra PhD, Anjel Vahratian PhD, and Loretta E. Gavin PhD
Collinearity and Causal Diagrams: A Lesson on the Importance of Model Specification, Enrique F. Schisterman, Neil J. Perkins, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, and Emily M. Mitchell
Knowledge of Health Insurance Concepts and the Affordable Care Act among Rural Residents, Erika C. Ziller PhD
The Role of Public versus Private Health Insurance in Ensuring Health Care Access & Affordability for Low-Income Rural Children, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Amanda Burgess MPPM
Mental Health Status and Access to Health Care Services for Adults in Maine, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Barbara Leonard MPH
Publications from 2016
Pregnancy Loss History at First Parity and Selected Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Housing Assistance and Blood Lead Levels: Children in the United States, 2005–2012, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Barbara A. Haley PhD, Lauren M. Rossen PhD, Patricia C. Lloyd PhD, and Yutaka Aoki PhD
Relationship Between Mean Leucocyte Telomere Length and Measures of Allostatic Load in US Reproductive‐Aged Women, NHANES 1999–2002, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Lauren M. Rossen PhD, and Alan E. Simon PhD
Complications and safety of preconception low-dose aspirin among women with prior pregnancy losses, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Robert M. Silver MD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, Noya Galai PhD, Janet M. Townsend MD, Anne M. Lynch MD, Laurie L. Lesher MBA, David Faraggi PhD, Svetha M. Jarek MD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Trends in Timing of Pregnancy Awareness Among US Women, Amy M. Branum and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Financial Alignment Initiative Annual Report: One Care: MassHealth plus Medicare, Elizabeth Gattine JD, Julie Fralich MBA, Maureen Booth MA, Angela Greene MS, Wayne Anderson PhD, Melissa Morley PhD, Matthew Toth PhD, Joyce Wang MPH, David Kaiser MA, and Amy Chepaitis PhD
Rural Opioid Abuse: Prevalence and User Characteristics, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, John A. Gale MS, and Erika C. Ziller PhD
Fostering Citizen Stewardship for Maine’s Freshwater Lakes, Firooza Pavri
