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December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
Study participants expressed a strong value for data and evidence, but faced challenges regarding their agencies' limited access to and capacity for interpreting data for decision-making.
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An estimated 77 percent of public health agencies in Ohio lose money enforcing the state’s smoke-free law.
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
This qualitative study examined use of evidence-based decision-making in New York State LHDs and factors facilitating and impeding its adoption.
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
This study examines property tax levy (local tax levy) as a source of local health department (LHD) funding during a five year period (2006-2010).
December 19, 2012 | Journal Article
Local health departments in Florida use the County Health Rankings to improve their community's health.
October 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2010, Common Ground, helped 31 state and local public health agencies improve their information systems and their system performance in order to meet the challenges of bio terrorism, potential pandemics, and chronic disease.
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 ...
October 30, 2012 | Story
Children's Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts) worked with public health partners to improve data sharing and communication between state and local health departments by analyzing and redesigning a web-based bioterrorism preparedness system.
October 30, 2012 | Story
Geraldine Johnson, MS, used Common Ground business-process analysis tools to provide quality improvement training to local, regional, and state health department staff in New York.
October 30, 2012 | Story
As Health Commissioner in Mahoning County Ohio, Matt Stefanak first used a Common Ground grant to redesign the environmental health permitting process, and then applied the methodology to other public health challenges.