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• Volume 2, Issue 19: PHSSR Matters: Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards

  5/23/2013

  A two-year, $100,000 Mentored Research Scientist Development grant from the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is allowing one researcher to take a break from teaching to finally delve into some of the data he’s been collecting on tuberculosis control and take it in new, deeper directions.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 18: PHSSR Matters: QI Maturity Tool

  5/16/2013

  Listening to the state’s public health officials who needed a shorter version of the Quality Improvement (QI) Maturity Tool to expand its use across their organizations, the Minnesota Public Health Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) developed an abbreviated tool that Minnesota has now adopted as a practical way to monitor changes in QI maturity over time.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 17: PHSSR Matters: Hospital-Public Health Collaboration

  5/9/2013

  At least in part as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), accreditation mandates and economic challenges, hospitals and health departments are finding that joining forces improves the health of communities.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 5: PHSSR InsideTrack-May 2013

  5/8/2013

  From a local perspective, research is not just useful, but critical to the practice field. We rely on PHSSR as our research voice. As the practice field has engaged in the development of the hypotheses tested by this research, we feel personally connected and committed to the outcomes that are being shared.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 16: PHSSR Matters: Codifying Evidence-Based Public Health

  5/2/2013

  In the 2013 Keeneland Conference’s closing session on translation and dissemination, four teams of researchers and practitioners talked about what worked for them – and, perhaps most importantly, how it could work elsewhere. Included in the session was a presentation that outlined what may be the first experience with “codifying” evidence-based public health for use in local health departments.   Read More »

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• Issue 112: Public Health PBRN Review-April 2013

  4/30/2013

  News and information for the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 15: PHSSR Matters: Keeneland Conference

  4/23/2013

  Translation and relevance of public health services and systems research (PHSSR) emerged as a key theme of the sixth annual Keeneland Conference on PHSSR, organized by the National Coordinating Center for PHSSR.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 14: Join Dr. Debra Perez for a Twitter Chat on Advancing Social Media Measurement at 3 pm, 4/18

  4/18/2013

  On Thursday, April 25, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will convene more than 40 leading thinkers and practitioners in the fields of evaluation, philanthropy, social media, and communications to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 13: PHSSR Matters: QI

  4/9/2013

  A Kentucky Public Health Practice-Based Research Network study produced wins for both local health departments (LHDs) and the communities they serve – and provided some valuable information other agencies can use about how QI initiatives can improve the effectiveness of interventions.   Read More »

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• Volume 2, Issue 4: PHSSR InsideTrack-April 2013

  4/5/2013

  We are only days away from the start of the Keeneland Conference, now an indisputable annual highlight for those of us committed to producing and promoting public health services and systems research. Evidence-based public health (EBPH) is a major focus of this year’s meeting.   Read More »

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