PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS & POLICY BRIEFS
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WNC HPI POLICY REPORTS
Special Report: Emerging Issues and Opportunities in Healthcare Policy for WNC: Social Care Delivery Systems, NC Medicaid Expansion, and Workforce Development
Evan Richardson, Dr. Bryan Hodge, Dr. Amy Lanou, Dr. Laurie Stradley, Marc Malloy, Nickolas (Kol) Gold-Leighton, Soncire (Soni) Pitts, and Vanessa Howe.
Executive Summary: Emerging Issues and Opportunities in Healthcare Policy for WNC: Social Care Delivery Systems, NC Medicaid Expansion, and Workforce Development (2024 Legislative Caucus pre-read)
Evan Richardson, Dr. Bryan Hodge, Dr. Amy Lanou, Dr. Laurie Stradley, Marc Malloy, Nickolas (Kol) Gold-Leighton, Soncire (Soni) Pitts, and Vanessa Howe.
Policy Recommendations to Improve Health Outcomes in Rural Areas
Dr. Jeff Heck
Healthcare Access and Job Mobility: How Medicaid Expansion, Private Health Insurance Coverage, and the Local Healthcare Workforce Impacts Local Labor Markets
Dr. Melissa Mahoney and Dr. Jonathan Brown
POLICY DOCUMENTS FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Healthy Opportunities Pilot Eligibility from Impact Health
Community Care Hubs from Healthy Aging NC (NCCHW)
Proactive Legislative Priorities for 2023 from NC Academy of Family Physicians
No Wrong Door for Caregivers from Healthy Aging NC (NCCHW)
North Carolina’s Community Health Workers from the NC Community Health Worker’s Association
HPI TEAM PUBLICATIONS BY TOPIC AREA
Aging and Health
Perspective Chapter: Social Distancing and Isolation: Unintended Consequences, Concerns, and Antidotes for Older Adults
Lanou AJ, Jones J, Noble L, Smythe T, Gambrill LA, Olson E, & Woodall, T. (2022). In A. P. É. Gouveia, B. R. Gouveia, A. Marques, & A. Ihle (Eds.), Geriatric Medicine and Healthy Aging [Working Title]. IntechOpen.
The Social Bridging Project: Intergenerational Phone-Based Connections with Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Noble LW, Olson E, Woodall T, Jones J, Smythe T, Whitlock C, Silver M, Hewitt L, Lanou AJ. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. March 2022. doi:10.1177/23337214221083473
A Statewide Approach to Falls Prevention: Widespread Implementation of A Matter of Balance in North Carolina, 2014–2019
Mazza NZ, Bailey E, Lanou AJ, Miller N. Journal of Applied Gerontology. March 2021. doi:10.1177/0733464821997212
Reach and Impact of In-person and Remote Delivery Formats of Walk with Ease
Mazza NZ, Lanou AJ, Weisner S. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 2023;60. doi:10.1177/00469580231152314 DOI: 10.1177/00469580231152314
COVID Response
Practice Report: Student Health Ambassadors at Residential Campuses Contribute to Safer Campus Living and Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Lanou A, Perry J, Perry L, Garland B, Hunt K, Gold-Leighton K. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 2021, 23(8).
Sidebar: Regional Relationships: Creative Collaboration for Prevention and Mitigation Among Western North Carolina Learning Institutions
Hodge B, Lanou AJ. North Carolina Medical Journal July 2021, 82 (4) 260-261; DOI: 10.18043/ncm.82.4.260
Descriptive Assessment of Race, Ethnicity, Comorbidities, and SARS-CoV-2 Infection- Fatality in North Carolina
Denslow S, Rote A, Wingert J, Hanchate AD, Lanou AJ, Westreich D, Chen K, Sexton L, Halladay JR. North Carolina Medical Journal. 2023;84(2). doi:10.18043/001c.73026
Rural-Urban Outcome Differences Associated with COVID-19 Hospitalizations in North Carolina
Denslow S, Wingert JR, Hanchate AD, Westreich D, Sexton L, Cheng K, Curtis J, Schuyler Jones W, Lanou AJ, Halladay JR., PLOS ONE 2022 Aug 17;17(8):e0271755