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An article published in Health Affairs entitled,"Government Spending In Health And Nonhealth Sectors Associated With Improvement In County Health Rankings (Related Publications)," uses data from the US Census Bureau to measure the impact of local health outcomes from spending that occurs outside the health care sector (ex: K-12 education, corrections, libraries, housing and community development, etc.). Findings indicate that there are improved health outcomes when county expenditures allocate funding to health and social service areas. To read the article in full, click here. 

DISCLAIMER: The authors received financial support from County Health Rankings and Roadmaps supporting this work. J. Mac McCullough also received funding from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. The authors are not aware of any affiliations, memberships, funding, or financial holdings that might be perceived as affecting the objectivity of this review. While this publication was funded by County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, it is shared on this website because the findings are related to their grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the Systems for Action National Signature Research Program.

The US health system faces mounting pressure to improve population health. Research suggests a need for greater coordination and alignment across the sectors that deliver medical, public health, and social services. This study uses sixteen years of data from a large cohort of US communities to measure the extent and nature of multisector contributions to population health activities and how these contributions affect community mortality rates. The results show that deaths due to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and influenza decline significantly over time among communities that expand multisector networks supporting population health activities. The findings imply that incentives and infrastructure supporting multisector population health activities may help close geographic and socioeconomic disparities in population health.

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An article published in the Journal of Health Care Finance entitled, "Assessing the Public Health Activity Estimate from the National Health Expenditure Accounts: Why Public Health Expenditure Definitions Matter," reports on their project that recodes public health expenditure data from 2000-2013 to create the national Public Health Activity estimate (PHAE). Findings have significant implications for policymakers when considering resource allocation for public health spending. To read the article in full, click here. 

DISCLAIMER: The authors received financial support from the de Beaumont Foundation supporting this work. The authors are not aware of any affiliations, memberships, funding, or financial holdings that might be perceived as affecting the objectivity of this review. While this publication was funded by the de Beaumont Foundation, it is shared on this website because the findings are related to their grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the Systems for Action National Signature Research Program.

This brief describes the methodology for defining Comprehensive Public Health Delivery Systems using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems. The systems meeting this definition have been shown to deliver a broader range of recommended public health services, using fewer resources, than the more prevalent types of U.S. public health systems that do not meet this definition. Over time, comprehensive systems are associated with larger gains in population health status than are their counterparts.

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A report published in 2016 in the IBM Center for The Business of Government entitled, "Effective Leadership in Network Collaboration: Lessons Learned from Continuum of Care Homeless Programs (Related Publication)," examines network collaboration in the context of Continuum of Care (CoC) homeless programs. Read the report in full by clicking here.

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An article published in Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research entitled, "The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Homeless Policy Networks: A Research Note (Related Publication)" investigates the role and importance of nonprofit organizations in coordinating efforts in local homeless networks when implementing federal homeless policies across the United State. Read the article in full by clicking here.

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An article published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine in 2015 entitled, "Local Fiscal Allocation for Public Health Departments," examines local investment in public health by measuring the percentage of local government taxes allocated to local health departments. Read the article in full by clicking here. 

DISCLAIMER: The authors received financial support from the University of Arizona and JP Leider Research & Consulting, LLC supporting this work. The authors are not aware of any affiliations, memberships, funding, or financial holdings that might be perceived as affecting the objectivity of this review. While this publication was funded by other sources, it is shared on this website because the findings are related to their grant funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered by the Systems for Action National Signature Research Program.