Background Documents & Previous Studies

 

Our report includes summaries of the following documents and previous studies that examined or evaluated public health in New Jersey:

 

Bialek, Ronald. Commissioner’s Working Group on Local Health Final Report. September 1994. New Jersey Department of Health.

Edwards, Kathleen F., Beth Resnick, Thomas Burke. New Jersey Public Health Agency Assessment/Improvement Study Phase One. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management. October 1, 2009.

Edwards, Kathleen F., B.Resnick, T.Burke. New Jersey Public Health Agency Assessment/Improvement Study Phase Two. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management. November 10, 2010.

Executive Order # 140 (2002). Governor Richard Codey.

Fineberg, Harvey V. Public Health and Medicine: Where the Twain Shall Meet. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Volume 41, Issue 4, Supplement 3, S149-S151, October 1, 2011.

Freund, Clifford G.; Liu, Zhiyuan Local Health Department Capacity and Performance in New Jersey, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2000: Volume 6 – Issue 5 – p 42-50

Forums Institute for Public Policy Issue Briefs. 1996-2004. New Jersey State Library. See issues Issue brief 15, 16, 29, 32, 35, 39, 40, 46, and 47. Available online at the New Jersey State Library.

Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization and Consolidation Commission. State of New Jersey; Department of Community Affairs. 2009 Progress Report. January 2010.

Morris, Jim; Davenport, Candice; Perez deAlejo, Emily Carey. Recommendations and Best Practices for the Redevelopment of the New Jersey Local Health Evaluation Report (LHER). Rutgers, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education. January 2011.

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of Health Infrastructure Preparedness and Emergency Response; Office of Public Health Infrastructure. 2007. A Study of New Jersey’s Local Public Health System.

New Jersey Legislature. Second Annual Session of the Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature of the State of New Jersey. Reorganization Plans. 2005.

Pawlenko, Natalie, S. German. The New Jersey Local Health Report: Support for the MPROVE Study. Presented at Public Health Services and Systems Research and Practice-Based Research Networks National Coordinating Date and place of presentation. October 17, 2013.

Public Health Associations’ Collaborative Effort (PHACE). Letter to Governor Murphy, Commissioner Perschicelli, and the NJ Legislature. June 15, 2020.

Public Health Quality Improvement Exchange (PHQIX). Last accessed June 29, 2021.

Reorganization Plan No. 003-2005. A Plan for the Transfer of Certain Functions, Powers and Duties of the Public Health Council to the Department of Health and Senior Services. Acts of the Second Annual Session of the Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature of the State of New Jersey. Page 2715. June 27, 2005.

Strengthening the Community of Practice. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Last accessed June 29, 2021.

Turning Point National Program Office, University of Washington. Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health. Transforming Public Health State by State. 2003. Last accessed August 18, 2021.