Assessing perceptions and priorities for health impacts of climate change within local Michigan health departments
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DOI: 10.1007/s13412-021-00679-0
Abstract: Climate change affects Michigan’s public health in several primary ways, including increased incidences of vector-borne, waterborne, heat-related, and respiratory illness. Because local health departments (LHDs) play a central role in surveillance and preventative health services,… read more here.
Keywords: public health; health departments; climate change; health ... See more keywords
HIV Testing Strategies for Health Departments to End the Epidemic in the U.S.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.06.002
Abstract: An important goal of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative is the timely diagnosis of all people with HIV as early as possible after infection. To end the HIV epidemic, health departments… read more here.
Keywords: hiv; testing strategies; hiv testing; health departments ... See more keywords
Access to contraception in local health departments, four Midwest states, 2017-2018.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2019.02.009
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Describe contraception availability at local health departments (LHDs) serving largely rural populations. STUDY DESIGN We invited administrators at LHDs located in four Midwest states to participate in an online survey conducted from September 2017-April… read more here.
Keywords: lhds; local health; contraception; health departments ... See more keywords
Local health department adoption of electronic health records and health information exchanges and its impact on population health
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.04.011
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To determine the impact in the adoption of electronic health records and health information exchanges by local health departments on population health. METHODS The study analyzed 433 local health departments population-based data across 433… read more here.
Keywords: health; health departments; local health; electronic health ... See more keywords
The Potential for Total Worker Health® Approaches in State and Territorial Health Departments
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DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002674
Abstract: State and Territorial Health Departments (SHDs) are a key part of the nation’s infrastructure for maintaining population health, including that of workers. Total Worker Health® collaborations between occupational safety and health and workplace health promotion… read more here.
Keywords: health; state territorial; territorial health; health departments ... See more keywords
A Survey of 25 North Carolina Health Departments/Districts on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Current Practices to Seeking Reimbursement From Third-Party Payers for Sexually Transmitted Disease Services
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DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000608
Abstract: Background North Carolina Administrative Code 10A Chapter 41A.0204 (a) states “local health departments shall provide diagnosis, testing, treatment, follow-up, and preventive services for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, … These services shall be provided upon request and… read more here.
Keywords: departments districts; reimbursement; health departments; north carolina ... See more keywords
The Impact of Budget Cuts on Sexually Transmitted Disease Programmatic Activities in State and Local Health Departments With Staffing Reductions in Fiscal Year 2012
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DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000894
Abstract: Abstract Staffing reductions in state and local health departments in fiscal year 2012 were concentrated in disease investigation specialists and clinicians (local) and disease investigation specialists and administrative staff (state). Local health departments with budget… read more here.
Keywords: local health; state local; health departments; staffing reductions ... See more keywords
Field Services Facilitated Treatment and Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities.
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DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001757
Abstract: ABSTRACT Assisted partner services (APS) is a longstanding public health strategy to reduce transmission of STI and HIV in the U.S. However, with rapidly increasing rates of STI, innovations to APS are needed to allow… read more here.
Keywords: health; public health; dis; treatment ... See more keywords
Partnering to prepare: An academic/workforce collaboration to develop disaster shelter training for nurses.
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DOI: 10.1111/phn.13157
Abstract: In California, more frequent, intense, and destructive wildfires have prompted public health departments to enhance disaster response plans as evacuations and shelter needs increase. In addition, individuals utilizing shelters have increasingly complex medical and behavioral… read more here.
Keywords: health; public health; training; disaster ... See more keywords
Epidemiology Workforce Capacity in 27 Large Urban Health Departments in the United States, 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0033354919856935
Abstract: Objectives: The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has periodically assessed the epidemiological capacity of states since 2001, but the data do not reflect the total US epidemiology capacity. CSTE partnered with the Big… read more here.
Keywords: large urban; epidemiology; health departments; capacity large ... See more keywords
The CDC HIV Outbreak Coordination Unit: Developing a Standardized, Collaborative Approach to HIV Outbreak Assessment and Response.
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DOI: 10.1177/00333549211018678
Abstract: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state, territorial, and local health departments have expanded efforts to detect and respond to HIV clusters and outbreaks in the United States. In July 2017, CDC… read more here.
Keywords: coordination; hiv; hiv outbreak; health departments ... See more keywords