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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Health Departments"”.
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The department headship in college and university allied health departments
Programs to prepare allied health professionals are the latest in a progression of health-related programs to be assimilated into college and university life. Like their predecessors, preparation programs for physicians and nurses, allied health programs developed almost willy-nilly in the past 50 …
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Prioritizing Preparedness: Extreme Heat and Climate Change Preparation of Midwestern Health Departments
… influence heat wave preparedness of Midwestern health departments, and the climate change perceptions of public health officials. Heat waves have historically impacted the Midwest and, due to the variable pattern of these events, are full of uncertainties. Climate change intensifies the threat …
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A STUDY INVESTIGATING CHARACTERISTICS OF STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND FOODBORNE DISEASE OUTBREAK REPORTING FIDELITY
The structure and systems of state health departments (SHD) may affect reporting of foodborne disease outbreak (FBDO) hospitalizations. Evaluation of SHD by investigating the contributions of structural capacity elements (SCE) will provide an accurate measure of performance and highlight areas for …
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Assessing Readiness for Staff Training Systems in Idaho’s Local Health Departments: An Embedded Case Study
<p dir="ltr">The public health workforce is undergoing a critical transformation, driven by increasing demands for workforce development, new infrastructure investments, and self-identified training needs among local health department (LHD) staff. This research explored the readiness of Idaho’s …
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Local health departments in Iowa: Are they keeping up with the shift from communicable to chronic disease?
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Using key informant interviews to better understand differences in how local health departments inspect school share tables
… to understand what drives differences in health inspector interpretations of the Food Code as it relates to share tables. A snowball sample technique was used to recruit local Illinois health inspectors (n=13) to answer interview questions on share table operations. Four scenario questions …
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Exploring The Academic Health Department Model: A Study Of Awareness, Attitudes, And Practices In Kentucky's Local Health Departments
Public health involves the organized efforts of society to prevent disease, prolong life, and promote health. These efforts are exemplified through partnerships across various public and private sectors, including academia, which are crucial in addressing complex public health challenges. The …
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Public Health Officials' Perspectives on the Determinants of Health: Implications of Health Frames on Policy Implementation in State Health Departments
Recent public health scholarship finds that health outcomes are explained by the social and individual determinants of health rather than the individual-level determinants alone. The individualistic perspective has dominated the 20th century institutionalization of public health in the United …
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Envisioning a Trauma-Sensitive Public Health Department: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research
… recent attention and research around the health implications of trauma have unmasked this concept as a pervasive public health issue. This has catalyzed a movement to create a paradigm shift that transforms a formerly myopic understanding of trauma towards one that acknowledges the …
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Public financial management reforms for value-for-money in selected South African provincial governments
… PFM performance of the provincial Education and Health departments, a Public Financial Management Progress Index (PFMP index) is constructed for each of the nine provincial Education and Health departments for the period from 2007/2008 to 2013/2014, based on annual performance plans, budgets and …
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The Implementation of Refugee Health Policies and Services in Virginia's Local Health Districts
In 1997, the Virginia Refugee Health Program coordinated a protocol and reimbursement structure to encourage health departments to perform initial health screenings on refugees settling in the Commonwealth by establishing four recommended levels of assessment. This thesis is concerned with these …
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Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Video Directly Observed Therapy Program at Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services
Public health professionals are increasingly adopting telehealth to improve the effectiveness of existing services. For example, local health departments in the United States are pilot-testing an alternative approach to Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) among tuberculosis (TB) patients by using video …
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A descriptive study of barriers to implementation of pregnancy prevention projects in North Carolina public schools
… identify barriers encountered by school systems, health departments, and other health care agencies while implementing pregnancy prevention projects in public school settings. The following questions were addressed in this study: 1. Do identifiable barriers exist that prevent the implementation of …
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Understanding the Influence of Bureaucratic Caring on Implementation of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Multiple Case Study
… of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis in two health departments within a larger metropolitan area in southeast Texas. This study applies a relativist perspective with a constructivist approach to explore the research question. Eight clinicians and seven administrators at the two local health …
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Public Health involvement in alcohol licensing decisions: policy, partnerships and professional ideology
… Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 added ‘health bodies’ as Responsible Authorities within licensing decisions and, in practice, Directors of Public Health undertook this role. Despite the Act enabling Public Health departments to engage with alcohol licensing decisions to facilitate the …
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Building the Bridge: Connecting Federal Capabilities With Local Capacities in the Event of a Public Health Emergency
… governments and jurisdictions during a public health emergency. The federal government’s policies are expected to advance the public’s welfare and safety. A critical piece of these guidelines is preparing the nation for potential emergencies requiring federal assistance. The National Response …
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An evaluation of the provision and performance of acute care hospitals in the non-metropolitan regions of the Western Cape Province
Health Departments across South Africa face increasing financing constraints comparable to other developing countries and reported internationally. During the 1997/98 financial year, the Department of Health (DOH), Provincial Administration of the Western Cape (PAWC) faced huge cuts in its …
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A qualitative case study exploring the role of occupational health physiotherapy from the perspectives of different stakeholders
… Over the past decade, the role of occupational health physiotherapy has gained recognition as a profession that can be embedded within occupational health departments. In response, the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics developed an Occupational …
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Neighborhood plans as tools for public health improvement : steps to a healthier Austin and neighborhood planning in Austin, Texas
… and residents are interviewed to explore how health and safety were addressed in the planning process, discover methods by which plan items have been implemented, and identify common barriers to project completion that the public health community may help bridge. Findings indicate that …
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