Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Statement Regarding Announcement of Prevention and Wellness Grant Awards
March 19, 2010 | Story
The following is a statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., RWJF president and CEO.
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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.
Are Local Laws the Key to Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.
Philadelphia's Lead Court Is Making a Difference
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Philadelphia's Lead Court shows compliance for lead hazard remediation improvement.
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.
Cross-Jurisdictional Relationships in Local Public Health
January 1, 2011 | Report
New report explores collaborative relationships between local health departments.
Improving Health Through Shared Public Health Services
August 31, 2011 | Issue Brief
How to navigate the process of collaboration.
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.
Using Social Marketing to Manage Population Health Performance
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article discusses pay-for-performance. It considers social marketing as a well-developed managerial paradigm that can contribute to the key components of pay-for-performance as it, in turn, contributes to improving population health.
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
National Program
To improve understanding of school, community, state, and national policies and environmental factors affecting youth diet, physical activity, obesity, and tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.