Casey P Balio

Biographic Data

ID6066779
NAMECasey P Balio
GIVEN NAMESCasey P
FAMILY NAMEBalio
SIGNATUREBALIO C P
AFFILIATIONSCasey P. Balio, Haleigh Leslie, and Michael Meit are with the Center for Rural Health and Research and the Department of Health Services Management and Policy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City. H. Leslie is a DrPH candidate.
ORCID0000-0002-2987-4268
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • An analysis of syringe service programs across the rural‐urban continuum in the United States

    Open AccessNathan Dockery, Qian Huang et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2025

    PURPOSE: Syringe service programs (SSPs) have been proven to reduce transmission of viral infections, prevent substance use and overdose deaths, and help support public safety in operational areas. This study aims to provide a snapshot of the current distribution of SSPs across the United States and analyze them based on community characteristics. METHODS: SSP information was collected from state health department websites and the North American …

  • An assessment of area‐level vulnerability and resilience indices by geography

    Open AccessCasey P Balio, Olivia Ann Sullivan et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2025

    PURPOSE: Area-level vulnerability and resilience indices combine multiple dimensions of demographic, economic, and environmental factors into a single measure of area-level risk. These indices are widely used to allocate resources in health care and public health. We investigated how commonly used, existing area-level indices correlate with each other, and how they differ by geography, comparing rural and urban areas. METHODS: Seven publicly avai…

  • Enumerating the US Governmental Public Health Workforce

    Casey P Balio, Nathan Dockery et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025References: 6

  • Enumeration 2024

    Jonathon P Leider, Casey P Balio et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025Cited by: 1References: 10

    Objectives. To expand on previous enumerations by assessing the size and composition of the governmental public health workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying workforce trends, occupational distributions, and potential gaps in staffing. Methods. From 2023 to 2024, using 2022 data in the United States, we conducted 3 distinct analyses: (1) estimating the total workforce size, (2) profiling occupation-specific distributions, and…

  • Racial and Ethnic Representation of the Local Public Health Workforce

    Casey P Balio, Haleigh Leslie et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025References: 17

    Objectives. To describe racial and ethnic representativeness of the local health department (LHD) workforce compared with the populations served. Methods. In this study, we used a cross-sectional design of the 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey, 2019 National Association of County and City Health Officials Profile data, and other sources to estimate the racial and ethnic representativeness of LHD workforce. We calculated repr…

  • The Role of Healthcare Conversion Foundations in Investing in Population Health

    Open AccessCasey P Balio, Nicole Galler et al.ARTICLENonprofit Policy Forum2024References: 6

    Healthcare conversion foundations (CF) are charitable entities with endowments of varying sizes that are created as the result of a sale of a hospital or health system. Limited current research focuses on the impacts of CF grant-making and philanthropy within the communities they serve. In this study, we use a panel analysis of CF financial information from 2011 to 2021 to characterize CF investments by geography, and as compared to required tax-…

  • The Effects Of Medicaid Expansion Under The ACA

    Olena Mazurenko, Casey P Balio et al.ARTICLEHealth Affairs2018