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An Academic–Health Department Community Partnership to Expand Disease Investigation and Contact Tracing Capacity and Efficiency During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article describes an innovative disease investigation and contact tracing program developed through a formalized community partnership between a local county health department and local university. This innovative new program added 108 contact tracers to the county's public health workforce, as well as enabled these contact tracers to work remotely using a call center app and secure cloud-based platform to manage the county's caseload of cases and contacts. An overview of the requirements needed to develop this program (eg, hiring, health data security protocols, data source management), as well as lessons learned is ...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Navigating the Storm of COVID-19 Literature Through Academic-Practice Partnership in Washington State: The COVID-19 Literature Situation Report
Conclusions: The flexible Lit Rep model sets a standard for responding to emerging public health threats and communicating complex scientific information to government leaders, public health staff, and other interested parties. The WA DOH and the UW have exemplified how a mutually beneficial partnership can be established to support more effective public health practice based on real-time evidence both during a crisis and potentially for future public health challenges. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

The Power of Connections: AAP COVID-19 ECHO Accelerates Responses During a Public Health Emergency
Discussion: As the COVID-19 pandemic surges and another influenza season is upon us, the ECHO model is an effective strategy for facilitating bidirectional communication and education to build child health professionals' knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy during an unprecedented and ongoing public health emergency. Key Points The ECHO model is an effective strategy for health care organizations to facilitate bidirectional communication and education in building health professionals' clinical knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy during the unprecedented and ongoing public health emergency of the COVID-19 pandem...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Healing Through Policy: A Guide for Public Health Agencies
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Getting Practical Source Type: research

A Qualitative Analysis of Local Health Departments' Experiences With Contact-Tracing Tools in Response to COVID-19
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: News From NACCHO Source Type: research

Evidenced-Based Approaches States and Territories Can Implement to Advance Adult Immunization Uptake During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: State of Public Health Source Type: research

The Public Health Worker Mental Health Crisis—A Major Leadership Challenge
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Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: The Management Moment Source Type: research

Using Public Deliberation to Set Priorities: The Case of COVID-19 Vaccine Access in New York City
Conclusions: Participants' focus on equity, and acknowledgment of racial and ethnic disparities, revealed a nuanced understanding of the broader determinants of health. Recommendations reinforced the NYC health department's approach to vaccine distribution. Public Health Implications: Results from these public deliberations confirmed community support for approaches prioritizing health equity, recognizing both societal and personal factors affecting vulnerability to poor health. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Telehealth Availability and Usage Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic, October and November 2020
Context: During the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for telehealth services increased to reduce disease exposure for patients and providers and to meet preexisting demand for physician services in health resource shortage areas. Objective: To estimate self-reported telehealth availability, equipment for accessing telehealth, and telehealth usage among Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: We used data from the 2020 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) COVID-19 Fall Supplement Public Use File to estimate the weighted percentages of beneficiaries who had (a) access to telehealth befor...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Willingness to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine and Reasons for Hesitancy Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Results From a National Survey
Conclusions: The 2020 MCBS survey data showed that close to 40% of Medicare beneficiaries were hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine, and the hesitancy was greater in racial/ethnic minorities. Medicare beneficiaries were concerned about the safety of the vaccine, and some appeared to be misinformed. Evidence-based educational and policy-level interventions need to be implemented to further promote COVID-19 vaccination. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Multifaceted Public Health Response to a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Meat-Processing Workers, Utah, March-June 2020
Objective: To identify potential strategies to mitigate COVID-19 transmission in a Utah meat-processing facility and surrounding community. Design/Setting: During March-June 2020, 502 workers at a Utah meat-processing facility (facility A) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Using merged data from the state disease surveillance system and facility A, we analyzed the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 positivity and worker demographics, work section, and geospatial data on worker residence. We analyzed worker survey responses to questions regarding COVID-19 knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors at work and home. Particip...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Epidemiology of Coronavirus Disease 2019 at a County Jail—Alameda County, California, March 2020-March 2021
We describe an outbreak investigation of COVID-19 at a jail (jail A) in Alameda County during March 2020-March 2021. Implementation: To prevent COVID-19 cases among incarcerated persons and employees, staff at jail A and the county public health department worked to develop and recommend infection control measures implemented by jail A including, but not limited to, face covering use among incarcerated persons and staff; cohorting incarcerated persons at a higher risk of severe COVID-19 in dedicated housing units; quarantining all newly detained individuals for 14 days; and offering testing for all symptomatic incar...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

The Impact of Covid-19 State Closure Orders on Consumer Spending, Employment, and Business Revenue
Conclusions: The impact of COVID-19 on economic activity likely reflects a combination of factors, in addition to state closures, such as individuals' perceptions of risk related to COVID-19 incidence, which may play significant roles in impacting economic activity. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Private High School Reopened—COVID Mitigation and Clinical Surveillance Using an Internet Application
Conclusions: Masks, distance, and aggressive contact tracing supported by an Internet application with consistent application of quarantine protocols successfully permitted in-school education without COVID spread in a high prevalence environment. This finding remains important to guide safety measures should vaccine-resistant strains—or new pandemics—challenge us in the future. (Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice)
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research

Modeling the Transmission of COVID-19: Impact of Mitigation Strategies in Prekindergarten-Grade 12 Public Schools, United States, 2021
Background: Schools are an integral part of the community; however, congregate settings facilitate transmission of SARS-CoV-2, presenting a challenge to school administrators to provide a safe, in-school environment for students and staff. Methods: We adapted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVIDTracer Advanced tool to model the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a school of 596 individuals. We estimate possible reductions in cases and hospitalizations among this population using a scenario-based analysis that accounts for (a) the risk of importation of infection from the community; (b) adherence to ...
Source: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - November 28, 2021 Category: Health Management Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research