Alison C. Rataj, Research Associate, Institute for Health Policy and Practice

Alison Rataj

Research Associate
Office: UNH CHHS Institute for Health Policy and Practice, Hewitt Hall Suite 202, Durham, NH 03824

Alison Rataj, MSW, is a Research Associate at the Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP), and the Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL). She joined IHPP and CACL in October of 2014 after graduating with her Masters of Social Work in May of 2014. Currently, Alison offers research assistance on projects that support person-centered, home and community based, long-term care options for older adults and persons living with a disability. She provides program development and implementation support on the Aging and Disability Resource Center program, and the collective impact initiative “Alliance for Healthy Aging”. Alison is also a planning committee member for the UNH Age of Champions event which promotes healthy active aging through the use of the award winning “Age of Champions” film and a health fair. Alison also teaches as an adjunct faculty member in the UNH Department of Social Work. She sits on the NH National Association of Social Workers (NH-NASW) board, chairs the NH-NASW Aging Committee, and sits on the Friends of Rockingham ServiceLink board.

Education

  • M.S.W., Social Work, University of New Hampshire

Selected Publications

  • Rataj, A., Alcusky, M., Baek, J., Ott, B., & Lapane, K. L. (2024). Geographic Variation of Antidementia and Antipsychotic Medication Use Among US Nursing Home Residents With Dementia. Medical Care, 62(8), 511-520. doi:10.1097/mlr.0000000000002016

  • Rataj, A. C., Porter, K. E., & Dugan, E. (2024). Changing attitudes about LGBTQ+ older adults: the Gen Silent Survey Project.. Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 1-13. doi:10.1080/02701960.2024.2332700

  • Banach, M., Rataj, A., Ralph, M., & Allosso, L. (n.d.). Learning Social Work through Role Play: Developing More Confident and Capable Social Workers. The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 17(1), 42-60. doi:10.1921/jpts.v17i2.1308

  • Banach, M., Rataj, A., & Volis, A. (2016). Exploring Vicarious Learning: A Study of Undergraduate Social Work Teaching Assistants. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 21(1), 33-49. doi:10.18084/1084-7219.21.1.33

  • Marx, J., & Rataj, A. (n.d.). A Case Study in Organizing for Livable and Sustainable Communities. In Unknown Book (Vol. 5, pp. 1). MDPI AG. doi:10.3390/socsci5010001

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