Arden Handler

Biographic Data

ID	5122928
NAME	Arden Handler
GIVEN NAMES	Arden
FAMILY NAME	Handler
SIGNATURE	HANDLER A
AFFILIATIONS	University of Illinois Chicago
ORCID	0000-0002-0376-0852
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	60
TOTAL CITATIONS	148
AUTHOR COUNT	60
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	3

Shuttering the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Arden Handler, Arden S Handler et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025Cited by: 1References: 3
The Role of a Local Health Department in Advancing Health Equity
Open AccessKristine Zimmermann, Lisa Sophia Haen et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2023
Introduction: Racial and ethnic inequities persist among birthing families in urban U.S. communities, despite public health efforts to improve outcomes. To address these inequities, in 2020, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) launched Family Connects Chicago (FCC), an evidence-based, universal, postpartum home visiting program. We examine CDPH's transition from "high risk" to universal home visiting to determine whether and how this c…
Federal Direction + Local Implementation as a Strategy for Improving Infant Health
Open AccessArden Handler, Marla McMackinARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023
Child Care as a Barrier to Perinatal Health Care in Illinois
Open AccessAbigail Holicky, Timika Anderson-Reeves et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023
The Critical Value of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) to Graduate Training in Public Health
Open AccessJulianna Deardorff, Michelle Menser Tissue et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022
This new framework aims to enhance training for the next generation of public health leaders. It is intended to guide new, emerging, and expanding SPPH that may currently offer little or no MCH content. The framework invites further iteration, adaptation and customization to the range of diverse and emerging public health programs across the nation
Setting the Agenda for Reproductive and Maternal Health in the Era of Covid-19
Open AccessLois McCloskey, Ndidiamaka N Amutah-Onukagha et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2021
Learning from Graduate and Undergraduate Public Health Virtual Internship Experiences with State Title V Agencies During Covid-19, Summer 2020
Open AccessArden Handler, Rebecca Greenleaf et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2021
The COVID-19 Pandemic was both a disruption and a catalyst for change in education. While there were clearly some challenges with the pivot to a virtual Title V MCH Internship Program in summer 2020, students were able to participate in meaningful internship experiences. This success can be attributed to the ability of the internship sponsor to engage in best practices, including extensive planning and provision of ongoing support to the students…
Comparing Postpartum Care Utilization from Medicaid Claims and the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in Wisconsin, 2011–2015
Open AccessCarla L Desisto, Angela Rohan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2021
Interpregnancy Interval and Severe Maternal Morbidity in Iowa, 2009 to 2014
Open AccessCara Bergo, Cara Jane Bergo et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2021
Bridging the Chasm between Pregnancy and Health over the Life Course
Open AccessLois McCloskey, Jared Bernstein et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2021
A mixed methods study
Vida Henderson, Jessica M Madrigal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2020
African American women (AAW) are particularly at risk for deleterious health outcomes that might be mitigated through increased preventive care use. A mixed methods study that examined relationships between knowledge of, beliefs about, and barriers to well-woman visits, flu vaccines, and mammograms was conducted with midlife AAW who participated in an online survey (n = 124) and in-depth interviews (n = 19). Findings showed that greater knowledge…
The Effect of Continuous Versus Pregnancy-Only Medicaid Eligibility on Routine Postpartum Care in Wisconsin, 2011–2015
Open AccessCarla L Desisto, Angela Rohan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2020
A Novel Approach to Postpartum Contraception Provision Combined with Infant Care
Open AccessSadia Haider, Cynthia Stoffel et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2020
Universal Early Home Visiting
Open AccessArden Handler, Kristine Zimmermann et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019
The Well-Woman Project
Open AccessArden Handler, Vida Henderson et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2018
Purpose: The U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 included the Well-Woman Visit (WWV) as one of the preventive services, which must be covered without cost sharing. Despite concerted efforts to increase access to the WWV, data from the early years of the ACA demonstrated ongoing barriers, including insufficient consumer and provider awareness of the ACA's no cost-sharing provision for preventive services. As such, 2 years after full implementat…
Innovations in Maternal and Child Health
Open AccessArden Handler, Jaime Klaus et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2018
Healthcare Utilization in the Postpartum Period Among Illinois Women with Medicaid Paid Claims for Delivery, 2009–2010
Open AccessKatharine Rankin, Kristin M Rankin et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016
Purpose Postpartum care can provide the critical link between pregnancy and well-woman healthcare, improving women's health during the interconception period and beyond. However, little is known about current utilization patterns. This study describes the patterns of postpartum care experienced by Illinois women with Medicaid-paid deliveries. Methods Medicaid claims for women delivering infants in Illinois in 2009-2010 were analyzed for the recei…
A Qualitative Study to Understand Nativity Differences in Breastfeeding Behaviors Among Middle-Class African American and African-Born Women
Open AccessCamille Fabiyi, Nadine Peacock et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016
Understanding Factors Associated with Postpartum Visit Attendance and Contraception Choices
Open AccessVida Henderson, Katrina Stumbras et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016
Background While there is considerable variability with respect to attendance at the postpartum visit, not much is known about women's preferences with respect to postpartum care. Likewise, there is also limited information on providers' practices regarding the postpartum visit and care including the delivery of contraception. To understand and address deficits in the delivery and utilization of postpartum care, we examined the perceptions of low…
Postpartum Health and Wellness
Open AccessSarah Verbiest, Erin Bonzon et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016
A Call to Revisit the Prenatal Period as a Focus for Action Within the Reproductive and Perinatal Care Continuum
Open AccessArden Handler, Kay JohnsonARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016
The association between sugar‐sweetened beverages and dental caries among third‐grade students in G eorgia
Open AccessJocelyn Wilder, Jocelyn R Wilder et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2015
Higher consumption of SSBs is associated with higher caries prevalence among Georgia third graders after adjustment for important covariates. Consequently, health messages about SSBs from dentists, physicians, and other healthcare providers as well as policy approaches at the school, state, and national levels to limit consumption of SSBs may collectively impact both the development of dental caries and obesity, leading to overall better health f…
Training Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologists
Open AccessArden Handler, Jaime Klaus et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2014
The MCH Navigator
Open AccessHolly Grason, Colleen E Huebner et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2014
Provider Adherence to Recommended Prenatal Care Content
Open AccessMichelle A Kominiarek, Katharine Rankin et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2013

Very Low Birthweight in African American Infants
James W Collins, Richard J David et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2004Cited by: 108References: 6
The lifelong accumulated experiences of racial discrimination by African American women constitute an independent risk factor for preterm delivery
A Conceptual Framework to Measure Performance of the Public Health System
Arden Handler, L Michele Issel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2001Cited by: 26References: 13
Objectives. This article describes a unifying conceptual framework for the public health system as a way to facilitate the measurement of public health system performance. Methods. A conceptual framework for the public health system was developed on the basis of the work of Donabedian and a conceptual model previously developed by Bernard Turnock and Arden Handler. Results. The conceptual framework consists of 5 components that can be considered …
The correlates of the initiation of sexual intercourse among young urban black females
Open AccessArden HandlerARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence1990Cited by: 5References: 17
An Innovative Method to Involve Community Health Workers as Partners in Evaluation Research
Nadine Peacock, L Michele Issel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2011Cited by: 2References: 7
Objectives. We developed a process through which community outreach workers, whose role is not typically that of a trained researcher, could actively participate in collection of qualitative evaluation data. Methods. Outreach workers for a community-based intervention project received training in qualitative research methodology and certification in research ethics. They used a Voice over Internet Protocol phone-in system to provide narrative rep…
Evaluating the performance of local health agencies. 2. The 10 public health practices vs the 10 public health services
Bernard J Turnock, Arden HandlerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1995Cited by: 2References: 7
Evaluating the performance of local health agencies. 2. The 10 public health practices vs the 10 public health services: a clarification. B J Turnock, and A Handler C. Arden Miller CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.9.1295-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
The relationship of smoking and ectopic pregnancy
Arden Handler, F Davis et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1989Cited by: 2References: 18
A case-control study, using data abstracted between 1983 and 1987 from a large perinatal registry, was conducted to explore the relationship between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. Women with ectopic pregnancy (n = 634) seen at University of Illinois Perinatal Network Hospitals were compared to women who were delivered of a single live-born infant (n = 4287). Adjusted for age and race, women who reported smoking during pregnancy had a greater than…
Shuttering the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Arden Handler, Arden S Handler et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025Cited by: 1References: 3
Building bridges between schools of public health and public health practice
Arden Handler, Laura A Schieve et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994Cited by: 1
A 1988 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Public Health, characterized the current public health system as fragmented, particularly with regard to relationships between public health agencies and academic institutions. As one response to the report, the Health Resources and Services Administration established the Center for the Development of Public Health Practice at the University of Illinois to advance linkages between schools of publ…
Urinary tract infection during pregnancy
Laura A Schieve, Arden Handler et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994Cited by: 1References: 24
OBJECTIVES. The effects of antepartum urinary tract infection on adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes were examined. Antepartum urinary tract infection has been previously implicated as a risk factor for numerous outcomes. METHODS. Crude and multivariable analyses were performed with a perinatal registry cohort of 25,746 mother/infant pairs. RESULTS. Elevated risks were observed for exposure to urinary tract infection and low birthweight, prem…