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September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The article examines the validity of the Community Health Status Indicator (CHSI) to rank county health within peer strata.
November 1, 2011 | Report
California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but study shows successes are uneven.
November 9, 2011 | News Release
Study shows statewide rates for overweight and obesity among school-age children may be leveling off, but progress is uneven across counties.
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.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: By bringing together state and local officials, their federal counterparts and diverse stakeholders of the food safety system, this project developed an agenda for strengthening state and local roles in the food safety system.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study sought to quantify the gap between current public health spending and adequate public health spending in Minnesota and can serve as a conceptual model for other communities.
February 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
In Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, partnerships in 49 communities nationwide are changing local policies and revamping the physical environment to foster healthy living and prevent childhood obesity.
July 6, 2009 | Report
The report identifies and explores eight areas in which diverse business, medical and consumer interests are beginning to find middle ground and earn the support of bipartisan lawmakers.
May 16, 2011 | Story
Sanjeev Arora, MD, started Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in 2004 to leverage scarce specialist resources and expand access to treatment for patients with hepatitis C throughout New Mexico.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This special issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, is dedicated to the current and future states of quality improvement in public health, examining the current research from the field, as well as our expectations for the future.