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Peer-Reviewed Articles
A Conceptual Model Exploring the Relationship Between HIV Stigma and Implementing HIV Clinical Trials in Rural Communities of North Carolina
Sohini Sengupta, PhD, MPH
Ronald P. Strauss, DMD, PhD
Margaret S. Miles, RN, PhD, FAAN
Malika Roman-Isler, MPH
Bahby Banks, MPH
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc
Reasons for Visits to Emergency Departments for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program Patients: United States, 2004
Nelson Adekoya, DrPH
Policy Forum
Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH
Christine Nielsen, MPH
Issue Brief: Long-Term Care Challenges Ahead for North Carolina: 2010 and Beyond
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD
Polly Godwin Welsh, RN-C
Commentaries
Long-Term Services and Supports in North Carolina
Dennis W. Streets, MPH, MAT, LNHA
Ann C. Eller, MSW
The Need for Paid Long-Term Care in North Carolina: 2010 to 2020 and Beyond
Mary Anne P. Salmon, PhD
Gary M. Nelson, MSW, DSW
The Challenges of Regulation in Long-Term Care
Jeff Horton
Jesse Goodman
Public Policy and Long-Term Care
Senator William R. Purcell, MD
Assuring the Adequacy of Staffing of Long-Term Care, Strengthening the Caregiving Workforce, and Making Long-Term Care a Career Destination of Choice: From Mission Impossible to Mission Critical?
Eleanor S. McConnell, PhD, RN, GCNS, BC
Deborah Lekan, RNC, MSN
Kirsten N. Corazzini,PhD
Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce in North Carolina
Susan Harmuth
Thomas R. Konrad, PhD
Identifying Challenges and Opportunities for the Long-Term Care Medical Practitioner
Jose Gonzalez, MD, CMD
"Rum Raisin, Monkey Crunch, and Mocha Frappucino Cherry With Gummy Bears on Top:" Striving for Personal Autonomy and Choice in a Regulated Long-Term Care Environment
Ken Burgess, JD
Innovations in North Carolina Skilled Nursing Care: New Uses of Technology and Approaches to the Routines of Care
Polly Godwin Welsh, RN-C
Carol Durham, RN, EdD, ANEF
Mandy Richards, RN, MSN, CCCN
Continuing Care Retirement Communities in North Carolina
Patricia E. Sprigg
Aging Independently: A Chapel Hill Perspective
Bill Herzog, MSPH
Glenn Wilson, MA
Nan Rideout, MS, MPH
Improving Quality of Long-Term Care: It is Time for Collaboration
Bob Jackson
Departments
Tarheel Footprints in Health Care:
Bonnie M. Cramer, MSW
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD
Philanthropy Profile:
Taking In-Service Learning Technologies into Nursing Homes: The Duke Endowment Supports Patient Care Simulator Training in North Carolina Skilled Nursing Facilities
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD
Polly Godwin Welsh, RN-C
Spotlight on the Safety Net:
Just for Us
Kimberly Alexander-Bratcher, MPH
Running the Numbers:
Long-Term Care and the Role of Informal Family Caregivers in North Carolina
Robert E. Meyer, PhD, MPH
Readers' Forum
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