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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Local Health Departments"”.
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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
… standards across federal, state, and local levels. Food safety issues could potentially create stricter policies in the future, whereas lenient policies may facilitate more food recovery via share tables. The review demonstrates a need for additional research on the food safety risks …
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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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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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Building the Bridge: Connecting Federal Capabilities With Local Capacities in the Event of a Public Health Emergency
… government faces with providing support to local 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 …
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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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Promising Practices: A case study on public health emergency preparedness at a university
… L. Mathes, for Doctor of Philosophy degree in HEALTH EDUCATION, presented on May 8, 2013, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. TITLE: PROMISING PRACTICES: A CASE STUDY ON PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Kathleen Welshimer There is little published literature on …
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Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases through Information and Education at the California Department of Public Health
… Control at the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) focuses on working with local health departments, primary care providers, immunization coalitions, and other statewide organizations to increase the rates of vaccinations in the United States. The Information and Education section aims …
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Understanding the Influence of Bureaucratic Caring on Implementation of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Multiple Case Study
… prophylaxis (doxyPEP) has not been included in local response strategies for STI outbreaks. The challenges surrounding doxyPEP implementation are not fully understood in the southern United States, and further research is needed to implement doxyPEP effectively. Utilizing an embedded …
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Factors influencing Virginia WIC program participants in their decision not to breastfeed
… on the topic of breastfeeding within the health department population versus private care patients. An anonymous survey was administered by WIC nutritionists in the state of Virginia to mothers of newborns who were bottlefeeding. A total of 152 women completed questionnaires which were …
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Strengthening the Massachusetts local public health workforce pipeline: lessons learned and recommendations from a mixed-methods evaluation
BACKGROUND: The local public health workforce in the United States is severely depleted, requiring a coordinated approach to re-build and repair the public health infrastructure to respond to community needs appropriately and efficiently. One important strategy is the recruitment of public health …
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An ecological analysis of geographic variations in the need and availability of safety net facilities in racially segregated communities of Chicago
… is a fundamental cause of racial disparities in health and access to care in the United States. Safety net facilities, however, have the potential to play a major role in eliminating such disparities by improving access to care for vulnerable populations especially in racially segregated …
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The Pursuit of Transformation: How a Governmental Public Health System Characterizes and Operationalizes Transformational Change
<p dir="ltr">The U.S. governmental public health system is confronting an urgent and complex imperative: to transform itself in order to meaningfully address persistent and worsening health inequities rooted in racism and other structural determinants of health. Although there is increasing …
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Homeowners' knowledge & awareness of septic systems and barriers to septic system maintenance in northwest Indiana: information to enhance agency outreach and education efforts
… is used to make suggestions for effective local outreach and education efforts with the intention of changing current behavior and promoting an increase in proper septic system care and maintenance. The ultimate purpose of reducing septic system failure is to reduce E. coli from entering …
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The role of education and hands-on training in emergency preparedness and response
… on the World Trade Center have tested the public health response capabilities of the United States. While each disaster be it natural or manmade will have different characteristics; however, they require the same all-hazards response. This type of response, education and training of the public …
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Beyond Water Regulation: Contamination of Private Wells, Citizen Science, and Corrosion of Household Plumbing
… When water quality issues do arise, state or local organizations can provide critically important support. For instance, in North Carolina (NC) local health departments (LHDs) are required to have private well programs that enforce statewide well construction standards, offer water testing …
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Surveillance for hard ticks of public health concern in Illinois: methods, application, and education
… In 2019, the CDC published guidelines for public health agencies to follow when performing tick surveillance. To determine how effective these guidelines are, a baseline of prior surveillance is needed. Chapter 1 of this dissertation seeks to answer this need through a systematic review of methods …
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Evidence-Based Public Health: Using Data Visualization for Improving the Understanding of Data and Information
… manner that results in better decision-making in health and healthcare, there is little understanding of its applications in public health practice, particularly for public health program planning and resource allocation. This dissertation explores what can be learned from the literature through …