Open AccessThe Impact of Budget Cuts on Sexually Transmitted Disease Programmatic Activities in State and Local Health Departments With Staffing Reductions in Fiscal Year 2012
Author(s) -
Thomas L. Gift,
Kendra M. Cuffe,
Jami S. Leichliter
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000894
Subject(s) - staffing , fiscal year , medicine , state (computer science) , decentralization , sexually transmitted disease , health services , nursing , family medicine , environmental health , business , finance , political science , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , algorithm , syphilis , computer science , law
Staffing reductions in state and local health departments in fiscal year 2012 were concentrated in disease investigation specialists and clinicians (local) and disease investigation specialists and administrative staff (state). Local health departments with budget cuts were significantly more likely to report reduced partner services if they had staffing reductions.