Background Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly used in contact tracing
and case finding, enhancing and replacing traditional methods for managing infectious …

Objectives: This review examines the influence of the Finance report's 10 recommendations
on public health policy and practice. Design: This review utilized peer-reviewed and gray …

Objectives: To assess the impact of LBoH performance of governance functions on LHDs
having a current (completed within 5 years) community health assessment (CHA) …

Purpose To analyze recent trends in orthopaedic surgery consolidation and quantify these
changes temporally and geographically from 2012 to 2020. Methods We performed a …

Background Forty one percent of local health departments in the US serve jurisdictions with
populations of 25,000 or less. Researchers, policymakers, and advocates have long …

Background The high incidence of congenital syphilis shows flaws in the resolution of
primary health care, being a predictor of greater use of hospital services, whose regional …

Local health departments play a critical role in the community they serve as they are the
foundation of the US public health system providing services such as immunizations to the …

Objectives: To examine levels of expenditure and needed investment in public health at the
local level in the state of Ohio pre–COVID-19. Design: Using detailed financial reporting …

Background: Local health departments (LHDs) are striving to meet public health needs
within their jurisdictions, amidst fiscal restraints and complex dynamic environment …

Local health departments (LHDs) in the United States face many challenges, including
limited local capacities (eg, staffing, expertise), financial pressures, and potentially strained …