Reinvigorating public health core functions: Restructuring los angeles county’s public health system

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-15

  Fielding, Jonathan E ^a   Luck, Jeff ^b   Tye, Grace ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Local health department; Public health; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOS ANGELES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0037271902     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200301000-00002     Document Type: Article

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