Assessing relationships between state and local public health organizations: Evidence from the NACCHO 2008 profile of local health Departments

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-159

  Parker, Andrew M ^a   Shelton, Shoshana R ^a   Morganti, Kristy Gonzalez ^a   Nelson, Christopher ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

organization and administration; Public health classification; public health systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; STATE GOVERNMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856695273     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318223b138     Document Type: Article

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