SOST 500 : History of Health Services in the American South

Medicaid Expansion in the American South

• Association of Medicaid expansion with postpartum depression treatment in Arkansas. (2023).
• The distressed state of primary care in Virginia Pre-Medicaid expansion and pre-pandemic. (2021).
• Medicaid expansion slowed rates of health decline for low-incomes adults in southern states. (2020).

Rural Hospitals in the American South

• Labor and delivery unit Closures in rural Georgia from 2012 to 2016 and the impact on Black women: A mixed-methods investigation. (2022).
• Hospital geographic location and unexpected complications in term newborns in Florida. (2022).
• Assessment of the financial health of rural hospitals after implementation of the Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program. (2021). 

African American and Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia 

•  The Eighteen of 1918–1919: Black Nurses and the Great Flu Pandemic in the United States. (2019).  Just a couple paragraphs related to Appalachia.  

Frontier Nursing Service - For this topic, try CINAHL Complete and JSTOR databases.  

• Mary Breckinridge - A voice from the past. (2001).
• Saddle-bag and log cabin technic: The Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. (1938).  Note, not current!
• Mary Breckinridge: A pioneer who made her mark. (1981). Note, not current!
• Frontier Nursing Service: A historical perspective on nurse-managed care (1996).

Florida and Public Health Nursing

• Pioneer in Florida Public Health Nursing: The work of Joyce Ely, RN (2005)