Economic Shock and Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health

Year: 2010
Funding: Research Implementation Award (RIA)
Status: Completed

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Overview

This study examines local variation in public health agency budget reductions during the 2009-10 economic downturn in Washington and the impact of these reductions on public health decision-making and use of evidence-based practices. An existing statewide survey is being adapted and used to measure evidence-based practice implementation and service delivery at multiple points in time during the economic downturn.

Presentations

  • Hard Decisions: Public Health Practice Change During Financial Crises (Annual Science of Dissemination and Implementation Conference of National Institutes of Health-March 2011)
  • Public Health Service Delivery Under Pressure: Factors Influencing Local Public Health Decisions During a Financial Crisis (Keeneland Conference-April 2011)
  • Evidence-Based Practice Under Pressure: Factors Influencing Public Health Decisions During a Financial Crisis (AcademyHealth-June 2011)
  • Local Health Jurisdictions' Budget Decisions and Evidence-Based Practices in a Challenging Financial Environment (NACCHO-July 2011)
  • Factors Affecting LHJ  Leaders' Decisions in a Budget Crisis: A WA PH PBRN Study (WA State Public Health Association Joint Conference on Health-October 2011)
  • Factors Affecting LHJ  Leaders' Decisions in a Budget Crisis: A WA PH PBRN Study (State Association of Local Public Health Officials-December 2011)
  • Factors Affecting LHJ  Leaders' Decisions in a Budget Crisis: A WA PH PBRN Study (WA State Community Health Leadership-December 2011)

Publications

Local public health resource allocation: limited choices and strategic decisions. (AJPM-December 2013)

Research Areas

Contact Us

Betty Bekemeier, Ph.D., M.P.H
bettybek@u.washington.edu