Public Health Systems Research: Setting a National Agenda

The Institute of Medicine has recommended that policy decisions about improvement of national public health systems be guided by sound scientific evidence. However, to date there is no national research agenda to help guide public health systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ca...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2006-03, Vol.96 (3), p.410-413
Main Authors: Lenaway, Dennis, Halverson, Paul, Sotnikov, Sergey, Tilson, Hugh, Corso, Liza, Millington, Wayne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brainstorming
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - organization & administration
Collaboration
Community
Disease control
Disease prevention
Functions
Health behavior
Health care
Health services
Health Services Research - organization & administration
Humans
Infrastructure
Performance standards
Public health
Public Health Administration - methods
Studies
Systems development
Systems Theory
United States
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Summary:The Institute of Medicine has recommended that policy decisions about improvement of national public health systems be guided by sound scientific evidence. However, to date there is no national research agenda to help guide public health systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was called upon to lead a collaborative consensus-based process to define key research questions and establish a framework to create opportunities to better coordinate, leverage, and identify public health resources, which are increasingly scarce. The public health systems research agenda that emerged from this process has 14 over-arching priority research themes. This national agenda should stimulate and guide research to meet the urgent need to improve the nation's public health systems.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2004.046037