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Patricia L. Moulton, PhD

Phone: 701.858.6770
E-mail: patricia.moulton@med.und.edu

University of North Dakota
1201 11th Avenue SW
Minot, ND 58701

Completed Projects (1)

Prevalence of Chronic Disease and the Degree of Rurality of American Indian Elders in a Nationally Representative Sample of 100 Tribes, Lead researcher
Research center: ORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Aging, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Chronic diseases and conditions, Frontier health, Long term care, Minority health, Rural statistics and demographics
This project will determine if there are differences in prevalence of chronic disease in American Indian elders across age groups in urban vs. rural vs. frontier counties. Moderating factors of chronic disease will also be examined including health damaging behaviors, access to health care services and providers and degree of functional limitation.

Publications (9)

  • Chronic Disease in American Indian/Alaska Native Elders
    Author(s): Patricia L. Moulton, Leander R. McDonald, Kyle J. Muus, Alana D. Knudson, Richard L. Ludtke
    Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Chronic diseases and conditions, Minority health
    Citation: The IHS Primary Care Provider, 30(5), 53-54
    Date: 2005
    Describes the prevalence of chronic diseases among Native American elders.
  • Communicating Rural Research to Policy: An Evaluation of the Rural Research to Diverse Audiences Project
    Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, Patricia Moulton
    Date: 09 / 2009
    An evaluation of the the Rural Research to Diverse Audiences project, which was initiated in 2006 with funding by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP).
  • Disseminating Rural Health Research to Community, State and National Audiences: A Communications Toolkit for Health Researchers
    Author(s): Wendy Opsahl, Amanda Scurry, Alex McEllistrem-Evenson, Holly Gabriel, Patricia Moulton
    Date: 01 / 2010
    Designed to facilitate dissemination and use of rural health services research. It includes approaches for both developing various research-related documents and disseminating research results.
  • North Dakota Health Care Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Health Care Needs
    Author(s): Mary Wakefield, Mary Amundson, Patricia Moulton, Brad Gibbens
    Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
    Topic: Workforce
    Report Number: Policy Brief
    Date: 01 / 2007
    Policy brief which details strategies for addressing health workforce needs in North Dakota. Includes examples of state health workforce pipeline strategies used in other states.
  • Prevalence of Chronic Disease Among American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
    Author(s): Patricia Moulton, Leander McDonald, Kyle Muus, Alana Knudson, Mary Wakefield, Richard Ludtke
    Research center: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: Aging, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Chronic diseases and conditions, Minority health
    Date: 10 / 2005
    Examines chronic disease prevalence and functional limitations among American Indian/Alaska Natives by rurality, gender, age, health care access, and health behaviors. Includes policy recommendations.
  • Rural Health Research Gateway: Community Audience Needs Study Report
    Author(s): Wendy Opsahl, Patricia Moulton, Holly Gabriel
    Date: 06 / 2009
    Contains the findings of the Community Audience Needs Study. Includes specific recommendations about several products including working papers, fact sheets, press releases, web sites and Rural Health Research Alerts.
  • Rural Health Research Gateway: National Audience Impact Study Report
    Author(s): Patricia Moulton, Mary Wakefield, Kristine Sande, Maren Niemeier, Amanda Scurry
    Date: 08 / 2007
    Reports findings on the impact of the Rural Health Research Gateway web site and a flyer describing the work of the Rural Health Research Centers.
  • Rural Health Research Gateway: State Audience Needs Study Report
    Author(s): Wendy Opsahl, Patricia Moulton, Mary Wakefield, Kristine Sande, Naomi Lelm
    Date: 11 / 2008
    Contains the findings of the State Audience Needs Study. Includes specific recommendations on dissemination approaches.
  • Rural Health Research Gateway: Year Three Impact Study Report
    Author(s): Holly Gabriel, Patricia Moulton, Wendy Opsahl
    Date: 06 / 2009
    The impact study has three components: assessing the reaction of members of the diverse target audience, assessing the usefulness of the Gateway dissemination products to the Rural Health Research Centers (RHRCs), and evaluating the frequency that Gateway products are accessed