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Overview

Michael S. Hurlburt is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Health Professions, with notable focus areas including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work addresses several main topics such as Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Global Health Care Issues, Health Policy Implementation Science, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, as well as Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum. Additionally, research contributions touch on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Michael S. Hurlburt has published extensively with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Implementation Science
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Children and Youth Services Review

Recent papers include:

  • The Effects of Coexposure to Extremes of Heat and Particulate Air Pollution on Mortality in California: Implications for Climate Change (2022), published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Contracting as a bridging factor linking outer and inner contexts during EBP implementation and sustainment: a prospective study across multiple U.S. public sector service systems (2020), published in Implementation Science
  • Vulnerable, Resilient, or Both? A Qualitative Study of Adaptation Resources and Behaviors to Heat Waves and Health Outcomes of Low-Income Residents of Urban Heat Islands (2022), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Incorporators, Early Investors, and Learners: a longitudinal study of organizational adaptation during EBP implementation and sustainment (2020), published in Implementation Science
  • Minority and low-SES families' experiences during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: A qualitative study (2022), published in Children and Youth Services Review

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Md Mostafijur Rahman
  • Rob McConnell
  • Sam J. Silva
  • Jill Johnston
  • Erika Garcia

Best Publications

  • Advancing a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation in public service sectors.

    Gregory A Aarons;Gregory A Aarons;Michael S Hurlburt;Michael S Hurlburt;Sarah McCue Horwitz;Sarah McCue Horwitz

  • Mixed Method Designs in Implementation Research

    Lawrence A. Palinkas;Gregory A Aarons;Sarah McCue Horwitz;Patricia Chamberlain

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health, Chronic Medical Conditions, and Development in Young Children

    Bonnie D. Kerker;Bonnie D. Kerker;Jinjin Zhang;Erum Nadeem;Ruth E.K. Stein

  • Parent-Training Programs in Child Welfare Services: Planning for a More Evidence-Based Approach to Serving Biological Parents:

    Richard P. Barth;John Landsverk;Patricia Chamberlain;John B. Reid

  • Identifying Common Elements of Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Children's Disruptive Behavior Problems

    Ann F. Garland;Kristin M. Hawley;Lauren Brookman-Frazee;Michael S. Hurlburt

  • Leadership and organizational change for implementation (LOCI): a randomized mixed method pilot study of a leadership and organization development intervention for evidence-based practice implementation.

    Gregory A Aarons;Mark G Ehrhart;Lauren R Farahnak;Michael S Hurlburt

  • Developmental and behavioral needs and service use for young children in child welfare.

    Aubyn C. Stahmer;Laurel K. Leslie;Laurel K. Leslie;Laurel K. Leslie;Michael Hurlburt;Richard P. Barth

  • Contextual Predictors of Mental Health Service Use Among Children Open to Child Welfare

    Michael S. Hurlburt;Laurel K. Leslie;John Landsverk;Richard P. Barth

  • Mental Health Care for Children With Disruptive Behavior Problems: A View Inside Therapists' Offices

    Ann F. Garland;Lauren Brookman-Frazee;Michael S. Hurlburt;Erin C. Accurso

  • Outpatient mental health services for children in foster care: a national perspective

    Laurel K Leslie;Michael S Hurlburt;John Landsverk;Richard Barth

  • Mixed-Methods Designs in Mental Health Services Research: A Review

    Lawrence A. Palinkas;Sarah M. Horwitz;Patricia Chamberlain;Michael S. Hurlburt

  • Posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents referred for child welfare investigation. A national sample of in-home and out-of-home care.

    David J. Kolko;Michael S. Hurlburt;Jinjin Zhang;Richard P. Barth

  • Comprehensive Assessments for Children Entering Foster Care: A National Perspective

    Laurel K. Leslie;Laurel K. Leslie;Michael S. Hurlburt;John Landsverk;Jennifer A. Rolls

  • Referral sources, diagnoses, and service types of youth in public outpatient mental health care: a focus on ethnic minorities.

    May Yeh;May Yeh;Kristen McCabe;Kristen McCabe;Michael Hurlburt;Richard Hough;Richard Hough;Richard Hough

  • Effects of substance abuse on housing stability of homeless mentally ill persons in supported housing.

    Michael S. Hurlburt;Richard L. Hough;Patricia A. Wood

  • Racial/Ethnic Representation Across Five Public Sectors of Care for Youth

    Kristen McCabe;May Yeh;Richard L. Hough;John Landsverk

  • Relationship between entry into child welfare and mental health service use.

    Laurel K. Leslie;Michael S. Hurlburt;Sigrid James;John Landsverk

  • Interagency Collaborative Team Model for Capacity Building to Scale-Up Evidence-Based Practice.

    Michael Hurlburt;Gregory A. Aarons;Danielle Fettes;Cathleen Willging

  • Children in Out-of-Home Care: Entry Into Intensive or Restrictive Mental Health and Residential Care Placements

    Sigrid James;Laurel K. Leslie;Michael S. Hurlburt;Donald J. Slymen

  • Quality of publicly-funded outpatient specialty mental health care for common childhood psychiatric disorders in California.

    Bonnie T. Zima;Michael S. Hurlburt;Penny Knapp;Heather Ladd

  • Child and Family Therapy Process: Concordance of Therapist and Observational Perspectives

    Michael S. Hurlburt;Ann F. Garland;Ann F. Garland;Katherine Nguyen;Lauren Brookman-Frazee;Lauren Brookman-Frazee

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurel K. Leslie
Laurel K. Leslie Tufts University
Gregory A. Aarons
Gregory A. Aarons University of California, San Diego
Richard L. Hough
Richard L. Hough Boston Children's Hospital
Ann F. Garland
Ann F. Garland University of California, San Diego
Lauren Brookman-Frazee
Lauren Brookman-Frazee University of California, San Diego
Lawrence A. Palinkas
Lawrence A. Palinkas University of California, San Diego
Richard P. Barth
Richard P. Barth University of Maryland, Baltimore
Kristen M. McCabe
Kristen M. McCabe University of San Diego
Patricia Chamberlain
Patricia Chamberlain University of Oregon
Bonnie T. Zima
Bonnie T. Zima University of California, Los Angeles

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