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Mandated Activities and Limited Decision-Making Authority Among Local Public Health Officals

December 19, 2012 | Journal Article

Study participants expressed a strong value for data and evidence, but faced challenges regarding their agencies' limited access to and capacity for interpreting data for decision-making.

Enforcement of Ohio's Smoke Free Workplace Law Through the Lens of Public Health Practice

January 1, 2013 | Journal Article

An estimated 77 percent of public health agencies in Ohio lose money enforcing the state’s smoke-free law.

Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Health Departments

December 19, 2012 | Journal Article

This qualitative study examined use of evidence-based decision-making in New York State LHDs and factors facilitating and impeding its adoption.

Tax Levy Financing for Local Public Health

December 19, 2012 | Journal Article

This study examines property tax levy (local tax levy) as a source of local health department (LHD) funding during a five year period (2006-2010).

Use of the County Health Rankings by Local Health Departments in Florida, 2010-2011

December 19, 2012 | Journal Article

Local health departments in Florida use the County Health Rankings to improve their community's health.

Anatomy of a Public Health Agency Turnaround

July 23, 2012 | Journal Article

The General Health District in Mahoning County, Ohio experienced a dramatic financial turnaround after running a basic financial analysis and implementing private sector turnaround strategies. Within two years, the district was taking in more money ...

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 ...

Public Health Department Accreditation

March 1, 2012 | Journal Article

In 2003, the Institute of Medicine called for an examination of the feasibility of accrediting public health departments. Subsequently, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Exploring Accreditation Project began and the Public He ...

Evidence Links Increases in Public Health Spending to Declines in Preventable Deaths

August 1, 2011 | Journal Article

This study found that mortality rates fell between 1.1 percent and 6.9 percent for each 10 percent increase in local public health spending.

Structure and Functions of State Public Health Agencies in 2007

July 1, 2011 | Journal Article

State public health agencies are taking on more responsibilities compared to 2001, even without more funding support.