Ohio

Resource Sharing Among Ohio’s Local Health Departments: April, 2013

The report explores local health departments in Ohio. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration and resource sharing among LHDs in order to facilitate the provision of the minimum package of local public health services most efficiently. Available online: http://www.communitysolutions.com/assets/docs/Major_Reports/State_Budget_and_tax/publichealthfinal4.12.13.pdf

Service Sharing – How Counties Do More with Less

This National Association of Counties (NACo) Counties Futures Lab publication examines three examples of service sharing. This brief shows different ways in which counties, in an environment of fiscal constraints, can continue providing their residents with quality services by cooperating with other entities. This brief is the result of various interviews conducted with county officials […]

Achieving Foundational Public Health Services in Ohio’s Local Health Departments: Current and Potential Future Roles of Shared Services

The Ohio Public Health Partnership (OPHP) sought to determine the cost of foundational public health services necessary to advance public health practice in Ohio; maximize the use of shared services to achieve these foundational services; explore pathways to national public health accreditation for small health departments; and implement population health services. This brief report summarizes […]