Emma Gilchrist, MPH/MSPH
Sr. Instructor, Family Medicine

Publications

• Brewer SE, Fisher M, Zittleman L, Warman MK, Fort M, Gilchrist E, Mallory J, Mullen R, Barron J, Skendadore A, Ahmed FY, LoudHawk-Hedgepeth C, Tamez M, Kwan BM, Nease DE. Rapid Community Translation in the Colorado CEAL (CO-CEAL) Program: Transcreating Messaging to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination. Am J Public Health. 2024 Jan;114(S1):S50-S54. PubMed PMID: 38207258
• Ivey LC, Gilchrist EC, Dickinson WP. Behavioral health integration and specialty medical care: Opportunities for applying knowledge from primary care integration. Fam Syst Health. 2023 Jun;41(2):278-281. PubMed PMID: 37338451
• Amor SH, Daniels-Williamson T, Fraser-Barclay K, Dowrick C, Gilchrist EC, Gold S, Green LA, Hemeida S, Howe A, Jortberg B, Lam C, Owuor H, Page H, Randenikumara S. Advocacy training for young family doctors in primary mental health care: a report and global call to action. BJGP Open. 2022 Mar;6(1). PubMed PMID: 35135817
• Amor SH, Daniels-Williamson T, Fraser-Barclay K, Dowrick C, Gilchrist EC, Gold S, Green LA, Hemeida S, Howe A, Jortberg B, Lam C, Owuor H, Page H, Randenikumara S. Advocacy training for young family doctors in primary mental health care: a report and global call to action. BJGP Open. 2022 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35135817
• Gold SB, Gilchrist EC, Kirchner SR, Rakeen B, Green LA, Dickinson WP. The building blocks of behavioral health integration. The Eugene S. Farley, Jr Health Policy Center and the Practice Innovation Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, June 9, 2022. https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librariesprovider231/default-document-library/wbt-bhiframeworkfinaljune7.pdf?sfvrsn=48e794ba_0
• Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Farley Health Policy Center, & Robert Graham Center. The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States. September 2022. Available at: https://satcherinstitute.org/research/ebmhi/
• Fernald DH, Zittleman L, Gilchrist EC, Brou LI, Brou LI, Niebauer L, Ledonne C, Sutter C, Felzien M, Westfall JM, Green LA. UPSTREAM! Together evaluation results from community efforts to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems. Eval Program Plann. 2021 Dec;89:102000. PubMed PMID: 34555734
• Scott VC, Gold SB, Kenworthy T, Snapper L, Gilchrist EC, Kirchner S, Wong SL. Assessing cross-sector stakeholder readiness to advance and sustain statewide behavioral integration beyond a State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jul 29;11(7):1420-1429. PubMed PMID: 33823044
• Fernald DH, Zittleman L, Gilchrist EC, Brou LI, Brou LI, Niebauer L, Ledonne C, Sutter C, Felzien M, Westfall JM, Green LA. UPSTREAM! Together evaluation results from community efforts to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral health problems. Eval Program Plann. 2021 Dec;89:102000. PubMed PMID: 34555734
• Scott VC, Gold SB, Kenworthy T, Snapper L, Gilchrist EC, Kirchner S, Wong SL. Assessing cross-sector stakeholder readiness to advance and sustain statewide behavioral integration beyond a State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jul 29;11(7):1420-1429. PubMed PMID: 33823044
• Shmerling AC, Gold SB, Gilchrist EC, Miller BF. Integrating behavioral health and primary care: a qualitative analysis of financial barriers and solutions. Transl Behav Med. 2020 Aug 7;10(3):648-656. PubMed PMID: 32766872
• Gilchrist E & Kirchner S. Colorado Behavioral Health Task Force: Subcommittees’ Proceedings and Recommendations. Prepared for the Colorado Department of Human Services. July 2020. Available at: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdhs/colorado-behavioral-health-task-force
• Gold S, Vagnini KM, Gilchrist E, Wong S, Jetty A, Jabbarpour Y, Petterson S, Westfall JM. Primary care doctors are well-trained to treat common mental health conditions. The Medical Care Blog, August 6, 2020. https://www.themedicalcareblog.com/primary-care-and-mental-health/
• Leggott K, Gilchrist E, Mathieu S, Moon J, Townsend M, Davis S, Chiappone A, Thomas J. Optimizing Telehealth during COVID: Listening to the Primary Care Voice. Brief #13, November 2020. Available at: farleyhealthpolicycenter.org
• Ross KM, Gilchrist EC, Melek SP, Gordon PD, Ruland SL, Miller BF. Cost savings associated with an alternative payment model for integrating behavioral health in primary care. Transl Behav Med. 2018 May 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29796605