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Estimating the Financial Resources Needed for Local Public Health Departments in Minnesota
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study sought to quantify the gap between current public health spending and adequate public health spending in Minnesota and can serve as a conceptual model for other communities.
Emerging Public Health Leaders in Minnesota Build Confidence and Skills
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
Kristin Schultz, the assistant director of a local public health department in rural Minnesota, was tired of always trying to do more with less and overwhelmed by the challenges of working in public health.
Tax Levy Financing for Local Public Health
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).
Milwaukee Nurses Rebuild Pipeline of Public Health Nurses
January 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The lead partner, Scott Gelzer from the Faye McBeath Foundation, was already a nursing funder and supporter. He was able to interest two other foundations in the critical work to invest in public health. As the nursing leader of the project, I learn ...
It Takes a Community to Solve a Health Problem
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 2001, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, developed and implemented Community Health in Focus, a program designed to use the convening role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to stimulate action on health care issues identified by local communities.