March 14, 2013
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Researchers studied public health policies in New York City and elsewhere, including bans on transfats, limits on exhaust emissions, and taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, to determine how best to move such policies through the political process.
June 12, 2012
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Researchers at the Partnership for Prevention conducted research to identify high-value evidence-based clinical and community preventive services.
May 17, 2012
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The membership organizations for local, state, and tribal health departments provided technical assistance and funding to health departments participating in the public health accreditation beta test.
May 12, 2011
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RWJF's investments in public health services and systems research aim to document the organization, financing, performance and impact of public health departments with the goal of improving public health services and thus the health of the public.
January 28, 2011
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Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.
November 24, 2010
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Staff at the Prevention Institute developed the Web-based Health Equity and Prevention Primer, which trains public health practitioners to advocate for public policies that reverse the environmental causes of health disparities.
October 18, 2010
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ASTHO's 2007/2008 State Public Health Survey collected data on responsibilities, organization and structure, planning and quality improvement from 50 state public health departments.
October 1, 2010
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The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) fosters networking and collaboration among public health institutes and their governmental and other partners. It launched this project to strengthen the nation's public health institutes.
July 15, 2010
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Selected states with experience in public health assessment, accreditation and quality improvement continued this work and share their experiences through three phases of the Multistate Learning Collaborative (MLC).
May 18, 2010
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Developing an accreditation system to encourage public health departments to measure their performance against national standards.