2013 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
March 20, 2013 | Feature
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps can be put to use right away to help create a culture of health in your community.
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Defining Organizational Capacity for Public Health Services and Systems Research
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
More than a decade has passed since a conceptual framework was introduced to guide public health services and systems research (PHSSR) and elucidate the relationships associated with system performance. Since then, research has primarily focused on ...
Developing a Health Equity Toolbox for Health Practitioners to Advance Public Health Advocacy to Eliminate Health Disparities
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The Health Equity and Prevention Primer examines historical and current causes of inequities in health care and lays out opportunities and directions for a more equitable future.
Developing a Model Program for Integrating Tribal Public Health into the Multijursidictional Public Health System for Infectious Diseases
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: This document focuses on the importance of policies that include tribes in a comprehensive multijurisdictional public health system that can address infectious disease outbreaks.
Developing a Taxonomy for the Science of Improvement in Public Health
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
These researchers propose a standardized case definition, common metrics, and a taxonomy of quality improvement (QI) projects to begin building the evidence base for QI in public health, and to advance the science of continuous quality improvement.
Developing Child Immunizations Registries
January 1, 1997 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology reviews a national program supported by the Foundation and other funders to use computer technology to design vaccination registries that facilitate the monitoring of childhood immunizations and allow outreach workers to get in touch with the families of children needing vaccinations.
Diffusion of Practice-Based Research in Local Public Health
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study examined the level of involvement by local health departments (LHDs) in practice-based research (PBR) activities, and determined factors associated with variation in such involvement. Large public health agencies may be overrepresented, r ...
Documenting the Work of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
February 8, 2012 | Video/Presentation Material
A video series focusing on three diverse communities shows how this national program aims to reverse childhood obesity.
Effectiveness of Public Health Quality Improvement Training Approaches
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Quality improvement training for mid-sized public health departments is most effective when it includes both didactic training and opportunities for application, according to this evaluation of the effectiveness of training modalities.
El Paso Group Teaches Kids to Eat Healthier
September 7, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.