Local Health Department Research
NACCHO regularly collects data to gain a better understanding of the local public health infrastructure and practice. Our research and evaluation studies provide the most up-to-date information on local health departments in the United States.
Peer Reviewed
- Not only how much but how: The importance of diversifying funding streams in a reimagined public health system (Health Aff)
- Contemporary public health finance: Varied definitions, patterns, and implications (Annu Rev Public Health)
- The state of rural public health (AJPH)
Peer Reviewed
- Local public health under threat: Harassment faced by local health department leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic (Public Health Pract)
- A qualitative analysis of public health officials' experience in California during COVID-19: Priorities and recommendations (Front Public Health, Kudos)
- The role of harassment of local public health professionals in mental or emotional well-being and intentions to leave an organization during the COVID-19 pandemic (JPHMP, Kudos)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
- Highlighting harassment of public health workers: How the system failed them in the face of the pandemic (NACCHO Exchange)
Peer Reviewed
- Strategic and performance planning in U.S. local health departments: A comparative analysis of strategic, community health improvement, and quality improvement plans (JPHMP)
- Unleashing leadership potential in unprecedented times: Lessons learned from an evaluation of a virtual cohort-based adaptive leadership program for public health executives (Public Health Pract)
- Public health readiness for citizen science: Health department experiences (JPHMP)
- Practices among local public health agencies to support evidence-based decision making: A qualitative study (JPHMP)
- How to "start small and just keep moving forward": Mixed methods results from a stepped-wedge trial to support evidence-based processes in local health departments (Front Public Health)
- Application for public health accreditation among US local health departments in 2013 to 2019: Impact of service and activity mix (AJPH)
- Regional training needs assessment: A first look at high-priority training needs across the United States by region (JPHMP)
- Perspectives on program mis-implementation among U.S. local public health departments (BMC Health Serv Res)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
- Lawyer up to level up: Engaging legal counsel to bolster public health (NACCHO Voice)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
- Modernizing public health: Insights into local health departments' data and informatics efforts (NACCHO Voice)
- Opportunities to support secondary data access needs among local health departments (JPHMP, JPHMP Direct)
- Heterogeneity and interoperability in local public health information systems (JPHMP)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
- An overview of local health departments' and Medical Reserve Corps' preparedness and response activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A two-study summary (JPHMP)
- Lessons learned from local health departments: Updating preparedness plans to address people experiencing homelessness during WASH-related emergencies (JPHMP)
- Interruptions in routine blood pressure screening services among local health departments during the COVID-19 pandemic (JPHMP, Kudos)
- Untapped potential: Local health departments’ involvement in behavioral health preparedness planning and recovery through a population behavioral health framework (JPHMP)
- Local health department capacity to prepare for and respond to public health threats (NACCHO Research Brief)
- One local health department’s approach to health equity during COVID-19 response (NACCHO Exchange)
- Prioritization of public health emergency preparedness funding among local health departments preceding the COVID-19 pandemic (JPHMP, Kudos)
Peer Reviewed
- A scoping review of health equity interventions in governmental public health (JPHMP)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
- Faces of local public health: Insights across local health department staff data on race, ethnicity, and gender (JPHMP)
Opportunities for systemic change: How local health departments are advancing health equity through GIS (PDF) - The future of public health data: Prioritizing equity in evaluation (NACCHO Exchange)
One local health department’s approach to health equity during COVID-19 response (NACCHO Exchange)
Peer Reviewed
- Routine pharyngeal gonorrhea test-of-cure: Is it an effective gonorrhea control strategy? (Sex Transm Dis)
- An emergent network for the diffusion of innovations among local health departments at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (Prev Chronic Dis)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
Peer Reviewed
- Persistence of stigma and the cessation of substance use: Comparing stigma domains between those who currently use and those no longer using substances (Front Psychiatry)
- Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19 (Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, Kudos)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
- New pathways to prevention: Expanding harm reduction's reach through smoking supplies (JPHMP Direct)
- The power of local health departments in addressing the overdose crisis (NACCHO Voice)
Peer Reviewed
- Evaluating the impact of Food and Drug Administration-funded cooperative agreement programs on conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (JEH)
Invited Papers and Other Publications
- NACCHO survey reveals key role of local health departments in violence prevention efforts (NACCHO Exchange)
- Collaborating for community care: Insights from NACCHO research on how community health workers and local health departments can work together (NACCHO Voice)
For more information about our various research projects, please reach out to our Research and Evaluation team at [email protected].