Data-Driven Management Strategies in Public Health Collaboratives
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article demonstrates a data-driven management approach to implementing quality improvement in public health collaboratives.
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Providing Assistance to Public Health Agencies Preparing for Accreditation
May 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
Achieving a Culture of Quality Improvement
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The authors of this editorial take a look at how our public health system could work in the future.
Helping Public Health Institutes Become a Key Player in the "New" Public Health
October 1, 2010 | Program Result Report
The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) fosters networking and collaboration among public health institutes and their governmental and other partners. It launched this project to strengthen the nation's public health institutes.
Introducing Quality Improvement Methods into Local Public Health Departments
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines a quality improvement training program for public health departments in Minnesota. Using quality improvement techniques in public health departments is a major strategy to improve the field.
Factors Predicting Improved Performance in Local Public Health Agencies in North Carolina
May 30, 2009 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of North Carolina analyzed publicly available data from 1999 to 2004 to determine which factors are associated with improvement in nine performance indicators.
PREPARE for Pandemic Influenza
January 1, 2008 | Toolkit
This toolkit was developed with the input of health departments from across the country, including those who participated in the 2006-2007 PREPARE [Promoting Emergency Preparedness and Readiness] for Pandemic Influenza (PI) Quality Improvement learning collaborative.
Cost-Utility Analysis Has Potential to Measure the Value of Public Health Systems
August 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers explored ways to define and measure the value of governmental public health systems through a literature review and interviews with 46 public health practitioners, policy-makers and academics.
Evaluation of the Turning Point Initiative: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health
January 18, 2007 | Evaluation
The goal of the Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health evaluation was to describe the outcomes of its activities at both the state and national collaborative levels.