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Paula Minihan
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Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
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Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
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PhD - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
MPH - Harvard School of Public Health
MSW – Catholic University of America |
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Dr. Minihan’s area of research is disability policy. She is particularly interested in the intersection of disability policy and public health policy, and in the policy challenges that arise because individual rights and collective rights are perceived so differently within the two fields. Her research activities focus on health promotion and disease prevention initiatives relative to people with developmental disabilities, particularly adults, from the perspectives of clinical health services and day-to-day health behaviors. She is currently working with a national organization representing families of children with special health care needs to develop and evaluate methods to help families adopt more healthy lifestyles. Since 2001, she has worked with colleagues at Tufts to implement a curriculum on disabilities for medical students in the required Family Medicine clerkship.
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Minihan, P.M. (2005). Substance Abuse and Tobacco Use Among People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. In W.M. Nehring (Ed.), Health Promotion for Persons with Intellectually/Developmental Disabilities (pp. 287-323). Washington DC: American Association on Mental Retardation.
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Minihan, P.M., Bradshaw, Y.S., Long, L.M., Altman, W., Perduta-Fulginiti, S., Ector, J., Foran, K.L., Johnson, L., Kahn, P., & Sneirson, R. (2004). Teaching About Disability: Involving Patients with Disabilities as Medical Educators. Disability Studies Quarterly, 24(4).
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Minihan PM. (1999). Smoking Policies and Practices in a State-supported Residential System for People with Mental Retardation. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 104(2), 131-142.
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Minihan PM, Dean DH, & Lyons CM. (1993). Managing the Care of Patients with Mental Retardation: A Survey of Physicians. Mental Retardation, 31:239-246.
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Minihan PM and Dean DH. (1999). Meeting the Needs for Health Services of Persons with Mental Retardation Living in the Community. American Journal of Public Health, 80:1043-1048. (This paper was subject of the journal's lead editorial.)
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Minihan PM. (1986). Planning for Community Physician Services Prior to Deinstitutionalization. American Journal of Public Health, 76:1202-1206. (This paper was subject of the journal's lead editorial.)
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