Midwestern and Southern States Receive Least Federal Funding for Disease Prevention
March 10, 2009 | News Release/Video
New report finds public health programs at risk during economic downturn.
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The Need for Vigilance in Public Health
March 10, 2009 | Video
With some of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS, childhood obesity and infant mortality, Washington, D.C., is a city in need of strong investments in public health.
Using Quality Improvement Methods to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness: PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza
January 7, 2009 | Story
Researchers demonstrate that a quality improvement (QI) collaborative model implemented in public health departments can improve their emergency preparedness and performance overall.
Book Links National Order and Public Health to Poor Inner-City Neighborhoods
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
Rodrick Wallace, PhD, and Deborah Wallace, PhD, conducted research and published a book addressing the social, economic and political decay that underlies the rise of AIDS, tuberculosis, drug abuse and violent crime.
2002 National Conference Promotes Appropriate Antibiotic Use
November 1, 2003 | Program Result
In November 2002, the California Medical Association Foundation held a national conference entitled "Diverse Partners, Common Goal: Working Together to Promote Appropriate Antibiotic Use."
Newsletter, Web Site on Hepatitis C Reach Out to People in Prison
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Hepatitis C Awareness Project expanded circulation of the Hepatitis C Awareness News and developed a Web site to provide incarcerated adults with information about hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that causes cirrhosis of the liver.
A U.S. Needle Exchange Program Dramatically Reduces HIV Transmission
March 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Yale University School of Organization and Management and the City of New Haven, Department of Health, worked to expand and evaluate a model needle exchange program in New Haven.
Integrating Corrections and Community Health Systems Can Enhance Screening and Treatment of TB
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Institute for Law and Policy Planning, Inc., Berkeley, Calif., carried out a study of tuberculosis (TB) screening and treatment procedures in jails and community-based health care facilities in two representative California counties.
Capturing an Oral History of the 1960s Smallpox Eradication Campaign in West Africa
February 1, 2008 | Program Result
The Task Force for Child Survival and Development produced an oral history of the smallpox eradication campaign in West Africa in the 1960s, at the behest of CDC officials.
Survey Findings
March 1, 2008 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1999, researchers at Harvard Medical School conducted a study of how the organization, financing and characteristics of medical providers affect the quality and the costs of care received by people with HIV/AIDS.