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Relationships Among Providing Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Services; Implementing Various Financial Strategy Responses; and Performance of Local Heath Departments.
- Source :
- American Journal of Public Health; Apr2015 Supplement 2, Vol. 105 Issue S2, pS244-S251, 8p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objectives. We explored the relationships between local health department (LHD) structure, capacity, and macro-context variables and performance of essential public health services (EPHS). Methods. In 2012, we assessed a stratified, random sample of 195 LHDs that provided data via an online survey regarding performance of EPHS, the services provided or contracted out, the financial strategies used in response to budgetary pressures, and the extent of collaborations. We performed weighted analyses that included analysis of variance, pairwise correlations by jurisdiction population size, and linear regressions. Results. On average, LHDs provided approximately 13 (36%) of 35 possible services either directly or by contract. Rather than cut services or externally consolidating, LHDs took steps to generate more revenue and maximize capacity. Higher LHD performance of EPHS was significantly associated with delivering more services, initiating more financial strategies, and engaging in collaboration, after adjusting for the effects of the Affordable Care Act and jurisdiction size. Conclusions. During changing economic and health care environments, we found that strong structural capacity enhanced local health department EPHS performance for maternal, child, and adolescent health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PUBLIC health administration
ANALYSIS of variance
BUDGET
CHILD health services
CONCEPTUAL structures
CONFIDENCE intervals
CONTRACTS
STATISTICAL correlation
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL databases
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
LOCAL government
MEDICAL care
EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SURVEYS
ADOLESCENT health
ORGANIZATIONAL structure
FINANCIAL management
SECONDARY analysis
STATISTICAL models
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00900036
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- S2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101688089
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302288