This Research |
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Our Research Team |
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Introduction |
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Edward N Brandt, Jr , M D , Ph D , Regents Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City |
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Chapter 1 |
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Uniquely Oklahoma |
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George E Foster, OD, Dean, College of Optometry, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah |
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Chapter 2 |
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What Is Health? |
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Michael Metzger, PhD, Director, Oklahoma Center for Policy Research, University of Central Oklahoma |
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Chapter 3 |
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Our State of Health |
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Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City
Leslie Beitsch, MD, JD, Commissioner of Health and State Health Officer;
Robert Vincent, PhD, Deputy Commissioner of Health, Special Projects;
Adeline Yerkes, BSN, MPH, Chief, Chronic Disease Service and Women's Health Liaison Contributors: Staff, Immunization Service;
Kelly Baker, MPH, Chief, Health Care Information;
Sue Mallonee, RN, MPH, Chief, Injury Prevention Service;
Diane Biard-Holmes, MSW, Coordinator, Public Health Workforce Development;
Carla Pohl, RN, MS, Director, Women’s Health, Maternal and Child Health Service;
Joyce Morris, PhD, Coordinator, Evaluation and Surveillance; Tobacco Control Prevention Service;
Marilyn Lanphier, RN, MPH, FSAM, Coordinator, Adolescence Health Program, Maternal and Child Health Service Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma City;
Terry Cline, PhD, Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services;
Tracy Leeper, MA, Grant Projects Manager Contributors;
Rebecca Moore, MS, Treatment Needs Assessment Project Manager;
Mark Reynolds, EdD, Data Projects Manager;
Steven Davis, PhD; Director, Decision Support Services |
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Chapter 4 |
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Is Health For Sale? |
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Kim Holland, Executive Vice President, The Quarles Group Insurance Brokerage and Consulting Services;
Gail Malone Human Resources Consultant |
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Chapter 5 |
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Biomedical Research |
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Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
J Donald Capra, MD, President;
Wade Williams, PhD, Special Assistant to the President;
Gerald Adams, Director of Communications;
Shari Hawkins, Manager of Internal Communications;
Lisa Day, Director of Government Affairs |
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Chapter 6 |
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Markets and Governments |
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Michael Metzger, PhD, Director, Oklahoma Center for Policy Research, University of Central Oklahoma |
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Chapter 7 |
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Thoughts About |
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PROVIDERS |
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Alternative Medicine
Lawrence H Altshuler, MD, Private Practice, Oklahoma City |
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Pharmacists Phil Woodward, RPh, Executive Director, Oklahoma Pharmacists Association Oklahoma City |
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Rural Hospitals Val Schott, President, National Rural Health Association Oklahoma City |
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Rural Physicians Steve Hinshaw, DO, Private Practice Waurika |
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School Nursing Julie Jack, RN, Sulphur Public Schools, Sulphur |
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EMPLOYERS |
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Corporate Oklahoma Patricia Podolec, SPHR, Human Resource Manager, Delta Faucet Company Chickasha |
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Small Business Dolley Rolland and Catherine Haynes, Owners, C&D Home Health Ponca City |
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PEOPLE |
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Seniors Mac McCrory, EdD, Director, OSU, Seratean Wellness Center Stillwater |
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Children & Youth Anne Roberts, Executive Director, Institute for Child Advocacy Oklahoma City |
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Hispanics María Carlota Palacios, LCSW, Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa, Tulsa |
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Native Americans Bernadine Tolbert, MD, Medical Director, OKC Area Indian Health Service, Oklahoma City |
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African-Americans Bernard Goodman and Larry Bowler, MD, Morton Health Center, Tulsa |
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Women Karen Wicker and Marla Schaefer, OSU, Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa |
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PHILOSOPHY |
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Community Planning Ed Kirtley, Past Chairman, Texas County Turning Point, Guymon |
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Philanthropy Michael Anderson, PhD, Presbyterian Health Foundation, Oklahoma City |
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Health Care Ethics, Linda Edmondson, LCSW, Executive Director, OK Assn for Health Care Ethics, Oklahoma City |
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Chapter 8 |
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A Sooner State Forecast |
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Stanley Hupfeld, FACHE, President & CEO, INTEGRIS Health, Inc |
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Chapter 9 |
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The Future |
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Tulsa
Mike Rhoads, Executive Vice-President;
Linda Sponsler, Vice President, Advertising/Public Relations;
Karen Langdon, Assistant General Counsel |
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Summary & Challenge |
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Michael Lapolla, Director, Center for Health Policy Research, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa |
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Appendices |
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Credits: Cover photo is per purchased license from Corbis Corporation; images of Will Rogers with permission of the Will Rogers Museum, Claremore, OK; photos in Chapter 5 provided by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; all other images are per clip art license agreement with Microsoft Corporation or in the public domain Pre-publication assistance by Marsha Kennedy, OSU Center for Health Policy Research, Center for Health Sciences |
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