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Frontiers In Phssr Is On The Move, F. Douglas Scutchfield Nov 2014

Frontiers In Phssr Is On The Move, F. Douglas Scutchfield

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Recently, Dr. Jenine Harris and her colleagues examined the use of journals by state chronic disease prevention staff to stay up-to-date on public health evidence. We, at Frontiers in PHSSR, are pleased to be included among the journals listed in the survey. Online open-access journals are shifting the paradigm of scientific publication, allowing free and rapid exchange of information. Another illustration of Frontier’s increasing utility is a forthcoming issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). We are pleased that AJPH has agreed to publish selected abstracts from Frontiers in PHSSR in their regular issue with links to …


Policymakers Identify Priorities For Phssr, Katherine Froeb Papa Nov 2014

Policymakers Identify Priorities For Phssr, Katherine Froeb Papa

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

A major goal for the health services research community is to provide evidence policymakers can use to improve the public’s health. However, it can be difficult to know what evidence policymakers want and how they decide what research to fund.

In order to understand where policymakers turn for evidence and how they make funding decisions amid fiscal and political constraints, AcademyHealth conducted a 3-part Fireside Chat series in the spring of 2014. This editorial summarizes the evidence gaps identified, and provides strategies for communicating with decision makers.


Evaluating Quality Improvement To Improve Hiv Reporting, Nandi A. Marshall, William C. Livingood, Angela Peden, Gulzar H. Shah, Russ Toal, Dayna Alexander, Alesha Wright, Sandra Jump, Shelby Freeman, Kay Davis, Lynn Woodhouse, Kellie Penix Dec 2013

Evaluating Quality Improvement To Improve Hiv Reporting, Nandi A. Marshall, William C. Livingood, Angela Peden, Gulzar H. Shah, Russ Toal, Dayna Alexander, Alesha Wright, Sandra Jump, Shelby Freeman, Kay Davis, Lynn Woodhouse, Kellie Penix

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

The incorporation and evaluation of Quality Improvement into Georgia’s public health systems continues to be a focus of the Georgia Public Health Practice Based Research Network. This report describes the process, preliminary results and lessons learned from incorporating Quality Improvement into one of Georgia’s public health districts.


Commentary: Moving Beyond The Numbers, Effectively Using Research To Influence Policy, F. Douglas Scutchfield, Marylou Wallace Dec 2013

Commentary: Moving Beyond The Numbers, Effectively Using Research To Influence Policy, F. Douglas Scutchfield, Marylou Wallace

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

This seventh issue of Frontiers reflects the variety of PHSSR. One emerging theme, however, is the notion of public health and its role in policy and policy development. PHSSR focuses on several potential users, researchers, practitioners and policy makers. As it concerns policy makers, PHSSR delivers research that allows them to make decisions about policy change that not only influences public health status, but creates healthy conditions. In this way, PHSSR essentially influences decisions about support for public health services.


Update On Public Health Financing & Economic Studies From The Phssr And Pbrn Programs, Glen P. Mays Nov 2013

Update On Public Health Financing & Economic Studies From The Phssr And Pbrn Programs, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

As part of the Public Health Financing Roundtable at APHA, this session provides an update on public health financing and economics studies underway through the Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) Program and the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN) Program, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.


Commentary: The Road To Quality In Public Health, A Long But Important Journey, F. Douglas Scutchfield, Glen Mays, Marylou Wallace Oct 2013

Commentary: The Road To Quality In Public Health, A Long But Important Journey, F. Douglas Scutchfield, Glen Mays, Marylou Wallace

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Quality improvement (QI) in public health departments is a focus in this sixth issue of Frontiers. Data is important to the development of quality improvement efforts. As we see growth of and meaningful use of electronic health records, the health department is in a position to take the lead as a data hub and to use this information wisely to both improve their QI efforts and link that QI to outcomes.


Estimating Return On Investment: Approaches And Methods, Glen P. Mays May 2013

Estimating Return On Investment: Approaches And Methods, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Continuing fiscal constraints in the public sector and large-scale policy changes associated with health reform implementation in the U.S. are giving heightened attention to questions about the health and economic value of public health programs, services, and policies -- strategies designed to protect health and prevent disease and injury on a population-wide basis. This session provides an overview of approaches for conducting return-on-investment (ROI) analyses and related economic evaluation studies in public health settings in order to inform policy and administrative decision-making. New opportunities and resources created through CDC's National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII) and RWJF's Public Health Practice-based …


Using State And Local Health Survey Data To Advance Phssr, Glen P. Mays Apr 2012

Using State And Local Health Survey Data To Advance Phssr, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

State and local health survey data can be used to evaluate the implementation and impact of public health delivery innovations in real-world practice settings.


Public Health Services And Systems Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jan 2012

Public Health Services And Systems Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.


Public Health Services And Systems Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jan 2012

Public Health Services And Systems Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Phssr Research Agenda, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jun 2011

Phssr Research Agenda, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.


Phssr Research Agenda, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jun 2011

Phssr Research Agenda, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


A Brief History Of Phssr: The National Coordinating Center. Lessons From History, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Feb 2011

A Brief History Of Phssr: The National Coordinating Center. Lessons From History, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.


A Brief History Of Phssr: The National Coordinating Center. Lessons From History, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Feb 2011

A Brief History Of Phssr: The National Coordinating Center. Lessons From History, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Public Health Services And Systems Research: A Common Meeting Ground, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jan 2011

Public Health Services And Systems Research: A Common Meeting Ground, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Public Health Services And Systems Research: A Common Meeting Ground, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jan 2011

Public Health Services And Systems Research: A Common Meeting Ground, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.


Public Health Services And Systems Research: Data For Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Oct 2010

Public Health Services And Systems Research: Data For Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.


Public Health Services And Systems Research: Data For Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Oct 2010

Public Health Services And Systems Research: Data For Research, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Some Thoughts On Health Department Accreditation, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jun 2008

Some Thoughts On Health Department Accreditation, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Issues And Challenges Facing The Field Of Phssr, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jun 2008

Issues And Challenges Facing The Field Of Phssr, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.


Issues And Challenges Facing The Field Of Phssr, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jun 2008

Issues And Challenges Facing The Field Of Phssr, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Public Health Professional Organizational Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jun 2008

Public Health Professional Organizational Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.


Public Health Professional Organizational Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jun 2008

Public Health Professional Organizational Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Nlm Database Central: The First Place To Look For Your Phsr Research Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jan 2006

Nlm Database Central: The First Place To Look For Your Phsr Research Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

F. Douglas Scutchfield MD

No abstract provided.


Nlm Database Central: The First Place To Look For Your Phsr Research Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md Jan 2006

Nlm Database Central: The First Place To Look For Your Phsr Research Data, F. Douglas Scutchfield Md

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Presentations

No abstract provided.