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Public health performanceF Douglas Scutchfield
College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:266-72. 2009..At issue also is the examination of the impact of new arrivals to the public health system, such as accreditation and credentialing of the public health workforce, on public health system performance...
Public health systems and services research: dataset development, dissemination, and useF Douglas Scutchfield
University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Room 105, 121 Washington Ave, Lexington, KY 40536 0003, USA
Public Health Rep 124:372-7. 2009..We also investigate efforts to promote the use and dissemination of these data resources, including the awarding of research grants and the organization of a PHSSR conference...
The voice of the public in public health policy and planning: the role of public judgmentF Douglas Scutchfield
Kettering Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0003, USA
J Public Health Policy 25:197-205; discussion 206-10. 2004..We suggest ways that these models can be further refined to connect citizens to the processes that we use for community health improvement...
The economic, institutional, and political determinants of public health delivery system structuresRichard C Ingram
University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Public Health Rep 127:208-15. 2012..We present a qualitative exploration of the factors that determine variation and change in the seven structural configurations that comprise the local public health delivery system typology...
Implementing the National Local Public Health System Performance Assessment: evaluation of a readiness process in KentuckyEvelyn A Knight
Center for Health Services Management and Research, School of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536 0003, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:216-24. 2004..The health departments that brought together system partners for the performance assessment considered it a valuable community-building educational event...
Improving knowledge of public health accreditation through a group vetting session of a practice-based research networkAngela T Dearinger
College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:134-9. 2010..This suggests that conducting group vetting sessions may be an effective way to increase awareness of the PHAB standards and may help prepare local health agencies for the accreditation process...
Public health competencies required by managed care organizationsF Douglas Scutchfield
Center for Health Services Management and Research, Kentucky School of Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 8:22-9. 2002..This article discusses these competencies and their implications for those who are responsible for ensuring that graduates have achieved required competencies...
Local public health system performance and community health outcomesRichard C Ingram
Department of Health Services Management, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:214-20. 2012..Higher-performing public health systems should be associated with improved community health status. Currently, little research examines the impact of variations in public health system performance on community health outcomes...
Bridging the care continuum: patient information needs for specialist referralsCarol L Ireson
College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:163. 2009....
The forgotten instrument: analysis of the national public health performance standards program governance instrumentAndrew B Beckett
College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:E17-22. 2008..Identification of weak performing areas may lead to changes to improve service to the community. This instrument could also prove a useful tool in health department accreditation...
Content and criterion validity evaluation of National Public Health Performance Standards measurement instrumentsJoyce Beaulieu
Center for Health Services Management and Research and Kentucky School of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Public Health Rep 118:508-17. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Within the scope of the validity evaluations completed, the NPHPSP state and local performance assessment instruments were found to be valid measures of public health performance...
Public health financial management needs: report of a national surveyJulia F Costich
Department of Health Services Management, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 15:307-10. 2009..The next logical step was to provide a validity check for the competencies and identify priority areas for educational programming...
The public and public health organizations: issues for community engagement in public healthF Douglas Scutchfield
University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40536-0003, USA
Health Policy 77:76-85. 2006..However, there are certain limitations to the approach that must be addressed before the full benefits of public engagement can be obtained in public health...
Recommendations from testing of the National Public Health Performance Standards instrumentsJoyce E Beaulieu
Center for Health Services Management and Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 9:188-98. 2003..The study found that the EPHS have content and face validity as a basis for measuring public health system performance. The article includes recommendations for continued development of the NPHPS...
Public health preparedness and response capacity inventory validity studyJulia Field Costich
Center for Health Services Management and Research, School of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536 0003, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:225-33. 2004..An interactive electronic version includes a scoring mechanism that allows agencies to judge progress towards the critical capacities and benchmarks over time...
Improving public health system performance through multiorganizational partnershipsGlen P Mays
F Douglas Scutchfield, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A116. 2010..Targeted policy actions and leadership strategies are required to illuminate and enhance partnership incentives...
Are we there yet? Seizing the moment to integrate medicine and public healthF Douglas Scutchfield
Colleges of Public Health and Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Am J Public Health 102:S312-6. 2012..Today, we again have the opportunity to align primary care with public health to improve the community's health...
The Kentucky plan revisited: lessons learned from an innovative doctoral education programJoel M Lee
College of Public Health, 121 Washington Street, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
J Health Adm Educ 24:269-81. 2007..In addition, there are many questions for the future. "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."-- Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra...
The effect of physician continuity on diabetic outcomes in a resident continuity clinicAngela T Dearinger
Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:937-41. 2008..Resident physicians frequently treat patients with diabetes in their continuity clinics; however, maintaining continuity in a resident clinic can be very challenging...
Assessment of validity of the national public health performance standards: the local public health performance assessment instrumentJoyce Beaulieu
Center for Health Services Management and Research and Kentucky School of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Public Health Rep 117:28-36. 2002..The NPHPSP standards have face and content validity for measuring local public health system performance. Further testing of their validity and reliability is continuing...
Local public health agency capacity and its relationship to public health system performanceF Douglas Scutchfield
University of Kentucky School of Public Health, Lexington 40536-0003, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:204-15. 2004....
Making public health improvement real: the vital role of systems researchGlen P Mays
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:183-5. 2004
Public health services and systems researchF Douglas Scutchfield
Am J Prev Med 33:169-71. 2007
A third public health revolution: an editorialF Douglas Scutchfield
Am J Prev Med 27:83-4. 2004
Behind the curve? What we know and need to learn from public health systems researchGlen P Mays
J Public Health Manag Pract 9:179-82. 2003
The case for rural public health programsJames D Leeper
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa, USA
J Rural Health 19:97-100. 2003
Public health systems research: the new kid on the blockF Douglas Scutchfield
Am J Prev Med 32:173-4. 2007
