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Primary Care and Mental Health Integration Research
Primary Care and Mental Health Integration Research

PHS led research and evaluation that demonstrated how interventions to support relationship-building and organizational culture are essential to primary care and mental health integration. This implementation research was done in collaboration with colleagues at John’s Hopkins University, Nationwide Children Hospital, and American Academy of Pediatrics. It was part of Dr. King’s doctoral research at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with her advisor, pediatrician and child psychiatrist Dr. Larry Wissow.

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People-Centered Health CaMelissa KingHealth Care and Policy Research
Behavioral Health Screening and Follow-Up in Massachusetts
Behavioral Health Screening and Follow-Up in Massachusetts

An important aim of the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) is to improve access to behavioral health screening and community-based services for youth enrolled in MassHealth. Dr. King conducted longitudinal data analyses and designed a series of static and animated maps in ArcGIS to tell the story of how health care access changed over the first three years of the initiative. The maps were used to help identify opportunities to improve health equity.

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People-Centered Health CaMelissa KingHealth Care and Policy Research, Data Visualization and Storytelling