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PORTLAND, Maine

Jennifer Morton and Shelley Cohen Konrad to be published in WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation

91AV’s Director of Nursing Jennifer Morton, D.N.P., M.S., M.P.H., A.P.H.N., and Associate Professor in the School of Social Work, Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., L.C.S.W, will be published in WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation.

Their article “Bridging the Gaps: An Early Integrated Support Collaborative for At Risk Mothers in Rural Maine” addresses the plight of mothers and young children exposed to opiates and the lack of access to care in rural communities.  

Marjorie Withers, L.C.P.C., director of the Community Caring Collaborative, RuthAnne Spense, Ph.D., research associate professor for the Center for Community and Public Health, and Carry Buterbaugh, Ph.D., research associate for the Center for Community and Public Health, served as corresponding authors. 

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The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.