Donna M Evon

Biographic Data

ID2542475
NAMEDonna M Evon
GIVEN NAMESDonna M
FAMILY NAMEEvon
SIGNATUREEVON D M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ORCID0000-0002-1414-1846
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Medicaid Policy and Hepatitis C Treatment Among Rural People Who Use Drugs

    Thomas J Stopka, Bridget M Whitney et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024References: 44

    BACKGROUND: Restrictive Medicaid policies regarding hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment may exacerbate rural health care disparities for people who use drugs (PWUD). We assessed associations between Medicaid restrictions and HCV treatment among rural PWUD. METHODS: We compiled state-specific Medicaid treatment policies across 8 US rural sites in 10 states and merged these with participant survey data. We hypothesized that local restrictions regardi…

  • Factors associated with perceived ease of access to syringes in Appalachian North Carolina

    Open AccessDelesha M Carpenter, William A Zule et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2023

    PURPOSE: To examine associations between perceived ease of syringe access, syringe sources, injection behaviors, and law enforcement (LE) interactions among people who inject drugs (PWID) in rural Appalachian North Carolina (NC). METHODS: Using respondent-driven sampling, a diverse sample of 309 self-reported PWID were recruited from rural Appalachian NC. Data were collected via audio computer-assisted self-interview technology from February 2019…

  • Substance use disorder treatment providers’ knowledge and opinions toward testing and treatment of chronic hepatitis C in rural North Carolina

    Open AccessDonna M Evon, Christopher B Hurt et al.ARTICLERural Mental Health2022

    Poor access to care has made western North Carolina vulnerable to an outbreak of hepatitis C viral infection (HCV), particularly among persons who inject drugs (PWID). As substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers could potentially improve linkage to HCV testing and treatment, we sought to understand SUD providers, clinic and client characteristics; referral patterns; HCV knowledge; willingness to participate in additional trainings; and lo…

  • Mitigating the Risk of Infectious Diseases Among Rural Drug Users in Western North Carolina

    Open AccessChristopher B Hurt, Delesha M Carpenter et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2020

    PURPOSE: To characterize how health care providers in western North Carolina (NC) manage patients with substance use disorders and to inform strategies for preventing injection drug use (IDU)-associated outbreaks of bloodborne infectious diseases. METHODS: We collected data on practice characteristics, provider sociodemographics, and attitudes and beliefs about hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), opioid use, and IDU via o…

  • Health Locus of Control Predicts Survival after Lung Transplant

    Open AccessEileen J Burker, Donna M Evon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2005Cited by: 6References: 41

    The purpose of this study was to assess whether health locus of control beliefs measured pre-transplant predicted survival after lung transplant. Participants were 100 patients who completed the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scale before and after transplant. Cox proportional hazards regressions were used to investigate the relationship between each of the three subscales (IHLC, PHLC, CHLC) and survival time after transplant. After adj…