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Kristin J. Leuschner
Researcher at RAND Corporation
Publications - 56
Citations - 707
Kristin J. Leuschner is an academic researcher from RAND Corporation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Public health. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 54 publications receiving 634 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristin J. Leuschner include University of California, Los Angeles.
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A Natural Experiment Opportunity in Two Low-Income Urban Food Desert Communities Research Design, Community Engagement Methods, and Baseline Results
TL;DR: The Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Eating, Shopping, and Health (PHRESH) is a longitudinal quasi-experimental study of a dramatic change in the food landscape of a low-income, predominantly Black neighborhood, which focused simultaneously on the conduct of scientifically rigorous research and the development and maintenance of trust and buy-in from the involved neighborhoods.
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Approach for conducting the longitudinal program evaluation of the US Department of Health and Human Services National Action Plan to prevent healthcare-associated infections: roadmap to elimination.
Katherine L. Kahn,Peter Mendel,Daniel A. Weinberg,Kristin J. Leuschner,Elizabeth M. Gall,Sari Siegel +5 more
TL;DR: The evaluation approach to assessing HHS’s progress and the challenges encountered as HHS attempted to transform the national strategy to HAI elimination are described, to inform the policy community about what works and why, and how future complex large-scale programs should be evaluated.
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Quality Improvement in Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Michael Seid,Debra Lotstein,Valerie L. Williams,Christopher Nelson,Kristin J. Leuschner,Allison L. Diamant,Stefanie Stern,Jeffrey Wasserman,Nicole Lurie +8 more
TL;DR: For QI to flourish and become standard practice, changes to the status quo are necessary and public health should build its capabilities in QI, enhance implementation, and align incentives to facilitate use of QI.
Resources and Capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide Timely and Accessible Care to Veterans.
Peter S. Hussey,Jeanne S Ringel,Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia,Rebecca Anhang Price,Christine Buttorff,Thomas W Concannon,Susan L. Lovejoy,Grant R. Martsolf,Robert S. Rudin,Dana Schultz,Elizabeth M. Sloss,Katherine E. Watkins,Daniel Waxman,Melissa Bauman,Brian Briscombe,James R Broyles,Rachel M. Burns,Emily K. Chen,Amy Soo Jin DeSantis,Liisa Ecola,Shira H. Fischer,Mark W. Friedberg,Courtney A. Gidengil,Paul B. Ginsburg,Timothy Gulden,Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez,Samuel Hirshman,Christina Y. Huang,Ryan Kandrack,Amii M. Kress,Kristin J. Leuschner,Sarah MacCarthy,Ervant J. Maksabedian,Sean Mann,Luke J. Matthews,Linnea Warren May,Nishtha Mishra,Lisa Miyashiro,Ashley N. Muchow,Jason Nelson,Diana Naranjo,Claire E O'Hanlon,Francesca Pillemer,Zachary Predmore,Rachel Ross,Teague Ruder,Carolyn M. Rutter,Lori Uscher-Pines,Mary E Vaiana,Joseph V Vesely,Susan D. Hosek,Carrie M. Farmer +51 more
TL;DR: An assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs current and projected health care capabilities and resources showed that VA health care quality was as good or better on most measures compared with other health systems, but quality performance lagged at some VA facilities.
Learning from Experience: The Public Health Response to West Nile Virus, SARS, Monkeypox, and Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the United States
Michael A. Stoto,David J. Dausey,Lois M. Davis,Kristin J. Leuschner,Nicole Lurie,Sarah Myers,Stuart S. Olmsted,Karen A. Ricci,M S Ridgely,Elizabeth M. Sloss,Jeffrey Wasserman +10 more
TL;DR: Four recent disease outbreaks from 1999 to 2003 provide a rare opportunity to assess the quality of the public health response and to gain insights into overall preparedness for a bioterrorist attack.