Improving the Network Scale-Up Estimator: Incorporating Means of Sums, Recursive Back Estimation, and Sampling Weights Patrick Habecker , Kirk Dombrowski, Bilal Khan Researchers interested in studying populations that are difficult to reach through traditional survey methods can now draw on a range of methods to access
Creating a Community of Practice to Prevent Suicide Through Multiple Channels: Describing the Theoretical Foundations and Structured Learning of PC CARES Lisa Wexler,1 Diane McEachern,2 Gloria DiFulvio,1 Cristine Smith,1 Louis F. Graham,1,3 and Kirk Dombrowski4 It is critical to develop practical, effective, ecological, and decolonizing approaches to
A Method for Determining the Size of the Underground Cash Economy for Commercial Sex in Seven US Cities Bilal Khan, Mitch Downey, Meredith Dank, Kirk Dombrowski, In The Oxford Handbook of The Economics of Prostitution, pp. 348-368. Oxford University Press
Why Is The Opioid Epidemic Hitting Rural America Particularly Hard? by Luke Runyon, Harvest Public Media
Editor: Mark Aldenderfer, University of California, Merced Relocation Redux: Labrador Inuit Population Movements and Inequalities in the Land Claims Era Kirk Dombrowski, Patrick Habecker, G. Robin Gauthier, Bilal Khan, and Joshua Moses The importance of community relocation experiences for aboriginal land claims movements is well documented; the role
On November 29th, Lexington High School held their first YouRhealth community health fair. YouRhealth is just one of the ways that UNL Minority Health Disparities Initiative (MHDI) is building long-term relationships with rural communities. With Rural Futures Institute (RFI) support, we are working with the
A new article was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer that focuses on one of Puerto Rico's solutions to the heroin crisis--a program called "AirBridge" which exports addicts to mainland cities, like Philadelphia, promising beautiful treatment facilities and jobs. Unfortunately, the reality addicts find in Philly is
The United States is battling the biggest heroin epidemic in decades. CNN's Deborah Feyerick traveled the country to find the people and the towns fighting the war against the drug that has taken on a new, powerful form and is indiscriminately claiming the lives of
Partner-switching and Strategy-updating: A coevolving network model of free trade negotiation Hsuan-Wei Lee & Huan-Kai Tseng Abstract This study develops a generalized coevolving network model to explain the evolution of multilateral free trade negotiation and the conditions under which a global FTA is most likely to emerge. Our formal and simulation
The BHECN/MHDI Statewide Pilot Project: Cost-Savings of Behavioral Health Trained Community Health Workers has recently completed data collection. The project began collecting data on June 1, 2016 aimed at evaluating the short-term cost effectiveness of behavioral health trained community health workers (CHWs) and use this evaluation