The 13 grants funded under the previous solicitations represent both a comprehensive and diverse investigation of critical issues in Public Health Systems Research. Taken together they offer a portrait of some of the most complex, vexing, and important issues in Public Health Services and Public Health Systems Research.

2006 Grants

Regionalization in Local Public Health System: Variation in Rationale, Implementation, and Impact on Public Health Preparedness
Michael Stoto, Ph.D.

Causes and Consequences of Change in Local Public Health Spending
Glen Mays, Ph.D.

Measuring the Value of Public Health Systems
Peter Jacobson, J.D.

Structural Capacities, Processes, and Performance of Essential Public Health Services by Small Local Public Health Systems
Susan Zahner, Ph.D.

2007 Grants

Assessment of Training Needs for Public Health Financial Managers
Julia Costich, J.D., Ph.D.

Incorporating Disparities into State Strategies to Monitor and Improve Health Status
Marsha Gold, SC.D.

Public Health Funding and Population Health
David Grembowski, Ph.D.

Local Community Strategies to Develop their Public Health Surge Capacity to Handle Emergencies Affecting Many People
Laurie Felland, M.S.

Effective Responses by Local Communities to Meet Their Public Health Workforce Needs
Robert Hurley, Ph.D.

Comparison of Public Health Organizational Structures Using Dynamic Network Analysis
Jacqueline Merrill, D.N.Sc

An Academic Health Center and Public Health Practice Collaboration
William Riley, Ph.D.

Understanding and Assessing Partnership Connections in Public Health Departments
Danielle Vogenbeck, Ph.D.

Public Health System Organization and Performance in Rural Communities
Douglas Wholey, Ph.D.

2008 Grants

Characteristics and Determinants of Intragovernmental Activity Within State Public Health Systems
William Bartosch, Ph.D.

Informing the Design of Funding Allocation Formulas in Public Health
James Buehler, M.D.

A Systematic Study of Nebraska’s Regional Public Health Agency Model
Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D.

Understanding the Resource Allocation Decisions of Public Health Officials in the U.S.
Susan Dorr Goold, M.D., M.S.H.A., M.A.

 

Local Public Health Capacities to Address the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations

Claudia Schur, Ph.D.

Developing and Applying a Descriptive Framework for Analyzing Food Safety Resources
Michael Taylor, J.D.