Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Katie Barnes

Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Biography

Katie Barnes is a research professor at the George Washington University (GWU) School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy. Professor Barnes has more than 20 years of public policy experience. Currently, she conducts research in a variety of issue areas related to the implementation of the new health reform law, including the public health and prevention provisions, delivery system reforms, quality improvement initiatives, and the health insurance exchange system.

Publications

HOPE Works: A Community-Based Obesity Intervention Addressing Social Determinants as Underlying Factors

Objectives: HOPE Works was an innovative, community-based participatory research (CBPR) intervention aimed at addressing health promotion and obesity in the context of social determinants for obese, low-income and minority rural North Carolina women. This study incorporated multiple social health determinants, including hope, which assesses partici... Read More»

Marci K. Campbell, Salli Benedict, Ziya Gizlice, Kristine Kelsey, Katie Barnes, Amy Ries, Brenda DeVellis and Barbara Harris

Research Article: J Community Med Health Edu 2012, 2:154

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000154

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