Open AccessStructure and Functions of State Public Health Agencies
Author(s) -
Leslie M. Beitsch,
Robert G. Brooks,
Meade Grigg,
Nir Menachemi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.053439
Subject(s) - public health , state (computer science) , agency (philosophy) , organizational structure , health policy , state of health , environmental health , political science , public administration , public relations , medicine , sociology , nursing , law , social science , power (physics) , physics , algorithm , battery (electricity) , quantum mechanics , computer science
We assessed the structure and functions of state health departments throughout the United States and compared our findings with those from a previous national assessment conducted in 1990.