Publications from 2016
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
In Freshwater Resources Management: Lessons from Survey Data on Environmental Conditions at Sebago Lake, Maine, Firooza Pavri Ph.D.
Reconstructing a Pregnancy Cohort to Examine Potential Selection Bias in Studies on Racial Disparities in Preterm Delivery, Katherine J. Sapra, Ashok K. Chaurasia, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD
Influenza Vaccination Among US Children With Asthma, 2005–2013, Alan E. Simon MD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, and Lara J. Akinbami MD
Adverse Childhood Experiences in Rural and Urban Contexts, Jean A. Talbot PhD, Donald Szlosek MPH, and Erika C. Ziller PhD
Mental Health First Aid in Rural Communities: Appropriateness and Outcomes, Jean A. Talbot PhD, Donald Szlosek MPH, and Erika C. Ziller PhD
Access to Health Care Services for Adults in Maine [Report], Erika C. Ziller PhD
Health Insurance CO-OPs: Product Availability and Premiums in Rural Counties, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Zachariah T. Croll BA, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Publications from 2015
A Cautionary Note About Estimating Effects of Secondary Exposures in Cohort Studies, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, S. R. Cole, D. Westreich, R. W. Platt, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Adherence to Vitamin D Recommendations Among US Infants Aged 0 to 11 Months, NHANES, 2009 to 2012, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Lauren M. Rossen PhD, and Alan E. Simon MD
America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2015, Federal Interagency Forum on Child Family Statistics
Effects of Over-the-Counter Analgesic Use on Reproductive Hormones and Ovulation in Healthy, Premenopausal Women, R. A. Matyas, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Karen C. Schliep, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, A. C. Filberto, D. Mattison, Shvetha M. Zarek MD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Perceived stress, reproductive hormones, and ovulatory function: a prospective cohort study, Karen C. Schliep PhD
The effect of male and female body mass index on pregnancy and live birth success after in vitro fertilization, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, James M. Hotaling MD, Douglas T. Carrell PhD, Megan Link MD, Stefanie N. Hinkle PhD, Kerrie A. Kissel MD, Christina A. Porucznik PhD, and Ahmad O. Hammoud MD
The Relationship Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Liver Enzymes Among Healthy Premenopausal Women: A Prospective Cohort Study, Maya K. Shimony, Karen C. Schliep, Enrique F. Schlisterman PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Yaron Rotman, Neil J. Perkins, Anna Z. Pollack, and Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD
Low Dose Aspirin and Preterm Birth: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Robert M. Silver MD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Luchin F. Wong MD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, Noya Galai PhD, Laurie L. Lesher MBA, David Faraggi PhD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, Janet M. Townsend MD, Anne M. Lynch MD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Lindsey Sjaarda PhD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Implications of Rural Residence and Single Mother Status for Maternal Smoking Behaviors, Jean A. Talbot PhD, Donald Szlosek MPH, and Erika C. Ziller PhD
Mental Health First Aid in Rural Communities [Presentation], Erika C. Ziller PhD
Delay, Forego, Strategize: Affordability of Medical Care Among Rural Adults [Presentation], Erika C. Ziller PhD and Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS
Rural Implications of Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Out-of-Pocket Spending among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rural Adults Delay, Forego, and Strategize to Afford Their Pre-ACA Health Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rural Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries Spend More out-of-Pocket Than Their Urban Counterparts, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Publications from 2014
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy and the Risks of Preterm Delivery and Small for Gestational Age Birth, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Carol Louik, Stephen Kerr, Allen A. Mitchell, and Martha M. Werler
Serum Leptin Levels and Reproductive Function During the Menstrual Cycle, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Catherine J. Vladitiu PhD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
The Effect of Physical Activity Across the Menstrual Cycle on Reproductive Function, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Catherine J. Vladitiu PhD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
The Effect of Physical Activity Across the Menstrual Cycle on Reproductive Function, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Catherine J. Vladitiu PhD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Politics Then and Now, in Maine and the Nation Conversations with the Sages, Richard Barringer and Kenneth Palmer
Creating Quality Improvement Culture in Public Health Agencies, Mary V. Davis DrPH, MSPH; Elizabeth Mahanna MPH; Brenda M. Joly PhD, MPH; Michael Zelek MPH; William J. Riley PhD; Pooja Verma MPH; and Jessica Solomon Fisher MCP
Biological Variability in Serum anti-Müllerian Hormone Throughout the Menstrual Cycle in Ovulatory and Sporadic Anovulatory Cycles in Eumenorrheic Women, Kerrie A. Kissel MD, M. R. Danaher, Enrique F. Schisterman PhD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, and Sunni L. Mumford PhD
Profile of Rural Residential Care Facilities: A chartbook, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, Eileen Griffin JD, Zachariah T. Croll MPH, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
High Deductible Health Insurance Plans in Rural Areas, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rural residents more likely to be enrolled in high-deductible health plans, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
To Prepare Students for an Interconnected World – Connect with China, Joseph McDonnell PhD
Association of Cadmium, Lead and Mercury With Paraoxonase 1 Activity in Women, Anna Z. Pollack, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Richard W. Browne, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Sexual Activity, Endogenous Reproductive Hormones and Ovulation in Premenopausal Women, Ankita Prasad BA, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Germaine M. Buck Lewis, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, Kerrie A. Kissel MD, Jean Wactaski-Wende PhD, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Depressive symptoms and their relationship with endogenous reproductive hormones and sporadic anovulation in premenopausal women, Ankita Prasad BA, Enrique F. Schisterman PhD, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Neil J. Perkins PhD, Rebecca Mattyas BA, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, and Sunni L. Mumford PhD
Luteal phase deficiency in regularly menstruating women: prevalence and overlap in identification based on clinical and biochemical diagnostic criteria, Karen C. Schliep PhD, Sunni L. Mumford PhD, Ahmad O. Hammoud MD, Joseph B. Stanford, Kerrie A. Kissel MD, Lindsey A. Sjaarda PhD, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Jean Wactawski-Wende PhD, Pauline Mendola, and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Implications of rurality and psychiatric status for diabetic care use among adults with diabetes, Jean A. Talbot PhD, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and David Hartley PhD
Health insurance coverage of low-income rural children increases and is more continuous following CHIP implementation, Erika C. Ziller PhD
Rural implications of ACA Medicaid expansions, Erika C. Ziller PhD
Publications from 2013
Antiherpetic Medication Use and the Risk of Gastroschisis: Findings From the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2007, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Marlene T. Anderka, Marcia L. Feldkamp, Mark A. Canfield, Allen A. Mitchell MD, and Martha M. Werler ScD
A Time and Place for Causal Inference Methods in Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD and Enrique F. Schisterman PhD
Risks and Safety of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Vaccine in Pregnancy: Birth Defects, Spontaneous Abortion, Preterm Delivery, and Small for Gestational Age Infants, Christina D. Chambers, Diana Johnson, Ronhui Xu, Yunjun Luo, Carol Louik ScD, Allen A. Mitchell, Michael Schatz, Kenneth L. Jones, and The OTIS Research Group
Can the past inform us about Sebago Lake’s future?, Firooza Pavri, Jean MacRae, Anna Springsteen, and Abraham Dailey
Land use and socioeconomic influences on a vulnerable freshwater resource in northern New England, Firooza Pavri, Anna Springsteen, Abraham Dailey, and Jean D. MacRae
The Future of Medicaid: Building Sustainability through Program Innovation, Kimberly Snow and Trish Riley
Rural Considerations in Establishing Network Adequacy Standards for Qualified Health Plans in State and Regional Health Insurance Exchanges, Jean A. Talbot PhD, Andrew F. Coburn PhD, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Zachariah T. Croll BA
