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 […]
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
This paper examines the effects of local health department consolidations on the total and administrative expenditures of local health departments in Ohio from 2001 to 2011. Authors found consolidations resulted in reduced expenditures and improvements in services.
Portage County Health District expanded to include the city of Ravenna, resulting in enhanced services for Ravenna. Simultaneously, the health district and the city of Kent engaged in a joint community health improvement planning process that has successfully engaged numerous partners in countywide efforts to further protect and promote the health of all residents. This […]
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 […]
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 […]
This table provides guidance on how cross-jurisdictional sharing can contribute to national public health accreditation. It specifically shows capabilities and services that local health departments (LHDs) in Ohio are interested in sharing, by Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) domain.
Washington County Ohio’s two city health boards are merging in order to leverage their population representation for state funding, and strengthen the cities’ chances of receiving more state grant funding as it goes through the process of accreditation. Available online: http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/2018/05/marietta-belpre-health-departments-to-merge/