PBRNs

Maryland Public Health PBRN

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Leadership

Beth A. Resnick, Dr.P.H.
Director & Associate Professor
Office of Pubic Health Practice and Training
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Contact Us

Mail:
624 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205

Phone:
410-614-5454

Email:
Beth A. Resnick, Dr.P.H.
brenick@jhsph.edu

Iowa Public Health PBRN

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Leadership

Joy Harris, M.P.H.
Community Health Consultant
Iowa Department of Health

Contact Us

Mail:
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075

Phone:
515-281-7689

Email:
Joy Harris, M.P.H.
Joy.Harris@idph.iowa.gov

 

A partnership of two U.S. research networks to improve public health

Robin C Vanderpool, Ross C Brownson, Glen Mays PhD, Rick A Crosby, Stephen W Wyatt  •  December 3, 2013

Abstract

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's national network of Prevention Research Centers, together with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's national network of Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs), are forging powerful partnerships to expand the science and practice of public health.

Public health research implementation and translation: evidence from practice-based research networks

Glen Mays PhD, Rachel Hogg MPH, Doris M. Castellanos-Cruz MPH, Anna G Hoover PhD, Lizeth Fowler MPA  •  December 3, 2013

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Research on how best to deliver efficacious public health strategies in heterogeneous community and organizational contexts remains limited. Such studies require the active engagement of public health practice settings in the design, implementation, and translation of research. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) provide mechanisms for research engagement, but until now they have not been tested in public health settings.