The Ties That Bind: The Relationships Among Members in Nine Ohio HEALing Communities Coalitions

Jill Davis1, Pamela Salsberry, Biswajit Padhi

  • 1Author Affiliations : Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Davis); Health Behavior and Health Promotion, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Salsberry); Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Padhi); The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio (Slover and Harness); Center for Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Stephens); Recovery Ohio, Columbus, Ohio (Baden); Battelle Center for Science, The John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Frazier); Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Roberts and Yamoah); University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (Dr Surratt); Social Intervention Group, School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York (Dr Hunt); RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Dr Glasgow and Holloway); ClineEpi Partners, Columbia, Maryland (Dr Oga); and The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Freisthler).

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