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Submissions from 2024

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Identifying Rural Health Clinics Within the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files, Katherine Ahrens MPH, PhD; Zachariah Croll; Yvonne Jonk PhD; John Gale MS; and Heidi O'Connor MS

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Trends in maternal opioid use disorder and neonatal abstinence syndrome in Maine, 2016-2022., Julia Dudley, Sarah M B Gabrielson, Alane B O'Connor, and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD

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Lessons Learned from Efforts to Support Vulnerable Critical Access and Other Rural Hospitals, John Gale MS; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Karen Pearson MLIS, MA

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Multifunctional metallic nanocomposite for overcoming the strength–ductility trade-off, Asheesh R. Lanba, Reginald F. Hamilton, Adrien N. Melanson, Emma S. Perry, and Richard F. Gordon

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The role of municipal digital services in advancing rural resilience, Vanessa R. Levesque, Kathleen P. Bell, and Eileen S. Johnson

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Generational differences in payment transparency perceptions, Elizabeth J. Parks-Stamm PhD and Sameena M. Flinner

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The In-class experience of social work students based on their political ideology, Carl Sorenson, Tiffanie Jones, and Rachel Casey

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Juvenile Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) Movement and Residency in a Northern Temperate Estuary, Amy Webb, Karen A. Wilson, and Rachel Lasley-Rasher PhD

Submissions from 2023

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Association of Prenatal Depression With New Cardiovascular Disease Within 24 Months Postpartum., Christina M Ackerman-Banks; Heather S Lipkind; Kristin Palmsten; Mariah Pfeiffer RN, MPH; Catherine Gelsinger RN; and Katherine Ahrens MPH, PhD

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Acute health care utilization in the first 24 months postpartum by rurality and pregnancy complications: A prospective cohort study, Katherine Ahrens PhD; Kristin Palmsten ScD; Charlie O. Grantham; Heather S. Lipkind MD, MS; and Christina M. Ackerman-Banks MD

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Mental Health Within 24 Months After Delivery Among Women with Common Pregnancy Conditions., Katherine Ahrens MPH, PhD; Kristin Palmsten; Heather S Lipkind; Mariah Pfeiffer RN, MPH; Catherine Gelsinger RN; and Christina Ackerman-Banks

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Excess deaths associated with COVID-19 by rurality and demographic factors in the United States., Katherine Ahrens PhD; Lauren M Rossen PhD; Carly Milkowski MPH; Catherine Gelsinger RN, MPH; and Erika Ziller PhD

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Constructing Authenticity: Social Media Influencers and the Shaping of Online Identity, Elizabeth Bull and Maureen Ebben

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Do Community Banks Stabilize Housing Prices?, Jeffrey A. DiBartolomeo PhD and Bert Smoluk PhD, CFA

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Urban-Rural and Socioeconomic Differences in Patient Knowledge and Perceptions of Genomic Tumor Testing, Jessica F. DiBiase MPH; Elizabeth Scharnetzki PhD; Emily Edelman MS; F.Lee Lucas PhD; Petra Helbig MSc; Jens Reuter MD; Paul K.J. Han MD,MA,MPH; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Elizabeth A. Jacobs MD, MAAP; Eric C. Anderson PhD; and MCGI Working Grouup

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Governance in the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals in higher education: global trends, Walter Leal Filbo, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar Rimi Abubakar, Mark C. Mifsud, João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio, Clarissa Ferreira Albrecht, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Bruno Borsari, Ayyoob Sharifi, Vanessa Levesque, Priscilla Cristina Cabral Ribeiro, Todd J. LeVasseur, Laís Viera Trevisan, and Thais A. Dibbern

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International trends on transformative learning for urban sustainability, Walter Leal Filho, Luciana Londero Brandli, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Diogo Guedes Vidal, Arminda Paço, Vanessa Levesque, Amanda Lange Salvia, Valerija Kozlova, Lucas Veiga Ávila, Barbara Fritzen, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, and Paul Pace

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Twenty-five Years of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program: The Past as Prologue, John Gale MS

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Population Health Outcome Measurement Strategies for State Flex Programs, John Gale; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Sara Kahn-Troster MPH

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Identifying a Consensus Set of EMS Agency Licensure Elements and Definitions to Support Rural EMS Data Collection, John Gale MS; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Karen Pearson MLIS, MA

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Year 3 Evaluation Report: Evaluation of the EMS Supplemental Funding Grants, John Gale MS and Karen Pearson MLIS, MA

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Emergency Medical Service Outcome Measurement Strategies for State Flex Programs, John Gale MS; Karen Pearson MLIS, MA; Celia Jewell RN, MPH; and Sara Kahn-Troster MPH

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Provision of Postpartum Contraception Before and After the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Maine., Catherine Gelsinger BSN, RN; Kristin Palmsten; Heather S. Lipkind; Mariah Pfeiffer RN, MPH; Christina Ackerman-Banks; Jennifer A Hutcheon; and Katherine A. Ahrens PhD

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Duncan Hewitt – The Materials, Duncan Hewitt MFA

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Supporting New Educators’ Well-Being Beyond the Teacher Education Program: New Teacher Needs and Perceived Support, Matthew Hollibush Ph.D. and Heather Reichmmuth Ph.D.