What & Why PHSR?
June 25, 2006
Building the Field of Public Health
Systems Research
Tools for Strengthening the Public Health
System
•The study of financing, organization, infrastructure,
workforce and capacity of governmental & nongovernmental public health
–New research ground
–New Methodologies
–Public Health under attack
–Demand for research post Katrina
Debra Joy Pérez, PhD, MPA
Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Need for Change
Need for Change
•20-25 years behind
•Less than 1% of NIH funding goes to
250000
•Number of Health care
services research
public health
200000
•243,943
150000
•Number of Health
services research
•Limitations of existing data sources
100000
•63,293
50000
•Number of Public Health
Systems Research
0
•1
HCSR
What have we done lately?
HSR
PHSR
What’s in it for RWJF & you?
•Academy Health Interest Groups
•Open field
•NLM & University of Kentucky-Assist in
identification of new datasets
•Ability to make early contribution
•HCFO special solicitation in PHSR
•PH Finance-publications, practice, policy
and methodology
•Resolving critical questions for public
health practice
•Promoting evidence-based policy making
•Typology of local public health
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