Overview
The Massachusetts Public Health Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) will develop initial research capacity for studying the effects of regionalization on public health service delivery and outcomes. This network will be organized by the practice arm of the Boston University School of Public Health and will take advantage of a natural experiment created by the state’s effort to develop a regionalized organizational structure from its current 351 separate public health jurisdictions. Network participants will include the state Department of Public Health, eight local health departments (LHDs) participating in a state regionalization work group, and representatives from key public health associations within the state. Research partners will include faculty at the Boston University School of Public Health and the nonprofit Institute for Community Health. Initial research projects will elucidate key factors that influence the implementation and impact of regionalized public health delivery models, and will compare the costs and consequences alternative approaches to regionalization.
Our Research
- The Path to Multi-Jurisdictional Models of Public Health Service Delivery in Massachusetts: What do Local Community Leaders Face in Planning for Change?
- The Effects of Cross-Jurisdictional Resource Sharing on the Implementation, Scope and Quality of Public Health Services
Collaborators
- Boston University School of Public Health
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Institute for Community Health
Leadership
Harold D. Cox, M.S.S.W
Justeen Hyde, Ph.D.
Kathleen MacVarish, M.S.
Contact Us
Website: http://www.bu.edu/regionalization/about-us/ma-pbrn/
Mail:
715 Albany Street, Talbot Building
Boston, MA 02118
Phone:
(617) 429-7956 (Harold Cox)
(617) 499-6694 (Justeen Hyde)
(617) 638-5032 (Kathleen MacVarish)
Email:
Harold Cox, M.S.S.W
hcox@bu.edu
Justeen Hyde
jhyde@challiance.org
Kathleen MacVarish
kmacvar@bu.edu