Michal Gursen, M.P.H., M.S., Research Project Manager, joined the Center for Home Care Policy and Research in May 2000. At the Center, Ms. Gursen works primarily on two projects: the AdvantAge Initiative,and Health Indicators in NORC Programs Initiative. Before coming to the Center, Ms. Gursen worked at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in the Center for Family Education and Research, where she studied psychoeducational interventions for people with mental illness. Prior to that, Ms. Gursen worked at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in the Department of Community Medicine, where she researched psychosocial pathways leading to drug use.
Ms. Gursen received her M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management with a concentration in Effectiveness and Outcomes Research, and M.S. in Social Work from Columbia University. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College.
A report prepared by M. Oberlink, M. Gursen, & P.H. Feldman. 2005
Livable Communities for All Ages Competition: Case Studies.
New York. The Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
National Council on Disability 2004
Livable Communities for Adults with Disabilities.Washington,
DC. A report prepared by M. Oberlink, M. Gursen, E. Simantov, &
P.H. Feldman for the National Council on Disability.
Feldman, P.H., Oberlink, M.R., Simantov, E., & Gursen, M.D., 2004
A Tale of
Two Older Americas: Community Opportunities and Challenges. The
AdvantAge Initiative 2003 National Survey of Adults Aged 65 and Older.
New York: The Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Gursen, M.D. & Ahrens, J. 2004.
The key to a new home care protocol: Prospective visits.
Caring, 23(1):
40-44.
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M. 2001.
Improving communication between researchers and policy makers in
long-term care: Or, Researchers are from Mars; Policy makers are from
Venus.
The Gerontologist, 41(3): 312-321.
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M.
2001.
Improving
communication between researchers and policy makers in long-term care: Or,
"Researchers are from Mars; Policy makers are from Venus."
New York, NY: Center for Home Care Policy and Research,
Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Brook, J., Balka, E., Brook, D., Win, P., and
Gursen, M. 1998.
Drug use among African Americans: Ethnic identity
as a protective factor.
Psychological Reports, 83:
1427-1446.
Brook, J., Whiteman, M., Balka, E., Win, P., and
Gursen, M. 1998.
Drug use among Puerto Ricans: Ethnic identity as a
protective factor. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 20:
241-254.
Brook, J., Whiteman, M., Balka, E., Win, P., and
Gursen, M. 1998.
Similar and different precursors to drug use and
delinquency among African Americans and Puerto Ricans.
Journal
of Genetic Psychology, 159: 13-29.
Brook, J., Balka, E., Gursen, M., Brook, D.,
Shapiro, J., and Cohen, P. 1997.
Young adults' drug use: A 17-year
longitudinal inquiry of antecedents.
Psychological Reports, 80:
1235-1251.
Brook, J., Whiteman, M., Balka, E., Win, P., and
Gursen, M. 1997.
African American and Puerto Rican drug use: A
longitudinal study.
Journal of the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36: 1260-1268.
Books/Chapters in Books
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., & Gursen, M.D. 2008
Long-term Care.
In: Jonas and Kovner's Health Care
Delivery in the United States (9th ed.),
A.R. Kovner & J.R. Knickman, (Eds).
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M.D. 2005.
Long-term Care.
In: Jonas and Kovner's Health Care
Delivery in the United States (8th ed.),
A.R. Kovner and J.R. Knickman, (Eds).
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Feldman, P.H., Nadash, P., and Gursen, M.D. 2002.
Long-term Care.
In: Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery
in the United States (7th ed.),
A.R. Kovner and S. Jonas, (Eds).
New York,
NY: Springer Publishing Company.
