The Challenge Ozaukee County, a suburban jurisdiction north of Milwaukee with a population of 87,000, fares well overall in terms of health and socioeconomic indicators, although significant disparities exist [...]
The Challenge Per capita funding varies widely among local health jurisdictions in Minnesota, as do per capita staffing and self-reported ability to meet Public Health Accreditation Board standards. By [...]
The Challenge The Finger Lakes Public Health Alliance is made up of nine counties in New York: Chemung, Livingston, Monroe (the only non-rural county in the group), Ontario, Schuyler, [...]
The Challenge Winnebago County in east central Wisconsin has a population of 170,000 and borders Lake Winnebago on its eastern edge. The lakeshore is more urban, and the western and [...]
The Challenge Historically, the Washington Department of Health (DOH) administered the Childhood Vaccine Program with contract support from all 35 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) in the state. The CDC [...]
The Challenge Nebraska is a largely rural state with 19 local health departments, most of which are districts that cover as many as 11 counties. Local health department capacity [...]
The Challenge In the Spring of 2020, public health leaders in the San Joaquin Valley of California, a region of almost four million people across 25,000 square miles, were [...]
The Challenge Carson City and Douglas County are in the northwest quadrant of Nevada. Carson City, the state capital, is a consolidated municipality with a population of approximately 55,000. [...]
Counties across the country faced unprecedented challenges in ensuring community health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many notable examples of public health departments responding to their communities' needs [...]
Snapshot To address pressing public health issues, health departments are tasked with identifying new ways of tackling problems – innovating to improve community health. Public health innovation can [...]
