Community Health Assessment by Local Health Departments Presence of Epidemiologist, Governance, and Federal and State Funds are Critical

Gulzar H. Shah; Barbara Laymon; Julia Elligers; Carolyn J. Leep; Christine B. Bhutta

doi:10.13023/FPHSSR.0205.01

Community Health Assessment by Local Health Departments Presence of Epidemiologist, Governance, and Federal and State Funds are Critical

Gulzar H. Shah, Barbara Laymon, Julia Elligers, Carolyn J. Leep, Christine B. Bhutta

Health Policy & Community Health

National Association of County and City Health Departments

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Using the data from the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) 2010 Profile of Local Health Departments (LHDs) our study investigates whether or not infrastructural characteristics of LHDs were associated with completion of community health assessment (CHA). Our results show that local and shared LHD governance, greater share of revenue from federal and state sources, smaller population size in LHD jurisdiction, and having an epidemiologist significantly increased the odds of CHA completion in the past, after controlling for community characteristics and other independent variables. These findings have important implications for LHDs, PHAB and its partners.

Original language	American English
Journal	Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13023/FPHSSR.0205.01
State	Published - Aug 12 2013

Keywords

Community health assessment
Epidemiologist
Federal
Funds
Governance
Local health departments
State

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Community Health
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Health Policy
Public Health

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Community Health Assessment by Local Health Departments Presence of Epidemiologist, Governance, and Federal and State Funds are Critical

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