Mental Health Expert. Author. Nurse Scientist.
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Check out Michelle’s recent publications and interviews On Topics including:
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities:
Banda, James, Vaudeva, Scotton Franklin, Thoumi, & Cholera. (2024). Building Equitable Mental Health Care for Latino Children: Perspectives from Providers and Communities. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Buck, Hurewitz, Scotton Franklin. (2024). Workforce Perspective on Racial and Ethnic Equity in Early Childhood Autism Evaluation and Treatment: “The cornerstone of everything we do”. Autism.
Richards, Benson, Kozloff, & Scotton Franklin. (2023). Remodeling Broken Systems: Addressing the National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Psychiatric Services.
Maslow, Dolor, Scotton Franklin, et al. (2023). A Road Map for Accelerating Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Using PCORnet. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
French, Bush, Jones, Greiner, Copeland, Davis, Scotton Franklin, Heilbron, & Maslow. (2022). Psychotropic Prescribing Patterns for Pediatric Patients Enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid. Psychiatric Services.
Scotton Franklin, Bush, Jones, et al. (2022). Inequities in Receipt of the North Carolina Medicaid Waiver among Individuals with Intellectual Disability or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH):
Stilwell, Scotton Franklin, Buck, et al. (2023). Early Childhood Housing Instability & Homelessness in North Carolina: Landscape and Recommendations to Address Unmet Needs. Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy.
Hurewitz, Suarez, Buck, Scotton Franklin, Gifford, Sanders-Schmidler, & Cholera. (2023). Cross-Sector Intervention Strategies to Target Childhood Food Insecurity in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal.
Interviews:
NC Health News: Study Finds Racial, Geographic Inequities among Recipients of NC Disability Services.
NC Health News: Judges’ order gives NC 10 years to provide more at-home disability services.
Michelle is committed to:
LovIng people well
Partnering with others to decrease the suffering within us, between us, and around us
Helping people and their families Achieve optimal Health and functioning through research and Science Communication
Dr. Scotton Franklin is a Nurse Scientist who Focuses on Helping people Be seen and supported so they can live Life on their Own terms and achieve optimal health and functioning.
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