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PUBLICATIONS

SELECTED STAFF PUBLICATIONS

Articles for the Scientific Literature

Boller K, Harding J. Child Care: Policy, Characteristics, and Associations With Children’s Development. Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, 2nd ed. 2020;271-280. Epub 2020 March 11. Available from: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128093245236754. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Brito A, Boller K. Changing the Pediatric Paradigm: Focusing on Strengths. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2020;67(2):247-258. Epub 2020 Feb 28. Available from: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031395519301865. Accessed August 14, 2020.

Budde KS, Friedman D, Alli K, Randell J, Kang B, Feuerstein SD. Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care in Two New Jersey Federally Qualified Health Centers. Psychiatric Services. 2017;68(11):1095-1097. Epub 2017 Oct 2. Available from: https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ps.201700240. Accessed September 14, 2020.

Chaple M, Sacks S, Randell J, Kang B. A Technical Assistance Framework to Facilitate the Delivery of Integrated Behavioral Health Services in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2016;60:62-9. Epub 2015 Sep 9. Available from: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26422450/. Accessed August 14, 2020.

Riley-Ayers S. Reflections on ECFC’s Deep Dive into the DC Early Learning System. Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, August 2019. Available from: www.ecfunders.org/dc-early-learning-reflections/. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Book Chapters

Jeffers RM, Chesnakov C, Lavizzo-Mourey R. Leading the Nation to Adopt a Culture of Health. In: O’Dowd M, Charbonneau R, Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Health Care and Public Health. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers University Press, 2021.

Thomas D, Chesnakov C. Using Journalism to Impact Personal Health One Column at a Time. In: O’Dowd M, Charbonneau R, Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University. Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Health Care and Public Health. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers University Press, 2021.

Reports and White Papers

Hoover MS. Dollars and Sense: A Resource Guide on Funding Reentry Employment Programs for Returning Offenders. Fairfax (VA): Self-Sufficiency Resource Clearinghouse, 2008. Available at: https://selfsufficiencyresearch.org/content/ dollars-and-sense%E2%80%94-resource-guide-funding-reentry-employment-programs-returning-offenders. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Relli M, Crotty M, Brito A, Wei W. Moving Telehealth Forward in New Jersey. September, 2021. Available at: https://www. thenicholsonfoundation.org/sites/default/files/The_Nicholson_Foundation_Moving_Telehealth_Forward_in_New-Jersey_ FINAL_9_16_21.pdf. Accessed September 23, 2021.

Blogs and Op-Eds

Etiebet M, McWeeney W, Boller K, Weiss A. We Are Collaborating and Innovating to Save Mothers’ Lives: N.J. Coalition. The Star-Ledger, October 28, 2019. Op-ed. Available from: https://www.nj.com/opinion/2019/10/we-are-collaboratingand-innovating-to-save-mothers-lives-nj-coalition.html. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Nicholson J. Using Travel as a Teaching Tool, and a Lever for Change. Health Affairs Grantwatch Blog. January 21, 2016. Available from: www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20160121.052796/full/. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Randell J, Cahill R. Redesigning New Jersey’s Medicaid Program: Philanthropy Steps Up. Health Affairs Grantwatch Blog. March 21, 2017. Available from: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20170321.059277/full/. August 23, 2021.

Randell J, Mazon Jeffers R. Pain Care as a Catalyst for Primary Care Transformation. Health Affairs Grantwatch Blog. September 8, 2016. Available from: www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20160908.056401/full/. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Randell J, Jacobi J. State Licensing and Reimbursement Barriers to Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration: Lessons From New Jersey. Health Affairs Grantwatch Blog. April 7, 2016. Available from: www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20160407.054383/full/. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Randell J. New Jersey’s Approach to Medicaid ACOs Is an Experiment Worth Watching. Health Affairs Blog. August 25, 2015. Available from: www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20150825.050120/full/. Accessed August 23, 2021.

PUBLICATIONS SPONSORED BY THE NICHOLSON FOUNDATION

Articles for the Scientific Literature

Bonnevie E, Morales O, Rosenberg S, Goldbarg J, Silver M, Wartella E, Smyser J. Evaluation of a Campaign to Reduce Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in New Jersey. Preventive Medicine. 2020;136:106062. Epub 2020 March 20. Available from: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743520300864?via%3Dihub. Accessed August 23, 2021.

Cantor J, Chakravarty S, Nova J, Kelly T, DeLia D, Tiderington E, Brown R. Medicaid Utilization and Spending among Homeless Adults in New Jersey: Implications for Medicaid Funded Tenancy Support Services. The Milbank Quarterly. 2020;98:106-130. Available from: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0009.12446. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Nicholson J. Community Health Collaboratives: Supporting Innovation in Public Policy, Care Delivery, and Coordination. Population Health Management. 2013;16(1):S2-S3. Epub 2013 Sep 26. Available from: www.liebertpub.com/doi/ pdf/10.1089/pop.2013.1683. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Traba C, Pai S, Bode S, Hoffman B. Building a Community Partnership in a Pandemic: NJ Pediatric Residency Advocacy Collaborative. Pediatrics. 2021;147(4): e2020012252. Available from: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/ content/147/4/e2020012252. Accessed September 15, 2021.

Reports and White Papers

All Our Kin. New Jersey Family Child Care Landscape Report. New Haven (CT): November 2018.

Brownie S, Cantor J, Lloyd K. Challenges to Improving Local Health System Performance: Social Indicators of Well-Being in 13 Low-Income New Jersey Communities. Data Brief. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, December 2013. Available from: www.cshp.rutgers.edu/Downloads/10210.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Chakravarty S. Behavioral Health Conditions in Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, February 2015. Available from: www.cshp.rutgers.edu/Downloads/10660.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Chakravarty S, Cantor J, Tong J, DeLia D, Lontok O, Nova J. Hospital Utilization Patterns in 13 Low Income Communities in New Jersey: Opportunities for Better Care and Lower Cost. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, March 2013. Available from: www.cshp.rutgers.edu/Downloads/9810.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Chakravarty S, Cantor J, Tong J. Avoidable Hospital Utilization, High Use and Cost in 13 Low-Income New Jersey Communities: Further Analysis by Payer. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, March 2014. Available from: www.cshp.rutgers.edu/Downloads/10350.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Chakravarty S, Cantor J, Walkup J, Tong J. Role of Behavioral Health Conditions in Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, November 2014. Available from: www.cshp.rutgers.edu/ Downloads/10530.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Cherington M, Dravid N, Hawthorne M. Developing Targeted Interventions to Advance Maternal Health in a Geographic Medicaid Accountable Care Organization: Lessons from the Implementation of Camden Delivers, October 2016. Available from: www.camdenhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Camden-Delivers-White-Paper-v2.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Child Care Connection. Steps to Quality: A Grow NJ Kids Family Child Care Initiative, Year Three Report. Trenton (NJ): Child Care Connection, August 2017. Available from: www.childcareconnection-nj.org/pdf/STQ%20Year%203%20 Report.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Coogan M, Dellanno D, Parello N, Rice C. Grow NJ Kids: First Steps Toward Quality Child Care. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, May 2014. Available from: acnj.org/downloads/2014_05_01_childcareqrisreport.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

DeLia D, Lloyd K. Sources of Variation in Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost across Low-Income Communities in New Jersey. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, July 2014. Available from: www.cshp.rutgers.edu/ Downloads/10470.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

DeLia D, Yedidia M, Lontok O. Year 1 of the New Jersey Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project: Assessment of Operations and Care Management Strategies. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, February 2017. www.cshp.rutgers.edu/Downloads/11150.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Dellanno D. Expensive, Frustrating and Scary: Parents Reveal the Realities of Finding Child Care for Babies in NJ. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, February 2018. Available from: files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED596163.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Dellanno D. Within Our Reach: Financing High-Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers in New Jersey. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, February 2019. Available from: www.acnj.org/downloads/2019_03_22_within_our_ reach_louise_stoney_recommendations.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Dellanno D, Brady K, Kaiser J. No Room for Babies: Center-Based Infant-Toddler Child Care in Short Supply. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, May 2017. Available from: www.acnj.org/downloads/2017_05_30_no_more_room_for_ babies.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Dellanno D, Brady K, Kaiser J. Quality Costs How Much? Estimating the Cost of Quality Child Care in New Jersey. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, April 2017. Available from: www.acnj.org/downloads/2017_04_25_Quality%20 Costs%20How%20Much_reduced.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Friedman-Krauss AH, Hallam R. Infant and Toddler Child Care Data Needs in New Jersey. New Brunswick (NJ): National Institute for Early Education Research, January 2021. Available from: https://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ITC_ ResearchPaper_Infant-and_Toddler_Child_Care_Data_Needs_in_New_Jersey.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Hallam RA. Prior Caregiving Arrangements of Young Children Entering Pre-Kindergarten in Newark, NJ Public Schools in 2017. Newark (NJ): The Nicholson Foundation, February 2017. Available from: https://thenicholsonfoundation.org/sites/ default/files/Caregiving_in_Newark_report.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Hogan VK, Lee E, Asare LA, Banks B, Benitez Delgado LE, Bingham D, Brooks PE, Culhane J, Lallo M, Nieves E, Rowley DL, Karimi-Taleghani PH, Whitaker S, Williams TD, Madden-Wilson J. The Nurture NJ Strategic Plan. Trenton (NJ): The State of New Jersey, 2021. Available from: https://nurturenj.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210120-Nurture-NJStrategic-Plan.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Hogan VK, Lee E, Asare LA, Banks B, Benitez Delgado LE, Bingham D, Brooks PE, Culhane J, Lallo M, Nieves E, Rowley DL, Karimi-Taleghani PH, Whitaker S, Williams TD, Madden-Wilson J. The Nurture NJ Year-One Playbook. Trenton (NJ): The State of New Jersey, 2021. Available from: https://nurturenj.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210120-Year-OnePlan.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Horm DM. Overview of the Infant-Toddler Workforce. New Brunswick (NJ): National Institute for Early Education Research, December 2019. Available from: https://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Workforce_final.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Houston R, McGinnis T, Dees B, DeLia D. The New Jersey Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Business Planning Toolkit. Hamilton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., June 2013. Available from: www.chcs.org/resource/thenew-jersey-medicaid-accountable-care-organization-business-planning-toolkit-2/. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Isaacs J, Lauderback E, Greenberg E. Public Spending on Children in New Jersey: An Analysis from the Urban Institute’s State-by-State Spending on Kids Dataset. Washington (DC): Urban Institute, April 2021. Available from: https://www. urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104122/public-spending-on-children-in-new-jersey-an-analysis-from-theurban-institutes-state-by-state-spending-on-kids-dataset_1.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Jacobi JV. New Jersey’s Medicaid ACO Pilot Program: Moving Forward. Newark (NJ): Seton Hall Law Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, June 2014. Available from: www.law.shu.edu/Health-Law/upload/nj-medicaid-aco-pilot-programmoving-forward-06302014.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Lloyd K, DeLia D, Cantor J. Use of Emergency Departments (EDs) for Non-traumatic Oral Care in New Jersey, 2008- 2010. New Brunswick (NJ): Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, March 2014. Available from: www.cshp.rutgers.edu/ Resources/EventPresentations/ED%20for%20Non-traumatic%20Oral%20Care%20in%20NJ.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Recommendations of the New Jersey Perinatal Care During COVID-19 Work Group. Princeton (NJ): New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, May 2020. Available from: www.njhcqi.org/wp-content/ uploads/2020/05/Recommendations-of-the-New-Jersey-Perinatal-Care-During-COVID-19-Work-Group-1.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Assessing Feasibility of Nurse Practitioner Practices: A Toolkit for New Jersey Communities. Princeton (NJ): New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, April 2016. Available from: www.njhcqi.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/01/TOOLKIT-FINAL.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Medicaid ACOs in New Jersey. Princeton (NJ): New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, December 2019. Available from: www.nationalcomplex.care/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NJHCQI-MedicaidACO-Value-Proposition-Packet-REDUCED.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Medicaid 2.0 Blueprint for the Future. Princeton (NJ): New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, March 2017. Available from: www.njhcqi.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Medicaid-2.0-Blueprint-forthe-Future_3-3-17-1.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. A Road Map to Redesign the New Jersey Medicaid ACOs to Form Regional Health Hubs. Princeton (NJ): New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, June 2019. Available from: www.njhcqi.org/wpcontent/uploads/2019/06/NJHCQI_RHHRoadMap_Report_FINAL.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Parello N, Dellanno D, Hellriegel N. Meeting New Jersey’s Child Care Challenge: A Kids Count Special Report. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, December 2013. Available from: www.acnj.org/downloads/2013_12_01_ kidscountchildcarereport.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Rice C. Keeping the Promise of Preschool for New Jersey’s Children. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, February 2013. Available from: www.acnj.org/downloads/2013_02_01_KeepingThePromiseofPrek.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Schulman K. Financing High-Quality Infant-Toddler Care. New Brunswick (NJ): National Institute for Early Education Research, December 2019. Available from: https://nieer.org/2020/03/10/financing-high-quality-infant-toddler-care. Accessed August 24, 2021.

The New Jersey Funders ACEs Collaborative, FSG. Adverse Childhood Experiences: Opportunities to Prevent, Protect Against, and Heal from the Effects of ACEs in New Jersey. July 30, 2019. Available from: www.aces-report.burkefoundation.org/ wp-content/uploads/2019-NJ-ACEs-Opportunities-Report.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

The Public Good Projects. Unhealthy Diet Media Campaign. Final Survey Findings. New York (NY): The Public Good Projects, December 2018. Available from: https://njsugarfreed.org/files/final-report-year-1.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Zalkind C. The ABCs of Preschool: Lessons Learned from New Jersey. Newark (NJ): Advocates for Children of New Jersey, May 2013. Available from: www.acnj.org/downloads/2013_05_01_ABCsOfPreschool.pdf. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Blogs and Op-Eds

Friedman-Krauss AH. My Search for the Holy Grail: High Quality Infant Care: Part I. Preschool Matters Today Blog. New Brunswick (NJ): National Institute for Early Education Research, November 15, 2019. Available from: http://nieer. org/2019/11/15/my-search-for-the-holy-grail-high-quality-infant-care-part-i. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Friedman-Krauss AH. My Search for the Holy Grail: High Quality Infant Care: Part II. Preschool Matters Today Blog. New Brunswick (NJ): National Institute for Early Education Research, November 22, 2019. Available from: http://nieer. org/2019/11/22/my-search-for-the-holy-grail-high-quality-infant-care-part-ii. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Friedman-Krauss AH. What Must We Do Right Now for Child Care Providers? Preschool Matters Today Blog. New Brunswick (NJ): National Institute for Early Education Research, March 25, 2020. Available from: https://nieer. org/2020/03/25/what-must-we-do-right-now-for-child-care-providers. Accessed August 24, 2021.

Pai S, Traba C. Training Next-Generation NJ Pediatricians to Address Effects of Childhood Trauma. NJ Spotlight News, February 12, 2021. Available from: https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/02/aces-adverse-childhood-experiencespediatricians-trauma-lifelong-repercussions-parents-teens-stress. Accessed August 24, 2021.