Year: 2013
Funding: Mentored Researcher Development Award
Status: Completed
Overview
This study seeks to identify local health department practices for delivering maternal and child health (MCH) services that generate superior health outcomes. Using the Public Health Activities and Services Tracking (PHAST) database, a multi-state resource developed in collaboration with Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs), Dr. Klaiman conducts a “positive deviance” statistical analysis of local data from four states to identify local health departments that achieve better-than-expected MCH outcomes. Using interviews with local health department staff in each state and PHAST quantitative data, the research describes strategies used by high-performing agencies to achieve superior outcomes.
Presentations
- Sharing Lessons Learned from Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal And Child Health (Infographic Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, December 2015)
- Learning from Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (Systems for Action Research Seminar, University of Kentucky, December 2015 recording)
- Lessons Learned from Exceptional Washington Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (Infographic Poster Presentation, Annual Conference Washington State Public Health Association, October 2015)
- Lessons Learned from Exceptional Florida Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (Poster, Annual Educational Conference, Florida Public Health Association, August 2015)
- Lessons Learned from Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health and Identifying Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (Posters, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2015)
- Identifying Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (PHSSR Keeneland Conference, April 2015)
- Learning from Positive Deviant Local Public Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (PHSSR Research-in-Progress Webinar Series, February 2015, recording)
- Learning from Positive Outlier Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, November 2014)
- A Method for Identifying Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (AcademyHealth Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Meeting, June 2014)
- Identifying Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health Outcomes (Poster, PHSSR Keeneland Conference, April 2014 and AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2014)
Publications
- A Method for Identifying Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (Frontiers in PHSSR, April 2014)
- Related: Editorial Comment: A Method for Identifying Positive Deviant Local Health Departments in Maternal and Child Health (Frontiers in PHSSR, April 2014)
Tools
- Research Overview and Implications (Video interview with Tamar Klaiman, December 2015)
- Doing More with Less: Lessons from Health Departments in Washington State with Exceptional Maternal and Child Health Outcomes (AcademyHeatlh Brief, 2015)
Research Areas
Contact
Researcher: Tamar Klaiman, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of the Sciences
Research Mentor: Betty Bekemeier, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, University of Washington