Laura P. Shone, M.S.W., Dr.P.H.

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Dr. Shone is a health services methodologist, social scientist, and policy expert whose broad career goal is to improve the interface between individuals and the health care system, particularly among vulnerable and underserved children, families, and youth. Her work is focused on access to services, service use, and medical care and health outcomes for vulnerable children and adolescents; addressing disparities by age, income, race/ethnicity, and health status; and evaluating the impact of changes in policies for financing and delivery of care to children. Her work addresses the organization, financing and delivery of care at individual, community, and system levels in two primary content areas: child health insurance and childhood immunizations. Dr Shone's research activities include the following:

- Teaching and mentoring fellows and faculty in health services research methods

- Organization, financing and delivery of child and adolescent care

- Understanding and improving individual, system, policy/ financing and infrastructure to improve patients' experiences and outcomes in the health system

- Delivery of primary and preventive services to vulnerable child and adolescent populations – ensuring access, equity, quality, and reducing racial/ethnic and socio-economic disparities

- Health behavior, social-emotional status and health education

-SCHIP and children's health insurance market

-Health Literacy and navigating the health care system

-Affordability and accessibility of health care for vulnerable children, adolescents and families

Specialty

General Pediatrics

Current Appointments

• Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD)
• Assistant Professor of Clinical - Department of Clinical Associates (SON)

Education
DrPH Public Health and Health Policy	University of Michigan, PEW Doctoral Program	2003
MSW Social Work	Syracuse University	1996
BA Psychology	SUNY at Oswego	1987

Recent Journal Articles
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Liu H; Phelps CE; Veazie PJ; Dick AW; Klein JD; Shone LP; Noyes K; Szilagyi PG. "Managed care quality of care and plan choice in New York SCHIP". Health Serv Res (2009): (epub ahead of print).
Humiston SG; Albertin C; Schaffer S; Rand C; Shone LP; Stokley S; Szilagyi PG. "Health care provider attitudes and practices regarding adolescent immunizations: a qualitative study". Pat Educ Couns 75 (2009): 121-127.
Shone LP; Conn KM; Sanders L; Halterman JS. "The role of parent health literacy among urban children with persistent asthma". Patient Education and Counseling 75 (2009): 368-375.
Liu H; Phelps C; Veazie P; Dick AW; Klein JD; Shone LP; Szilagyi PG. "Managed Care quality and disenrollment in New York SCHIP." American Journal of Managed Care (2009).
Shone LP.; Szilagyi PG. "Prescription cost-sharing for child asthma." Arch Ped Adolesc Med 162 (2008): 184-6.