This presentation is part of a panel discussion entitled, “You’re Not Alone: Dialogue about Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing.” The discussion occurred during the National Association of County and City Health Officials annual meeting on July 12, 2012, in Los Angeles, CA. A county-level policymaker from Ohio who participated in the implementation of cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) of public […]
These presentation slides accompany a webinar hosted by the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks National Coordinating Center. The webinar focused on the use of cost estimation methods to predict staffing and spending for public health improvement standards (using NACCHO core public health services). In addition, results were shared from a study of 20 city-county public […]
This policy brief reviews motivations and impacts for consolidation of local public health departments in Ohio. It indicates that health departments often seek to save money and improve services through consolidation, and that overall city government factors such as budget deficits and the structure of the city leadership are influential in promoting consolidations. Available online […]
This report examines the motivations for and impacts of consolidations of local public health departments in Ohio. Since 2001, there have been twenty cases of city health departments merging their public health services with those of a county health department or another city health department in Ohio, and this has resulted in a 13 percent […]
This Cross-Jurisdictional LHD Collaborations Survey asks about the provision of public health services among jurisdictions in an effort to determine interest in working together. It can be used as an assessment tool to determine what public health services may be offered in some jurisdictions and not offered in others to initiate discussion around potential sharing […]
The Evaluation Workgroup was tasked with evaluating collaborations among the three health districts in Portage County, and with providing recommendations to local health officials on ways to improve those collaborative relationships. This process resulted in the chart of collaborations that are presented within the report.
This report presents the results of Portage County’s collaborative community health assessment (CHA). Its purposes are to: (1) help create a shared understanding of health needs in Portage County and the local public health system’s future information collection needs and (2) create a foundation for future public health improvements by informing a Community Health Improvement […]
The Evaluation Workgroup was tasked with evaluating collaborations among the three health districts in Portage County, and with providing recommendations to local health officials on ways to improve those collaborative relationships. To develop the recommendations, workgroup members engaged in a series of activities with assistance from Kent State University’s Center for Public Policy and Health […]
This report provides an overview of the multiple efforts of outreach to public health stakeholders and others with public health interests in Portage County, Ohio and elsewhere, undertaken by the Portage County Shared Services Team in four focused outreach engagement areas: Engaging the Task Force for Improving Public Health in Portage County, the Robert Woods […]
This ordinance authorized a city official (the mayor) to enter into an agreement with the county health district to provide its health services because the city is without the ability to do so to meet the Ohio Revised Code and Sanitary Code. It also includes the agreement that outlines the provision of those public health […]