Recent Advances in Public Health Systems Research in the United States

Wave, Timothy W. Van; Scutchfield, F. Douglas; Honoré, Peggy A.

doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103550

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“…24 In particular, the importance of improved communication and information sharing was highlighted and is supported in the literature. 4,25,26 Actions have been included in the Strategy to keep researchers, policy makers and practitioners informed of: population health research priorities; research funding opportunities; funded research and its use in policy and practice; research syntheses; networks and training opportunities; data sets; infrastructure assets; and emerging research developments from within the Population Health Division.…”

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“…For example, the value of knowledge brokerage services, 31 success of fellowship programs in other jurisdictions, 5 enhancing the capacity of the existing research workforce through networks and improved access to training opportunities 26,32 and simplifying ethics procedures. 33 The actions in the Strategy are designed to be implemented within existing NSW Health funds, with a focus on managing current investment more strategically and working better with internal and external partners.…”

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Developing a strategy to promote the generation and effective use of population health research for NSW Health: 2011 - 2015

Biggs¹,

Stickney²

2011

NSW Public Health Bull.

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Abstract:The Population Health Division of the NSW Department of Health has developed a 5-year strategy to improve the effectiveness of its resource investment in population health research. This paper describes the development of the strategy, Promoting the generation and effective use of population health research in NSW: a Strategy for NSW Health 2011-2015. A review of Australian and international strategic research documents and stakeholder interviews was conducted to support the development of the strategy. The findings from these two processes influenced the structure of the document and supported the inclusion of strategies and actions to assist with identifying research priorities, improving communication, enhancing networks and partnerships, supporting workforce development initiatives, providing research infrastructure, enhancing research and the use of research evidence and streamlining research governance and ethics processes. Small group discussions and a detailed review of literature were conducted to refine the thinking around four of the more complex aspects of the strategy. Finally, a broad consultation process was used to test the face validity of the proposed strategy content.The value of using evidence to inform health policy and practice is widely acknowledged. 1,2 A number of models have been developed; these processes are complex and evaluations of strategies to increase the use of evidence in policies and programs are rare. 3,4 NSW Health invests in population health research through both the Population Health Division of the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Health and local population health services. The Population Health Division has recently developed a strategy which outlines how it will facilitate the conduct of high-quality, relevant, population health research and the use of research evidence in policy and practice in NSW Health. This paper describes how this strategy, Promoting the generation and effective use of population health research in NSW: a Strategy for NSW Health 2011-2015 (the Strategy), was developed. MethodsAn Advisory Committee, comprising senior population health managers from the NSW Department of Health and local health services, academics in population health from NSW universities and senior managers from relevant non-government organisations, was established to provide guidance on the development and content of the Strategy.To inform development three projects were undertaken: (1) a review of strategic documents that support decisionmaking for health research; (2) a series of stakeholder interviews; and (3) a rapid review of the literature that examined strategies to increase the use of evidence from research in population health policy and programs. The first two projects, the review of strategic documents and the stakeholder interviews, form the basis of this paper. 5,6 The findings from the rapid literature review have been reported elsewhere. 4 Three small-group discussions were held to refine complex aspects of the Strategy and, as a final step, the dra...

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confidence: 99%

Developing a strategy to promote the generation and effective use of population health research for NSW Health: 2011 - 2015

Biggs¹,

Stickney²

2011

NSW Public Health Bull.

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“…In recognition of other barriers and constraints to public health adaptation to climate change identified in the literature, BRACE also requires vulnerability assessment and evidence-based evaluation of potential intervention options. Altogether, these principles are aimed at including recent scholarship on climate change adaptation more generally as well as scholarship on the social determinants of health and integration of learning in public health systems, policy development, and planning [17,18,19,20,21,22,23]. …”

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Building Resilience against Climate Effects—A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agencies

Marinucci

Luber

Uejio

et al. 2014

IJERPH

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Climate change is anticipated to have several adverse health impacts. Managing these risks to public health requires an iterative approach. As with many risk management strategies related to climate change, using modeling to project impacts, engaging a wide range of stakeholders, and regularly updating models and risk management plans with new information—hallmarks of adaptive management—are considered central tenets of effective public health adaptation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a framework, entitled Building Resilience Against Climate Effects, or BRACE, to facilitate this process for public health agencies. Its five steps are laid out here. Following the steps laid out in BRACE will enable an agency to use the best available science to project likely climate change health impacts in a given jurisdiction and prioritize interventions. Adopting BRACE will also reinforce public health’s established commitment to evidence-based practice and institutional learning, both of which will be central to successfully engaging the significant new challenges that climate change presents.

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“…One review notes the absence of a unifying conceptual framework for assessing the cumulative impact on health of government-funded and community health interventions, making it difficult to direct resources toward effective approaches and to improve efficiency and equity to achieve community wellness (116). This conceptual deficit also limits the study of the interactions among the health care, public health, criminal justice, and other systems that influence the wellbeing of those entering and leaving the CJS and the utility of existing data systems and feedback loops that could be used to monitor and improve performance.…”

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A Review of Opportunities to Improve the Health of People Involved in the Criminal Justice System in the United States

Freudenberg

Heller

2016

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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In the past decade, many constituencies have questioned the efficacy, cost, and unintended consequences of mass incarceration in the United States. Although substantial evidence now demonstrates that US incarceration policies have had unintended adverse health consequences, we know less about the strategies and policies that can prevent or reduce these problems for justiceinvolved individuals and how the criminal justice system (CJS) can contribute to the Healthy People 2020 national goal of eliminating inequities in health. This review examines strategies that have been used to improve the health of people at various stages of CJS involvement, including diversion from jail and prison stays into community settings, improvements to the social and physical environments within correctional facilities, provision of health and other services to inmates, assistance for people leaving correctional facilities to make the transition back to the community, and systems coordination and integration.

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Recent Advances in Public Health Systems Research in the United States

Cited by 43 publications

References 87 publications

Developing a strategy to promote the generation and effective use of population health research for NSW Health: 2011 - 2015

Developing a strategy to promote the generation and effective use of population health research for NSW Health: 2011 - 2015

Building Resilience against Climate Effects—A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agencies

A Review of Opportunities to Improve the Health of People Involved in the Criminal Justice System in the United States

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