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Submissions from 2018

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Assessing the use of default choice modification to reduce consumption of plastic straws, Travis P. Wagner and Patti Toews

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Low-Income, Uninsured Mainers Face Substantial Challenges Getting Health Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Barbara Leonard MPH

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Health Equity Challenges in Rural America, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Andrew F. Coburn PhD

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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

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Medicaid Income Eligibility Transitions Among Rural Adults, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Deborah Thayer, and Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS

Publications from 2017

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Caring for orphans and vulnerable children in institutional care facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: A social development intervention., Reuben Addo PhD

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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

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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

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Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Analysis of Successive Pregnancies, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Marie E. Thoma PhD, and Lauren M. Rossen PhD

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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

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Growing Portland: Not Whether, but How, Richard Barringer PhD and Joseph McDonnell PhD

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Greater Portland Tomorrow: Choices for Sustained Prosperity, Richard Barringer PhD, Joseph McDonnell PhD, and Frank O'Hara

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The Complexities of Counting Fish: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Fish Monitoring, Karen Bieluch, Theodore V. Willis, Jason Smith, and Karen Wilson

Marsden Hartley's Maine, Donna M. Cassidy Ph.D., Elizabeth Finch, and Randall R. Griffey

"My Native Continent”: Maine’s Influence on the Art of Marsden Hartley, Donna M. Cassidy PhD, Elizabeth Finch, and Randall R. Griffey

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Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older People: A Closer Look at Definitions, Mary Lou Ciolfi and Frances Jimenez BA

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After Closure: Options for Pursuing a High Performance Rural Health System, Andrew F. Coburn PhD

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Rural Long-Term Services and Supports: A Primer, Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Jennifer P. Lundblad PhD, MBA; Erin M. Mobley MPH; and RUPRI Health Panel

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Fischer’s Deterministic Frankfurt-Style Argument, Yishai Cohen PhD

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2017 Youth Recidivism: Diversion to Discharge in Maine's Juvenile Justice System, Robyn Dumont and Erica King MSW

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A Preponderance of Evidence; Wing and a Prayer; Turn Strange, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc MFA

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Intimate partner violence and disasters: A framework for empowering women experiencing violence in disaster settings., Jennifer M. First PhD, Nathan L. First, and J. Brian Houston PhD

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Resilience and Coping Intervention (RCI): A group intervention to foster college student resilience, Jennifer M. First PhD, Nathan L. First, and J. Brian Houston PhD

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Does Contraceptive Use in the United States Meet Global Goals?, Brittni N. Frederiksen, Katherine A. Ahrens PhD, Susan B. Moskosky MS, and Loretta Gavin

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Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders in Rural Settings, John A. Gale MS