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January 25, 2012 | Program Result
One casualty of Hurricane Katrina was the hospital known as "Big Charity" - which had provided care to thousands of uninsured New Orleans' residents. LSU Health Care Services Division is using "evidence-based design" to plan a new top-tier hospital.
October 17, 2008 | Program Result
The Foundation for the Mid South engaged stakeholders in a planning process to launch the Mid South Health Initiative, designed to identify strategies that would improve the health of people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines a post-Katrina assessment that combined community-based participatory research and rapid assessment procedures. The authors conducted interviews with 30 stakeholders in the health care field to identify access challenges, unmet needs and health system resources in post-storm New Orleans.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This case study of a St. Louis-area Health Impact Assessment?a tool still uncommon in the U.S.?reveals the value and challenges of involving a large interdisciplinary team, engaging community stakeholders, and working with key decision-makers.
July 15, 2010 | Program Result
Selected states with experience in public health assessment, accreditation and quality improvement continued this work and share their experiences through three phases of the Multistate Learning Collaborative (MLC).
May 18, 2010 | Program Result
Developing an accreditation system to encourage public health departments to measure their performance against national standards.
May 13, 2008 | Program Result
Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health defined its mission as to "transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States to make the system more effective, more community-based and more collaborative."