The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC), established in 1995, provides evidence-based research, program development, and policy guidance to improve health status at the community level. The center conducts, analyzes, and disseminates qualitative and quantitative findings to connect decision makers with the objective research and guidance needed to make informed decisions about health policy and programs. Today the center is at work in more than 220 communities in all 50 states, helping our nation to improve health status. To learn more about GHPC and its college, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, visit https://ghpc.gsu.edu and https://aysps.gsu.edu.
Submissions from 2024
Exploring How Clubhouse Models Build Resiliency to Support Youth Behavioral Health, Glory Okwori
Improving Health Outcomes by Inverting the Burden of Navigation Through Person-Centered Care Coordination, Aisha Williams
Submissions from 2023
An Umbrella Review of Community-Engaged and Action-Oriented Research: Considerations for Methodological Approaches and Implementation, Christina Bernhardt, Daniel Lanford, Aliza Petiwala, and Michelle Marcus
Deconstructing Racism’s Impact on Health and Identifying Opportunities for Comprehensive Interventions, Brooke DiPetrillo and Japera Hemming
Including People with Cognitive Impairment in Health Services Research: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned, Kristi Fuller and Alice Boughrum
Racial Health Equity: A Framework of Measurement for Health Collaboratives, Japera Hemming, Brooke DiPetrillo, and Daniel Lanford
Community-Engaged and Action-Oriented Research in Cross-Sector Health and Social Services Collaboratives: A Scoping Review and Model for Selecting Approaches, Daniel Lanford, Aliza Petiwala, Michelle Marcus, and Christina Bernhardt
Using scholarship to develop a new Community Based Participatory Action Research program to support multiple community health sites, Michelle Marcus, Christina Bernhardt, Daniel Lanford, and Aliza Petiwala
Community Based Approaches to Identifying Policy Interventions and Building Capacity, Michelle Marcus, Jimmy Dills, Leigh Alderman, and Yomi Noibi
Equity Stories: Using storytelling to elevate the lived expertise of those experiencing homelessness in metro Atlanta, Carrie Oliver and Daniel Enger
Practitioner Perspectives on Community-Engaged and Action-Oriented Research, Aliza Petiwala, Daniel Lanford, and Christina Bernhardt
Use of Telehealth for Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Melissa Plegue, Sophia Horiuchi, Mei Zhou, Brandon Attell, and Angela Snyder
Immunization adherence among children with sickle cell disease: Results from a population-based study, Jiajing Scarlette Shi, Ankit Sutaria, Sangeetha Lakshmanan, Brandon Attell, Mei Zhou, Amy Tang, and James Eckman
Collaboratively Integrating Resident Voice and Health Promotion through Health Action Plans in Affordable Housing Preservation, Taylor Williams, James Dills, and Michelle Marcus
Submissions from 2021
Maternal and Child Health & Health Impact Assessments: Missed Opportunities to Advance Health in All Policies, Taylor Lawson and James Dills
Trends in the Use of Evidence-Based Practices in Rural Health: Synthesis of Real-World Examples from Two Grantee Cohorts, Lisa McGarrie, Coleman Tanner, John Butts, and Amanda Phillips-Martinez
Utilizing a Mini-Grant Program to Impact Physical Activity & Nutrition Behaviors & Achieve PSE Changes in GA Public Schools, Coleman Tanner, Rachel Campos, Debra Kibbe, and Emily Anne Vall
Submissions from 2020
Geographic Mobility Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Sickle Cell Disease in California and Georgia, 2014 to 2016, Susan Paulukonis, Mei Zhou, Angie Snyder, Ze Cong, Irene Agodoa, Nura El-Haj, and Mary Hulihan
Insurance Patterns of Medicaid Beneficiaries With Sickle Cell Disease in California and Georgia, 2014 to 2016, Susan Paulukonis, Mei Zhou, Angie Snyder, Ze Cong, Irene Agodoa, Nura El-Haj, and Mary Hulihan
Submissions from 2019
Building Workforce Capacity through a Community-Based System of Care Model: The Challenges of Balancing Fidelity and Adaptability, Ursula Davis, Ann DiGirolamo, Carrie Oliver, and Chidinma Ogojiaku
School-Based Mental Health, School Climate, and PBIS, Dimple Desai, Chidinma Ogojiaku, Ani Whitmore, and Russell Carleton
Maternal and Child Health & Health Impact Assessments: An Exploration of Unrealized Opportunities, James E. Dills and Taylor M. Lawson
Newborn screening data for sickle cell disease in California and Georgia, 2004-2016: implications for health interventions, Mary Hulihan, Aika Aluc, Mei Zhou, and Angela Snyder
A Comprehensive Approach to Inform the Planning and Delivery of Services for Older Adults in Georgia, Alice Prendergast, Kristi Fuller, and James E. Dills
An evaluation of Georgia’s recovery support clubhouses and their impact on substance use and mental health outcomes among recovering youth ages 13-17, Colleen M. Smith, Jumanne Lee, Susan McLaren, and Kristal S. Davidson
Submissions from 2018
Adapting Evidence-based Interventions in Rural Settings: An Analysis of 70 Community Examples, Tanisa Adimu, Tina Anderson Smith, Amanda Phillips Martinez, and Karen Minyard
Factors Influencing the Implementation of School-Based Mental Health Services in Georgia: Results from a Two Year Longitudinal Analysis, Brandon Attell, Dimple Desai, Ann DiGirolamo, and Deana Farmer
Project UPLIFT: A Distance Delivered Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Address Depression Among Diverse Populations, Ann DiGirolamo, Rakale Quarells, and Nancy J. Thompson
The Journey to Community Living Through the Lens of the Money Follows the Person Program Participants, Kristi Fuller, Chandrika Derricho, and Glenn Landers
An Examination of community integration and quality of life in money follows the person participants, Georgia Health Policy Center
Technical Assistance at the Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia Health Policy Center
Improving School Physical Activity and Nutrition Environments one Mini-Grant at a Time: Lessons Learned, Debra Kibbe, Kathleen Smith, Rachel Campos, and Emily Anne Vall
Community and programmatic factors influencing effective use of system dynamic models, Karen Minyard, Tina Anderson Smith, Richard Turner, and Bobby Milstein
Examining the Impact of Student Socioeconomic Status and School Attributes on School Based Mental Health Partnerships, Lucy Rabinowitz, Ann DiGirolamo, Susan McLaren, and Dante McKay
The Georgia Apex Project: Increasing Access to Intensive Mental Health Services through Community Partnership, Sara Redd, Susan McLaren, Jana Pruett, and Ann DiGirolamo
Putting the ‘Home’ in ‘Home and Community Based Services’, Michelle Rushing, Glenn Landers, Kristi Fuller, and Chandrika Derricho
A Design Approach to Increase Minority Blood Donations and Combat the Risks of Climate Change on Sickle Cell Disease Patients, Ashley Singleton
Benefits and Barriers to Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Services for Children with ADHD: National Survey Data, Parent & Provider Perspectives, and Promising Practices, Angela Snyder, Ann DiGirolamo, Colleen M. Smith, and Amanda Martinez
Contraception Utilization Among Women and Girls At-Risk for Pregnancy in Georgia Medicaid, Carla Willis, Sara Redd, Mei Zhou, and Esther Dorzin
Submissions from 2017
Using Evidence-Base to Transform Health Delivery Systems in Rural Communities: Three Health Program Approaches That Drive Advancements in Health Care Delivery, Amber Berrian and Tanisa Adimu
Rural Community Innovations in School Based Health and Wellness Interventions, Rachel Campos, Jeff Franklin, and Alexa Ofori
Patient Access in Medicaid: Provider response to Enhanced Payments, Patricia Ketsche, Carla J. Willis, Jessica C. Smith, and William C. Rencher
The Georgia Apex Program: Increasing Access to Intensive Mental Health Services through Community Partnership, Susan McLaren, Alaina Wrencher, Jacob Allen, and Jana Pruett Covington
Navigating the complexity of obtaining and utilizing health insurance: Taking a closer look at the impact of meaningful collaboration in rural communities, Tamanna Patel, Amanda Phllips Martinez, and Normandy Brangan
Evaluating a state-wide training effort to understand sustained impact, Astrid Prudent, Colleen M. Smith, Stephanie Pearson, and Dawne Morgan
Submissions from 2016
Using Photovoice to Evaluate a Behavioral Health Program for Transition Age Youth in Georgia, James E. Dills, Colleen M. Smith, Julia Martin, and Ann DiGirolamo
Efforts to Rebalance Long-Term Services and Supports Contribute to Reduced per-Member per-Month Medicaid Costs, Kristi Fuller, Mei Zhou, Glenn Landers, and Chandrika Derricho
Workforce Development at the Center of Excellence for Children’s Behavioral Health, Georgia Health Policy Center
Work after Transitioning to Community Living: What are the Barriers?, Glenn Landers, Kristi Fuller, Mohammad Khalaf, and Michelle Rushing
Accuracy of ICD-9 Coding for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Children and Adolescents: Results from the Georgia (GA) RuSH Surveillance Project, Peter A. Lane, Rodney Theodore, Mei Zhou, and Angela Snyder
Assessing Needs among Cancer Survivors in Georgia, Angela K. Patterson, Cam Escoffery, Mohammad Khalaf, and Joan Giblin
The Georgia Interagency Directors Team (IDT): A case study in the successful collaboration of child serving agencies, Jana Pruett, Linda McCall, Christine Doyle, and Ann DiGirolamo
Medicaid Manuals: How State Administrative Procedure Laws Affect Agency Sub-Regulatory Guidance to Medicaid Providers, William C. Rencher
Benefits and Barriers to evidence-based behavioral health Services for Children with ADHD in Georgia, Angela Snyder, Ann DiGirolamo, Amanda Phillips Martinez, and Colleen M. Smith
Submissions from 2014
SYSTEMS MAPPING AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERS HELP GEORGIA COLLABORATIVE’S STRATEGIC FOCUS, Ann M. DiGirolamo, Angela Snyder, and Cynthia Williams
Systems Mapping and University Partners Help Georgia Collaborative’s Strategic Focus, Ann DiGirolamo, Angela Snyder, and Cynthia Williams
Submissions from 2012
Using Multiple Data Sets to Build a Surveillance System for Hemoglobinopathies: Early Lessons from Georgia, Georgia Health Policy Center
Constructing a Georgia Surveillance System for Hemoglobinopathies Using Multiple Data Sets: The First Step towards a Comprehensive Prevention and Service Delivery Strategy, Angela Snyder, Mei Zhou, and Jane Branscomb
Submissions from 2009
External Facilitation and Technical Assistance in Improving the Clinical Relevance and Financial Viability of Rural Health Systems, Karen Minyard, Tina Anderson Smith, and Lindsey Lonergan
Rogers' Replication Revisited: Navigating the Complexity of Health Networks, Karen Minyard and Lei Zhang
Submissions from 2008
The role of Technical Assistance: The Right TA at the Right Time, Georgia Health Policy Center, Patricia Kota, and Dora Ward Kyabu
Triple Layer Chess: A Metaphor for the Alignment of Health Policy, Karen Minyard and Tina Anderson Smith
Submissions from 2007
Improving end-of-life care planning in nursing facilities, James P. Cooney, Glenn Landers, Jennifer Harrison, and Will Battles
Lessons from local access initiatives: Context, sustainability and replication, Karen Minyard, Lindsey Lonergan, Chris Parker, and Deborah Chollet
Public/Private Partnerships in Community Efforts to Improve School Health Programs, Mary Ann Phillips and Bernette Sherman
Submissions from 2004
Comparing Medicaid Long-Term Care Waiver Programs, Glenn Landers and James P. Cooney
Submissions from 2002
Using Risk Adjustment to Compare Medicaid Waiver Program Performance, Glenn Landers, James P. Cooney, and Mei Zhou
Submissions from 2001
Georgia's Foster Children and Medicaid: Access, Utilization, and Cost, Glenn Landers and Mei Zhou