{"title":"Building Public Health Capacity to Advance Equity.","authors":"Caroline T Brunton, Brian D Smedley","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000001040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"411-412"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37279876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visualizing the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons Learned From a Dozen Years of Engaging Communities With Data.","authors":"Andy Krackov, Erika G Martin","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000001037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001037","url":null,"abstract":"With a 200% increase in the rate of opioidinvolved deaths since 2000, many US states and the federal government have declared states of public health emergency. Government responses to the epidemic include focused research on and treatment of opioid dependence and system-level interventions and policies to reduce overdose. As part of this work, various local and state health departments are developing opioid data dashboards containing visualizations, descriptive information, and downloadable data or reports. Opioid data dashboards can potentially improve our understanding of the opioid epidemic, facilitate community planning, promote evidence-based decision making, and support monitoring and evaluation. Yet, will these data dashboards meet these goals? Past experience from working with local and state health departments has shown that government resources are primarily devoted to collecting and using data for analysis, rather than for communication or orienting communities toward action. As health agencies develop opioid data dashboards, we offer 10 recommendations for improving data-driven communication about the opioid epidemic. These are based on our experience studying and promoting open data platforms, working on data dashboard platforms, and consulting with government agencies and others in their data orbit (eg, foundations, nonprofits, university research centers) about data communication strategies.","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"398-401"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37279871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infrastructure for Cross-Sector Collaboration: The State Health Leader Perspective.","authors":"Maggie Carlin, Emily Peterman","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000001038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001038","url":null,"abstract":"Cross-sector collaboration is a crucial mechanism for public health to address the social determinants of health and is recognized as a fundamental driver of community health improvement. As public health agencies seek to embrace this approach, relationship building across sectors is a key component of effective leadership. State health agencies regularly influence health determinants through partnerships and are well positioned to lead in this arena, but this leadership requires an infrastructure that supports cross-sector collaboration. The field recognizes the need to foster collaboration across sectors, and there is growing consensus around investment in these partnerships. Inclusive engagement of communities and stakeholders in addressing health can advance equity and increase the impact of public resources. From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Action Framework to the US Surgeon General’s commitment to direct focus toward “better health through better partnerships,” the movement is well established. To undertake and maintain these collaborations, public health agencies must develop this capacity and integrate it within their operations. The Public Health National Center for Innovations identifies the ability to convene across agencies and partners as a needed foundational capability of health departments. In identifying pathways to health equity, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine even proposed this primary role for public health agencies to “build internal capacity to effectively engage community development partners and to coordinate activities that address the social and economic determinants of health.” As health agency leaders respond to these calls to action and build a","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"405-407"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37279874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosie Mae Henson, Meghan McGinty, Chrissie Juliano, Jonathan Purtle
{"title":"Big City Health Officials' Conceptualizations of Health Equity.","authors":"Rosie Mae Henson, Meghan McGinty, Chrissie Juliano, Jonathan Purtle","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000000866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Context: </strong>Senior health officials of local health departments are uniquely positioned to provide transformational leadership on health disparities and inequities.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to understand how senior health officials in large US cities define health equity and its relationship with disparities and characterize these senior health officials' perceptions of using health equity and disparity language in local public health practice.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>In 2016, we used a general inductive qualitative design and conducted 23 semistructured interviews with leaders of large local health departments. Thematic content analysis was conducted using NVivo 11.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A purposive sample of senior health officials from Big Cities Health Coalition cities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Health equity was conceptualized fairly consistently among senior health officials in big cities. Core elements of these conceptualizations include social and economic conditions, the input and redistribution of resources, equity in practice, values of justice and fairness, and equity as an outcome to be achieved. Senior health officials saw health disparity and health inequity as distinct but related concepts. Relationships between concepts included disparities data to identify and prioritize inequities, inequities creating health disparities, health equity to eliminate disparities, and disparities becoming inequities when their root causes are unjust. Some respondents critiqued health equity terminology for representing a superficial change, being inaccessible, and being politically loaded.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding how senior health officials conceptualize health equity and disparities can focus policy priorities, resources, and the scope of work undertaken by local health departments. Having a common language for health equity allows for policy and resource advocacy to promote the health of marginalized populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"332-341"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000866","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37281801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scott Burris, Gene Matthews, Gary Gunderson, Edward L Baker
{"title":"Becoming Better Messengers: The Public Health Advantage.","authors":"Scott Burris, Gene Matthews, Gary Gunderson, Edward L Baker","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000001032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"402-404"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37279873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Call to Action Planning: Local Health Department and School Partnerships for Adolescent Sexual Health.","authors":"Samantha Ritter, Kat Kelley","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000001035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001035","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescence is a period of significant physical, cognitive, and social development, during which young people explore their burgeoning independence, develop life and decision-making skills, and establish habits and behaviors that will endure throughout adulthood. Risk-taking is a natural part of adolescence, which provides young people with opportunities to develop competencies and skills needed for adulthood. However, these risks can also impact the health and well-being of adolescents. Young people aged 13 to 24 years account for half of the 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI) each year and 1 in 5 new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Adolescence is also a period of increased vulnerability to substance use; the use of tobacco products, alcohol, and marijuana, as well as misuse of prescription pain medicines, is common among teens, and most people who use high-risk substances such as heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamine start in late adolescence or early adulthood. LGBTQ+* youth and young people of color are less likely to receive culturally responsive health services and sex education and face greater risks for HIV/AIDS, STIs, and unintended pregnancy. The behaviors and health outcomes that arise during adolescence can have lifelong impacts; protective factors, such as family, school, and community support, are critical in mitigating these risks. Local education agencies (LEAs), or school districts, play an important role in advancing adolescent","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"408-410"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37279875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assisting States in Considering Evidence-Based and Promising Policies to Advance Health, Well-being, and Opportunity.","authors":"Adam Lustig, Marilyn Cabrera","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000000997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000997","url":null,"abstract":"Public health professionals across the country face numerous challenges on a day-to-day basis. To identify and implement evidence-based programs, they often have to capture the attention of their busy elected or appointed supervisors and convince them of the value of their work. If elected officials want evidence that a proposed public health initiative will work during their term, the public health professional may be in a bind. Research has shown that investments in public health spending can be attributed to drops in mortality rates; however, these results often take years or even decades to materialize. During a time when the future of health reform and other federal health policy debates continue to hang in the balance of a polarized political environment, it is critically important that public health professionals and other vested stakeholders are able to articulate the benefits of health-promoting and costsaving policies that occur outside of the health care system to state decision makers. Historically speaking, state policy makers have often focused on improving health outcomes by expanding and ensuring access to high-quality health services. While the health care sector plays an important role in providing necessary care to individuals, there are a number of modifiable","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"303-307"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000997","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37279870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Public Expenditure Data to Predict Health Outcomes in National Rankings Models: Progress, Pitfalls, and Potential Policy Impacts.","authors":"J Mac McCullough, Jonathon P Leider","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000001024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001024","url":null,"abstract":"Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text.","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"308-315"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37281328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where do we go from here?","authors":"P. R. Lee","doi":"10.1093/sw/36.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/36.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"When faced with multiple competing priorities for investment in library resources, there are many important aspects to consider. From student enrollment to prominence of programs, there are both data ‐ driven and intangible factors to weigh. In addition, most library collections now focus on the immediate needs of students and researchers instead of collecting for posterity. This just ‐ in ‐ time versus just ‐ in ‐ case collection development mindset prioritizes different resource attributes and requires an often unfamiliar level of acquisitions flexibility. Collection development in academic libraries is challenging and complex. Some of the complexity is the result of numerous choices including, but not limited to: Collection building","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127520748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing Smoke-Free Housing Policies at the Local Level: Local Health Department Successes.","authors":"Melanie Ruhe","doi":"10.1097/PHH.0000000000000979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000979","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":296123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP","volume":" ","pages":"205-207"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000979","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36931521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}