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A Comparative Study of 11 Local Health Department Organizational Networks

November 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This study represented 11 local health departments (LHDs) as groups of networks employees, tasks, and knowledge were points, or nodes within each network LHDs that appear structurally distinct likely share patterns of interactions among their organizational elements.

Applying Health Services Research to Public Health Practice

October 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This article provides a history of health services research focused on public health and summarizes the current state of the field.

A Shot in the Rear, Not a Shot in the Dark

March 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This article describes a mass clinic built in response to a hepatitis A outbreak in eastern Tennessee. Two regional health departments adapted Centers for Disease Control's guidelines for providing emergency smallpox vaccinations.

Attempts to Create a Database of Public Health Initiatives Fall Short of Goal

September 1, 2000 | Program Result

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Washington, developed and maintained a listing of initiatives by public and private sector groups to improve the public health infrastructure.

CDC Journal Features Essays on Selection and Use of Metrics in Efforts to Improve Community Health

June 15, 2010 | Audio/Journal Article

Researchers evaluate health metrics.

County Health Rankings

February 10, 2010 | Report/Video

University of Wisconsin/RWJF project ranks counties on how healthy people are and how long they live.

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 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.

Expanding the Ability of Practitioners and Scholars to Assess Law as a Tool to Improve Public Health

January 4, 2011 | Report

Knowledge Asset: An ongoing study examines the breadth of local public health decision-making authority and describes how local public health ordinances fill gaps in or supplement existing state and federal public health ordinances.

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