NursingCenter Journal Feed: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice http://www.nursingcenter.com en-us @NC 2006 Editorial: Leading and Managing for Improved Health http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972504 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:91 -92  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:42:01 EST
Ray Nicola MD, MHSA, FACPM
 Self-assessment of Public Health Essential Services Among Illinois Local Health Department Administrators http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972507 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :This article uses data from a study commissioned by the Illinois Public Health Institute in 2007 as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Multistate Learning Collaborative Grant for exploring accreditation of health departments. Local health departments in Illinois were surveyed on their self-a.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:93 -97  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:00:43 EST
Georgeen Polyak PhD, MS

Kusuma Madamala PhD, MPH

Vamsi Vasireddy MD, MPH

Laura Landrum MUPP

Elissa Bassler MFA

Nicole Stob MPH, CHES
 Decision Science: A Scientific Approach to Enhance Public Health Budgeting http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972550 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :The allocation of resources for public health programming is a complicated and daunting responsibility. Financial decision-making processes within public health agencies are especially difficult when not supported with techniques for prioritizing and ranking alternatives. This article presents a cas.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:98 -103  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:12:07 EST
Peggy Honoré DHA

Peter Fos PhD, MPH

Torney Smith MS

Michael Riley BA

Kim Kramarz BA
 Business Process Improvement: An Electronic System to Monitor Compliance With Medical Resident Work Hours http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972621 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :The limitation of medical intern and resident work hours, known as the Bell 405 regulations, was initiated in New York State in 1989 with a modification to the state hospital code. The Bell 405 regulations were strengthened in 2000, and facilities would now be fined for noncompliance. Monitoring sys.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:104 -109  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:11:34 EST
Linda Landesman DrPH, MSW

Forest Markowitz BA

Nelson Conde MPA
 New Data, Same Story? Revisiting Studies on the Relationship of Local Public Health Systems Characteristics to Public Health Performance http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972655 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :This study examined the relationship between community and system characteristics of 353 local public health agencies and local public health system performance by revisiting previous research by Mays et al and Scutchfield et al. More recent and coterminous data were used. Local public health agency.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:110 -117  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:45:43 EST
Michelyn Bhandari DrPH

F. Scutchfield MD

Richard Charnigo PhD

Martha Riddell DrPH

Glen Mays PhD
 Commentary: Tool Kits and Maps for Public Health Administrators http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972706 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:118 -119  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:02:05 EST
Bernard Turnock MD, MPH
 The Survive and Thrive Program: Encouraging Coaching, Mentoring, and Peer Learning Among New Local Health Officials http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972711 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :There is a need for programs tailored to train the approximately 300 new local health officials (LHOs) who emerge each year with the knowledge and skills needed to build, maintain, and enhance public health capacity and infrastructure. The Survive and Thrive program incorporates a curriculum that is.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:120 -127  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:02:13 EST
Vonna Henry MPH, BSN, RN

Sue Sarpy MS, PhD

Rachel Green BSN, RN

Seth Kaplan MS, PhD

Ramon Bonzon MPH, CPH
 Potential Approaches to Address the Undergraduate Public Health Training Needs for Working Professionals: A Case Study of One Rural Area http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972757 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :The leadership of several health districts in the rural Appalachian region of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia has expressed interest in addressing the educational needs of their employees. The majority of these workers have not completed an undergraduate degree, but they desire to further.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:128 -133  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:46:35 EST
Brian Martin PhD, MBA

J. Stoots PhD, MBA

Robert Pack PhD, MPH

Randy Wykoff MD, MPH, TM

John Dreyzehner MD, MPH, FACOEM
 Improving Knowledge of Public Health Accreditation Through a Group Vetting Session of a Practice-Based Research Network http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972793 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :This article describes efforts to improve knowledge of and acceptance of the proposed voluntary health department accreditation program, put forth by Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), by conducting a group vetting session. The vetting session closely followed the PHAB guidelines, and partici.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:134 -139  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:13:42 EST
Angela Dearinger MD, MPH, FAAP

Martha Riddell MPH, DrPH

F. Scutchfield MD

Richard Ingram MEd

Alex Howard MPH

Shontreal Cooper BS
 Local Health Department Priority Setting: An Exploratory Study http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972854 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :Priority setting is an integral part of the community health assessment process since it helps direct the allocation of limited public health resources among competing needs. There is a recognized need for a systematic mechanism to prioritize community health issues in objective, data-driven, quanti.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:140 -147  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:43:55 EST
Elena Platonova PhD

James Studnicki ScD

John Fisher PhD

Colleen Bridger PhD
 Commentary: Public Health Administration and Science: Strange Bedfellows? http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972915 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:148 -150  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:50:06 EST
F. Scutchfield MD
 Lessons Learned in Systems Thinking Approach for Evaluation Planning http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972918 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :The role of systems thinking is addressed in the context of a public health department-academic collaboration to plan the evaluation of a learning management system. Findings suggest new directions for public health practitioners and researchers who are responsible for ensuring that public health wo.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:151 -155  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:42:51 EST
John Williams DrPH, MBA

Julia Costich JD, PhD

William Hacker MD, FAAP, CPE

James Davis MD
 Practical and Affordable Ways to Cultivate Leadership in Your Organization http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=972955 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :Leadership can be cultivated through the intentional actions of managers and others in public health organizations. This article provides a rationale for taking innovative and proactive steps to build leadership, discusses four general strategies for doing so, and presents seven practical, creative,.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:156 -161  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:50:12 EST
Joyce Gaufin BS

Kathy Kennedy DrPH, MA

Ellen Struthers BA
 Adapting the Managing By Walking Around Methodology as a Leadership Strategy to Communicate a Hospital-Wide Strategic Plan http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=973007 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC) in East Harlem, New York, has undergone significant leadership changes within the past few years, and the current leadership team developed a long-term strategic plan for the organization that it wanted to effectively communicate to all hospital staff. The spread o.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:162 -166  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:10:54 EST
Marcie Rubin MPH

Richard Stone MD
 Understanding and Managing Organizational Change: Implications for Public Health Management http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=973034 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :Managing organizational change has become a significant responsibility of managers. Managing the change process within public health organizations is important because appropriately and systematically managing change is linked to improved organizational performance. However, change is difficult and .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:167 -173  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:02:54 EST
Jon Thompson PhD
 Commentary: Management and Leadership http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=973043 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:174 -176  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:45:16 EST
Louis Rowitz PhD
 News From NACCHO: Increasing Local Health Department Capacity to Improve the Health of People With Disabilities http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=973046 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is the national organization representing local health departments. It supports efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:177 -179  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:45:49 EST
Jocelyn Gross BS

Jennifer Li MHS
 State Health Department Structure and Pandemic Planning http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=973053 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :Pandemic influenza is an imminent threat, with the April/May 2009 A(H1N1) outbreak as a testament to the potential for rapid transmission and spread of a novel influenza strain. Research has shown that there are great disparities in state pandemic planning; however, little work has been done to asse.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:e1 -e7  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:00:49 EST
Tamar Klaiman PhD, MPH

Jennifer Ibrahim PhD, MPH
 Relationships Between Local Public Health Agency Functions and Agency Leadership and Staffing: A Look at Nurses http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=973078 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :ConclusionsBoth LPHA nurse leaders and nursing staff play an important role in the provision of LPHA services, and a shortage of LPHA nursing leaders and staff, particularly in rural areas, will likely have a major impact on certain LPHA programs unless steps are taken to address these challenges. .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:e8 -e16  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:57:58 EST
Betty Bekemeier PhD, MPH, RN

Maggie Jones MPH
 Local Public Health Departments in California Changing Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments for Obesity Prevention http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=973103 Journal Title: Journal of Public Health Management & Practice 
Abstract :The purpose of this research was to assess California public health departments capacity, practices, and resources for changing nutrition and physical activity environments for obesity prevention. The researchers surveyed key public health department personnel representing all 61 health departments .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2010 

Volume:16 Number:2  

Pages:e17 -e28  
 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:44:36 EST
Liz Schwarte MPH

Sarah Samuels DrPH

Maria Boyle MS, RD

Sarah Clark BA

George Flores MD, MPH

Bob Prentice PhD