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from 2019

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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

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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

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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

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Dedicated Education Unit: Improving Critical Thinking and Anxiety, Kathleen Vnenchak MSN, RN, CNML; Marnie Sperling MSN, RN, APN-C, DMD; Kathleen Kelley DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN; Brenda Petersen PhD, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, CPNP-PC; Wendy Silverstein DNP, RN, CNML; Olivia Petzoldt BSN, RN-BC; Lise Cooper DMH, MSN, RN-BC; and Mildred Ortu Kowalski PhD, RN, NE-BC, CCRP

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Perceptions of Police in Neighborhoods Receiving Community-Oriented Policing Services: Community Survey Results from the Restore Rundberg Initiative, Paula Yuma-Guerrero MPH, PhD; Kyle Pitzer MSSW; Yessenia Castro BS, MS, PhD; Reuben Addo MSSA, PhD; Ahmed Whitt PhD; and Davis Springer MSW, PhD

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Practicing Spatial Relationship Skills Using an Asteroid 3-D Tool, Julie Ziffer PhD, William Morse, Tyler Nelson, Paul A. Nakroshis PhD, Benjamin T. Rudnick, Max Brautigam, and Wesley Parker

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Growing Up Rural [Podcast], Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD

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How Did We Get Here? Rural Health Challenges in America [Podcast], Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD

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Rural Health in Maine and America vs. the World, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD

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Preventive Health Service Use among Rural Women, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; Nathan Paluso MPH; and Jaclyn Janis BSN, RN

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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

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Homeless Individuals’ Social Construction of a Park: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective, Reuben Addo PhD

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Birth spacing in the United States - Towards Evidence-Based Recommendations, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD and Jennifer A. Hutcheon

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Optimal Birth Spacing: What Can We Measure and What Do We Want to Know?, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD and Jennifer A. Hutcheon

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Introduction: Claire’s Key Phrases, Kathleen M. Ashley PhD

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Falls and Delirium in an Acute Care Setting: A retrospective chart review before and after an organisation‐wide interprofessional education, Rhonda L. Babine MS, APRN, ACNS-BC; Kristiina E. Hyrkas PhD, MNSc, RN; Sarah Hallen MD; Heidi R. Weirman MD; Deborah A. Bachand BSN, RN, NE-BC; Joanne L. Chapman MSN, MEd, RN, NE-BC; and Valerie J. Fuller PhD, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP

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Raw, roast or half-baked? Hogarth’s beef in Calais Gate, Piers Beirne PhD

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Three Parables from Fly Speck Farm, Michael Bendzela MA

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Edge of the Road with Lydia Jones, Marni Berger MFA

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Edith and Sweater, Marni Berger MFA

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"I Am Not Your Muse" and Other Lies Our Teacher Told Me, Marni Berger MFA