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View the Final Report, titled Sexual Victimization Reported by Former State Prisoners, 2008
View the evolution of "The Evolution of the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program: State Plans to Enable Robust HIE".
Read the report from Health IT Coordinator Discussions, "Evaluation of the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program: Early Findings from a Review of Twenty-Seven States".
Read the Research Brief for the 2010 Census Integrated Communications Program Evaluation
Read the Final Report for "Establishing and Maintaining Public Health Infrastructure in Rural Communities"
Read the Policy Analysis Brief, "Establishing and Maintaining Rural Public Health Infrastructure"
Read the Census Bureau report on the 2010 Census Integrated Communications Program Evaluation.
Read the Policy Analysis Brief, "Rural Hospitals' Strategies for Achieving Compliance with HIPAA Privacy Requirements"
Read the report for the General Social Survey, Beliefs about God about God across Time and Countries by Tom W. Smith
View the final report for the Rural Health Research and Policy Center's project Capital Needs of Small Rural Hospitals