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.
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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 ...
Healthier Options at L.A. Corner Stores
July 16, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The smoothie demo was the work of staff from the North Long Beach Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Zone, a program of the Long Beach Health Department, including some salaried high school health workers, who together have burgeoning relationships ...
Jonathan Fielding: NewPublicHealth Q&A
July 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA, County Health Officer and director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, responsible for all public health functions including surveillance and control of both communicable and chronic diseases, was ...
Paul Kuehnert: NewPublicHealth Q&A
July 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
This summer, Paul Kuehnert, MS, RN, joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) as senior program officer and director of the Foundation’s Public Health Team. For nearly 20 years, Kuehnert has provided executive leadership to private and govern ...
NACCHO Q&A: John Wiesman
July 11, 2012 | New Public Health Post
On July 1, John Wiesman, Director of Clark County Public Health Department in Washington State became president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), which is having its annual meeting in Los Angeles this week. Ne ...
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 ...
Providing Assistance to Public Health Agencies Preparing for Accreditation
May 17, 2012 | Program Result
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.
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.