Policymaking in Children's Health and Mental Health (Local, State and Federal)

​State Legislators' Support for Behavioral Health Parity Laws: The Influence of Mutable and Fixed Factors at Multiple Levels.  Purtle J, Lê-Scherban F, Wang XI, Shattuck PT, Proctor EK, Brownson RC.Milbank Q. 2019 Nov 11. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12431.	Read more here
Earmarked Taxes as a Policy Strategy to Increase Funding for Behavioral Health ServicesPurtle J, Stadnick NA. Psychiatr Serv. 2019 Oct 8:appips201900332.	Read more here
​State Legislators' Opinions About Adverse Childhood Experiences as Risk Factors for Adult Behavioral Health Conditions. Purtle J, Lê-Scherban F, Wang X, Brown E, Chilton M.  Psychiatr Serv. 2019 Oct 1;70(10):894-900.	Read more here
Public opinion about evidence-informed health policy development in U.S. CongressPurtle J.  Transl Behav Med. 2019 Jun 18. pii: ibz083.	Read more here
State mental health agency officials' preferences for and sources of behavioral health researchPurtle J, Lê-Scherban F, Nelson KL, Shattuck PT, Proctor EK, Brownson RC.  Psychol Serv. 2019 Jun 13.	Read more here
Big City Health Officials' Conceptualizations of Health EquityHenson RM, McGinty M, Juliano C, Purtle J.J Public Health Manag Pract. 2019 Jul/Aug;25(4):332-341.	Read more here
The Impact of Law on Syndromic Disease Surveillance Implementation Purtle J, Field RI, Hipper T, Nash-Arott J, Chernak E, Buehler JW.  J Public Health Manag Pract. 2018 Jan/Feb;24(1):9-17. ​	Read more here
Audience segmentation to disseminate behavioral health evidence to legislators: an empirical clustering analysisPurtle J, Lê-Scherban F, Wang X, Shattuck PT, Proctor EK, Brownson RC.  Implement Sci. 2018 Sep 19;13(1):121.	​Read more here
Understanding Policymakers' Opinions Can Help Foster Policy ChangePurtle J, Henson RM, Carroll-Scott A, Kolker J, Joshi R, Diez Roux AV.Am J Public Health. 2018 Sep;108(9):e6.	​Read more here
​Legislators' Sources of Behavioral Health Research and Preferences for Dissemination: Variations by Political PartyPurtle J, Dodson EA, Nelson K, Meisel ZF, Brownson RC.Psychiatr Serv. 2018 Oct 1;69(10):1105-1108.	​Read more here
Trends in Children's Mental Health Services Research Funding by the National Institute of Mental Health From 2005 to 2015: A 42% Reduction.  Hoagwood KE, Atkins M, Kelleher K, Peth-Pierce R, Olin S, Burns B, Landsverk J, Horwitz SM.  J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2018 Jan;57(1):10-13.	Read more here
Inter-Agency Strategies Used by State Mental Health Agencies to Assist with Federal Behavioral Health Parity ImplementationPurtle J, Borchers B, Clement T, Mauri A.J Behav Health Serv Res. 2018 Jul;45(3):516-526.	​Read more here
A Response to Proposed Budget Cuts Affecting Children's Mental Health: Protecting Policies and Programs That Promote Collective EfficacyHoagwood KE, Atkins M, Horwitz S, Kutash K, Olin SS, Burns B, Peth-Pierce R, Kuppinger A, Burton G, Shorter P, Kelleher KJ.Psychiatr Serv. 2018 Mar 1;69(3):268-273.	​Read more here
Population Mental Health and Community Violence: Advancing the Role of Local Health Departments.  ​Purtle J.Am J Public Health. 2017 Sep;107(9):1358-1360.	​Read more here
An audience research study to disseminate evidence about comprehensive state mental health parity legislation to US State policymakers: protocol.  Purtle J, Lê-Scherban F, Shattuck P, Proctor EK, Brownson RC.  Implement Sci. 2017 Jun 26;12(1):81.	​Read more here
​Mapping "Trauma-Informed" Legislative Proposals in U.S. Congress.  Purtle J, Lewis M.  Adm Policy Ment Health. 2017 Nov;44(6):867-876.	​Read more here
State-to-State Variation in SSI Enrollment for Children With Mental Disabilities: An Administrative and Ethical Challenge.  Hoagwood KE, Zima BT, Buka SL, Houtrow A, Kelleher KJ.  Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Feb 1;68(2):195-198.	​Read more here
Factors Perceived as Influencing Local Health Department Involvement in Mental Health.  Purtle J, Peters R, Kolker J, Klassen AC.Am J Prev Med. 2017 Jan;52(1):64-73.	Read more here
Infusing Science into Politics and Policy: The Importance of Legislators as an Audience in Mental Health Policy Dissemination Research.  Purtle J, Brownson RC, Proctor EK.Adm Policy Ment Health. 2017 Mar;44(2):160-163.	​Read more here
Uses of Research Evidence by State Legislators Who Prioritize Behavioral Health Issues.  Purtle J, Dodson EA, Brownson RC.  Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Dec 1;67(12):1355-1361.	Read more here
​Supplemental Security Income for Children With Mental DisabilitiesKelleher KJ, Stein RE, Hoagwood KE.Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):e20153342.	​Read more here
​A review of policy dissemination and implementation research funded by the National Institutes of Health, 2007-2014.  Purtle J, Peters R, Brownson RC.Implement Sci. 2016 Jan 4;11:1.	​Read more here
Matched Child Savings Accounts in Low-Resource Communities: Who Saves? Karimli L, Ssewamala FM, Neilands TB, McKay MM.  Glob Soc Welf. 2015 Jun;2(2):53-64. 5 Apr 9.	​Read more here
Socio-contextual Determinants of Research Evidence Use in Public-Youth Systems of Care.  Garcia AR, Kim M, Palinkas LA, Snowden L, Landsverk J.Adm Policy Ment Health. 2016 Jul;43(4):569-78.	​Read more here
National quality measures for child mental health care: background, progress, and next steps.  Zima BT, Murphy JM, Scholle SH, Hoagwood KE, Sachdeva RC, Mangione-Smith R, Woods D, Kamin HS, Jellinek M. Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;131 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S38-49.	Read more here
Public-academic partnerships: a public-academic partnership to support a state mental health authority's strategic planning and policy decisionsSalerno A, Dixon LB, Myers RW, Smith AM, Lamberti JS, Jewell TC, Essock SM. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Dec;62(12):1413-5. ​	​Read more here
Economic evaluation research in the context of Child Welfare policy: a structured literature review and recommendations.  Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Snowden LR, Wulczyn F, Landsverk J, Horwitz SM.  Child Abuse Negl. 2011 Sep;35(9):722-40. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.05.012. Epub 2011 Sep 23.	​Read more here
Barriers to depression treatment among low-income, Latino emergency department patients.  Wells A, Lagomasino IT, Palinkas LA, Green JM, Gonzalez D.Community Ment Health J. 2013 Aug;49(4):412-8.	​Read more here
Evaluating child welfare policies with decision-analytic simulation models.  Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Bailey SL, Hurlburt MS, Zhang J, Snowden LR, Wulczyn F, Landsverk J, Horwitz SM.  Adm Policy Ment Health. 2012 Nov;39(6):466-77.	​Read more here
African American children's perceptions of HIV-focused community-based participatory researchTraube DE, Cederbaum JA, Kerkorian D, Bhupali C, McKay MM.  J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2013 Feb;8(1):79-90.	​Read more here
​Aligning Research and Policy on Social-Emotional and Academic Competence for Young ChildrenNadeem E, Maslak K, Chacko A, Hoagwood KE.  Early Educ Dev. 2010 Oct;21(5):765-779.	Read more here