health planning

Summary

Summary: Planning for needed health and/or welfare services and facilities.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Using GIS to facilitate community-based public health planning of diabetes intervention efforts
    Daniel J Kruger
    Prevention Research Center of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Health Promot Pract 9:76-81. 2008
  2. ncbi Using YPLL in health planning
    S McDonnell
    Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Public Health Rep 113:55-61. 1998
  3. ncbi Using genetic algorithms to optimise current and future health planning--the example of ambulance locations
    Satoshi Sasaki
    Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 9:4. 2010
  4. ncbi Using burden of disease information for health planning in developing countries: the experience from Uganda
    Lydia Kapiriri
    Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Ulriksdal 8c, N 5009, Bergen, Norway
    Soc Sci Med 56:2433-41. 2003
  5. ncbi Personalized health planning
    R Sanders Williams
    Science 300:549. 2003
  6. ncbi Responding to pandemic influenza: a local perspective
    Laurie A Doxtator
    Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, Brockville, ON
    Can J Public Health 95:27-31. 2004
  7. ncbi Managing to manage healthcare resources in the English NHS? What can health economics teach? What can health economics learn?
    Angela Bate
    Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
    Health Policy 84:249-61. 2007
  8. ncbi The influenza pandemic preparedness planning tool InfluSim
    Martin Eichner
    Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Germany
    BMC Infect Dis 7:17. 2007
  9. ncbi Planning for avian influenza
    John G Bartlett
    John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Ann Intern Med 145:141-4. 2006
  10. ncbi Indicators of substance abuse treatment demand in Cape Town, South Africa (1997-2001)
    B Myers
    Medical Research Council, South Africa
    Curationis 27:27-31. 2004

Research Grants

  1. Community Connections and Collaboration Project
    JOAN BRANDT; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group
    Ronald C Kessler; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. Spatial, Temporal, Social Disparities in Breast Cancer
    Mario Schootman; Fiscal Year: 2009
  4. Spatial, Temporal, Social Disparities in Breast Cancer
    Mario Schootman; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. Depression & CHD: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms
    EDWARD SUAREZ; Fiscal Year: 2009
  6. Depression & CHD: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms
    EDWARD CARLOS SUAREZ; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. Biodemography of Exceptional Longevity in the United States
    Leonid A Gavrilov; Fiscal Year: 2010
  8. Ethnicity, Breast Cancer Recurrence, & Long-Term QOL
    Kathy B Baumgartner; Fiscal Year: 2010
  9. Ethnicity, Breast Cancer Recurrence, and Long-Term Quality of Life
    Kathy Baumgartner; Fiscal Year: 2009
  10. Ethnicity, Breast Cancer Recurrence, and Long-Term QOL
    Kathy Baumgartner; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications195 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Using GIS to facilitate community-based public health planning of diabetes intervention efforts
    Daniel J Kruger
    Prevention Research Center of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Health Promot Pract 9:76-81. 2008
    ..It is hoped that these results will reach those involved in local diabetes-intervention programs with the intent that the data will be used in planning local prevention and intervention efforts...
  2. ncbi Using YPLL in health planning
    S McDonnell
    Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Atlanta, GA 30341 3724, USA
    Public Health Rep 113:55-61. 1998
    ..The authors describe the outcomes of their work with county health agencies to encourage use of the YPLL statistic...
  3. ncbi Using genetic algorithms to optimise current and future health planning--the example of ambulance locations
    Satoshi Sasaki
    Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
    Int J Health Geogr 9:4. 2010
    ..Sets of potential locations were evaluated in terms of the (current and predicted) EMS case distances to those locations...
  4. ncbi Using burden of disease information for health planning in developing countries: the experience from Uganda
    Lydia Kapiriri
    Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Ulriksdal 8c, N 5009, Bergen, Norway
    Soc Sci Med 56:2433-41. 2003
    ..Such information would contribute to further synthesis of the approach...
  5. ncbi Personalized health planning
    R Sanders Williams
    Science 300:549. 2003
  6. ncbi Responding to pandemic influenza: a local perspective
    Laurie A Doxtator
    Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, Brockville, ON
    Can J Public Health 95:27-31. 2004
    ..To assess, via a tabletop exercise, the ability of a rural health unit to manage an influenza pandemic...
  7. ncbi Managing to manage healthcare resources in the English NHS? What can health economics teach? What can health economics learn?
    Angela Bate
    Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
    Health Policy 84:249-61. 2007
    ..To provide a 'thick description' of how decision-makers understand and manage healthcare prioritisation decisions, and to explore the potential for using economic frameworks in the context of the NHS in England...
  8. ncbi The influenza pandemic preparedness planning tool InfluSim
    Martin Eichner
    Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tubingen, Germany
    BMC Infect Dis 7:17. 2007
    ..Here, we provide such a tool which is reproducible by an explicitly formulated structure and designed to operate with an optimal combination of the competing requirements of precision, realism and generality...
  9. ncbi Planning for avian influenza
    John G Bartlett
    John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Ann Intern Med 145:141-4. 2006
    ..It's time to get ready, and in the process be ready for bioterrorism, natural disasters, and epidemics of other infectious diseases...
  10. ncbi Indicators of substance abuse treatment demand in Cape Town, South Africa (1997-2001)
    B Myers
    Medical Research Council, South Africa
    Curationis 27:27-31. 2004
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  11. ncbi Healthcare workers' attitudes towards working during pandemic influenza: a multi method study
    Heather Draper
    Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
    BMC Public Health 8:192. 2008
    ..The ability of the NHS to provide expected service levels is entirely dependent upon HCWs continuing to work as normal...
  12. ncbi Re: Resource allocation during an influenza pandemic
    Nick F Phin
    Emerg Infect Dis 14:1676; author reply 1676-7. 2008
  13. ncbi Obesity, stigma and public health planning
    Lynne MacLean
    Community Health Research Unit, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
    Health Promot Int 24:88-93. 2009
    ..We give suggestions for designing non-stigmatizing obesity prevention public health programs. Implications for practice and policy are discussed...
  14. ncbi A deprivation index for health planning in Canada
    R Pampalon
    Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Quebec, QC
    Chronic Dis Can 29:178-91. 2009
    ..To facilitate the monitoring of social inequalities for health planning, this study proposes a material and social deprivation index for Canada...
  15. ncbi Modelling the impact of an influenza pandemic on critical care services in England
    D K Menon
    University of Cambridge, Box 93, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Anaesthesia 60:952-4. 2005
    ..Current critical care bed capacity in England would be unable to cope with the increased demand provided by an influenza pandemic. Appropriate contingency planning is essential...
  16. ncbi Implementation research is needed to achieve international health goals
    David Sanders
    School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
    PLoS Med 3:e186. 2006
  17. ncbi Small area comparisons of health: applications for policy makers and challenges for researchers
    Paul J Veugelers
    Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5849 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7
    Chronic Dis Can 23:100-10. 2002
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  18. ncbi Noncommunicable diseases: risk factors and regional strategies for prevention and care
    O Khatib
    Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
    East Mediterr Health J 10:778-88. 2004
    ..NCDs are preventable using available knowledge; solutions are effective and highly cost-effective...
  19. ncbi Factors related to severe untreated tooth decay in rural adolescents: a case-control study for public health planning
    E Skaret
    Center for Odontophobia, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway
    Int J Paediatr Dent 14:17-26. 2004
    ..In this case-control study of rural adolescents we identified factors to discriminate those who have high levels of tooth decay and receive treatment from those with similar levels who receive no treatment...
  20. ncbi Prospective medicine: the role for genomics in personalized health planning
    Jason M Langheier
    Pharmacogenomics 5:1-8. 2004
  21. ncbi The President's New Freedom Commission: recommendations to transform mental health care in America
    Michael F Hogan
    Ohio Department of Mental Health, 30 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:1467-74. 2003
  22. ncbi National and regional differences in preparation for future care needs: a comparison of the United States and Germany
    Martin Pinquart
    Department of Development Psychology, University of Jena, Am Steiger 3 Haus 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
    J Cross Cult Gerontol 18:53-78. 2003
    ..Most of the national and regional differences in preparation for future care needs were reduced or eliminated by controlling for differences in the perceived usefulness of planning...
  23. ncbi African countries propose a regional oral health strategy: The Dakar Report from 1998
    N G Myburgh
    Faculty of Dentistry and WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
    Oral Dis 10:129-37. 2004
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  24. ncbi Progress in policy issues to improve oral health in Africa
    M Hobdell
    Oral Dis 10:125-8. 2004
  25. ncbi Involving users in service planning: a focus group approach
    Lorraine Kelly
    Breast Unit, Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust, Chase Farm Site, The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middx EN2 8JL, UK
    Eur J Oncol Nurs 10:283-93. 2006
    ..The involvement of service users as a key stakeholder in the process of planning change, through a participatory research strategy, ensured that their voices were heard alongside those of both hospital and primary care staff...
  26. ncbi 1978: a good year, but a vintage past its best
    Grant Rhodes
    Health Policy 67:241-4. 2004
    This article is intended to stimulate debate. Where does public health planning in developing countries need to go if it is to focus on the challenges of meeting the health needs of the poor and increasing the accountability and ..
  27. ncbi Immunization coverage in Mozambique: from concepts to decision-making
    João Carlos de Timóteo Mavimbe
    Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
    Health Policy 79:92-100. 2006
    ..Clues on the implications of certain views of immunization coverage for policy and local decision-making in the national and global pursuit of immunization targets are provided...
  28. ncbi Are we prepared for tomorrow's health challenges?
    Angela Z Monson
    Oklahoma State Senate, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
    J Law Med Ethics 31:33-8. 2003
  29. ncbi Estimating the resource needs of scaling-up HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review for national policy makers and planners
    Anna Vassall
    Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Health Policy 79:1-15. 2006
    ..Those making national resource estimates can learn from the experience of global estimation. Concurrently, global resource estimates can build on the evidence emerging from improved national resource estimates...
  30. ncbi Public health nurses make a difference: a Japanese rural village benefits
    Hiroyo Hatashita
    Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan
    J Community Health Nurs 21:101-10. 2004
  31. ncbi Medical workforce planning in Australia: process, methodology and technical issues
    Paul Gavel
    Cah Sociol Demogr Med 44:7-42. 2004
    ....
  32. ncbi Awareness and practice of complementary therapies in hospital and community settings within Essex in the United Kingdom
    Frances Fewell
    Anglia Polytechnic University, 1st Floor The Courtyard, Bishops Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
    Complement Ther Clin Pract 11:130-6. 2005
    ..Complementary therapies in the N.H.S. service development in a local district general hospital. Complement Ther Nursing Midwifery 1995;1:89-92] for the provision of complementary therapies within the local health service...
  33. ncbi Evaluating the effect of policies and interventions to address inequalities in health: lessons from a Dutch programme
    Karien Stronks
    Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Centre University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Eur J Public Health 16:346-53. 2006
    ..In this paper, we report on this investigation, and draw lessons from the methodology used to evaluate such interventions...
  34. ncbi The World Health Organization European Health in Prisons Project after 10 years: persistent barriers and achievements
    Alex Gatherer
    World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Scherfigsvej 8, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Am J Public Health 95:1696-700. 2005
    ..A continuing challenge is how best to move from policy recommendations to implementation, so that the network's fundamental aim of noticeable improvements in the health and care of prisoners is further achieved...
  35. ncbi Social marketing in public health
    Sonya Grier
    The University of Pennsylvania, Colonial Penn Center, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 26:319-39. 2005
    ..Our aim is practical: to enhance public health professionals' knowledge of the key elements of social marketing and how social marketing may be used to plan public health interventions...
  36. ncbi Criteria for determining a basic health services package. Recent developments in The Netherlands
    E A Stolk
    Eur J Health Econ 6:2-7. 2005
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  37. ncbi State child mental health efforts to support youth in transition to adulthood
    Maryann Davis
    Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    J Behav Health Serv Res 32:27-42. 2005
    ..Public MH systems should examine their capacity to provide transition supports and make needed improvements...
  38. ncbi The Barcelona International Symposium (21-23 April 2005). Synthesis reports
    Kisalaya Basu
    Microsimulation, Modelling and Data Analysis Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
    Cah Sociol Demogr Med 45:327-64. 2005
    ..Each discussion session was conducted by a discussion leader whose the synthesis report is displayed here below...
  39. ncbi The nationwide evaluation of fetal and infant mortality review (FIMR) programs: development and implementation of recommendations and conduct of essential maternal and child health services by FIMR programs
    Dawn P Misra
    Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Matern Child Health J 8:217-29. 2004
    ..FIMR team structure and training of the director and staff are important areas to consider in efforts to maximize the impact of FIMR...
  40. ncbi The FIMR evaluation: objectives, concepts, frameworks, and methods
    Donna M Strobino
    Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Women s and Children s Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Room E4151 Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Matern Child Health J 8:205-15. 2004
    ..Future work in this area will need to creatively address these limitations in order to better understand the effect of FIMR programs in communities...
  41. ncbi Targeting sexually transmitted infections
    Claire Tyler
    Barts and The London NHS Trust
    Nurs Manag (Harrow) 12:22-5. 2005
    ..Ultimately, whether government targets are achievable remains to be seen. What is important is the fact that, by setting targets, the government has finally recognised STIs and GUM as health priorities...
  42. ncbi Placing oral health on the health care agenda: lessons learned from the United States
    Dushanka V Kleinman
    United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research, USA
    J Can Dent Assoc 70:751-4. 2004
    ..Dr. Dushanka Kleinman was the keynote speaker. A summary report of the symposium and selected presentations are available at http://individual.utoronto.ca/accessandcare...
  43. ncbi The mental health commission tackles fragmented services: an interview with Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan
    Health Aff (Millwood) . 2003
    ..Hogan notes the commission's efforts to include stakeholders in its deliberations and to initiate efforts to coordinate policies among the agencies represented by its members...
  44. ncbi Reappraising prosthodontic treatment goals for older, partially dentate people: Part II. Case for a sustainable dentition?
    Ridwaan Omar
    Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    SADJ 59:228, 230, 232-4 passim. 2004
    ..Since dental and oral health status is variable, the management strategy highlighted here should be seen as one, albeit an important one, within a range of available options...
  45. ncbi Policies for disease prevention in Germany in the European context: a comparative analysis
    Christian A Gericke
    Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology, EB2, 10623 Berlin, Germany
    J Public Health (Oxf) 26:230-8. 2004
    ..However, successful policies should have a measurable effect on disease epidemiology. There has been little research comparing the effect of national preventive policies on disease-specific mortality...
  46. ncbi Changing the battle plan
    Herbert D Kleber
    Division of Substance Abuse, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Trauma 59:S33-6. 2005
  47. ncbi The voice of the public in public health policy and planning: the role of public judgment
    F Douglas Scutchfield
    Kettering Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0003, USA
    J Public Health Policy 25:197-205; discussion 206-10. 2004
    Community involvement with public health planning and implementation are vital to improving community health. There are a variety of community health models that are available...
  48. ncbi Hearing aids for nursing home residents: current policy and future needs
    Jiska Cohen-Mansfield
    Research Institute on Aging, Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852, United States
    Health Policy 79:49-56. 2006
    ..There is a need for future policy development to improve both the quality of hearing aids and the financial mechanisms that will allow nursing home residents to use them. Plans to move the policy agenda forward are suggested...
  49. ncbi Planning dental manpower in Lebanon: scenarios for the year 2015
    B Doughan
    Faculty of Dentistry Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
    East Mediterr Health J 11:943-51. 2005
    ..The number of dentists required for Lebanon in the year 2015 was estimated to be 2715 while the projected supply will be 6176. Urgent measures are needed to reduce the potential oversupply of dentists in this country...
  50. ncbi Cancer care in the United Kingdom: new solutions are needed
    Karol Sikora
    Imperial College School of Science, Medicine and Technology, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 ONN
    BMJ 327:1044-6. 2003
  51. ncbi Formulating Hawai'i's public health education needs: input from the health community
    Sharon F Dellinger
    John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
    Hawaii Med J 66:45-7. 2007
  52. ncbi The nonsystem of American health care
    Bruce J Hillman
    J Am Coll Radiol 1:231-2. 2004
  53. ncbi "Agriculture at risk: A report to the nation"--a historical review, critical analysis, and implications for future planning
    K J Donham
    Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
    J Agric Saf Health 8:9-35. 2002
    ..This article concludes with an analysis of the limitations of the AAR report, changes in exposed populations over the past decade, and specific recommendations on future actions to address the issues...
  54. ncbi End-of-life content in Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans: a systematic review
    Kristina A Theis
    Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 24:390-8. 2007
    ..The top EOL strategies were research, provider education, and patient/public education. The results establish a baseline of EOL content in CCC Plans and should help improve assistance in future CCC planning efforts...
  55. ncbi Integrating Poverty and Gender into Health Programs: A Sourcebook for Health Professionals
    Sarah Coll Black
    Regional Office for the Western Pacific, World Health Organization, Manila, The Philippines
    Nurs Health Sci 9:246-53. 2007
    ..The experience to date suggests that the publication might be meeting a long-felt need for such a response...
  56. ncbi Who needs cause-of-death data?
    Peter Byass
    Umeå International Schoolof Public Health, Umea, Sweden
    PLoS Med 4:e333. 2007
  57. ncbi Ranking community health status to stimulate discussion of local public health issues: the Wisconsin County Health Rankings
    Paul E Peppard
    University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Department of Population Health Sciences, Medical Sciences Center 1034, 1300 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Am J Public Health 98:209-12. 2008
    ..The institute implemented many of the health officers' suggestions for improvement of the rankings in subsequent editions. The methods employed to create the rankings should be applicable in other states...
  58. ncbi Changing European CKD trends: a call to action
    Lesley Bennett
    Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
    J Ren Care 33:148-52. 2007
    ..The impending crisis that more and older patients with serious comorbidities and CKD will impose on health care delivery must be addressed now in a proactive manner by the nephrology health care community...
  59. ncbi Flat medicine? Exploring trends in the globalization of health care
    Robert K Crone
    Academic Medical Center Practice, Huron Consulting Group, Inc, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, USA
    Acad Med 83:117-21. 2008
    ..The increase in health care quality and competitiveness around the globe is important, but these improvements will need to be matched by the development of comprehensive payer solutions, to benefit as many people as possible...
  60. ncbi Looking towards the future: 2009 health care debate
    Ronald Smith
    J Am Diet Assoc 108:432-4. 2008
  61. ncbi Knowledge integration: conceptualizing communications in cancer control systems
    Allan Best
    Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, 718, 828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1L8
    Patient Educ Couns 71:319-27. 2008
    ..The goal was to nurture common ground upon which to build a platform for translating what we know about cancer into what we do in practice and policy...
  62. ncbi Public health surveillance data in North Carolina
    Paul A Buescher
    State Center for Health Statistics, Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, NC 27699-1908, USA
    N C Med J 69:112-8. 2008
  63. ncbi The new EU health strategy: a step forward or another example of 'bureaucracy total control'?
    Bernard Merkel
    Health Strategy and Health Systems Unit, DG SANCO, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
    Clin Med 8:280-2. 2008
    ..Finally, it emphasises the need to implement the strategic goals by close cooperation with the member states and the important role for health professions and civil society...
  64. ncbi Health care transitions of youth with special health care needs: the never ending journey
    Cecily L Betz
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Commun Nurs Res 41:13-29. 2008
  65. ncbi Early intervention in psychosis: a rural perspective
    M Kelly
    Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust Bournemouth University, Psychosocial and Early Intervention Services, St Ann s Hospital, Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset, UK
    J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 14:203-8. 2007
    ..Important key areas for consideration will be highlighted for both the planning and delivery of early intervention to rural communities...
  66. ncbi Integrating public health policy, practice, evaluation, surveillance, and research: the school health action planning and evaluation system
    Roy Cameron
    Centre for Behavioral Research and Program Evaluation, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Public Health 97:648-54. 2007
    ..Such systems can contribute substantially to evidence-informed public health practice, public engagement, participatory action research, and relevant, timely population intervention research...
  67. ncbi GIS and health care
    Sara L McLafferty
    Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 3671, USA
    Annu Rev Public Health 24:25-42. 2003
    ..We also need to understand better the spatial behaviors of health care providers and consumers in the rapidly changing health care landscape and how geographic information affects these dynamic relationships...
  68. ncbi Shaping health care in Tanzania--who's pulling the strings?
    Alice Shiner
    International Health and Medical Education Centre, University College London, UK
    Lancet 362:829-30. 2003
  69. ncbi [The third pillar of psychiatric health care reform]
    Anke Bramesfeld
    Abteilung Epidemiologie, Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
    Psychiatr Prax 30:318-25. 2003
    ..This study investigates which mechanisms are implemented for coordinating and planning psychiatric services throughout the 16 German States (Länder)...
  70. ncbi A conceptual model of emergency department crowding
    Brent R Asplin
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital and HealthPartners Research Foundation, and University of Minnesota Medical School, St Paul and Minneapolis, MN 55101, USA
    Ann Emerg Med 42:173-80. 2003
    ..The goal of the conceptual model is to provide a practical framework on which an organized research, policy, and operations management agenda can be based to alleviate ED crowding...
  71. ncbi Ethics and public health emergencies: rationing vaccines
    Matthew K Wynia
    American Medical Association, USA
    Am J Bioeth 6:4-7. 2006
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  72. ncbi A new way of caring for older people in the community
    Angela Jean Hudson
    Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol
    Nurs Stand 20:41-7. 2006
    ..It examines the context for change, explores and appraises the development of a new role, and evaluates the educational partnership developed with a local university...
  73. ncbi Human resources for health in Palestine: a policy analysis. Part I: Current situation and recent developments
    Motasem Hamdan
    Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, School of Public Health, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    Health Policy 64:243-59. 2003
    ..Particular attention is given to the links between national health policy priorities and health sector reform initiatives. Part II focuses on the process of HRH policy formulation and implementation...
  74. ncbi Reproductive and child health programme
    Renu Paruthi
    National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi 110067
    Indian J Public Health 46:72-7. 2002
    ..Various mechanisms for the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programme are discussed. The programme is analysed critically and suggestions for improvement are provided...
  75. ncbi Supply and demand?
    Emma Vere-Jones
    Nurs Times 102:18-21. 2006
  76. ncbi Government policy and older people
    Ruth Williams
    Royal West Sussex NHS Trust
    Nurs Times 98:48-9. 2002
    ..Nurses need to understand these changes, as the implications of policy development will have a direct impact on the people we are working with. Nurses also have a part to play in shaping and informing policy development...
  77. ncbi Need and greed in dermatology: disease and outcome measures in dermatological healthcare planning
    Florence Dalgard
    Department of Dermatology, Ulleval University Hospital, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Dermatology 213:279-83. 2006
    ..The information they can provide can enable provision and evaluation of healthcare quality and contribute to the challenge of making appropriate priority decisions in healthcare...
  78. ncbi Pandemic or seasonal.... ANA and others take action to keep the public, themselves safe from influenza
    Susan Trossman
    Am Nurse 38:1, 6, 11. 2006
  79. ncbi Healthy and ready to work--Kentucky: incorporating transition into a state program for children with special health care needs
    Kathleen B Blomquist
    HRTW National Center, Kentucky Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Lexington, USA
    Pediatr Nurs 32:515-28. 2006
    ..In their community outreach, nurses focus on collaborative planning, access to information, setting higher standards and expectations for services, documentation, and evaluation...
  80. ncbi Assessing progress on the NSF for coronary heart disease
    Ingrid Torjesen
    Nurs Times 103:25-6. 2007
    ..The report shows that death rates for cardiovascular disease have fallen by 35%. The aim is to reduce the rate by 40% by 2010...
  81. ncbi The health care response to pandemic influenza
    Laura Barnitz
    Ann Intern Med 145:135-7. 2006
    ..Diamond, MD; Joel S. Levine, MD; Mark E. Mayer, MD; Thomas McGinn, MD; Robert M. McLean, MD; Ashley E. Starkweather; and Frederick E. Turton, MD. It was approved by the Board of Regents on 3 April 2006...
  82. ncbi Design, characteristics, and usefulness of state-based behavioral risk factor surveillance: 1981-87
    P L Remington
    Division of Nutrition, Centers for Disease Control (CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333
    Public Health Rep 103:366-75. 1988
    ..60 percent) of States used information from the surveys to set State health objectives, prepare State health planning documents, and plan a variety of programs concerning antismoking, the prevention of chronic diseases, and ..
  83. ncbi Empowering health personnel for decentralized health planning in India: The Public Health Resource Network
    Anuska Kalita
    ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition Centre, Pune, India
    Hum Resour Health 7:57. 2009
    ..Its aim is to build human resource capacity for strengthening decentralized health planning, especially at the district level, to improve accountability of health systems, elicit community ..
  84. ncbi Elective cervical discectomy in California: postoperative in-hospital complications and their risk factors
    P S Romano
    Division of General Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 22:2677-92. 1997
    ..METHODS: Computerized hospital discharge abstracts were obtained from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development...
  85. ncbi Measuring integrated care
    Martin Strandberg-Larsen
    Section for Health Services Research, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    Dan Med Bull 58:B4245. 2011
    ..Data from the survey were additionally used to investigate the use of joint health planning as a tool for coordination of regional-local healthcare delivery...
  86. ncbi [Quality of medical database to valorize the DRG model by ISA cost indicators]
    J Holstein
    Délégation à l Information Médicale et à l Epidémiologie, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, 3, avenue Victoria, 75004 Paris
    Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 50:593-603. 2002
    ..this administrative database is becoming more and more used by both researchers and health policy makers for health planning and benchmarking. In France, data abstraction and coding of medical records is done by physicians...
  87. ncbi Use of existing data for public health planning: a study of the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and core antibody in Al Ain Medical District, United Arab Emirates
    A al Owais
    Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
    Bull World Health Organ 78:1324-9. 2000
    ..by the study are sufficient to support a hepatitis B immunization programme targeted at teenaged citizens, more accurate data, generated by a well-designed serological survey, would be essential for optimal public health planning.
  88. ncbi Inter-hospital transfers of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: characteristics, predictors, and outcomes
    Michael M Ward
    Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1468, USA
    J Rheumatol 33:1578-85. 2006
    ....
  89. ncbi Readmission for neonatal jaundice in California, 1991-2000: trends and implications
    Anthony E Burgos
    Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
    Pediatrics 121:e864-9. 2008
    ..We sought to describe population-based trends, potential risk factors, and hospital costs of readmission for jaundice for term and late preterm infants...
  90. ncbi Building community and public health nursing capacity: a synthesis report of the National Community Health Nursing Study
    Jane M Underwood
    Nursing Health Services Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
    Can J Public Health 100:I1-11. 2009
    ....
  91. ncbi The role of strategic health planning processes in the development of health care reform policies: a comparative study of Eritrea, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
    Andrew Green
    Nuffield Centre for Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
    Int J Health Plann Manage 22:113-31. 2007
    This paper reports on comparative analysis of health planning and its relationship with health care reform in three countries, Eritrea, Mozambique and Zimbabwe...
  92. ncbi Training evaluation: a case study of training Iranian health managers
    Maye Omar
    Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
    Hum Resour Health 7:20. 2009
    ..RESULTS: Participants' preferred interactive methods for learning about health planning and management...
  93. ncbi Global and regional causes of death
    Colin D Mathers
    Department of Health statistics and informatics, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Br Med Bull 92:7-32. 2009
    ..The paper also examines some of the data gaps, uncertainties and limitations in the resulting mortality estimates...
  94. ncbi Assessing risk in focal arboviral infections: are we missing the big or little picture?
    Andrew D Haddow
    Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e6954. 2009
    ..We explored these variations using a pediatric arbovirus, La Crosse virus (LACV), as our model...
  95. ncbi The distribution of health planning and management responsibilities between centre and periphery: historical patterns and reform trends in four Caribbean territories
    A Mills
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    Health Policy 62:65-84. 2002
    The degree to which health planning and management functions are decentralised has been one of the key questions in developing countries from when they first gained independence...
  96. ncbi Developments in immunization planning in Cambodia--rethinking the culture and organization of national program planning
    S Soeung
    National Immunization Program, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
    Rural Remote Health 7:630. 2007
    ..undertaken by the NIP include (1) strengthening links between immunization, health sector and international health planning; (2) development of immunization program multiyear and financial sustainability plans; (3) strengthening of ..
  97. ncbi The CABG surgery volume-outcome relationship: temporal trends and selection effects in California, 1998-2004
    James P Marcin
    Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children s Hospital, and Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, 2516 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Health Serv Res 43:174-92. 2008
    ....
  98. ncbi Procedure rates and outcomes of coronary revascularization procedures in California and New York
    Joseph S Carey
    California Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Torrance, Calif, USA
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129:1276-82. 2005
    ....
  99. ncbi The Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: literature review of the logistical planning and operational challenges for public health
    K E Enock
    Public Health Action Support Unit, Dept of Pirmary Care and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London, W6 8RP
    Public Health 122:1229-38. 2008
    To undertake a review of the literature relating to public health planning and interventions at previous summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and other relevant major summer sporting events or mass gatherings, with a focus on official ..
  100. ncbi Trauma center utilization for children in California 1998-2004: trends and areas for further analysis
    N Ewen Wang
    Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    Acad Emerg Med 14:309-15. 2007
    ....
  101. ncbi Readmissions following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreas cancer: a population-based appraisal
    Irina Yermilov
    Department of Surgery, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Ann Surg Oncol 16:554-61. 2009
    ..California Cancer Registry (1994-2003) was linked to the California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) database; patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma who had undergone PD, excluding ..

Research Grants75

  1. Community Connections and Collaboration Project
    JOAN BRANDT; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Departing from the traditional model of community health planning, IMPACTS six stages include inquiring, meeting, partnering, acting imaginatively, crafting, and transfusing...
  2. Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group
    Ronald C Kessler; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The project has high relevance to public health because efficient public health planning requires access to accurate data on unmet need for treatment...
  3. Spatial, Temporal, Social Disparities in Breast Cancer
    Mario Schootman; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..cancer screening in the United States among counties is clearly beneficial since this will facilitate local health planning and allocation of screening resources...
  4. Spatial, Temporal, Social Disparities in Breast Cancer
    Mario Schootman; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..cancer screening in the United States among counties is clearly beneficial since this will facilitate local health planning and allocation of screening resources...
  5. Depression & CHD: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms
    EDWARD SUAREZ; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Recently, we showed that a personalized health planning approach that incorporates mind-body techniques, such as mindfulness, significantly reduced the Framingham ..
  6. Depression & CHD: Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms
    EDWARD CARLOS SUAREZ; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Recently, we showed that a personalized health planning approach that incorporates mind-body techniques, such as mindfulness, significantly reduced the Framingham ..
  7. Biodemography of Exceptional Longevity in the United States
    Leonid A Gavrilov; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..of biological, social and environmental factors that favor survival to extreme old ages, including early-life childhood conditions, and it has implications for public health policy, population forecasting and health planning.
  8. Ethnicity, Breast Cancer Recurrence, & Long-Term QOL
    Kathy B Baumgartner; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..version of the Waksberg random digit-dialing method, and were frequency-matched by ethnicity, age-group, and health planning district...
  9. Ethnicity, Breast Cancer Recurrence, and Long-Term Quality of Life
    Kathy Baumgartner; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..version of the Waksberg random digit-dialing method, and were frequency-matched by ethnicity, age-group, and health planning district...
  10. Ethnicity, Breast Cancer Recurrence, and Long-Term QOL
    Kathy Baumgartner; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..version of the Waksberg random digit-dialing method, and were frequency-matched by ethnicity, age-group, and health planning district...
  11. Improving Reporting of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in California
    DAVID SCOTT ZINGMOND; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), a state agency, is responsible for the routine collection of patient-level hospital ..
  12. BALTIMORE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM EVALUATION
    Steffanie Strathdee; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..the long-term impact of NEP, and specific components that optimize its effectiveness, are crucial for public health planning and informing policy...
  13. Making Connections/Conexiones On Health Disparities
    Jeffrey Brandon; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..We are also anticipating $45,000 in registration fees. ..
  14. Rural Stimulant Use & Mental Health:Services & Outcomes
    Brenda Booth; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..This expanded research from three diverse rural ecologies will provide convincing and cogent data for health planning and health policy for prevention and treatment of stimulant users in rural areas.
  15. Community Connections and Collaboration Project
    Carol Pavlish; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Departing from the traditional model of community health planning, IMPACTS six stages include inquiring, meeting, partnering, acting imaginatively, crafting, and transfusing...