Publications

The Eastern Maine Healthcare Community Health Needs Assessment with a Special Focus on Substance Abuse

a. Health Planning Report for Northern, Eastern, and Central Maine, November 2001

b. Health Planning Report for the Aroostook Region, November 2001

c. Health Planning Report for the Bangor Region, November 2001

d. Health Planning Report for the Central Region, February 2002

e. Health Planning Report for the Hancock Region, February 2002

f. Health Planning Report for the Knox-Waldo Region, January 2002

g. Health Planning Report for the Penquis Region, March 2002

h. Health Planning Report for the Washington Region, April 2002

A Health and Service Needs Assessment of the MetroWest Community, June 2000

Certificate of Need Project Report, Prepared for the Maine Department of Human Services, March 2001

Executive Summary: Cardiovascular Services Demand Needs Study, Prepared for the Maine Department of Human Services, September 2000

Public Health Preparedness

Health Alert Network (HAN) Assessment & Planning Project HAN Survey Summary, Submitted to the State of Maine Dept. of Human Services Bureau of Health by Maine Health Research Institute, University of Maine at Farmington, April 2003

National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) Implementation Project Plan, Submitted to the State of Maine Department of Human Services Bureau of Health

Disease Surveillance

Respiratory Health Indicators for Maine (RHIME) [website link]

Respiratory Health Indicators for Maine (RHIME), Annual Report, February 2004

Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN)

Pilot Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Implementation Plan Document for Maine’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Project, Submitted to the Maine Bureau of Health by Public Health Resource Group and the American Lung Association of Maine, November 23, 2003 DRAFT

Health and Environmental Database Review and Evaluation for Maine’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Project: Report on Maine’s Radon Database, Submitted to the American Lung Association of Maine by Public Health Resource Group, August 8, 2003 DRAFT

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA): A Survey of Massachusetts Lab Directors and Infection Control Practitioners, Prepared by Linda Han, Director, Bacteriology Laboratories State Laboratory Institute, MA DPH, November 2004

Research and Evaluation

Rural Maine Health Demonstration Project: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Initiative, Prepared for Eastern Maine Healthcare and the Institute for Medical Improvement, November 2004

The Impact of School-Based Tobacco and Substance Abuse Prevention Education in Maine (1998-2002) Final Report, Prepared for the Spurwink Center for Research, University of New England (UNE), November 1, 2002; the Final Report: Executive Summary is available as well [PHRG]

Evaluation of a Rural Community Primary Care Intervention Project to Improve Health and Reduce Expenditures, Presentation for the 128th Annual APHA Meeting, November 2000. Prepared by Public Health Resource Group, UNE/Spurwink Center for Research for the HEALTHY FUTURES Community Primary Care Project.