Overview
The Washington Public Health Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) is designed to support research that examines variations in public health practice across local areas and opportunities for practice improvement through studies of comparative effectiveness. Led by the Public Health-Seattle & King County local health department, the research network includes the local health departments serving the nine largest jurisdictions within the state, along with the Washington State Department of Health, the Washington State Association of Local Public Health Officials, and research partners at University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and School of Nursing. The network focuses on cross-jurisdictional public health practice issues relevant to front-line public health service delivery. To date, the WA PBRN has completed 4 studies, and is working on 3 additional projects. Current priorities include proactive dissemination of research results to public health practitioners, strengthening ties to conversations about changes to the public health system in Washington, and increasing revenue to the network for additional studies. Long-term research interests include projects that focus on public health financing, quality improvement processes, health disparities, workforce competency, and community health assessment.
Our Research
- Economic Shock and Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health
- Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Project to Improve Workforce Diversity
- Local Health Department Workforce Reductions: Implications for Diversity and Health Disparities
- Washington Practice and Outcomes Variation Study
- Costs and Cost-Drivers of Providing Foundational Public Health Services in Washington State and Relationships with Structural and Community Factors
- Inter-Organizational Collaboration in Local Public Health Systems: Implications for Costs, Impact, and Management Capacity
- Budget Cuts and Violence and Injury Prevention in WA's Local Health Departments
- Measuring Variation in the Integration of Primary Care and Public Health: A Multi-State PBRN Study of Local Integration and Health Outcomes
Collaborators
- Public Health-Seattle & King County local health department
- Washington State Department of Health
- Washington State Association of Local Public Health Officials
- University of Washington School of Public Health
- Community Medicine and School of Nursing
Leadership
(Interim) Marguerite Ro, Dr.P.H.
Chief, Assessment, Policy Development, and Evaluation
Public Health-Seattle & King County
Contact Us
Website:
www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/partnerships/pbrn.aspx
Phone:
206-263-8811
Email:
Marguerite Ro
marguerite.ro@kingcounty.gov
Lin Gray Bird
linda.graybird@kingcounty.gov