Residents of rural jurisdictions face significant health challenges, including some of the
highest rates of risky health behaviors and worst health outcomes of any group in the …

The United States has a complex governmental public health system. Agencies at the
federal, state, and local levels all contribute to the protection and promotion of the …

Discussion: PH WINS now offers a nationally representative sample of both SHA-CO and
LHD staff across 4 major domains: workplace environment, training needs, emerging …

Objective: Ascertain the levels of educational attainment among SHA employees, as well as
the correlates of attainment. Design: Using a stratified sampling approaching, staff from …

Objective: To systematically gather leadership perspectives on the most pressing issues
facing large, urban health departments. In addition, to quantify variation in policy …

Objective: Health department accreditation is a crucial strategy for strengthening public
health infrastructure. The purpose of this study was to investigate local health department …

Objective: This study sought to identify accreditation benefits and impacts among local
health departments (LHDs) stratifying by size of population served to determine differences …

Big City Health Departments: Leadership Perspectives is a collection of articles and
commentaries documenting the powerful influence of public health organizations on …

Background: The relationship between policy networks and policy development among local
health departments (LHDs) is a growing area of interest to public health practitioners and …

Psychological safety is an important topic to address because of its association with positive
work environments and job satisfaction. In the context of this study, psychological safety is …