Defining Organizational Capacity for Public Health Services and Systems Research

More than a decade has passed since a conceptual framework was introduced to guide public health services and systems research (PHSSR) and elucidate the relationships associated with system performance. Since then, research has primarily focused on performance, standards, and key processes, with less emphasis on identification of measures or methods. Capacity lies at one end of the conceptual framework, although little emphasis has been placed on measuring and defining “capacity” of the public health system

The purpose of this article was to review research frameworks and capacity measures in various disciplines to expand the existing PHSSR conceptual framework.

The Journal of Public Health Management & Practice Focuses on Advances in Public Health Services and Systems Research

  1. 1. Advancing the Science of Delivery
  2. 2. Expanding Delivery System Research in Public Health Settings
  3. 3. Public Health Law Research
  4. 4. Developing a Taxonomy for the Science of Improvement in Public Health
  5. 5. Public Health Services and Systems Research
  6. 6. Governance Typology
  7. 7. Diffusion of Practice-Based Research in Local Public Health
  8. 8. Defining Organizational Capacity for Public Health Services and Systems Research
  9. 9. Measuring the Authority of Local Public Health Directors in the Context of Organizational Structure
  10. 10. The Extent of Interorganizational Resource Sharing Among Local Health Departments
  11. 11. Health Districts as Quality Improvement Collaboratives and Multi-Jurisdictional Entities
  12. 12. Information-Seeking Behaviors and Other Factors Contributing to Successful Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Local Health Departments
  13. 13. Assessing the Roles of Brokerage
  14. 14. Structural and Organizational Characteristics Associated with Performance of Essential Public Health Services in Small Jurisdictions
  15. 15. Assessment of Workforce Capacity for Local Health Departments in Nebraska
  16. 16. Topology of Local Health Officials' Advice Networks
  17. 17. Local Health Departments and Specific Maternal and Child Health Expenditures
  18. 18. Variability in Practices for Investigation, Prevention, and Control of Communicable Diseases Among Washington State's Local Health Jurisdictions

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