CSFE Issue Briefs
Getting Back to “Normal” vs. Posttraumatic Growth: Ways for Individuals, Communities, and Societies to Grow in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Getting Back to “Normal” vs. Posttraumatic Growth: Ways for Individuals, Communities, and Societies to Grow in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Chelsea Sokolow and Emma Miller, MSW, LCSW Western Carolina UniversityClick the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive...
A Different Kind of Disaster Response: Emergency Medical Services and the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Different Kind of Disaster Response: Emergency Medical Services and the COVID-19 Pandemic Jackson D. Déziel Western Carolina UniversityClick the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary Emergency medical services (EMS) professionals are largely seen as crisis...
North Carolina’s Prospects for COVID-19 Economic Recovery: A Top-Down and Bottom-Up Assessment
North Carolina’s Prospects for COVID-19 Economic Recovery: Top-down and Bottom-up Assessments Emma Blair Fedison and Edward J. Lopez Click the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue Brief Executive Summary What are North Carolina’s prospects for making a sustained COVID-19 economic...
Democracy in Decline?
Democracy in Decline? Loren E. Lomasky University of VirginiaClick the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary How resilient are the democratic institutions that protect American representative government? This issue brief follows the tradition of thought...
Hot-Zone States in April vs. June: Impact of Spiking Cases on Hospitalizations, Deaths, and Recoveries
Hot-Zone States in April vs. June: Impact of Spiking Cases on Hospitalizations, Deaths, and Recoveries Edward Lopez, Stephen C. Miller, and Craig RichardsonClick the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary This study compares five hot zone states from...
Illicit Drug Trade and Drug Misuse: The Unintended Consequences of Well-Intentioned Policies
Illicit Drug Trade and Drug Misuse: The Unintended Consequences of Well-Intentioned Policies Audrey Redford, Ph.D Western Carolina University Volume 2, Issue 5Click the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue Brief Executive Summary Between 1999 and 2017, the overall rate...
The Humanistic Perspective of Nursing and Its Potential to Address the Opioid and Addiction Crisis
The Humanistic Perspective of Nursing and It's Potential to Address the Opioid and Addiction Crisis April Messer, MSN, RN, CCRN, and Kae Livsey, RN, MPH, PhD Volume 2, Issue 4Click the link below to download a PDF version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary Registered nurses (RNs) are...
A Call for Empathy: Understanding the Neurobiology and Stigma of Addiction
A Call for Empathy: Understanding the Neurobiology and Stigma of Addiction Beth Young, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, CCS Western Carolina University Volume 2, Issue 3Click the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary The opioid epidemic was responsible for more than...
The Opioid Crisis in Western North Carolina: Opportunities for Adults in the Criminal Justice System
The Opioid Crisis in Western North Carolina: Opportunities for Adults in the Criminal Justice System Albert M. Kopak, Ph.D. Western Carolina University Volume 2, Issue 2 Click the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary There is no end in sight to the opioid...
What Do Film Incentives Mean for the North Carolina Economy?
What Do Film Incentives Mean for the North Carolina Economy? John Charles Bradbury, Ph.D. Kennesaw State University Volume 2, Issue 1Click the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of this Issue BriefExecutive Summary Since 2000, North Carolina has spent more than $400 million to subsidize movie...
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