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Accreditation/Standards

Assessing National Public Health Standards Performance through Self-Assessment

Location / Partner: Minnesota

Topics: Accreditation/Standards, Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII

Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Becomes Routine Practice in Alaska’s Public Health Nursing Clinics

Location / Partner: Alaska

Topics: Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2016

Source: Vital Signs


Helping People with Mental Illness in Massachusetts and Connecticut Quit Smoking

Location / Partner: Massachusetts

Topics: Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use

Year: 2014

Source: Vital Signs


Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Rallies for Smoke-Free Air

Location / Partner: Indiana (Vanderburgh County)

Topics: Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use

Year: 2013

Source: PSU


Austin/Travis County, Addresses Disproportionate Effects of Smoking among People with Mental Illness

Location / Partner: Texas

Topics: Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


North Carolina Examines Methadone Deaths within the Medicaid Population

Location / Partner: North Carolina

Topics: Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Utah Takes Multipronged Approach to Respond to Prescription Drug Abuse

Location / Partner: Utah

Topics: Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs

Chronic Disease

Pharmacists Help Improve Health of Yakama Indians Living with Diabetes

Location / Partner: Yakama Indian Health Service

Topics: Chronic Disease

Year: 2015

Source: PSU


Clinic Takes Team Approach to Controlling Hypertension in Ellsworth, Wisconsin

Location / Partner: Wisconsin (Ellsworth)

Topics: Chronic Disease, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Public Health and Primary Care Partner in South Carolina to Address Cardiovascular Health

Location / Partner: South Carolina

Topics: Chronic Disease, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Schenectady County Program Lowers Sodium in Menu Items for Seniors

Location / Partner: New York (Schenectady County)

Topics: Chronic Disease, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Sodium Reduction Campaign Encourages Healthy Choices Among Consumers

Location / Partner: Massachusetts

Topics: Chronic Disease, Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs

Clinical Preventive Services

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Becomes Routine Practice in Alaska’s Public Health Nursing Clinics

Location / Partner: Alaska

Topics: Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Use, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2016

Source: Vital Signs


Clinic Takes Team Approach to Controlling Hypertension in Ellsworth, Wisconsin

Location / Partner: Wisconsin (Ellsworth)

Topics: Chronic Disease, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Public Health and Primary Care Partner in South Carolina to Address Cardiovascular Health

Location / Partner: South Carolina

Topics: Chronic Disease, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Schenectady County Program Lowers Sodium in Menu Items for Seniors

Location / Partner: New York (Schenectady County)

Topics: Chronic Disease, Clinical Preventive Services

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Physicians Write a Prescription to Get Up and Get Moving in New Mexico Prescription Trails Program

Location / Partner: New Mexico

Topics: Clinical Preventive Services, Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Montana County Promotes Walking by Creating a Community that is Healthy by Design

Location / Partner: Montana (Yellowstone County)

Topics: Clinical Preventive Services, Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs

Food Safety

Colorado’s Public Health Laboratory: A Leader in Detecting Listeria and Other Foodborne Bacteria

Location / Partner: Colorado

Topics: Food Safety

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Massachusetts Tackles Listeria and Other Foodborne Bacteria Through Teamwork

Location / Partner: Massachusetts

Topics: Food Safety

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


CSTE Trains Public Health Staff to Improve Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response

Location / Partner: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Topics: Food Safety

Year: 2013

Source: PSU

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Educating Policymakers about Strategies for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections

Location / Partner: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2013

Source: PSU


Two Local Health Departments Tackle Healthcare-Associated Infections

Location / Partner: National Assn. of County and City Health Officials

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2013

Source: PSU


CDC and CSTE Partner to Strengthen the Applied Epidemiology Workforce

Location / Partner: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2013

Source: PSU


Oregon Creates a Statewide Network to Limit the Spread of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Location / Partner: Oregon

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Statewide Surveillance Directs Prevention for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Efforts

Location / Partner: Colorado

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Illinois Hospitals Collaborate to Reduce Clostridium difficile Infections

Location / Partner: Illinois

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


New York Hospitals Team Up to Reduce Clostridium difficile Infections

Location / Partner: New York

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Preventing C. difficile in Massachusetts Hospitals with a Mixed-Methods Learning Collaborative

Location / Partner: Massachusetts

Topics: Healthcare-Associated Infections

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs

Infectious Disease

Los Angeles School District Uses Innovative Approaches to Combat HIV/AIDS among LGBTQ Students

Location / Partner: California (Los Angeles)

Topics: Infectious Disease, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Advancing Technology to Improve Efficiency of Reporting Influenza Results

Location / Partner: New Jersey

Topics: Infectious Disease, Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII

Injury/Safety

Colorado Reduces Teen Driving Fatalities Using Science to Inform the Policy Process

Location / Partner: Colorado

Topics: Injury/Safety

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs

Maternal/Child Health

The Healthy Babies Challenge: An Initiative of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Location / Partner: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Topics: Maternal/Child Health

Year: 2014

Source: PSU


Preventing Repeat Teen Pregnancy

Location / Partner: Texas

Topics: Maternal/Child Health, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Keeping Teen Parents on Track for Graduation

Location / Partner: Connecticut

Topics: Maternal/Child Health, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs

Nutrition/Physical Activity

Michigan Increases Opportunities for Low-Income Preschoolers to Eat Smart and Move More

Location / Partner: Michigan

Topics: Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Coordinated Efforts Reversing the Trend of Childhood Obesity in New York State

Location / Partner: New York

Topics: Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Sodium Reduction Campaign Encourages Healthy Choices Among Consumers

Location / Partner: Massachusetts

Topics: Chronic Disease, Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Physicians Write a Prescription to Get Up and Get Moving in New Mexico Prescription Trails Program

Location / Partner: New Mexico

Topics: Clinical Preventive Services, Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs


Montana County Promotes Walking by Creating a Community that is Healthy by Design

Location / Partner: Montana (Yellowstone County)

Topics: Clinical Preventive Services, Nutrition/Physical Activity

Year: 2012

Source: Vital Signs

Quality Improvement

Quality Improvement Goes Viral: South Carolina’s New STD Patient Management System

Location / Partner: Public Health Foundation

Topics: Quality Improvement, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: PSU


Transforming Public Health Systems in New Orleans

Location / Partner: Louisiana (New Orleans)

Topics: Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: New Orleans H.D.


Improving County Health Department Functions and Health Outcomes

Location / Partner: Florida

Topics: Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII


Advancing Technology to Improve Efficiency of Reporting Influenza Results

Location / Partner: New Jersey

Topics: Infectious Disease, Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII


Managing and Improving Performance through Online Reporting

Location / Partner: Ohio

Topics: Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII


Strengthening Public Health Data Systems Through Performance Improvement

Location / Partner: Tennesee

Topics: Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII


Assessing National Public Health Standards Performance through Self-Assessment

Location / Partner: Minnesota

Topics: Accreditation/Standards, Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII


Quality Improvement 101: Improving Public Health One Rapid-Cycle Improvement Project at a Time

Location / Partner: North Carolina

Topics: Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII


Four Quick Wins to Save Money, Increase Efficiency, and Improve Public Health

Location / Partner: Virginia

Topics: Quality Improvement

Year: 2012

Source: NPHII

Sexual/Reproductive Health

Alaska Targets Efforts to Expand STD Testing Access

Location / Partner: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Topics: Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2015

Source: PSU


Bronx Teens Connection’s Clinic Linkage Model

Location / Partner: New York (New York City)

Topics: Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2014

Source: Vital Signs


Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescents in Mobile County, Alabama

Location / Partner: Alabama (Mobile County)

Topics: Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2014

Source: Vital Signs


Quality Improvement Goes Viral: South Carolina’s New STD Patient Management System

Location / Partner: Public Health Foundation

Topics: Quality Improvement, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: PSU


Preventing Repeat Teen Pregnancy

Location / Partner: Texas

Topics: Maternal/Child Health, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Keeping Teen Parents on Track for Graduation

Location / Partner: Connecticut

Topics: Maternal/Child Health, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs


Los Angeles School District Uses Innovative Approaches to Combat HIV/AIDS among LGBTQ Students

Location / Partner: California (Los Angeles)

Topics: Infectious Disease, Sexual/Reproductive Health

Year: 2013

Source: Vital Signs

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