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Addiction Treatment Facilities Serving Older Adults and Availability of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Description:
Purpose: Despite the increasing prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) among older adults, there is limited knowledge regarding both the availability of addiction treatment facilities …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Morgan, Alexandria (creator)
Walker, Erica (Reader)
Moyo, Patience (Advisor)
Brown University. Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Opioid use disorder
older adults
addiction treatment facilities
medications for opioid use disorder
Collection:
Health Services, Policy & Practice
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults: Gaps, Challenges, and Solutions

Description:
Testimony of Patience Moyo Dow and Francesca Beaudoin submitted to the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on opioid use disorder in older adults …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Patience Moyo Dow (Author)
Francesca Beaudoin (Author)
Subject:
Opioid Use Disorder
older adults
Collection:
Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR) Digital Collection
Full Record

Assessing Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults in New England

Description:
Older adults face increased health risks from extreme weather events. Even though these risks are worsened by chronic health conditions and limited mobility, many emergency …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Aysun Akhundlu (Author)
Eliza Rego (Author)
Emily Gadbois (Author)
Subject:
older adults
emergency preparedness
extreme weather
Collection:
MPH Applied Public Health Experience
Full Record

Association between Home Modifications and Having Fallen in the Past Year Among Adults Ages 65+ that Live in Private Residences, NHATS 2015

Description:
The purpose of this study is to quantify the association between home modifications and falls amongst older adults living in private residences with recent data …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Davoodi, Natalie (Author)
Subject:
older adults
falls
home modifications
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Data documentation for Effects of Initiating Different Antidepressant Subclasses on Motor Vehicle Crash Risk Among Older Adults with Depression

Description:
Data documentation for Effects of Initiating Different Antidepressant Subclasses on Motor Vehicle Crash Risk Among Older Adults with Depression
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Khan, Marzan A. (Author)
Joyce, Nina R. (Author)
Pfeiffer, Melissa R. (Author)
Riester, Melissa R. (Author)
Ott, Brian R. (Author)
Oganisian, Arman (Author)
Curry, Allison E. (Author)
Margolis, Seth A. (Author)
Zullo, Andrew R. (Author)
Subject:
depression
older adults
Motor Vehicle Crashes
Antidepressants
Collection:
Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research Data
Brown University Open Data Collection
Full Record

Data documentation for Psychotropic Prescribing among Community-dwelling Older Adults with Dementia after the Implementation of Federal Policies

Description:
Data documentation for Psychotropic Prescribing among Community-dwelling Older Adults with Dementia after the Implementation of Federal Policies
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Coe, Antoinette B. (Author)
Zhang, Tingting (Author)
Zullo, Andrew R. (Author)
Gerlach, Lauren B. (Author)
Daiello, Lori A. (Author)
Varma, Hiren (Author)
Lo, Derrick (Author)
Joshi, Richa (Author)
Bynum, Julie P.W. (Author)
Shireman, Theresa I. (Author)
Subject:
dementia
older adults
Psychotropics
Collection:
Brown University Open Data Collection
Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research Data
Full Record

Do They Know What They Are Taking? Evaluating Medication Literacy and Self-Management Among Geriatric Patients With Polypharmacy

Description:
Background: The burden of chronic disease and expanded pharmacologic treatment options result in polypharmacy in older adults. Complex medication regimens and limited medication understanding contribute …
Year:
2026
Contributor:
Eunsol Moon (author) (Author)
Thomas Bledsoe, MD (mentor), Therese Zink, MD (mentor) (Author)
Genre:
instructional posters
Subject:
polypharmacy
medication literacy
geriatric patients
medication self-management
health literacy
outpatient primary care
medication reconciliation
older adults
quality improvement
medication adherence
medication knowledge
patient safety
primary care
Brown Internal Medicine
medication tracking
EHR discrepancy
Collection:
Gateways to Medicine, Health Care, and Research
Full Record

Evaluating Associations Between Loneliness and Healthcare Utilization

Description:
Background: Loneliness is on the rise in the U.S., leading to increased risk of death equivalent to smoking ~15 cigarettes a day, decreased engagement in …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Gulley, Gulley (Creator)
Subject:
loneliness
HRS
older adults
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Evaluating Associations Between Loneliness and Healthcare Utilization

Description:
Background: Loneliness is on the rise in the U.S., leading to increased risk of death equivalent to smoking ~15 cigarettes a day, decreased engagement in …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Gulley, Blythe (Author)
Subject:
loneliness
HRS
older adults
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
Full Record

Hot and Dirty Air: The Joint Effects of Heat and Pollution on the Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalization in Older Adults

Description:
Background: Climate change is having dramatic effects on human health, particularly with rising temperatures in the US and globally. Previous research has found associations of …
Year:
2026
Contributor:
Stevens, Jake (creator)
Just, Allan (Advisor)
Zigler, Corwin (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Epidemiology
Medicare
extreme heat
climate health
older adults
Air pollution
joint effects
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Patient and Caregiver Experiences of Novel Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimer’s disease in Rhode Island

Description:
Background & Aims In 2022, the FDA approved anti-amyloid therapies (AATs) for Alzheimer’s disease. AATs require biweekly or monthly infusions and routine MRI monitoring due …
Year:
2026
Contributor:
Thomas, Lauren Sydney (creator)
Couch, Dr. Elyse (Advisor)
Gadbois, Dr. Emily (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease--Treatment
older adults
Anti-Amyloid Therapies
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE-RI) Preventative Care and Health Outcomes Project

Description:
As a Public Health Intern with PACE-RI, I assisted with Phase 2 of a quality improvement project. We designed instruments and collected and analyzed survey …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Lily Rayor (Author)
Dennis Correia (Author)
Subject:
health literacy
older adults
Healthcare Delivery
Collection:
MPH Applied Public Health Experience
Full Record

The Impact of the Medicare Shared Savings Program on Fall Prevention Services and Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Description:
Introduction: Falls among older adults are common, costly, and preventable, yet uptake of screening and multifactorial interventions is limited. This dissertation (1) develops and validates …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Baird, Courtney Elizabeth (creator)
Gozalo, Pedro (Advisor)
Ryan, Andrew (Reader)
Berry, Sarah (Reader)
Goldberg, Elizabeth (Reader)
Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Medicare
Aging
Accountable care organizations (Medical care)
health services research
older adults
falls
Falls (Accidents)--Prevention
Falls (Accidents) in old age--Prevention
Collection:
Public Health
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

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