School of Public Health Research Briefs

In an ongoing effort to disseminate research findings to the public health community, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health offers Research Brief, an update of research by members of the school’s faculty. The following Research Briefs are by faculty in the Division of Health Policy and Management.

Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, “Behavioral Impact of Graduated Driver Licensing on Teenage Driving Risk and Exposure” (Oct 2009)

Roger Feldman, Ph.D., Professor, “Should HPV Vaccine Be Used on a National Scale?” (Sep 2009)

A. Marshall McBean, Xinhua Yu, Beth A. Virnig, “The impact of the diagnosis of colorectal cancer and prior behavior on screening mammography use among elderly women” (Feb 2009)

John A. Nyman, Ph.D., Professor, “The Conversion of Discrete Self-Reported Health Status Levels into Health-Related Quality-of-Life Weights” (Nov 2008)

William Riley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, “Why the Blood Donor Pool is Shrinking: Estimating the Prevalence of Donor Exclusion Factors on the Pool of Potential Blood Donors” (Jan 2008)

Jeffrey S. McCullough, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, “Monitoring Technology and Firm Boundaries: Physician-Hospital Integration and Technology Utilization” (Sep 2007)

Karen M. Kuntz, Sc.D., Professor, “Using Mathematical Models for Cancer Control: An Example of Colorectal Cancer” (Jan 2007)