Attempting to measure the overall health of populations allows public health leaders to better allocate resources to areas of greatest need. It also empowers citizens with information to advocate for their local community's investments.
This report lists the number of illnesses, costs, and overall public health burden of specific microbes in particular types of food—such as Salmonella in poultry and Listeria in deli meat.
This study found that mortality rates fell between 1.1 percent and 6.9 percent for each 10 percent increase in local public health spending.
Walking or biking to school provides opportunities for children to increase their physical activity. This study assesses state laws requiring minimum bussing distances, hazardous route exemptions, sidewalks, crossing guards, speed zones, and traffic control measures around school and their relationship to active travel to school polices.
This report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation concludes that millions of injuries could be prevented each year if more states adopted additional research-based injury prevention policies, and if programs were fully implemented and enforced.
We and our grantees produce research and data about the complex health and health care issues facing the United States. We also publish program evaluations and reports at the end of many projects.
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December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
The study of quality improvement within Georgia’s local public health systems provides important insight into the use of regional bodies as quality improvement (QI) collaboratives and multijurisdictional entities.
April 18, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2003 to 2009, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed the cost-effectiveness of seven community-based interventions to promote physical activity in adults, conducted 2 HIAs and held 19 workshops.
February 24, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Task Force for Child Survival and Development established the Public Health Informatics Institute to strengthen the information systems used in public health practice and to promote collaborative strategies for that effort.
April 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
On December 1-2, 2005, staff with the Georgia Department of Human Resources held a conference to redesign how the Division of Public Health works to improve the health of Georgians.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Common Cause Education Fund produced and disseminated 12 state reports that document the tobacco industry's campaign contributions and lobbying efforts and the success or failure of tobacco-control efforts at the state level from February 2002 through July 2003.
October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
Emory University School of Medicine oversaw the Atlanta TB Prevention Coalition, a collaborative and coordinated effort by the various groups in Atlanta involved in education, care, and management of individuals with or at risk for TB.