ORHP-funded Individual Grantees

Publications

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• Local Public Health at the Crossroads: The Structure of Health Departments in Rural Areas (Issue Brief)
  Author(s): Anthony Wellever
  Date: 03 / 2006
  Topic: Public health
  Overview of findings from a study of the structure of rural local public health departments. Includes policy recommendations.
• Local Public Health at the Crossroads: The Structure of Health Departments in Rural Areas (Report)
  Author(s): Anthony Wellever
  Date: 03 / 2006
  Topic: Public health
  Reports the results of a study of the structure of local health departments in rural areas. Includes case studies describing the structure of local health departments in rural areas in six geographically disparate states: Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
• Patient Bypass Behavior and Critical Access Hospitals: Implications for Patient Retention
  Author(s): Jiexin (Jason) Liu, Gail R. Bellamy, Melissa McCormick
  Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 23(1), 17-24
  Date: 2007
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, Health services
  Describes the results of a study to assess the extent of bypass for inpatient care among patients living in Critical Access Hospital (CAH) service areas, and to determine factors associated with bypass, the reasons for bypass, and what CAHs can do to retain patients locally.
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Rural Primary Care: Improving Care for Mental Health Following Bioterrorism
  Author(s): Jennie C. I. Tsao, Aram Dobalian, Brenda A. Wiens, Julius A. Gylys, Garret D. Evans
  Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 22(1), 78-82
  Date: 2006
  Topics: Emergency preparedness, Mental health
  Describes the need to educate rural primary care providers who will be the frontline providers of mental health services following bioterrorism, given the limited availability of tertiary mental health care in rural communities.
• PTSD and Substance Use: Unrecognized Sequelae of Bioterrorism in Primary Care Providers
  Author(s): Jennie C. I. Tsao, Aram Dobalian, Brenda A. Wiens, Julius A. Gylys, Art Clawson, Robert Brooks
  Citation: Southern Medical Journal, 99(8), 817-822
  Date: 2006
  Topics: Emergency preparedness, Mental health, Public health, Substance abuse
  Reports the results of a study that looked at rural primary care providers' knowledge of likely mental disorders, their risk factors, and preferred treatment options following a public health emergency.