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Publications from 2017

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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

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Rural Opioid Prevention and Treatment Strategies: The Experience in Four States [Working Paper], John A. Gale MS; Anush Hansen MS,MA; and Martha Elbaum Williamson MPA

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Rural Opioid Prevention and Treatment Strategies: The Experience in Four States [Policy Brief], John A. Gale MS; Anush Yousefian Hansen MS,MA; and Martha Elbaum Williamson MPA

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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

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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

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Social Work Practice with West Indian Migrant Fathers, Natallie Gentles-Gibbs PhD, LCSW and Lance L. O. Gibbs PhD

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Describing Trajectories of Homeless Service Use in Hawai‘i Using Latent Class Growth Analysis, Kristen D. Gleason PhD, John P. Barile, and Charlene K. Baker

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Planned Parenthood? Forsaking American Women for the Mother of All Bombs, Megan Goodwin PhD

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Sarsour’s Struggle for Justice: It Is Our Duty to Think Harder or Sit Down, Megan Goodwin PhD

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Staying After Class: Memory and Materiality beyond Heaven’s Gate, Megan Goodwin PhD

All About Process: The Theory and Discourse of Modern Artistic Labor, Kim Grant PhD

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Charting a Pathway Forward: Redesigning and Realigning Supports and Services for Maine's Older Adults, Eileen Griffin JD and Elizabeth C. Gattine JD

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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

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Unsealed Fate: The Unintended Consequences of Inadequate Safeguarding of Juvenile Records in Maine, Susan Hawes, Erica King MSW, Mara Sanchez, and George Shaler MPH

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The Senior companion program plus: A culturally-tailored psychoeducational training program for senior companions, Dorothea Ivey PhD

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The importance of a research case definition, Leonard A. Jason, Pamela A. Fox, and Kristen D. Gleason PhD