A comprehensive review of local health department performance planning documents reveals trends and gaps in how America’s frontline health agencies use established frameworks, engage community, and use data to drive decision-making, while also highlighting the diverse needs and capacities in addressing public health challenges.
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State Maternal Health Innovation awardees share strategies to systematically improve maternal health and equity in outcomes.
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This work highlights the significance of the inaugural Public Health Law Practitioners Convening in addressing COVID-19 and other public health issues by collaborating with other attorneys and public health practitioners through law and policy.
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Health agencies should examine their childhood vaccine policies and consider new policies to improve data collection, tracking, and sharing.
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This new series will highlight training and mentoring programs designed to expand opportunities for underrepresented students interested in careers in science.
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In most areas, more than 20% of the public health workforce has competency gaps, although odds of gaps differ by demographic and position characteristics.
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Novel approaches for cross-sector partnerships are needed to sustain integrated, data-enabled decision making during a public health crisis.
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Public health organizations should incorporate a strategic innovation process to maximize their likelihood for success. A portfolio approach to innovation is one way to support a strategic innovation process by analyzing the mix of an organization’s current and planned work. A portfolio approach can be an important part to your organization’s idea generation phase. This July, the Journal of Public
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The key to transforming our public health system is to change how we practice it. The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) supports health departments to improve quality, accountability, and performance. Health departments are the backbone of the public health system, and our mission is to transform public health practice by championing performance improvement, strong infrastructure, and innovation of our health
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