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Research

Alison's research contributions have focused on translating science to practice. A listing of formal presentations and publications can be found below.

Presentations & Publications

Poster Presentations

  • Kraus, A., Orson, W., and Billings, S. (2017). Engaging Patients in Care Coordination (EPICC): Connecting Opioid Overdose Survivors From Emergency Departments to Evidence-Based Substance Use Treatment Services. Poster presented at 10th Annual Conference of the Institute for Public Health; St. Louis, MO.

  • Kraus, A., Haywood, S., Mooring, A., and Orson, W. (2016). Emergency Room Enhancement: A Cross-Setting Behavioral Health Approach to Improved Outcomes for High Utilizers of Care. Poster presented at 9th Annual Conference of the Institute for Public Health; St. Louis, MO. (Recipient of the Outstanding Poster Award)

  • Kraus, A., Jackson-Beavers, R., Haywood, S., and Orson, W. (2016). Bridges to Care and Recovery: A Practice-Based Exploration of Supporting African American Behavioral Health Through Faith Communities. Poster presented at 9th Annual Conference of the Institute for Public Health; St. Louis, MO.

  • Marcal, K. E., Fowler, P.J, Hovmand, P., and Kraus, A. (2014). System dynamics of family homelessness: Implications for prevention and community intervention. Poster presented at 7th Annual Conference of the Institute for Public Health; St. Louis, MO.

  • Hovmand, P.S., Rouwette, E.A.J.A., Andersen, D.F., Richardson, G.P. and Kraus, A. (2013) Scriptapedia Version 4.0.6. Paper presented at the 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA

Publications

  • Homa, H. Rose, J., Hovmand, P.S., Cherng, S.T., Riolo, R.L., Kraus, A., Biswas, A., Burgess, K., Aungst, H., Stange, K. (2015). A participatory model of the paradox of primary care. Annals of Family Medicine, 13, 456-465. PMCID: PMC4569454 

  • Rose, J., Homa, H., Hovmand, P.S., Kraus, A., Biswas, A., Burgess, K., Aungst, H., Cherng, S.T., Riolo, R.L., and Stange, K. "Boundary Objects for Participatory Group Model Building of Agent-Based Models," 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2015, pp. 2950-2959, doi: 10.1109/HICSS.2015.357.

Other Contributions

Recognized contributor to:

  • Rodebaugh, T.,  Heimberg, R., Schultz, L., Blackmore, M. The moderated effects of video feedback for social anxiety disorder, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Volume 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 663-671,ISSN 0887-6185,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.04.007.

  • Rodebaugh, T.,  Jakatdar, T., Rosenberg, A., L., Heimberg, R.. Thinking about social situations: The moderated effects of imposing structure,, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-163, ISSN 0005-7967, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.10.019.

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Current Research Interests

Mental Health, Substance Use, Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health, and Strategic Planning in Healthcare and Public Health 

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