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Training Networks of Local Health Departments: A Regional Assessment
Conclusions: State health departments may benefit from the support of universities, national nonprofits, and national membership organizations by partnering to offer training or by recommending training from these organizations to LHDs. Additional qualitative information from local and state health departments would be useful to determine the best strategies for universities, national nonprofits, and national membership organizations to participate in training local practitioners to improve LHD capacity. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Funding Public Health: Achievements and Challenges in Public Health Financing Since the Institute of Medicine's 2012 Report
Conclusions: Many of the achievements reported by respondents were characterized as increased dialogue and individual state or local progress rather than widespread, identifiable policy or practice changes. Participants suggested that public health as a field needs to achieve further consensus and a uniform voice in order to advocate for changes at a federal level. Implications for Policy and Practice: Slow progress in achieving 2012 IOM Finance Report recommendations and lack of a cohesive voice pose threats to the public's health, as can be seen in the context of COVID-19 emergency response activities. The pan...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Attracting New Talent to the Governmental Public Health Workforce: Strategies for Improved Recruitment of Public Health Graduates
Conclusions: Key to effectively recruiting and retaining new graduates is understanding their perceptions about/experiences with GPH agencies. While GPH jobs have desired attributes, participants reported that health departments are not effectively recruiting them. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Local Health Department Revenue Diversification and Revenue Volatility: Can One Be Used to Manage the Other?
Conclusions: Revenue volatility presents LHDs with important short- and long-term operational challenges. Our models suggest that revenue diversification did not reduce revenue volatility among Washington State LHDs in 1998-2014. Further research will need to examine whether revenue diversification reduces LHD financial risk in other settings. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Do Nonprofit Hospitals Evaluate Their Community Benefit Activities?
Conclusions: In general, Minnesota hospitals are using program evaluation to assess their community benefit implementation strategies, although the extent to which they evaluate their strategies varies considerably between hospitals. While the use of outcome indicators of impact has increased over time, levels of use suggest the importance of incorporating public health expertise in CHNA work. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Frequent Episodic Utilizers of Veterans Health Administration Homeless Programs Use: Background Characteristics and Health Services Use
Conclusions: Addressing veterans' needs related to poverty, income, and postincarceration reintegration may reduce the frequent episodic use of VHA Homeless Programs. Interventions embedded in emergency departments and inpatient units may also be considered. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Building a Sustainable Governmental Public Health Workforce: A Look at the Millennial Generation
Conclusions: Millennials in governmental public health agencies (excluding local health departments with (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Prevalence of Concussion-Related Policies and Practices Among Public School Districts in the United States, 2012 and 2016
Conclusions: The findings in this study highlight improvements in school districts nationwide in adopting concussion-related policies and practices. Policies such as requiring educational sessions allow parents and student athletes to learn about concussions and understand the importance of reporting a concussion or concussion symptoms. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Diabetes Prevention for Pacific People in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study to Adapt the Diabetes Prevention Program With Samoan/Tongan Church Communities
Conclusions: Results demonstrate possible ways to tailor the DPP for US-based Samoan/Tongan populations by harnessing cultural traditions and addressing existing barriers and psychosocial constructs. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Trends and Rural-Urban Differences in Participation in Diabetes Self-management Education Among Adults in North Carolina: 2012-2017
This study aimed to report recent trends in self-reported diabetes self-management education (DSME) participation rates among adults in North Carolina and to compare these rates between rural and urban residents. Methods: Data for this analysis were obtained from the NC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for the years 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017, when the survey included the diabetes module. Respondents were classified as having participated in DSME if they answered “Yes” to the question, “Have you ever taken a course or class in how to manage your diabetes yourself?” We used the Rural Urban C...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Assessing the Walkability Environments of Churches in a Rural Southeastern County of the United States
Conclusions: This study used low-cost environmental audits to analyze walkability in a sample of churches in a rural area and examined differences by neighborhood income. While churches may improve reach of people living in underserved and rural communities, a lack of environmental supports may limit effective PA promotion activities. Partnerships focused on improving existing areas or providing alternative PA opportunities for church and community members may be needed, especially in African American communities. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Screening for Excessive Alcohol Consumption in Emergency Departments: A Nationwide Assessment of Emergency Department Physicians
Conclusions: Only 1 in 6 ED physicians consistently screened their patients for excessive drinking. Increased use of EHR reminders and other systems interventions (eg, electronic screening and brief intervention) could help improve the delivery of screening and follow-up services for excessive drinkers in EDs. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Concordance of Data on Children's Unmet Health Care Needs Between 2 National Surveys
Conclusion: The NHIS design, asking about each type of unmet need in person, may have been more conducive to identifying the full range of unmet health care needs among children. However, our results did not indicate that this was a source of bias in multivariable regression analysis. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

Assessing the Strategies That Children's Hospitals Adopt to Engage the Social Determinants of Health in US Cities
Conclusions: Pediatric health care institutions have a profound opportunity to reduce health disparities by altering the social environments in which children develop. Policy makers and scholars should provide support and resources to increase community benefit investments in this area. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research

“Holding the City's Feet to the Fire”: Lessons Learned From Oakland's Implementation of Measure HH Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
Conclusions: The study offers a range of recommendations—derived from lessons learned over several years of implementation—to policy makers and advocates engaged in SSB tax adoption and implementation efforts in their jurisdictions. SSB tax implementation requires sufficient agency administrative capacity and a strong pro-tax coalition that engages local community organizations to respond to public health needs. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Full Report Source Type: research