What is PHSSR?
These articles describe public health services and systems research, what improvements need to be made and opportunities for further research.
Arias, I., Thacker, S. B., et al. (2012). “The Value of Public Health Services and Systems Research.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 42(5): S82-S83. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379712000839
Consortium from Altarum Institute; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research. (2012). “A National Research Agenda for Public Health Services and Systems.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 42(5):S72-8 http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/articles/journal_articles/2012/rwjf72691
Larkin, M. A., Marks, J.S., et al. (2012). “Public Health Services and Systems Research: An Agenda Where Research and Practice Matter to Each Other and to Our Nation's Health.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 42(5): S79-S81 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379712000852
Lenaway, D., P. Halverson, et al. (2006). "Public Health Systems Research: Setting a National Agenda." American Journal of Public Health 96(3): 410-413. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470524/?tool=pubmed
Mays, G.P., S. A. Smith (2011). “Evidence Links Increases in Public Health Spending to Declines in Preventable Deaths.” Health Affairs 30(8):1585-1593. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/8/1585.full.pdf
Mays, G. P., F. D. Scutchfield, et al. (2010). "Understanding the organization of public health delivery systems: An empirical typology." Milbank Quarterly 88(1): 81-111. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%20%20%20%2020377759
Mays, G. P., S. A. Smith, et al. (2009). "Public Health Delivery Systems. Evidence, Uncertainty, and Emerging Research Needs." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 36(3): 256-265. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19215851
Merrill, J., J. Keeling, et al. (2009). "Toward Standardized, Comparable Public Health Systems Data: A Taxonomic Description of Essential Public Health Work." Health Services Research 44(5p2): 1818-1841. http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=48633
Meyer, A. M., Davis, M., et al. (2012). “Defining organizational capacity for public health services and systems research.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 18(6): 535-44. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23023278
Perez, D., Larkin, M. (2009). “Commentary: Partnership for the Future of PHSSR.” Health Services Research 44 (5):1788-1795. http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=49189
Scutchfield, F. D., G. P. Mays, et al. (2009). "Applying Health Services Research to Public Health Practice: An Emerging Priority." Health Services Research 44(5p2): 1775-1787. http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=48629
Scutchfield, F. D. (2009). "Foreword." Health Services Research 44(5p2): 1773-1774. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19686247
Scutchfield, F. D., Patrick, Kevin (2007). "Public Health Systems Research: The New Kid on the Block." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 32(2): 173-174. www.rwjf.org/files/research/8-2007%20-%20PHSSR.pdf
Scutchfield, F. D., J. S. Marks, et al. (2007). "Public health services and systems research." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 33(2): 169-171. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=PMID%3A%20%20%20%20%2017673106
PHSSR Contemporary Studies
Bender, K. and P. K. Halverson (2010). "Quality improvement and accreditation: What might it look like?" Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 16(1): 79-82. http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=52981
Burris, S., Mays, G.P., Scutchfield, F.D., Ibrahim, J.K. “Moving from intersection to integration: public health law research and public health systems and services research.” Milbank Q. Review 2012 Jun;90(2):375-408. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22709392
Erwin, P. C., S. B. Greene, et al. (2011). "The association of changes in local health department resources with changes in state-level health outcomes." American Journal of Public Health 101(4): 609-615. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20558799
Erwin, P. C., C. R. Myers, et al. (2011). "State responses to America's health rankings: The search for meaning, utility, and value." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 17(5): 406-412. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21788777
Henry, B. L., F. D. Scutchfield, et al. (2008). "Tapping the potential: tackling health disparities through accreditation and public health services and systems research." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 14: 85-87. http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=35690
Ingram RC, FD Scutchfield, Richard Charnigo, Martha Riddell. Local Public Health System Performance and Community Health Outcomes. Am J Prev Med. 2012; 42:214-20
Mays, G.P. Isham, G., et al. (2012). “Funding Public Health A New IOM Report on Investing in a Healthier Future.” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Orlando, FL. http://works.bepress.com/glen_mays/7.
Mays, G. P. and S. A. Smith (2011). "Evidence links increases in public health spending to declines in preventable deaths." Health Affairs (Project Hope) 30(8): 1585-1593. http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=72596
Mays, G. P. and S. A. Smith (2009). "Geographic variation in public health spending: correlates and consequences." Health Services Research 44(5): 1796-1817. www.rwjf.org/files/.../20091007phspendingpolicyhighlightrevised.p...
Mays, G. P., M. C. McHugh, et al. (2004). "Getting what you pay for: public health spending and the performance of essential public health services." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 10(5). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15552769
National Network of Public Health Institutes, list of current PHSSR grantees. http://nnphi.org/programs/phssr/current-grantees
Polyak, G., K. Madamala, et al. (2010). "Self-assessment of public health essential services among Illinois local health department administrators." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 16(2): 93-97. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20150788
Ingram RC, FD Scutchfield, Glen Mays, Michelyn Bhandari. The Economic, Institutional, and Political Determinants of Public Health Delivery System Structures. Public Health Rep. 2012 Mar-Apr (127)2
Translational Research
These articles focus on how academic research translates into public health practice and the impact of evidence based research in the field.
Ammerman, A., J. R. Harris, et al. (2011). "CDCs Prevention Research Centers Program: Translating Research into Action with Communities." Journal of Primary Prevention 32(3-4): 131-134. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=PMID%3A%20%20%20%20%2021866393
Baker, E. A., R. C. Brownson, et al. (2009). "Examining the role of training in evidence-based public health: A qualitative study." Health Promotion Practice 10(3): 342-348. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19574586
Brownson, R.C., Allen, P., Duggan, K., Stamatakis, K.A., Erwin, P.C. “Fostering more-effective public health by identifying administrative evidence-based practices: a review of the literature.” Am J Prev Med. 2012 Sep;43(3):309-19. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22898125
Brownson, R. C. and E. Jones (2009). "Bridging the gap: Translating research into policy and practice." Preventive Medicine 49(4): 313-315. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901575/
Brownson, R. C., J. F. Chriqui, et al. (2009). "Understanding Evidence-Based Public Health Policy." American Journal of Public Health 99(9): 1576.35. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/full/99/9/1576
Dodson, E. A., E. A. Baker, et al. (2010). "Use of evidence-based interventions in state health departments: A qualitative assessment of barriers and solutions." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 16(6): E9-E15. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20885175
Green, L. W. and R. E. Glasgow (2006). "Evaluating the relevance, generalization, and applicability of research: issues in external validation and translation methodology." Evaluation and the Health Professions 29(1): 126-153. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16510882
Jacobs, J. A., E. A. Baker, et al. (2010). "Barriers to evidence-based decision making in public health: A national survey of chronic disease practitioners." Public Health Reports 125(5): 736-742. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925010/
Rabin, B. A., R. C. Brownson, et al. (2006). "Methodologic challenges in disseminating evidence-based interventions to promote physical activity." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 31(4): 24-34. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16979467
Rychetnik, L., Bauman, A., et al. (2012). “Translating research for evidence-based public health: key concepts and future directions.” Journal of Epidemiology Community Health doi:10.1136/jech-2011-200038 http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2012/05/07/jech-2011-200038.short
Whitener, B. L., Van Horne, W., et al. (2005). “Health services research tools for public health professionals.” American Journal of Public Health 95(2):204-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15671451
Wilson, K. M., T. J. Brady, et al. (2011). "An organizing framework for translation in public health: the Knowledge to Action Framework." Preventing Chronic Disease 8(2). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18321168
Wilson, K. M., F. Fridinger, et al. (2008). "Focusing on public health: A different look at translating research to practice." Journal of Women's Health 17(2): 173-179. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073439/?tool=pubmed