PAUL KOEGEL
1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
310.393.0411 x6203
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1982, Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles M.A., 1977, Anthropology,
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., 1975, Queens College, City University of New York
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Present Position:
1998 – Pres. Associate Director, Health, RAND, Santa Monica, California
1996 – Pres. Senior Behavioral Scientist
Previous Positions:
1996-1998 Group Manager (Behavioral Sciences), Research Staff Management Department,
RAND, Santa Monica, California
1994-1995 Behavioral Scientist, RAND, Santa Monica, California
1991-1993 Associate Behavioral Scientist, RAND, Santa Monica, California
1986-1991 Assistant Research Anthropologist, Department of Psychiatry, University of
California, Los Angeles
1984-1986 Behavioral Science Consultant, Program Development Bureau, Los Angeles County,
Department of Mental Health
1979-1984 Staff Research Associate III, Socio-Behavioral Group, Mental Retardation Research
Center, University of California, Los Angeles
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Professional Associations:
Academy Health
American Anthropological Association
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Psychological Anthropology
American Public Health Association
Caucus on Homelessness
Editorial Services:
Editorial Board of Social Services Review
Committee Services:
Past Member of NIMH Services in Non-Specialty Settings Review Panel
HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS:
APHA Caucus on Homelessness Research Award, December 2005
HAAF Protecting the Legacy Award, February 2005
RAND Presidents Award, 2007
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED:
Co-Director, Partnership Support Unit, Community Engagement Research Program, University
of California, Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UCLA CTSI), National
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Institutes of Health, 2011-2016
Principal Investigator, Network Core, UCLA/RAND NIMH Center for Research on Quality in
Managed Care, National Institutes of Mental Health, 2008 – 2013.
Investigator, Community Partners In Care, National Institutes of Mental Health, 2007-2012.
Principal Investigator (evaluation subcontract), Community Model for Homeless Mentally Ill,
California Endowment, 2001-2004.
Co-Principal Investigator, Network Integration, National Institute of Mental Health, 2000-2001.
Co-Principal Investigator, Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1999-2000.
Principal Investigator, Public Sector Costs of Homeless Alcoholics, National Institute of Alcohol
Abuse & Alcoholism, 1999-2001.
Co-Principal Investigator, Improving HIV Treatment for the Severely Mentally Ill, National
Institute of Mental Health, 1996-2001.
Key Investigator, Research Center on Managed Care for Psychiatric Disorders, National
Institute of Mental Health, 1995-1998.
Key Investigator, Promotion of Officers by Race and Gender, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
1995.
Key Investigator, Access to Care for Homeless Women of Reproductive Age, Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research, 1995-1998.
Principal Investigator, Public Sector Costs of the Homeless Mentally Ill, National Institute of
Mental Health, 1994-1998.
Key Investigator, Assessment of Training and Human Resource Issues in the American Red
Cross, American Red Cross, 1994.
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of the Characteristics of the Participants in the LAC-DMH
Partners Program, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 1994-1998.
Key Investigator, Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: Options and
Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1993.
Co-Principal Investigator, Reducing Inner City Drug Markets and Violence, Rockefeller
Foundation, 1992-1993.
Principal Investigator, Public Sector Services Among Homeless Adults in Houston, Hogg
Foundation for Mental Health Research, 1992.
Key Investigator, Physical Health and Medical Care in a Homeless Cohort, National Center for
Health Services Research, 1991-1996.
Co-Principal Investigator, Course of Homelessness Among the Seriously Mentally Ill, National
Institute of Mental Health, 1989-1996.
Principal Investigator, Adaptation of the Homeless Mentally Ill, State of California Department of
Mental Health, 1986-1991.
Principal Investigator, Alcoholism and Homelessness: Secondary Analyses of Data from Los
Angeles' Skid Row, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1986-1987.
Co-Principal Investigator, The Mentally Ill Homeless on Skid Row, National Institute of Mental
Health, 1984-1986.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A. Peer Reviewed Research Papers:
Koegel, P. "Life history: A vehicle toward a holistic understanding of deviance," Journal of
Community Psychology, 9:162-176, 1981.
Koegel, P., & Edgerton, R.B. "Labeling and the perception of handicap among black mildly
retarded adults," American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 87:266-276, 1982.
Koegel, P., Farr, R.K., & Burnam, M.A. "Heterogeneity in an inner-city homeless population: A
comparison between individuals in traditional skid row locations and in voucher hotel rooms,"
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 10(2):31-45, 1986.
Farr, R.K., Koegel, P. & Burnam, M.A., A Study of Homelessness and Mental Illness in the Skid
Row Area of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Department of Mental Health, 1986.
Koegel, P., & Burnam, M.A. "Traditional and nontraditional homeless alcoholics," Alcohol
Health and Research World, 11:28-33, 1987.
Koegel, P., Ethnographic Perspectives on Homeless and Homeless Mentally Ill Women,
Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health, 1987.
Koegel, P., & Burnam, M.A., The Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence among
Homeless Individuals: Findings from the Inner-City of Los Angeles, Rockville, MD: National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1987.
Burnam, M.A., & Koegel, P. "Methodology for obtaining a representative sample of homeless
persons: The Los Angeles Skid Row Study," Evaluation Review, 12:117-152, 1988.
Koegel, P., & Burnam, M.A. "Alcoholism among homeless adults in the inner city of Los
Angeles," Archives of General Psychiatry, 45:1011-1018, 1988.
Koegel, P., Burnam, M.A., & Farr, R.K. "The prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders among
homeless individuals in the inner-city of Los Angeles," Archives of General Psychiatry,
45:1085-1092, 1988.
Robertson, M.J., Koegel, P., & Ferguson, L. "Alcohol use and abuse among homeless
adolescents in Hollywood," Contemporary Drug Problems, 16:415-452, 1989.
Koegel, P., Burnam, M.A., & Farr, R.K. "Subsistence adaptation among homeless adults in the
inner-city of Los Angeles," Journal of Social Issues, 46:83-107, 1990.
Rahimian, A., Wolch, J.R., & Koegel, P. "A model of homeless migration: Homeless men in skid
row, Los Angeles," Environment and Planning , 24:1317-1336, 1992.
Koegel, P. "Through a different lens: An anthropological perspective on homelessness and
mental illness," Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 16:1-27, 1992.
Koegel, P., & Sullivan, G., Public Sector Services Among Homeless Adults in Houston: A Pilot
Study, Austin, TX: The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Research, 1992.
Rosenheck, R., & Koegel, P. "Characteristics of veterans and nonveterans in three samples of
homeless men," Hospital & Community Psychiatry, 44:858-863, 1993.
Wolch, J.R., Rahimian, A., & Koegel, P. "Daily and periodic mobility patterns of the urban
homeless," Professional Geographer, 45(2):159-169, 1993.
Koegel, P. "Analogous experience of domestic police and fire departments," in Sexual
Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: Options and Assessment, Santa Monica, CA:
National Defense Research Institute, RAND, MR-323-OSD, 1993.
Snow, D.A., Anderson, L., & Koegel, P. "Distorting tendencies in research on the homeless,"
American Behavioral Scientist, 37:461-475, 1994.
American Red Cross Study Group (Rostker, B., Bennett, J., Ehrenberg, R., Handler, J., Kahan,
J., Koegel, P., Mack, M., Petersen, J., Snyder, C. & Zellman, G.), An Assessment of Training
and Human Resources at the American Red Cross Blood Services. Project Memorandum,
PM-231-ARC, April, 1994.
Weinberg, D. & Koegel, P. "Impediments to recovery in treatment programs for dually
diagnoses homeless adults: an ethnographic analysis," Contemporary Drug Problems,
22:193-236, 1995.
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Koegel, P., Melamid, E., & Burnam, M.A. “Childhood risk factors for homelessness among
homeless adults,” American Journal of Public Health, 85(12):1642-1649, 1995.
Burnam, M.A., McGlynn, E.A., Morton, S.C., Stecher, B.M., and Koegel, P. Evaluation of
Treatment Options for the Dually Diagnosed: Final Report, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, DRU974-NIAAA, 1995.
Wenzel, S.L., Koegel, P., & Gelberg, L. “Access to substance abuse treatment for homeless
women of reproductive age,” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 28(1):17-30, 1996.
Wenzel, S.L., Ebener, P.A., Koegel, P., & Gelberg, L. “Drug-abusing homeless clients in
California’s substance abuse treatment system,” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 28(2):147159, 1996.
Weinberg, D. & Koegel, P. “Social model treatment and individuals with dual diagnoses: An
ethnographic analysis of therapeutic practice,” Journal of Mental Health Administration,
23:272-287, 1996.
Marshall, G.N., Burnam, M.A., Koegel, P., Sullivan, G., & Benjamin, B. “Objective life
circumstances and life satisfaction: Results from the Course of Homelessness study,” Journal
of Health and Social Behavior, 37:44-58, 1996.
Koegel, P., Burnam, M.A., & Morton, S.C. "Enumerating homeless people: Alternative
strategies and their consequences," Evaluation Review, 20:378-404, 1996.
Fichter, M.M., Koniarczyk, M., Greifenhagen, A., Koegel, P., Quadflieg, N., Wittchen, H.-U., &
Wölz, J. “Mental illness in a representative sample of homeless men in Munich, Germany,”
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 246:185-196, 1996.
Cohen, A. and Koegel, P. "The influence of alcohol and drug use on the subsistence adaptation
of homeless mentally ill persons," Journal of Drug Issues, 26(1):219-243, 1996.
Gelberg, L., Panarites, C.J., Morgenstern, H., Leake, B., Andersen, R.M., and Koegel, P.
“Tuberculosis skin testing among homeless adults,” Journal of General Internal Medicine,
12:25-33, 1997.
Gelberg, L., Gallagher, T.C., Andersen, R.M., Koegel, P. “Competing priorities as a barrier to
medical care among homeless adults in Los Angeles,” American Journal of Public Health,
87(2):217-220, 1997.
Gallagher, T.C., Andersen, R.M., Koegel, P., Gelberg, L., “Determinants of regular source of
care among homeless adults in Los Angeles,” Medical Care, 35(8):814-830, 1997.
Young, A. S., Sullivan, G., Murata, D., Sturm, R., Koegel, P. “Implementing publicly funded risk
contracts with community mental health organizations,” Psychiatric Services, 49:1579-1584,
1998.
Muñoz, M., Vázquez, C., Koegel, P., Sanz, J., Burnam, M.A. “Differential patterns of mental
disorders among the homeless in Madrid (Spain) and Los Angeles (USA),” Social Psychiatry
and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 33:514-520, 1998.
Schoeni, R.F., Koegel, P., “Economic resources of the homeless: Evidence from Los Angeles,”
Contemporary Economic Policy, XVI:295-308, 1998.
Koegel, P., “La perspectiva antropológica como enfoque diferente de los enfermos sin hogar*
(Through a different lens: an anthropological perspective on the homeless mentally ill),”
Intervención Psicosocial, 7(1):27-46, 1998.
Fichter, M., Quadflieg, N., Koniarczyk, M., Greifenhagen, A., Wolz, J., Koegel, P., Wittchen, HU. "Psychische erkrankung bei obdachlosen männern und frauen in Munchen," (Mental
illness in homeless men and women in Munich) Psychiatrische Praxis, 26:76-84, 1999.
Sullivan, G., Koegel, P., Kanouse, D.E., Cournos, F., McKinnon, K., Young, A.S., Bean, D. “HIV
and people with serious mental illness: the public sector’s role in reducing HIV risk and
improving care,” Psychiatric Services, 50:648-652, 1999.
Koegel, P., Sullivan, G., Burnam, A., Morton, S.C., & Wenzel, S. “Utilization of mental health9
and substance abuse services among homeless adults in Los Angeles,” Medical Care,
37(13):306-317, 1999.
Kapur, K., Young, A.S., Murata, D., Sullivan, G., Koegel, P. “The economic impact of capitated
care for high utilizers of public mental health services: The Los Angeles Partners Program
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experience,” Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 26(4):416-429, 1999.
Stein, J., Andersen, R. M., Koegel, P., and Gelberg, L. “Predicting health services utilization
among homeless adults: a prospective analysis,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and
Underserved, 11(2):212-230, 2000.
Wenzel, S., Koegel, P., and Gelberg, L. “Antecedents of physical and sexual victimization
among homeless women: a comparison to homeless men,” American Journal of Community
Psychology, 28(3):367-390, 2000.
Sullivan, G., Burnam, A., Koegel, P., Hollenberg, J. “Quality of life of homeless persons with
mental illness: Results from the Course-of-Homelessness Study,” Psychiatric Services,
51(9):1135-1141, 2000.
Sullivan, G., Burnam, A., Koegel, P. “Pathways to homelessness among the mentally ill,” Social
Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 35:444-450, 2000.
Sullivan G., Young A.S., Fortney S., Tillipman D., Murata D., Koegel P. “Managed care in the
public sector: Lessons learned from the Los Angeles PARTNERS Program,” The Journal of
Behavioral Health Services & Research, 28(2):155-163, 2001.
Sullivan, G., Dumenci, L., Burnam, A., Koegel, P. “Validation of the Brief Instrumental
Functioning Scale in a homeless population,” Psychiatric Services, 52(8):1097-1099, 2001.
Gelberg, L., Leake, B.D., Lu, M.C., Andersen, R.M., Wenzel, S.L., Morgenstern, H., Koegel, P.,
Browner, C.H. “Use of contraceptive methods among homeless women for protection against
unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases: prior use and willingness to use in
the future,” Contraception, 63:277-281, 2001.
Wenzel, S.L., Burnam, M.A., Koegel, P., Morton, S.C., Miu, A., Jinnett, K.J., Sullivan, J.G.
“Access to inpatient or residential substance abuse treatment among homeless adults with
alcohol or other drug use disorders,” Medical Care, 39(11):1158-1169, 2001.
Wolf, J., Burnam, A., Koegel, P., Sullivan, G., Morton, S. “Changes in subjective quality of life
among homeless adults who obtain housing: a prospective examination,” Social Psychiatry
and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36(8):391-398, 2001.
Booth, B.M., Sullivan, G., Koegel, P., Burnam, A., “Vulnerability factors for homelessness
associated with substance dependence in a community sample of homeless adults,”
American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 28(3), 429-452, 2002.
Muñoz, M., Koegel, P., Vázquez, C., Sanz, J., Burnam, A., “An empirical comparison of
substance and alcohol dependence patterns in the homeless in Madrid (Spain) and Los
Angeles (CA, USA),” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 37:289-298, 2002.
Bird, C.E., Jinnett, K.J., Burnam, M.A., Koegel, P., Sullivan, G., Wenzel, S.L., Ridgely, M.S.,
Morton, S.C., Miu, A. “Predictors of contact with public service sectors among homeless
adults with and without alcohol and drug disorders,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63(6):716725, 2002.
Tucker, J.S., Kanouse, D.E., Miu, A., Koegel, P., Sullivan, G. “HIV risk behaviors and their
correlates among HIV-positive adults with serious mental illness,” AIDS and Behavior,
7(1):29-40, 2003.
Fortney, J., Sullivan, G., Williams, K., Jackson, C., Morton, S.C., Koegel, P. “Measuring
continuity of care for clients of public mental health systems,” Health Services Research,
38(4):1157-1175, 2003.
Wagner, G.J., Kanouse, D.E., Koegel, P., Sullivan, G. “Adherence to HIV antiretrovirals among
persons with serious mental illness”. AIDS Patient Care STDS, 17(4):179-186, 2003.
Wagner, G .J., Kanouse, D.E., Koegel, P., Sullivan, G. “Correlates of HIV antiretroviral
adherence in persons with serious mental illness” AIDS Care, 16(4):501-6, 2004.
Young, AS. Chinman, MJ, Cradock-O’Leary, JA, Sullivan, G, Murata, D, Mintz J, Koegel, P.
“Characteristics of individuals with severe mental illness who use emergency services,”
Community Mental Health Journal, 41:159-168, 2005.
Young, A.S., Sullivan, G., Bogart, L.M., Koegel, P, Kanouse, D.E. “Needs for services reported
by adults with severe mental illness and HIV,” Psychiatric Services. 56: 99-101, 2005.
Croghan, T.W., Schoenbaum, M., Sherbourne, C.D., Koegel, P. “A framework to improve the
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quality of treatment for depression in primary care,” Psychiatric Services. 57: 623-630, 2006.
Sullivan G, Kanouse D, Young AS, Han X, Perlman J, Koegel P. Co-location of health care for
adults with serious mental illness and HIV infection. Community Mental Health Journal, 42(4):
345-361, 2006.
Fremont, A.M., Young, A.S., Chinman, M., Pantoja, P., Morton, S., Koegel, P., Sullivan, G.,
Kanouse, D. Differences in HIV care between patients with and without severe mental illness.
Psychiatric Services. 58:5: 681-688, 2007.
Jones, L., M., Barbara, Koegel, P, Lucas-Wright, A.,Young-Brinn, A, Terry, C., and Norris, K.,
"Work through the Valley: Plan," Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 19, No. 4 Suppl 6, 2009 Autumn,
2009, pp. S6-31-38.
Wells, K., Koegel, P., Jones, L., and Meade, B., "Work through the Valley: Evaluate," Ethnicity
& Disease, Vol. 19, No. 4 Suppl 6, 2009 Autumn, 2009, pp. S6-47-58.
Jones, L., Meade, B., Norris, K., Lucas-Wright, A., Jones, F., Moini, M., Jones, A., and Koegel,
P., "Develop a Vision," Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 19, No. 4 Suppl 6, 2009 Autumn, 2009, pp.
S6-17-30.
Jones, L., Wells, K., Norris, K. Meade, B., and Koegel, P., "The Vision, Valley, and Victory of
Community Engagement," Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 19, No. 4 Suppl 6, 2009 Autumn, 2009,
pp. S6-3-7.
Alegría, M., Wong, Y., Mulvaney-Day, N., Nillni, A., Proctor, E., Nickel, M., Jones, L., Green, B.,
Koegel, P., Wright, A., and Wells, K. “Community-based partnered research: New Directions
in Mental Health Services Research,” Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 21, No.3 Suppl 1, Summer
2011, pp. S1-8-16.
Chung, B., Ong, M., Ettner, S. L., Jones, F., Gilmore, J., McCreary, M., Sherbourne, C., Ngo, V.,
Koegel, P., Tang, L., Dixon, E., Miranda, J., Belin, T. R. and Wells, K., "12-Month Outcomes
of Community Engagement Versus Technical Assistance to Implement Depression
Collaborative Care: A Partnered, Cluster, Randomized, Comparative Effectiveness Trial",
Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 161, No. 10 Suppl, pp. S23-34, 2014.
B. Chapters:
Koegel, P., & Kernan, K.T. "Issues affecting the involvement of mildly retarded adults in
competitive employment," in K.T. Kernan, M.J. Begab, & R.B. Edgerton (eds.), Environments
and Behavior: The Adaptation of Mentally Retarded Persons. Baltimore: University Park
Press, 1983.
Koegel, P., & Whittemore, R.D. "Sexuality in the ongoing lives of mildly retarded adults," in A.
Craft & M. Craft (eds.), Sex Education and Counseling for Mentally Handicapped People,
Baltimore: University Park Press, 1983.
Koegel, P., & Edgerton, R.B. "Black `six hour retarded children' as young adults," in R.B.
Edgerton (ed.), Lives in Process: Mentally Retarded Adults in a Large City, American
Association on Mental Deficiency Monograph, No. 6, C.E. Meyers, General Editor, 1984.
Kernan, K.T., & Koegel, P. "Employment experiences of community-based mildly retarded
adults," in R.B. Edgerton (ed.), Lives in Process: Mentally Retarded Adults in a Large City,
American Association on Mentally Deficiency, Monograph No. 6, C.E. Meyers, General
Editor, 1984.
Koegel, P. "Social support and individual adaptation: A diachronic perspective," in L.L.
Langness & H. Levine (eds.), Negotiating Competence in Everyday Life: Life Histories of
Mildly Retarded Persons in American Society, Netherlands: D. Reidel, 1986.
Koegel, P. "You are what you drink: Evidence of socialized incompetence in the life of a mildly
retarded adult," in L.L. Langness & H. Levine (eds.), Negotiating Competence in Everyday
Life: Life Histories of Mildly Retarded Persons in American Society, Netherlands: D. Reidel,
1986.
Koegel, P. & Burnam, A. "Getting nowhere: Homeless people, aimless policy," in J.B.
Steinberg, D.W. Lyon & M.E. Vaiana (eds.), Urban America, Policy Choices for Los Angeles
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and the Nation, RAND, 1992.
Koegel, P. "Understanding homelessness: An ethnographic approach," in R.I. Jahiel (ed.),
Homelessness: A Prevention-oriented Approach, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1992.
Koegel, P. & Sherman, D. "Assessing and treating homeless mentally ill adults," in D. Wood
(ed.), Delivering Health Care to Homeless Persons: A Guide to the Diagnosis and
Management of Medical and Mental Health Conditions, New York: Springer Publishing, 1992.
Koegel, P. & Gelberg, L. "Providing health care to homeless individuals: A patient-oriented
approach," in D. Wood (ed.), Delivering Health Care to Homeless Persons: A Guide to the
Diagnosis and Management of Medical and Mental Health Conditions, New York: Springer
Publishing, 1992.
Koegel, P., & Burnam, M.A. "Problems in the assessment of mental illness among the
homeless: An empirical approach," in M.J. Robertson & M. Greenblatt (eds.), Homelessness:
A National Perspective, New York: Plenum Press, 1992.
Cohen, A. & Koegel, P. "Homelessness: The anthropological perspective," in C.R. Ember & M.
Ember (eds.), Research Frontiers in Anthropology, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: PrenticeHall, 1994.
Koegel, P., Burnam, M.A. & Baumohl, J. "The causes of homelessness," in J. Baumohl (ed.)
Homelessness in America, Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1996.
Koegel, P. "Lessons from the experience of domestic police and fire departments," in J.B. Jobe,
R. Carney & G.M. Herek (eds.), Out in Force: Sexual Orientation and the Military, Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Jinnett, K., Coulter, I., Koegel, P. “Cases, context and care: the need for grounded network
analysis,” in J.A. Levy and B.A. Pescosolido (eds.). Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 8,
Social Networks and Health, Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science, 2002.
Jones, L., Koegel, P., Wells, K. “Bringing Experimental Design to Community-Partnered
Participatory Research,” in M. Minkler and N. Wallerstein (eds.). Community-Based
Participatory Research for Health, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008.
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