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May 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
The membership organizations for local, state, and tribal health departments provided technical assistance and funding to health departments participating in the public health accreditation beta test.
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 ...
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 ...
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
State public health agencies are taking on more responsibilities compared to 2001, even without more funding support.
May 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
RWJF's investments in public health services and systems research aim to document the organization, financing, performance and impact of public health departments with the goal of improving public health services and thus the health of the public.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The authors examined evidence and uncertainties concerning the use of partnerships to improve the performance of the public health system, with a special focus on partnerships between public health agencies and health care organizations.
October 1, 2010 | Program Result Report
The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) fosters networking and collaboration among public health institutes and their governmental and other partners. It launched this project to strengthen the nation's public health institutes.
July 14, 2010 | Program Result Report
A research team at the University of Arkansas and the University of Kentucky replicated a 1998 survey of large public health systems in order to develop an evidence-based typology of the structure and dynamics of local public health delivery systems.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
In this paper, the authors discuss the results of a survey sent to public finance managers. The results show how important training is for these officers in order for them to relay accurate information both to the public and to the agencies that provide their sources of revenue.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
For almost a decade, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has supported major efforts in enhancing the field of public health services and systems research (PHSSR) as part of their larger efforts toward advancing the science and practice of pub ...