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Issue Briefs

Role of data in transforming health and human services

Marguerite Ro, DrPH and Eli Kern, MPH RN
May 25, 2017

Click here to download the February 2017 brief.

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs): A Public Health System Effort to Address Prescription Drug Abuse

Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH, Katherine Clegg Smith, Jon Vernick, and Robyn Broadnax, MA
May 25, 2017

Click here to download the December 2016 brief.

Measuring Variation in the Integration of Primary Care and Public Health

Local Primary Care-Public Health Study Group
May 25, 2017

Click here to download the March 2017 brief.

Public health agencies’ quality improvement interventions to deliver cost effective services to prevent and control STIs

W. Livingood, PhD, L. Bilello, K.L. Bull, MPH, U. Choe, DO
May 25, 2017

Click here to download the May 2017 brief.

Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing in Local Public Health Systems: Implications for Costs, Impact, and Management Capacity

Public Health Activities & Services Tracking (PHAST)
October 5, 2016

Click here to download the September 2016 brief.

Making the most of community health planning in Ohio: The role of hospitals and local health departments

Reem Aly, J.D., M.H.A., Health Policy Institute of Ohio
June 27, 2016

Click here to download the May 2015 brief.

Costs of Providing Foundational Public Health Services in Washington State and Relationships with Structural and Community Factors

Betty Bekemeier, Ph.D., M.P.H; Justin Marlowe, M.P.A., M.A.
June 27, 2016

Click here to download the February 2015 brief.

Children’s Access to Care Declines in Rural Areas When Local Health Departments Stop Clinical Services: Lessons from South Carolina

Nathan Hale, Ph.D.; Michael Smith, M.S.P.H.; James Hardin, Ph.D.
June 27, 2016

Click here to download the October 2014 brief.

Doing More with Less: Lessons from Health Departments in Washington State with Exceptional Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

Tamar Klaiman, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Anjali Chainani, M.P.H., M.S.W
June 27, 2016

Click here to download the 2015 brief.

Closed: What happens to health when the local health department isn’t providing clinical services?

Nathan Hale, Ph.D.; Michael Smith, M.S.P.H.; James Hardin, Ph.D.
June 27, 2016

Click here to download the August 2014 brief.