State or Local Health Department

Known as: Health Department 
A part of the public health system that includes administrative and service units concerned with the health of persons in specific jurisdictions, i.e… (More)
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Zika virus was transmitted by sexual contact in Texas, health officials report.
A person in Texas, USA, has become infected with the Zika virus after sexual contact with someone who had acquired the infection… (More)
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2013
2013
Social media adoption in local health departments nationwide.
OBJECTIVES We examined whether characteristics of local health departments (LHD) and their geographic region were associated with… (More)
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2012
2012
Public health department accreditation implementation: transforming public health department performance.
In response to a call for improved quality and consistency in public health departments, the Public Health Accreditation Board… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Evidence-based interventions to promote physical activity: what contributes to dissemination by state health departments.
BACKGROUND Evidence-based guidelines for promoting physical activity have been produced, yet sparse information exists on the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Causes of death after diagnosis of hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection: a large community-based linkage study
BACKGROUND Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections are common causes of death related to liver disease. In this large study… (More)
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2003
2003
Denver Health: a model for the integration of a public hospital and community health centers.
Two components of the United States' safety net system are urban public hospitals (UPHs) and community health centers (CHCs… (More)
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2001
2001
Disease reporting from an automated laboratory-based reporting system to a state health department via local county health departments.
OBJECTIVE The authors assessed the completeness of disease reporting from a managed care organization's automated laboratory… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Getting started with Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a local health department perspective.
  • Marlene Rogers
  • Journal of public health management and practice…
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1999
1999
Determinants of participation in an epidemiological study of preterm delivery.
We describe the study design and patterns of participation for a cohort study of preterm delivery, focused on genital tract… (More)
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Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Pontiac fever. An epidemic of unknown etiology in a health department: I. Clinical and epidemiologic aspects.
In July 1968, an explosive epidemic of acute febrile illness occurred at a county health department facility in Pontiac, Michigan… (More)
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