The Occupational Health Program in Hillsborough County, Fla

Domestic Violence Offender Intervention Program in Hillsborough County: An Analysis

Leading Change in Hillsborough County Public Schools

In August 2010, Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS), in Tampa, Florida, began implementing one of the most ambitious and comprehensive teacher evaluation systems in the United States. Covering all of the district‘s 12,000 K-12 teachers, the new system included three components: peer and mentor evaluations, principal evaluation, and student learning gains using value-added measures. These ...

Application of a karst disturbance index in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Hillsborough County, Florida, is a karst region that is heavily urbanized, yet no study has been undertaken measuring the degree of human disturbance. Van Beynen and Townsend (2005) created a hierarchical and standardized disturbance index specifically designed for karst environments. To address the problem of determining human disturbance in the county, the above index was successfully applied...

Strategic Planning in the Occupational Health Department

Introduction: Universities play a key role in creating a knowledge-based society and its sustainable development. Strategic planning by strategically analyses internal and external environments of the organization, forecast its future, identifying its strategic direction, and strengthening organizational structures, processes, and outcomes, creates and sustains competitive advantages. This stud...

Analysis of Daily Enhanced Syndromic Surveillance in Hillsborough County, FL, 2015

Introduction The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (FDOHHillsborough) conducts enhanced syndromic surveillance on a daily basis. The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics in Florida (ESSENCE-FL) is the syndromic surveillance system used by epidemiologists within the Florida Department of Health (FDOH). During the time of this st...