Local Health Department Research

Peer Reviewed

• An overview of public health services among local health departments in rural versus urban jurisdictions (JPHMP)
• The public health workforce calculator (JPHMP)
• Sustainability of the growth of the local public health workforce during the pandemic, 2019–2022 (AJPH)
• 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)

Invited Papers and Other Publications

• Local health department governance classifications– are they even important? (JPHMP)

Peer Reviewed

• Local public health under threat: Harassment faced by local health department leaders during the pandemic (Public Health Pract)
• A qualitative analysis of public health officials' experience in California during the pandemic: 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 pandemic (JPHMP, Kudos)

Invited Papers and Other Publications

• When protecting the public's health turns into threats against public health (NACCHO Voice)
• Highlighting harassment of public health workers: How the system failed them in the face of the pandemic (NACCHO Exchange)

Peer Reviewed

• Burnout, belonging, and mental well-being: Predictors of turnover intent among local public health professionals (JPHMP)
• Navigating the student to employee lifecycle to enhance recruitment and retention in local health departments (JPHMP)
• New local health officials: Health departments’ newest leaders (Front Public Health)
• 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

• From data to decision: How visualization drives public health action (NACCHO Exchange)
• 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 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 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 for all during pandemic response (NACCHO Exchange)
• Prioritization of public health emergency preparedness funding among local health departments (JPHMP, Kudos)

Peer Reviewed

• A scoping review of health for all interventions in governmental public health (JPHMP)

Invited Papers and Other Publications

• Faces of local public health: Insights across local health department staff demographics data (JPHMP)
• Opportunities for systemic change: How local health departments are advancing health for all through GIS (PDF)
• The future of public health data: Prioritizing all populations in evaluation (NACCHO Exchange)
• One local health department’s approach to health for all during pandemic 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 pandemic (Prev Chronic Dis)

Invited Papers and Other Publications

• Strengthening local health departments: The impact of certification in infection control (JPHMP)
• Dollars and sense: Maximizing ELC funding for local health departments (NACCHO Voice)
• A strategy for programs addressing the infectious disease consequences of the opioid crisis to reach new communities (JPHMP)
• State of the field: Local health department engagement in health care-associated infection and antibiotic resistance work (JPHMP)
• Lessons in infection control: The role of local health departments in prevention, preparedness, and response (JPHMP)

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 the pandemic (Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, Kudos)

Invited Papers and Other Publications

• How local health departments are expanding behavioral health access (NACCHO Research Rundown)
• Untapped potential: Local health departments’ involvement in behavioral health preparedness planning and recovery through a population behavioral health framework (JPHMP)
• 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)