Impact

• Healthy People Healthy Carolinas Initiative, The Duke Endowment. To support community coalitions in their efforts to transform population health through collective impact, enhanced community capacity to implement evidence-based interventions, and monitoring performance metrics. Funding periods: 2015–2018 and 2019–2021.
• North Carolina Division of Public Health Innovative Approaches. To support the development of community-based and family-focused systems of care for families of children and youth with special health care needs. Funding periods: 2015–2018 and 2019–2021.
• African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation). To support assessment of the food environment in a rural county (Vance) as part of a pilot study to inform the Environments Supporting Healthy Eating (ESHE) Index metric of Community Commons. Funding period: 2015–2016.
• University Research Council, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. To conduct an evaluation of the Coordinated Approaches to Child Health (CATCH) program at Stovall-Shaw Elementary School. Funding period: 2016–2017.
• Community Health Grant, NC Office of Rural Health. To assure access to primary and preventive care to meet the health needs of our state’s most vulnerable populations. Funding periods: 2016–2017, 2017–2018, and 2018–2019.
• CNR Population Health Improvement Award (Duke Center for Nursing Research and Duke CTSI). DeStress for Health: Partnering with Granville Vance Counties to Decrease Stress.

Publications

• Coles T, Chen H, Des Marais A, Sachdeva N, Bush C, Macon Harrison L, Guthrie S. Patient-Centered Outcomes Associated With a Novel Office-Based Opioid Treatment Program in a District Health Department: Mixed Methods Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2023, 7:e40897. doi.org/10.2196/40897
• Duke University Department of Population Health Sciences, Granville Vance Public Health. Practical Guidance for Implementation of Office-Based Opioid Treatment through Primary Care at Local Health Departments. August 2022. Read the practice guide (PDF)
• Harrison LM, McClure F. Fighting the Opioid Epidemic in NC with Leadership, Compassion, and Creativity: Community Approaches. NC Medical Journal. 2018, 79(3):170-174. doi.org/10.18043/ncm.79.3.170
• Noonan D, Dardas L, Bice-Wigington T, Sloane R, Benjamin R, Choi S, Simmons L. Understanding multiple risk behaviors for cancer in rural women. Public Health Nursing. 2016, 33(6):481-574. doi.org/10.1111/phn.12282
• Samuel-Hodge CD, et al. Translation of a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for Mid-life, Low-Income Women in Local Health Departments. Obesity. 2013, 21(9):1764-1773. doi.org/10.1002/oby.20317
• Chen H, et al. Leveraging Policy Changes Made in Response to COVID-19 to Advance Telehealth and Novel Treatment Approaches for People Who Use Opioids: Qualitative Perspectives From Two Rural North Carolina Counties. North Carolina Medical Journal. 2023, 84(5).

Presentations

• Dickman K, Wilson L, Macon Harrison L. Collaborative approach to planning and implementation of rural syringe services program in North Carolina. Oral presentation at APHA’s 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting and Expo; Oct 2020. Watch the presentation
• Guthrie S, et al. HARM NOT — helping assess rural MOUD: novel office-based therapy in a rural North Carolina health department. Oral presentation at APHA’s 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting and Expo; Oct 2020. View the slides (PDF)

• Michener L, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alberti PM, Castaneda MJ, Castrucci BC, Harrison LM, et al. Engaging With Communities — Lessons (Re)Learned From COVID-19. Prev Chronic Dis. 2020, 17:200250. dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd17.200250

• Singh SR, Winterbauer NL, Tucker A, Harrison LM. Exploring Costing Methods for Environmental Health Services in North Carolina. Public Health Reports. 2017, 132(1):37-40. doi.org/10.1177/0033354916679985

Publications

• Owen R, Teppema S, Society of Actuaries Research Institute. Social, Physical and Cultural Determinants of Health: Their Incorporations into Actuarial Data and Workstreams. April 2023. Read the report (PDF)
• Wilson M, Massy J, Walker K, Harrison LM, Noonan D. Insights for Case Managers: The Need to Capture Better Data. Care Management. 2023, 29(10):8. Read in Care Management
• Noonan D, Fowler LA, Harrison LM, Allgood S, Biederman D. A personal reflection on an academic health department partnership. Public Health Nursing. 2022, 40(10):175-177. doi.org/10.1111/phn.13128
• Harrison LM, Noonan D, Samuel-Hodge CD. Elevating Public Health Practice through a Rural Academic Health Department Model. NACCHO Exchange. April 2022, 21(1):12. Read the article (PDF)
• Nowell B, Harrison LM. Leading change through collaborative partnerships: A profile of leadership and capacity among local public health leaders. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. 2011, 39(1):19-34. doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2011.530162

Presentations

• Harrison L, Noonan D. Academic partnerships expanding rural capacity, Granville Vance Public Health. NC Public Health Data Summit; May 2023; Winston-Salem, NC.
• Byrnes R, Harrison LM, Koontz L, Williams-Devane C, Saunders S. Local & State Energy and Synergy in Building the Future of Public Health. 2023 Public Health Leaders Conference of NCPHA; March 2023; Raleigh, NC.
• Noonan D, Mitchell E. Expanding Academic and Public Health Partnerships in Rural Virginia and North Carolina. American Public Health Nursing Association Annual Meeting; April 2019; Atlanta, GA.
• Noonan D, Fowler L. Collaborative and Mutually Beneficial Relationships: Expanding an Academic and Public Health Partnership in Rural North Carolina. NAPHNC Annual Meeting; Oct 2018.
• Noonan D, Terry T, Harrison LM, Guthrie S, Evans C, Fish L, Barret N, Pollak K. Partnering with Granville and Vance Counties to Reduce Stress. NIH meeting on Rural Cancer Control; May 2018; Bethesda, MD.
• Harrison LM, Samuel-Hodge CD, Wilfert R, Belflower Thomas A. Enhancing rural local public health capacity: Academic and community partnership. APHA Annual Meeting; November 2017; Atlanta, GA.

Publications

• Harrison LM, Kenney A. The Role of Local Health Departments in Women’s Health and the Opportunity to Improve Rural Maternal Health Outcomes. In: Cilenti D, et al. (eds). Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health. Oxford University Press, 2024.
• Samuel-Hodge CD, et al. A Mixed-Method Evaluation of a Rural Elementary School Implementing the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) Program. Nutrients. 2023, 15(12):2729. doi.org/10.3390/nu15122729
• Pope KJ, et al. Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities to promote healthy weight behaviors among preschool-aged children in two rural US communities. BMC Public Health. 2023, 1(53):1-13. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14770-w
• Yeo S, et al. Challenges of Integrating an Evidence-based Intervention in Health Departments to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain among Low-income Women. Public Health Nurs. 2016, 33(3):224-231. doi.org/10.1111/phn.12255

Presentations

• Samuel-Hodge C, et al. Evaluating the Coordinated Approaches to Child Health Program implementation in a rural elementary school. 2020 Rural Health Symposium; February 2020; Greenville, NC.
• Samuel-Hodge CD, et al. Why measuring the obesity status of rural NC elementary school children matters: the experience of a NC academic health department. APHA 2019 Annual Meeting & Expo; November 2019; San Diego, CA.
• Samuel-Hodge C, et al. Preliminary evaluation of CATCH program implementation in a rural elementary school with a large minority population. APHA 2019 Annual Meeting; November 2019; Philadelphia, PA.
• Yeo S, et al. Assessing health department capacity to implement an evidence-based behavior weight gain management intervention for pregnant women. NC Public Health Association Meeting; September 2015; Winston-Salem, NC.
• Yeo S, et al. Integrating Evidence-based Behavioral Weight Management Interventions in Health Departments to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain. NC Public Health Association Meeting; September 2014; Wilmington, NC.

Publications

• Samuel-Hodge CD, et al. A hybrid implementation-effectiveness study of a CHW-delivered cardiovascular disease risk reduction intervention among rural minority high-risk adults: the CHANGE Study. Am J Health Promot. 2022, 36(6):948-958. doi.org/10.1177/08901171221078272
• Samuel-Hodge CD, et al. Strengthening community-clinical linkages to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in rural NC: feasibility phase of the CHANGE Study. BMC Public Health. 2020, 20:264. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8223-x
• Allgood SD, Leeman J, Rosemond CA, Ammerman AS, Samuel-Hodge C, Cykert S. Reducing cardiovascular disease in a rural community. Public Health Nurs. 2019, 36(5):676-682. doi.org/10.1111/phn.12649
• Thomas T, Samuel-Hodge CD, Porterfield D, Alva ML, Leeman J. Scaling up Diabetes Prevention Programs in North Carolina: Perceptions of Demand from Potential Program Recipients and Providers. Diabetes Educ. 2019, 45(1):116-124. doi.org/10.1177/0145721718811564
• Alva ML, Samuel-Hodge CD, Porterfield D, Thomas T, Leeman J. A Feasibility Study of Supply and Demand for Diabetes Prevention Programs in North Carolina. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2017, 14:160604. dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160604

Presentations

• Crute P, Davis S, Dickman K, Harrison L, Samuel-Hodge C. Food security during the summer of COVID-19 in households with children attending Granville County Public Schools. NC Public Health Association 2020 Virtual Meeting; October 2020.
• Johnson A, Aymes S, Williams B, Samuel-Hodge C. Evaluation of the Minority Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Implementation in Rural North Carolina: 2017-2019 Region 7 Experience. NC Public Health Association 2020 Virtual Meeting; October 2020. [Award winner]
• Samuel-Hodge C, et al. Scaling up the Diabetes Prevention Program in rural North Carolina: Region 7 experience. APHA Annual Meeting & Expo; November 2018; San Diego, CA.

• Guthrie S. We are Unicorns — That Actually Exist. The North Carolina Family Physician. May 2023, 19(1):5-10. Read the article
• Weber L. Thousands of Experts Hired to Aid Public Health Departments Are Losing Their Jobs. KFF Health News. Nov 2022. Read the article
• Harrison L. COVID Toll on Public Health Workers Demands Investment in Public Health. Henderson Dispatch (op-ed). June 2022. Read the op-ed (PDF)
• Van Bronkhorst H. NACCHO President Lisa Macon Harrison Testifies Before House Subcommittee. NACCHO Voice. Nov 2021. Read the article
• Macon Harrison L. Community Engagement & Public Health. Voices from the Frontlines, Alliance Signature Program. Nov 2021. View the program
• Noble A. Public Health Workers Make Case for Student Loan Repayment Program. Route Fifty. Oct 2021. Read the article
• Yong E. We’re Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic. The Atlantic. Sept 2021. Read the article
• Ollove M. The Pandemic Has Devastated the Mental Health of Public Health Workers. Stateline. Aug 2021. Read the article
• Noonan, Fowler, Harrison. Highlighting PHN Response to COVID-19 at Granville Vance Public Health in North Carolina. APHN Newsletter. April 2021.
• Macon Harrison L. Public Health Workforce Burnout. Community Commons. 2021. Read the feature
• N.C. Local Public Health Leader Harrison Elected Board Vice President of NACCHO. Targeted News Service. July 2020. Read the article (PDF)
• Rural Health Care, Critical Topic In Oxford. The Butner-Creedmoor News. November 2023. Read the article

Granville Vance Public Health is contractually affiliated with the following universities to achieve the academic health department model:

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013) — GVPH models successful rural health partnerships
• Duke University (2018) — D-CHIPP community partner spotlight
• North Carolina Central University (2022)