Helen A. Halpin, Sc.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Health Policy, Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies
PHONE: (510) 642-2862
FAX: (510) 643-2340
LOCATION: Professor Halpin is on leave, serving as deputy director of a new international journa,l Public Health Reviews, at the French School of Public Health, Sorbonne, Paris.
E-MAIL: helenhs@berkeley.edu
WEBSITE: Center for Health and Public Policy Studies
Research Interests
- Preventing health care-associated infections
- Increasing access to health insurance
- Consumer experiences in managed care
- Smoking cessation benefits
- Integration of health promotion and disease prevention services in the U.S. Health Care System
Publications
Halpin HA, Morales-Suárez-Varela MM, Martin-Moreno JM, Chronic Disease Prevention and the New Public Health. Public Health Reviews. online publication for the Association of Public Schools in the European Region. 2010. 1(1):1-23.
Halpin HA, Harbage P. The Origins and Demise of the Public Option. Health Affairs. 2010. 29(6):1117-1124.
Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Shade S. The Demand for Health Insurance Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments: Support for a Benefit Mandate and Willingness to Pay, Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2007. Vol. 9, No. 12, 1269-1276.
Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Cella CA, Bellows NM, Husten CG. State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco-Dependence Treatments – United States, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2008. Vol. 57, No. 05: 117-122.
Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Bellows N. Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Dependence Treatments, an Update, Health Affairs. 2006. Vol. 25, No. 2: 550-556.
Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Rideout J, Boyce-Smith G. The Costs and Effectiveness of Different Benefit Designs for Treating Tobacco Dependence: Results from a Randomized Trial, Inquiry. 2006. Vol. 43, No. 1., p 54.
Profile updated: November 11, 2010