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September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Nebraska Develops a Responsive Public Health System
May 13, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 1997, local public health departments in Nebraska served only 18 of the state's 93 counties. Local public health departments were located primarily in small rural counties and generally had few staff and limited funds, making it impossible for them to provide most essential public health services.
Resource Allocation and Funding Challenges for Regional Local Health Departments in Nebraska
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Decisions regarding resource allocation and funding challenges in regional health departments in Nebraska are made based on the needs of the community, not by calculations or population size, and are dependent on resources received from the state. T ...
Regionalization in Local Public Health Systems
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Case studies focused on regionalization of public health preparedness and response in the Washington metropolitan area, highlighted the lack of an official of regional public health structure and the challenge in integrating the federal government into the regionalization effort.
Case Studies of Five Regional Public Health Structures - How They Contribute to Public Health Preparedness
May 12, 2009 | Program Result Report
In this 2006 to 2007 project, Michael A. Stoto, PhD, and a team of researchers and public health officials at RAND Corporation and elsewhere conducted case studies of five regional public health structures and then compared them.