Perspectives on Research Among Kansas County Health Department Administrators

Barriers to information access among county health department employees.

As part of a study to explore information use, 137 public health employees responded to the question: What are the main barriers that you face in accessing information you need to do your job? 74% of employees indicated 154 barriers. Of these 65% were related to technology or resources. Fewer barriers related to time (24%) and communication (13%). Efforts to address resource and technology barr...

Perspectives on public health workforce research.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Workforce and Career Development is committed to developing a competent, sustainable, and diverse public health workforce through evidence-based training, career and leadership development, and strategic workforce planning to improve population health outcomes. This article reviews the previous efforts in identifying priorities of public ...

Health Department - FY 2018 Adopted Budget (Fairfax County, Virginia)

Tangelo County Health Department Adult Influenza Immunization Program

Each year about 48,000 adults die from vaccine preventable diseases in the United States. The purpose of immunization programs is to prevent illness and death from diseases such as influenza, pneumococcal disease, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, and rubella. The public health objectives established by Healthy People 2010 include a goal of achieving 90% immunization coverage of...

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