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Research on

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Frank E. (2008). A new way to train and support the world’s health workers. Medscape General Medicine; 10(9):219.
https://bit.ly/3rMVklz [article and video]

Galway L, Corbett K, Takaro T, Tairyan K, Frank E. (2014). A novel integration of online and flipped classroom instructional models in public health higher education. BMC Medical Education. https://bit.ly/2Z8xXag

Coops N, Marcus J, Costrut I, Frank E, Kellett R, Mazzi E, Munro A, Nesbit S, Riseman A, Schultz A, Sipos Y. (2015). How an entry-level, interdisciplinary sustainability course revealed the benefits and challenges of a university-wide initiative for sustainability education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. https://bit.ly/3naQPxq

Clair V, Mutiso V, Musau A, Frank E, Ndetei D. (2016). Online learning improves substance use care in Kenya: Randomized control trial results and implications. Annals of Global Health. May 2016. https://bit.ly/3n7HmHc

Frank E, Tairyan K, Everton M, Chu J, Goolsby C, Hayes A, Hulton A. (2016). A Test of the First Course (Emergency Medicine) that is Globally Available for Credit and for Free. Healthcare. https://bit.ly/3DT1u6w

Nadkarni A, Weobong B, Weiss HA, et al. (2017). Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (London, England). https://bit.ly/2Z2LArF

Patel V, Weobong B, Weiss HA, et al. (2017). The Healthy Activity Program (HAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for severe depression, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (London, England). https://bit.ly/3B38lss

Rossa-Roccor, V, Malatskey, L, Frank, E. (2017). NextGenU.org’s Free, Globally Available Online Training in Lifestyle Medicine. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. https://bit.ly/3BWSe0x

Heller R, Madhok R, Frank E. (2018). Building Public Health Capacity through Online Global Learning. Open Praxis. https://bit.ly/3vpwrfH

Clair V, Rossa-Roccor V, Mokaya AG, Mutiso V, Musau A, Tele A, Ndetei D, Frank E. (2019). Peer and Mentored Enhanced Web-Based Training on Substance Use Disorders: A Promising Approach in Low-Resource Settings to Teach Knowledge and Skills and Decrease Stigma. Psychiatric Services. https://bit.ly/3G4irgn

Tsuei S, Frank E. (2019). Becoming a Health Advocate: An Interview with Erica Frank. https://bit.ly/3AYNfeq

World Health Organization. (2020). Call to Action: Addressing the 18 million health worker shortfall. Submission 2 (pgs 5-7). https://bit.ly/3n7K3IO

Frank E. (2020). NextGenU.org: the first globally free degree, a Master’s in Public Health. European Journal of Public Health, 30, S5, ckaa165.023. https://bit.ly/3GrtJug

Ewing H, Chickering M, Burner L, Keating SA, Berland A, Frank E. 2020. Notes from the Field: ‘Nurses International’ Uses OER to Support Nurse Educators. J Learning for Development. 7(3), 459-466. https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/425

Frank E, Chickering M. 2022. NMA, NextGenU.org, and Enhancing Diversity in Medical Education Through Pipeline and Parallel Programs. Journal of the National Medical Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2021.08.018

Clair V, Atkinson K, Musau A, Mutiso V, Bosire E, Gitongo I, Small W, Ndetei D, Frank E. 2022. Implementing and Sustaining Brief Addiction Medicine Interventions with the Support of a Quality Improvement Blended-eLearning Course: Learner Experiences and Meaningful Outcomes in Kenya. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction https://rdcu.be/cObzy

Clair V, Rossa-Roccor V, Mutiso V, Musau A, Rieders A, Frank E, Ndetei D. Blended-eLearning impact on health worker stigma toward alcohol, tobacco and other psychoactive substance users. In revision. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.

Clair V, Musau A, Mutiso V, Tele A, Atkinson K, Ndetei D, Frank E, Blended-eLearning Improves Alcohol Use Care in Kenya: pragmatic randomized control trials results and parallel qualitative study implications. In revision. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.

Atkinson K, Bosire E, Clair V, Frank E, Musau A, Mutiso V, Ndetei D. Quality Improvement Through Online Learning: positive learners’ experiences and impacts on their service provision for alcohol, tobacco, and other substance use disorders in Africa. In revision, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.

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