Local Health Department Research

NACCHO regularly conducts research to gain a better understanding of the local public health infrastructure and practice. The following studies provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive information on local health departments (LHDs) in the United States.

Community Health

2021 Overdose Prevention and Response Survey Report

A report summarizing data collected in 2021 about LHDs' efforts to prevent and respond to the overdose epidemic.

Community Health

2021 Overdose Prevention and Response Survey Report

Environmental Health

2020 Vector Control Assessment

An overview of mosquito and tick-related activities at the local level since the assessment’s first iteration in 2017.

Environmental Health

2020 Vector Control Assessment

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2020 Network Profile of the Medical Reserve Corps

A report of findings from a landscape assessment of local MRC unit capabilities and capacity.

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2020 Network Profile of the Medical Reserve Corps

Community Health

2019 HAI & AR Assessment

Findings describing the landscape of healthcare-associated infection and antibiotic resistance activities conducted by LHDs.

Community Health

2019 HAI & AR Assessment

Community Health

2018 Health & Disability Assessment

Findings from the 2018 assessment examining practices, awareness, and inclusion of people with disabilities within LHD programs.

Community Health

2018 Health & Disability Assessment

Public Health Preparedness

Preparedness Profile

This national survey gathers information about preparedness trends and issues at LHDs to inform priorities at the local, state, and national levels.

Public Health Preparedness

Preparedness Profile

  • Evaluating the impact of Food and Drug Administration-funded cooperative agreement programs on conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (JEH)
  • A qualitative analysis of public health officials' experience in California during COVID-19: Priorities and recommendations (Front Public Health, Kudos)
  • Practices among local public health agencies to support evidence-based decision making: A qualitative study (JPHMP)
  • Interruptions in routine blood pressure screening services among local health departments during the COVID-19 pandemic (JPHMP, Kudos)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Untapped potential: Local health departments’ involvement in behavioral health preparedness planning and recovery through a population behavioral health framework (JPHMP)
  • Heterogeneity and interoperability in local public health information systems (JPHMP)
  • Prioritization of public health emergency preparedness funding among local health departments preceding the COVID-19 pandemic (JPHMP, Kudos)
  • Application for public health accreditation among US local health departments in 2013 to 2019: Impact of service and activity mix (AJPH)
  • The state of rural public health (AJPH)
  • State of the field: Local health department engagement in health care-associated infection and antibiotic resistance work (JPHMP)

For more information about our various research projects, please reach out to our Research and Evaluation team at [email protected].

Research and Evaluation

Aaron Alford

Senior Director, Research & Evaluation

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Timothy McCall

Director of Research

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Debra Dekker

Director of Evaluation

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Senior R&E Specialist

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Margaret Cunningham

Senior R&E Specialist

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Research & Evaluation specialist

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Senior Research & Evaluation Specialist

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Lead Analyst, Evaluation & Data Communications

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Krishna Patel

Lead Survey & Research Analyst

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Daniel Pagan

Lead Analyst of Evaluation Methodology and Analytics

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