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Chris Mansfield
Dr. Mansfield's public health experience began with organizing a neighborhood health center in an underserved community as a VISTA Volunteer. He was an administrator in a public health department and a planner with comprehensive health planning agencies for 15 years before returning to school for doctoral studies in health administration and policy. His research focuses on social determinants of health, the measurement of health disparities and life span, professional workforce issues, and religious beliefs related to health and healing.  His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Public Health, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Family Practice, Archives of Family Medicine, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Social Science and Medicine, and the North Carolina Medical Journal.  He is an elected member of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine, a member of the North Carolina Public Health Association, the American Public Health Association, and is Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He has experience throughout the eastern North Carolina region in community diagnosis and community-based health interventions.  Dr. Mansfield coordinates the certificate program in Community Health Center Administration.

Degrees

  • B.A. University of Michigan, Economics
  • M.S. Case Western Reserve University, Public Management Science
  • Ph.D. Florida State University, Public Administration

Areas of Interest

  • Research methods for public health science
  • Behavioral, social, and environmental determinants of health
  • Health administration
  • Health disparities 
Courses Taught (* currently)
  • MPH 6020 Research Methods*
  • MPH 6200 Community Health Organization and Leadership*
  • MPH 6991/2 Professional Paper I & II*
  • HUMS 6400 Social and Cultural Dimensions of Medical Practice
  • MPH 6000 Public Health Practice
  • COHE 6000 Health Care Systems and Problems
  • COHE 6100 Health Administration
  • COHE 6300 Health Law
  • NURS/COHE 6971 Health Policy
 
Website Links and Curriculum Vitae

Center for Health Systems Research and Development

Dr. Mansfield CV

Significant Publications

Mansfield C, Novick LF. Poverty and Health: Focus on North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal. 2012; 73(5):366-373.

Wilson JL, Mansfield CJ. Disease, death and the body politic: An Areal Interpolation Example for Political Epidemiology. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research. 2010;1(3):49-68.

Mansfield CJ, Mitchell J, King DE. The Doctor as God's Mechanic? Beliefs of a Southeastern United States Population. Social Science and Medicine. 2002;54(3):77-86

Mansfield CJ, Wilson JL, Kobrinski EJ, Mitchell J. Premature Mortality in the United States: The Roles of Geographic Area, Socioeconomic Status, Household Type, and Availability of Medical Care. American Journal of Public Health. 1999;89(6):893-898.

Mansfield CJ, Daniel HJ, Sumpter EA, Barnes J, Coggins DH, Young MJ. Mode de naissance et l'otite muqueuse (Manner of birth and otitis media).  Archives Françaises de Pediatrie. 1993;50:97‑100.