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Getting comfortable with disability: The short- and long-term effects of a clinical encounter

Physicians report discomfort when interacting with patients with disabilities, which can negatively impact the quality of health care they provide.

Operationalizing and selecting outcome measures for the HEALing Communities Study

The Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM (HEALing) Communities Study (HCS) is a multisite, parallel-group, cluster randomized wait-list controlled trial evaluating the impact of the Communities That…

A statewide quality improvement (QI) initiative for better health outcomes and family stability among pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) and their infants

A collaborative led by state health and human service agencies, academic leaders, and stakeholders tested interventions to expand use of medication assisted treatment (MAT) through a maternal medical…

Evidence for the Fidelity and Effectiveness of Living Independent From Tobacco for People with Disabilities and Their Caregivers

People with disabilities (PWD) are more likely to use tobacco and less likely to access tobacco cessation programs compared with people without disabilities. Living Independent From Tobacco (LIFT),…

The Impact of Geographic Isolation on Mental Disability in the United States

Geographic isolation has long been hypothesized to have a role in the origins and development of mental disabilities. A considerable body of research has established such a correlation. However,…

Quitting behaviors among dual cigarette/e-cigarette users and cigarette smokers enrolled in the Tobacco User Adult Cohort (TUAC)

We examined quitting behaviors among a cohort of dual users (cigarettes and electronic cigarettes [e-cigarettes]) and exclusive cigarette smokers for: (1) cigarette smoking reduction, (2) quit…

Prepregnancy Insurance and Timely Prenatal Care for Medicaid Births: Before and After the Affordable Care Act in Ohio

Persistent instability in insurance coverage before and after pregnancy among low-income mothers in the United States contributes to delayed prenatal care and poor infant outcomes. States that expand…

A Global Health Training Model for Teaching Pediatric Clinical Decision Making Skills to Rwandan Physical Therapists: A Case Report

This case report describes a model for improving pediatric clinical decision making skills among Rwandan physical therapists using best practices in clinical decision making, evidence-based practice…

The role of travel distance and price promotions in tobacco product purchase quantity

Rural Americans are particularly vulnerable to tobacco price reducing promotions are known to be directed to and used by vulnerable populations. Tobacco purchasing decisions, such as unit quantity…

Validation of a New Geographic Isolation Scale: A Tool for Rural Health Disparities Research

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a new continuous measure for rural health disparities research that characterizes geographic areas according to a perspective of access to resources.