Moving PHSSR Forward April 12th 2011

2011 Keeneland ConferenceLexington, KY

F. Douglas Scutchfield, M.D.

Bosomworth Professor

University of Kentucky

National Coordinating Center for PHSSR

Public Health Services & Systems Research

A field of study that examines the organization, financing, and delivery of public health services at local, state and national levels, and the impact of these activities on public health. Mays, Halverson, and Scutchfield. 2003

RWJF Investment in PHSSR

• Annual PHSSR Solicitation

• AcademyHealth PHSR Interest Group

• Keeneland Conference

• Data Harmonization

• Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs)

• Building the Network of Researchers and Practitioners Engaged in PHSSR

NCC Charge • To create a unified, coherent agenda for PHSSR

• To synthesize, translate and disseminate results of current and past investments in PHSSR by RWJF and other funders

• To increase the number of researchers in the field with the appropriate skills to conduct quality work

• To strengthen the ability of practitioners to interpret and apply PHSSR findings

• To increase the relevance of PHSSR findings to practitioners

• To increase the number of practitioners who are engaged in PHSSR

• To increase the number of policy-makers who are aware of PHSSR

• To increase the number of funders committed to PHSSR

• To inform public health policy and practice, which will lead to better health outcomes for all Americans

Organizational Chart

(Please Refer to Handout)

Building the Evidence of What Works

NCC Lead: Glen Mays

NCC Contact: Robin Pendley

Chair: Michael Caldwell

Members:

- Alice Ammerman

- Ross Brownson

- Wayne Giles

- David Lanier

- Robert Pestronk

- Donna Peterson

- Patrick Remington

- Patricia Sweeney

This work will support research

specifically driven by the public

health practice community and

will not compete with our other

annual solicitation which targets

researchers. ($ 2.5 million)

Increasing Researcher Capacity

NCC Lead: F. Douglas Scutchfield

NCC Contact: Angie Carman

Chair: Howard Frumkin

Members:

- Marcia Brandt

- Jenine Harris

- Denise Koo

- Rika Maeshiro

- Allan Noonan

This allocation of funds will

support training opportunities for

both new and current researchers

to strengthen their methodological

skills. ($ 1 million)

Practice Application and Translation

NCC Lead: Paul Erwin

NCC Contact: Alex Howard

Chair: Phyllis Meadows

Members:

- Susan Allan

- Edith Arrington

- Matthew Boulton

- Dorothy Cilenti

- Paul Halverson

- Donna Grandbois

- Fernando Guerra

- Mitchell Katz

- Noble Maseru

This allocation of funds will

support activities aimed at

translating promising findings and

will provide training sessions that

will focus on application of

findings. ($ 1 million)

Expanding Funding

NCC Lead: Julia Costich

NCC Contact: Whit Elam

Chair: Jeff Levi

Members:

- Russell Glasgow

- James Kimmey

- Lisa Simpson

- Steve Teutsch

- Tim Van Wave

- Mary Wooley

This allocation of funds will be used to

engage current and potential funders to

increase the number of funders for

PHSSR and will provide matching funds

to provide an incentive for funders to

support this work. ($ 1.5 million)

NCC Partners in PHSSR

• AcademyHealth• American Public Health Association• Center for Disease Preventions and Control • National Network of Public Health Institutes• Practice Based Research Networks• Public Health Finance• Public Health Law Network• Public Health Law Research Program• Public health practice organizations: NACCHO, ASTHO

and NALBOH• Trust for America’s Health

New Research Agenda

• RWJF, CDC, NCC PHSSR agenda setting meetings/ webinars are currently underway

• Draft Research questions

– Refer to handout

– More will be generated at upcoming CDC / RWJF meeting

– AcademyHealth

THANK YOU!Questions / Comments /Concerns

For more information contact:F. Douglas Scutchfield

scutch@uky.edu

121 Washington Avenue, Suite 212Lexington, KY 40517

859-257-5678 www.publichealthsystems.org