Open AccessDevelopment of a Research Agenda Focused on Academic Health Departments
Author(s) -
Paul Campbell Erwin,
Ross C. Brownson,
William C. Livingood,
C. William Keck,
Kathleen Amos
Publication year - 2017
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.2017.303847
Subject(s) - accreditation , general partnership , public health , workforce , agency (philosophy) , medicine , funding agency , public relations , medical education , institution , political science , sociology , nursing , social science , law
An academic health department (AHD) is a formal partnership between an academic institution and a governmental public health agency. Case studies have described the value of individual AHDs in the areas of student engagement, practice-based research, workforce development, and service. With growing interest in AHDs and the increasing importance of academic-practice linkages in both academic programs' and public health agencies' accreditation processes, articulating a research agenda focused on the AHD model can be useful for stimulating the research and practice fields to further develop the evidence base for AHDs. We provide a research agenda, developed through an iterative process involving academicians, practitioners, and others interested in academic-practice linkages.