1. Public Health Services and Systems Research: Setting the Research AgendaJuly 22, 2011 ~ NACCHO ~ Hartford, CT Cynthia Lamberth, MPH, CPH National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research, University of Kentucky College of Public Health Katie Wehr, MPH Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

2. RWJF Theory of Change

4. Practice- and policy-oriented

5. Useful

7. Tabletop discussions and input into the national agenda based on the four areas:

8. Public Health Workforce

9. Organization/Structure

10. Public Health Finance

11. Technology, data and methods

12. Public Health Services & Systems Research A field of study that examines the organization, financing, and delivery of public health services at local, state and national levels, and the impact of these activities on public health. Mays, G. P., Halverson, P. K., & Scutchfield, F. D. (2003). Behind the curve? What we know and need to learn from public health systems research. J Public Health Management and Practice, 9(3), 179-182.

14. Detecting variation in practice

17. ACA has a lot of opportunity for PHSSR

18. How do we get interest from Feds other than CDC, like NIH’s CTSA and AHRQ work with Comparative Effectiveness & HIT

20. Organization/Structure

21. Technology/Data Methods

23. The webinars targeted four areas:

24. Public Health Workforce

25. Organization/Structure

26. Public Health Finance

27. Technology, data and methods

28. Discussions were facilitated to develop and discuss key areas of research, and research questions that have utility to the practice community

30. AcademyHealth PHSR ARM (June 2011)

31. NACCHO Annual Meeting (July 2011)

32. Online Virtual vetting process (90-day period)

33. CDC Science Meeting (TBD in Sept.)

35. Widespread dissemination through social media

36. Document process

37. Help assure practice community the process, and results were/are robust

38. Historical value to future researchers

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42. Allocate your 35 chips among the 109 questions

43. Comment on existing questions

45. Are there any recommended revisions to the research questions? If so, what are they?

46. Are there any key research gaps within this category that have been missed? If so, what are they?