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Piloting a State Health Department Accreditation Model: The North Carolina Experience.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides an overview of the state health department pilot accreditation process, evaluation results from that process, and recommendations to advance state health department accreditation efforts.Page: 85DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346003.13533.67Authors: Reed, Joy EdD, RN, FAAN; Pavletic, Denise MPH; Devlin, Leah DDS, MPH; Davis, Mary V. DrPH, MSPH; Beitsch, Leslie M. MD, JD; Baker, Edward L. MD, MPH, MSc
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Use of Computer Modeling for Emergency Preparedness Functions by Local and State Health Officials: A Needs Assessment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents the methodology, results, and lessons learned from a multistate needs assessment of local and state public health and safety officials regarding their familiarity and use of formal computer modeling for preparedness activities.Page: 96DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346004.21157.efAuthors: Rosenfeld, Lisa A. MPH; Fox, Claude Earl MD, MPH; Kerr, Debora MA; Marziale, Erin MPH; Cullum, Amy MPH, MA; Lota, Kanchan MPH; Stewart, Jonathan MA, MHA; Thompson, Mary Zack MBA
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Public Health Workforce Trends Since 1980: Myth or Reality?.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This brief report reviews data from government studies on the public health workforce in the years 1980 and 2000, as well as suggests that the evidence base for public health workforce preparedness efforts must be strengthened.Page: 105DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346005.21157.a6Authors: Turnock, Bernard J. MD, MPH
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Quasi-Experimental Evaluation Without Regression Analysis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this commentary is to argue that natural experiments abound, that they offer better validity than simple pre-post designs, that their use should be taught in public health graduate programs, and that they should be employed more frequently in public health practice.Page: 109DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346006.59275.1eAuthors: Rohrer, James E. PhD
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Using Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to Prevent Influenza Transmission in Elementary School Children: Parent and Teacher Perspectives.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article assesses which nonpharmaceutical interventions are most acceptable to parents and teachers of school children.Page: 112DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346007.66898.67Authors: Stebbins, Samuel MD, MPH; Downs, Julie S. PhD; Vukotich, Charles J. Jr MS
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TEST: A Public Health and Law Enforcement Collaboration to Increase HIV/AIDS Prevention in Westchester County, New York.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aims at extending rapid testing to individuals who are at high risk of HIV transmission.Page: 118DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346008.44028.3eAuthors: Yang, Patsy DrPH
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Increasing Chronic Disease Epidemiology Capacity Without Increasing Workforce: A Success Story in Ohio.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study focuses on policies that enable the ODH to produce reports that better describe the burden of chronic diseases, make more informed decisions on what populations to target, and plan well-thought-out interventions.Page: 123DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346009.51651.c5Authors: Duffy, Rosemary E. DDS, MPH; Siegel, Paul Z. MD, MPH
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Retirement Intentions of the Public Health Nutrition Workforce.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to examine the retirement intention of the public health nutrition workforce, age 45 and older, using secondary data analysis.Page: 127DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346010.51651.13Authors: George, Alexa PhD, MPH, RD; Springer, Cary MS; Haughton, Betsy EdD, RD
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Assessment of Dental Faculty, Staff, and Students on Knowledge of Health Effects Associated With Tobacco Use.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study conducted to assess the knowledge of the dental faculty, staff, and students at the LSUHSC School of Dentistry on the negative health effects associated with smoking and tobacco use found their lack of knowledge regarding the same.Page: 135DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346011.89769.e2Authors: Muzyka, Brian C. DMD, MS, MBA; Cropley, Lorelei D. RN, DrPH; Oertling, Karen M. RDH, MPH; Andrieu, Sandra C. RDH, PhD; Anderson, Peter B. PhD
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Review and Analysis of Quality Improvement Techniques in Police Departments: Application for Public Health.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study analyzes quality improvement techniques in police departments as a background for assessing ways to introduce quality improvement into public health departments.Page: 139DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346012.97393.89Authors: Riley, William PhD; Brewer, Russell DrPH, CHES
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The Effect of Media Attention on Concern for and Medical Management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Multimethod Study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study attempted to determine whether this widespread media attention led to changes in physician practices related to skin infections.Page: 150DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346013.74522.f8Authors: Hahn, William BS, MSIV; Morley, Christopher P. MA, CAS; Morrow, Cynthia MD, MPH; Epling, John W. MD, MSEd
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Translating Research to Prevent Antepartum Depression in a Local Health Department Prenatal Clinic: A Model Approach.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes how academic clinical researchers collaborated with administrators, nurses, and social workers in a local health department prenatal clinic to create an evidence-based model approach to prevent antepartum depression.Page: 160DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346014.82145.f5Authors: Jesse, D. Elizabeth PhD, CNM; Morrow, John MD, MPH; Herring, Deborah RN; Dennis, Tonya MSW; Laster, Brandi M.
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Social Inequities in Mississippi: A Call to Action.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This commentary discusses about how social inequalities can negatively impact health and well-being across the life stages in Mississippi.Page: 167DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346015.82145.bcAuthors: Jack, Leonard Jr PhD, MSc, CHES; Hayes, Sandra C. MPH; Wilson, Vernesia MPH
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To Ask or Not to Ask: The Critical Role of the Primary Care Provider in Screening for Occupational Injuries and Exposures.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This commentary describes the patient care issues that clinicians face with migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. It provides solutions for reducing occupational injuries and exposures.Page: 173DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346016.20264.60Authors: Liebman, Amy K. MPA, MA; Rowland, Michael MD, MPH
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Mass Fatality Planning for Pandemic Influenza: A Planning Model From a Seven-County Region in Kentucky.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This column describes NACCHO's efforts to protect and improve the health of all communities.Page: 176DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346017.27888.2aAuthors: Johnson, Victoria A. MSc
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Thanks to Reviewers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Page: 178DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346018.05017.66
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A Construct for Building the Capacity of Community-Based Initiatives in Racial and Ethnic Communities: A Qualitative Cross-Case Analysis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reports on a qualitative cross-case study that compares patterns of implementation across community-based public health initiatives resulting in a construct for building the capacity of such initiatives in racial and ethnic communities.Page: E1DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346019.12641.1fAuthors: Goodman, Robert M. PhD
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Making Hospital Grounds Smoke-Free: A Case Study of Arkansas Act 134 of 2005.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes the development and passage of Arkansas Act 134 of 2005.Page: E9DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346020.12641.92Authors: Felix, Holly C. PhD; Wheeler, J. Gary MD; Pulley, LeaVonne PhD; Stewart, M. Kathryn MD; Bursac, Zoran PhD; Mays, Glen P. PhD; Mackey, Diane S. JD
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Ethical Decision Making in a Crisis: A Case Study of Ethics in Public Health Emergencies.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study offers some recommendations applicable to the vast majority of state, city, and county health departments in order to identify and address ethical issues in public health emergencies.Page: E16DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346021.06803.76Authors: Thomas, James C. PhD, MPH; MacDonald, Pia D.M. PhD, MPH; Wenink, Emily MSPH
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What Predicts Local Public Health Agency Performance Improvement? A Pilot Study in North Carolina.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study focuses on the factors that are associated with LPHA performance improvement in North Carolina from 1999 to 2004. This study provides insight into what is needed to better address LPHA performance improvement and indicates which workforce characteristics can be targeted to enhance LPHA performance improvement over time.Page: E22DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346022.14426.84Authors: Hajat, Anjum MPH; Cilenti, Dorothy MPH, MSW; Harrison, Lisa M. MPH; MacDonald, Pia D.M. PhD, MPH; Pavletic, Denise MPH; Mays, Glen P. PhD, MPH; Baker, Edward L. MD, MPH
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State Health Department Accreditation: North Carolina.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Page: 83DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000346002.36404.b3Authors: Novick, Lloyd F. MD, MPH
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Is Community Health Assessment Worthwhile?.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents a brief intellectual history of assessment since the publication of The Future of Public Health, examines unanswered questions about assessment, and proposes a public health services and systems research agenda for assessment.Page: 3DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342943.41080.efAuthors: Friedman, Daniel J. PhD; Parrish, Roy Gibson MD
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A Web-Based Tool for Assessing and Improving the Usefulness of Community Health Assessments.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article discusses a Web-based tool for assessing and improving the usefulness of community health assessments from six New York counties and three from other states.Page: 10DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342944.48703.21Authors: Stoto, Michael A. PhD; Straus, Susan G. PhD; Bohn, Cate MPH; Irani, Priti MS
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Reviewing Self-Reported Impacts of Community Health Assessment in Local Health Jurisdictions.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reviews the Washington State Department of Health partnership with local health jurisdictions (LHJs) to establish an on-line system for reporting impacts of community health assessment in LHJs.Page: 18DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181903c57Authors: Spice, Christie MPH; Snyder, Karen PhD, MPH
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Using the Wisconsin County Health Rankings to Catalyze Community Health Improvement.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute's annual Wisconsin County Health Rankings report that catalyzes community health improvement to meet the goals through an examination of media coverage and a survey of the local public health community following the 2006 report.Page: 24DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181903bf8Authors: Rohan, Angela M. K. PhD; Booske, Bridget C. PhD, MHSA; Remington, Patrick L. MD, MPH
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Effective Community Health Assessments in King County, Washington.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes three examples of successful community health assessments, carried out by Public Health-Seattle & King County, with diverse strategies, which were successful in attracting new resources, forming new partnerships, and/or providing resources for program development.Page: 33DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181903c11Authors: Solet, David PhD; Ciske, Sandra MN; Gaonkar, Rujuta MPH; Horsley, Kathryn DrPH; McNees, Molly PhD; Nandi, Parijat MPH; Krieger, James W. MD, MPH
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The Use of Assessment in Promoting Secondhand Smoke Policy in a Local Health Jurisdiction.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the pivotal role played by assessment in establishing clean indoor air regulations in an urban setting.Page: 41DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181903c29Authors: Gizzi, Cindan MPH; Klementiev, Alexandre PhD; Britt, John RN, MPH; Cruz-Uribe, Federico MD, MPH
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Using a Community-Based Health Survey as a Tool for Informing Local Health Policy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes how a community survey can be used to address local public health policy and planning. It provides a resource for health information for more precise geographical areas than national or state health survey data.Page: 47DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181903b9dAuthors: Kruger, Daniel J. PhD; Shirey, Lauren MPH; Morrel-Samuels, Susan MA, MPH; Skorcz, Stephen MPH, FACHE; Brady, Janice PhD, MS, RN
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Building and Measuring Infrastructure and Capacity for Community Health Assessment and Health Improvement Planning in Florida.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides an overview of community health assessment and health improvement planning to improve and promote healthier communities in Florida.Page: 54DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181903c42Authors: Abarca, Christine MPH; Grigg, C. Meade MA; Steele, Jo Ann MPH; Osgood, Laurie BS; Keating, Heidi BA
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Is Blended Learning a Viable Option in Public Health Education? A Case Study of Student Satisfaction With a Blended Graduate Course.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article shows that a high percentage of students are satisfied with on-line learning experience. Blended learning can be an effective and alternative mode for graduate study in public health education. Incorporating interactive two-way technology, blended learning allows students to foster a connected feeling with the instructor and classmates.Page: 59DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342945.25833.1dAuthors: So, Hyo-Jeong PhD
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Access and Use of the Internet for Health Information Seeking: A Survey of Local Public Health Professionals in the Northwest.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study focuses on survey to assess Internet access and use by staff.Page: 67DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342946.33456.d9Authors: Turner, Anne M. MD, MPH, MLIS; Petrochilos, Deanna MS; Nelson, David E. MD, MPH; Allen, Eileen MLS; Liddy, Elizabeth D. PhD
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Transforming the Cross Cultural Collaborative of Pierce County Through Assessment Capacity Building.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes an innovative approach to capacity building founded on ongoing needs assessment and self-evaluation.Page: 70DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342947.33456.90Authors: Garza, Mary A. PhD, MPH; Abatemarco, Diane J. PhD; Gizzi, Cindan MPH; Abegglen, Lynn M. MSW; Johnson-Conley, Christina PhD
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Advice From the Trenches.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This column delivers advice to the managers and leaders of public health organizations from their assistants about a positive work atmosphere, how work is done most effectively, and what makes for a good leader.Page: 75DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342948.27618.7fAuthors: Menkens, Anne J. MA
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The MAPP Approach: Using Community Health Status Assessment for Performance Improvement.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This column describes the use of the MAPP approach for improving public health in the communities. It helps communities create dynamic and updatable health status data systems.Page: 79DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342949.35242.79Authors: Jacobs, Lisa M.; Elligers, Julia Joh MPH
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Examining the Impact of Public Health Assessments.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Page: 1DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342942.41080.a6Authors: Martin, Robert DrPH
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Implementing the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Directions.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes a lack of common standards in how data are collected, including where data are collected, the frequency of collection, the characteristics collected, and data formats.Page: 507DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338362.43833.3bAuthors: Charleston, Alex E. MPH; Wall, Patrick BS; Kassinger, Craig BS; Edwards, Peter O. MPA
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Describing Environmental Public Health Data: Implementing a Descriptive Metadata Standard on the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes environmental public health data and implementation of a descriptive metadata standard on the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.Page: 515DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338363.20962.f5Authors: Patridge, Jeff MA; Namulanda, Gonza MS
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Development of an Interactive Environmental Public Health Tracking System for Data Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes an interactive environmental public health tracking system for data analysis, visualization, and reporting developed by the New York State Department of Health.Page: 526DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338364.20962.3bAuthors: Talbot, Thomas O. MSPH; Kumar, Sanjaya MS; Babcock, Gwen D. MS; Haley, Valerie B. MS; Forand, Steven P. MS; Hwang, Syni-An PhD
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Lessons Learned in Using Hospital Discharge Data for State and National Public Health Surveillance: Implications for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tracking Program.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes how hospital discharge data can provide essential information for public health programs, including Environmental Public Health Tracking program.Page: 533DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338365.66704.7dAuthors: Love, Denise RN, MBA; Rudolph, Barbara PhD; Shah, Gulzar H. MStat, MSS, PhD
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Effective Environmental Public Health Surveillance Programs: A Framework for Identifying and Evaluating Data Resources and Indicators.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was undertaken to identify a methodological approach to the development and evaluation of content (including information, data, and EPHI) for inclusion in a comprehensive EPH surveillance system.Page: 543DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338366.74327.c9Authors: Malecki, Kristen C. MPH, PhD; Resnick, Beth MPH; Burke, Thomas A. MPH, PhD
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Developing Integrated Multistate Environmental Public Health Surveillance.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes the implementation of a six-state collaborative project in the northeast United States, assessing the possible association between ambient air quality and adverse birth outcomes.Page: 552DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338367.74327.80Authors: Wartenberg, Daniel PhD; Thompson, W. Douglas PhD; Fitzgerald, Edward F. PhD; Gross, Hillary J. MPA; Condon, Suzanne K. MSM; Kim, Nancy PhD; Goun, Barbara D. MPH, PhD; Opiekun, Richard E. MA, MS, PhD; The UMDNJ Collaborative Project Working Group on Northeast US Ambient Air Quality and Adverse Birth Outcomes Surveillance *
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Spatially Continuous Local Rate Modeling for Communication in Public Health: A Practical Approach.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes a prototype map of local preterm birth risk, using a loess function for the state of California along with Web-based mapping and integration with satellite imagery.Page: 562DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338368.51457.77Authors: Roberts, Eric M. MD, PhD; English, Paul B. PhD, MPH; Wong, Michelle MPH; Wolff, Craig MS-Eng; Falade, Makinde MS-GIS
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Case-Crossover Analysis of Air Pollution and Cardiorespiratory Hospitalizations: Using Routinely Collected Health and Environmental Data for Tracking: Science and Data.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A case-crossover study aims to assess the associations between daily air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospitalizations before and after plant closure and to evaluate how closure influenced these associations.Page: 569DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338369.59080.9dAuthors: Xu, Xiaohui PhD; Zborowski, Jeanne V. PhD; Arena, Vincent C. PhD; Rager, Judy MPH; Talbott, Evelyn O. DrPH, MPH
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Tracking Childhood Exposure to Lead and Developmental Disabilities: Examining the Relationship in a Population-Based Sample.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the effects of elevated levels of lead detected in the blood and the associated harmful effects on children's learning and behavior.Page: 577DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338370.59080.4bAuthors: Kaiser, Marygrace Yale PhD; Kearney, Greg DrPH; Scott, Keith G. PhD; DuClos, Chris MS; Kurlfink, Julie
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Tracking Associations Between Ambient Ozone and Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits Using Case-Crossover Analysis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study tracks associations between ambient ozone and asthma-related emergency department visits using case-crossover analysis.Page: 581DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338371.53242.0eAuthors: Paulu, Chris ScD; Smith, Andy E. ScD
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Using a Partnership Barometer to Evaluate Environmental Public Health Tracking Activities.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes high-quality environmental health surveillance challenged by a system in which environmental and health agencies often function with insufficient coordination to routinely address critical issues.Page: 592DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338372.60866.7cAuthors: Bekkedal, Marni Y.V. PhD; Malecki, Kristen M. PhD; Werner, Mark A. PhD; Anderson, Henry A. MD
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From Patchwork to National Network: Working Collaboratively to Create a National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes the need to create a national Environmental Public Health Tracking Network and discusses how partnerships have resulted in actions that monitor public health, sustain and use tracking networks, and increase collaboration and information sharing.Page: 596DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338373.37995.53Authors: Li, Jennifer MHS; Dawson, Becky MPH
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Measuring Success: The Case for Calculating the Return on Investment of Environmental Public Health Tracking.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study describes a nationwide surveillance system, Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT), that focuses on the environment and its impact on human health. The results from successful programs can be used to estimate financial measures of the EPHT performance.Page: 600DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338374.37995.9dAuthors: Charleston, Alex E. MPH; Banerjee, Anyana MPH; Carande-Kulis, Vilma G. MS, PhD
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NACCHO Helps Local Health Departments Adapt to the Ever-Changing Field of Environmental Health.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This column shows NACCHO's commitment to supporting the ongoing and critical role of LHDs in improving public health through improving the natural and man-made environments in which people live.Page: 605DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338375.45619.bfAuthors: Chuk, Michelle MPH
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Fundraising 101: Executing Your Plan.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This column describes how readers and their agencies can execute the plan and begin raising funds from corporations and foundations.Page: 608DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000338376.83736.d5Authors: Duyck, Gregory Philip
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