Targeted Private Well Outreach Following a Change in Drinking Water Standard: Arsenic and the New Jersey Private Well Testing Act
Conclusions: This effort further illuminates the necessity and significance of public health outreach for private well water users, especially after drinking water standards change. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Assessing Community-Based Public Health Plans: An Example From US Army Injury Prevention
Context: The US Army requires community health coalitions to develop action plans for their top public health priorities. Objective: To date, the US Army has not implemented a standardized review process for community action plans. Design: This project used the Plan Quality Index (PQI), an evidence-based, standardized tool, to evaluate injury prevention action plans created by injury prevention teams (IPTs). Setting: 17 Army installations. Participants: 17 IPT leads; 5 Health Promotion Program Officers. Intervention: Implementation of the PQI to evaluate the strength of injury prevent...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

HIV Linkage to Care and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Persons in Non–Health Care Sites Who Are Tested for HIV for the First Time, United States, 2019
Context: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all persons aged 13 to 64 years are tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, results from US surveys show that 50% of persons and less had ever tested for HIV. Program: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention annually funds 60 health departments to conduct comprehensive HIV prevention and surveillance activities that include HIV testing. Implementation: We selected the 31 health departments with quality data (ie, ≤20% missing or invalid values for variables to verify linkage to HIV medical care and new HIV diag...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Characterizing Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) Compliance in New Jersey: 2008-2017
Conclusions: Inspected schools during the 10-year period were in serious noncompliance with AHERA regulations. This included deficiencies that demonstrate a potential exposure to asbestos such as missing ACBM in management plans, damaged ACBM, lack of protection of short-term workers and custodial staff, and the identification of fiber release episodes. Modeling results of specific school characteristics can help direct limited resources to mitigate potential asbestos exposures. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Advocating for a Robust Public Health Workforce
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Getting Practical Source Type: research

Interruptions in Routine Blood Pressure Screening Services Among Local Health Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: News From NACCHO Source Type: research

Getting Further Faster: Illuminating Opportunities for Health Departments to Support Community-Driven Social Determinants of Health Interventions
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: State of Public Health Source Type: research

A Brief History of Public Health Informatics—Lessons for Leaders and a Look Into the Future
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: The Management Moment Source Type: research

One Decade Later: The Generalizability, Diversity, and Inclusion of Community Health Needs Assessments
Context: The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aimed to reduce health disparities and change medicine to be more community-driven. To maintain tax-exempt status, hospitals must complete a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every 3 years. This assessment must (a) integrate input from individuals the community serves, (b) make the report publicly assessable, and (c) adopt an implementation strategy based on community health needs identified in the assessment. However, there is little information on how representative CHNAs are of the community. Design: A content analysis was performed on a rand...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Feasibility of Implementing Disability Inclusive Evidence-Based Health Promotion
People with disabilities face a number of barriers to accessing and participating in evidence-based health promotion programs offered within the community. To address these barriers, the program implementation process needs to integrate disability inclusion throughout planning and implementation. The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability's inclusive Community Implementation Process (NiCIP) provides a framework for implementers to systematically integrate strategies into their health promotion programs that increase inclusion while maintaining the fidelity the program. The NiCIP is a community-engaged ...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Enhancing the Applied Epidemiology Workforce: The Impact of the 2021 Epidemiology Capacity Assessment on CSTE's Workforce Priorities
This report describes the programmatic actions taken by CSTE in response to the results of the 2021 ECA. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

“I Have to Ask”: A Mixed-Methods Study on the Collection of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Within the San Francisco County COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Program
Conclusion: Qualitative interviews with the COVID-19 CICT workforce and quantitative data on SOGI parameters in COVID-19 surveillance suggest that these data may have been underreported. Our results strongly suggest that comprehensive training is crucial in the collection of SOGI data among COVID-19 cases and their close contacts. If SOGI data are not collected accurately, the true impact of COVID-19 among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer populations remains unknown, preventing data-driven allocation of COVID-19 funds to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. (Source: Journal of Publi...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Transgender and Nonbinary Deaths Investigated by the State Medical Examiner in the Portland, Oregon, Metro Area and Their Concordance With Vital Records, 2011-2021
Conclusions: Information gathered via medicolegal death investigations is foundational to effective public health/public safety response; MEs and coroners are often the first to document emerging health threats. Discrepancies in official death records impede accurate surveillance of a population disproportionately at risk of violent death. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Development and Evaluation of the Ally Sexual and Gender Minority Diversity and Inclusion Training at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Conclusion: These results suggest that the CDC Ally Training may be a useful tool for improving staff knowledge and perceptions of SGM people. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Health Departments' Role in Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Collaboration With Multisector Community Partnerships
Multisector community partnerships (MCPs) are key component of the public health strategy for addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) and promoting health equity. Governmental public health agencies are often members or leaders of MCPs, but few studies have examined the role of health departments in supporting MCPs' SDOH initiatives. We engaged 42 established MCPs in a rapid retrospective evaluation to better understand how MCPs' SDOH initiatives contribute to community changes that promote healthy living and improved health outcomes. As part of this work, we gained insights into how health departments support MCPs...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 30, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research