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Martinez A. 2016. Opportunities for school and hospital partnership in the management of chronic health conditions. Atlanta, GA; National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, 23 pp.

Annotation: This brief for state health departments highlights examples of school and hospital partnerships to improve children's health, and how state school health and nursing service personnel can support their collaboration. Topics include the importance of school and hospital partnership in managing chronic health conditions in schools, how health department involvement in a hospital community health needs assessment process can help to strengthen school and hospital partnership, and opportunities to strengthen school and hospital partnership through Medicaid. Additional contents include examples of school and hospital partnership in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Texas; and descriptions of key resources.

Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Collaboration, Disease management, Hospitals, Medicaid, Needs assessment, Nursing, Public private partnerships, Reimbursement, Resources for professionals, School health services, Schools, State health agencies, State programs, Students

National Association of County and City Health Officials. 2015. Adaptive leadership and public health. Washington, DC: National Association of County and City Health Officials, 1 video (5 min., 25 sec.).

Annotation: This video examines adaptive leadership as a practical framework for leading consequential change in the midst of significant market and sociopolitical transformation. Topics include how local health officials and their staff are exploring innovative partnerships with other agencies in health care and beyond and identifying new ways of operating within and influencing the economic and social conditions of the health system.

Keywords: Barriers, Community action, Health care reform, Health systems agencies, Leadership, Local health agencies, Organizational change, Policy development, Political systems, Public private partnerships, Social conditions, Socioeconomic factors, Systems development, Transitions

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2014. Opportunities for collaboration: Public health departments and accountable care organizations. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 pp. (CDC public health policy series no. 1)

Annotation: This brief focuses on the interface of public health departments and accountable care organizations (ACOs) and highlights opportunities for enhanced collaboration between the two entities. The brief describes Medicare, Medicaid, and private ACOs, and other ACO-like models; how payment delivery is changing with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and promising practices. Topics include public health as a convener, as a source of data analysis, and as a direct delivery partner.

Keywords: Collaboration, Health care delivery, Health care reform, Model programs, Public health agencies, Public private partnerships

National Association of County and City Health Officials . 2013. Staying resilient in hard times: Local collaboration for women, children, youth and families . Washington, DC: National Association of County and City Health Officials , 8 pp.

Annotation: This research brief presents findings from the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health 2012 Survey, which was conducted as part of a larger research project to determine local health department best practices for implementing services and programs that meet the needs of pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents in light of the economic downturn and a changing health care system landscape. The brief presents the landscape of existing and potential maternal, child, and adolescent health (MCAH) partners in local jurisdictions, with the goal of providing insight into the extent to which MCAH staff collaborate with partners and their interest in maintaining or expanding these collaborations. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: City health agencies, Collaboration, County health agencies, Health care reform, MCH research, Model programs, National surveys, Public private partnerships

Health Resources and Services Administration. 2011. Regional oral health summit final report: The role of public-private partnerships in improving oral health. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, 52 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a summit held on September 13, 2011, in Kansas City, Kansas, to facilitate a discussion on oral health and to leverage resources to optimally support federal and regional oral health priorities to advance public-private partnerships. Contents include the role of federal agencies in improving access to care and a discussion of issues and potential actions for strengthening public-private partnerships in each of four states (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska). The report also discusses key challenges, significant populations affected, individual roles in addressing the issue, additional resources that may be needed, and actions that the group can take to ensure that efforts continue.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Conference proceedings, Families, Federal agencies, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oral health, Public private partnerships, State initiatives

Institute of Medicine, Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century. 2003. The future of the public's health in the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 509 pp.

Annotation: This book reviews national health achievements and examines the vulnerabilities that undercut health potential. The concept of health as a public good is discussed, as is the fundamental duty of government to promote and protect pubic health. Chapter topics include assuring America's health; understanding population health and its determinants; the governmental public health infrastructure; a description of the public health community; the health care delivery system; and the roles of employers and business, media, and academia. The report also describes major trends that are likely to influence the nation's health in the coming decades. Statistical information is presented in tables and figures throughout the book.

Keywords: Communities, Community programs, Employer initiatives, Health care delivery, National programs, Oral health, Professional education, Professional training, Public health, Public health agencies, Public health infrastructure, Public private partnerships, Trends

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Research and Education Foundation, Family Impact Seminar. 1994. Head Start: A key partner in system reform?. Washington, DC: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Research and Education Foundation, Family Impact Seminar, ca. 80 pp. (Family-centered social policy: The emerging agenda)

Annotation: This report reviews several federal, state, and local initiatives, including those involving family preservation and support, welfare reform, education reform, health care reform, and national service, that are designed to help Head Start develop partnerships with private and public organizations in order to link services more effectively. It aims to provide a clearer understanding of how Head Start is currently responding to the challenges of collaboration.

Keywords: Collaboration, Community agencies, Head Start, Head Start centers, Policy development, Program improvement, Public private partnerships, Reform, Service delivery systems, Services

Williams R. 1987. Automated Perinatal Information System [Final report]. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California, Santa Barbara, 66 pp.

Annotation: This project developed a large scale integrated computerized system for the collection and analysis of public and private perinatal information. Information collected included date, time, and place of birth, sex, maternal age, birthweight, cesarean section, complications, and previous pregnancy history. Nearly 200,000 births per year were recorded annually. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Databases, Perinatal health, Perinatal services, Pregnant women Infants, Private agencies, Public health services, Statistics, Vital statistics

U.S. Children's Bureau. 1939. The Children's Bureau and its relationships with other agencies: Federal—state—local—public—private. Washington, DC: U.S. Children's Bureau, 18 pp. ([Children's Bureau publication])

Annotation: This publication describes the organization and function of the Children's Bureau. It documents the original purpose of the Children's Bureau, which was created by an Act of Congress in 1912, and highlights the initial activities of the Bureau from its first annual report. The functions, personnel and appropriates in fiscal year 1940 are described as well as its relationships with other federal agencies. It is a typescript of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Keywords: Child development, Child health, Child labor, Children's Bureau, Federal agencies, Private sector, State agencies

Hall FA. 1939. Statistical measurement in group work: A manual on statistical records for use by staff members. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 103 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 248)

Steele G. 1932. Family welfare: Summary of expenditures for relief general family welfare and relief mothers' aid, veterans' aid. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 107 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); Separate from no. 209)

Lundberg EO, Milburn ME. 1924. Child dependency in the District of Columbia: An interpretation of data concerning dependent children under the care of public and private agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 160 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 140)
   

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