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Moving Public Health Systems Research From Infancy to Adolescence: Research Needs, Stakeholder Priorities & a Joint Agenda APHA Annual Meeting, November.

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1 Moving Public Health Systems Research From Infancy to Adolescence: Research Needs, Stakeholder Priorities & a Joint Agenda APHA Annual Meeting, November 5, 2007 Susan Allan, State of Oregon Dept of Human Services Ron Bialek, Public Health Foundation Glen Mays, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Kate Papa, AcademyHealth

2 What is AcademyHealth? The professional home for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners.

3 What is Public Health Systems Research? “A field of study that examines the organization, financing, and delivery of public health services within communities, and the impact of these services on population health.”

4 AcademyHealth’s Current PHSR Activities Foster a network of researchers, and users of research, through our PHSR Interest Group; Sponsor national conferences that bring together researchers and policy makers, thereby moving research to inform policy and practice; and Oversee investigator-initiated grant program on PHSR in order to build the evidence base.

5 PHSR Stakeholder Meeting: June 2007 Celebrate successes to date Review research agendas Identify gaps and commonalities Set priorities for future PHSR activities Participants: researchers, schools, public health practitioners, policymakers, funders

6 PHSR Stakeholder Meeting: Themes 1. Data Reliability & consistency Inexperience in collection & use Lack of resources for collection & use

7 PHSR Stakeholder Meeting: Themes 2. Methods & Theories System complexity & endogeneity Causal vs. Correlational Research Training needs Lessons learned from HSR

8 PHSR Stakeholder Meeting: Themes 3. Performance Indicators How is this “system” defined? Instruments/Tools Lessons from other PH systems

9 PHSR Stakeholder Meeting: Themes 4. Linking research, policy, and practice: Collaborate to: Define key terms and work toward consensus Determine how performance should be evaluated Target and harmonize data mining efforts Continue to identify research questions for the field

10 PHSR Stakeholder Meeting: Themes 5. Increasing public support for PHSR Preparedness & the PH infrastructure Public policy & PHSR– is there room in the national debate? Enhance funding

11 Questions? Suggestions? Kate Papa Kate.Papa@academyhealth.org 202-292-6700 www.academyhealth.org


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