Public Health Administration is the focus of the March/April issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Guest editors Tricia Todd, MPH and Ray Nicola, MD, MHSA, representing the Health Administration Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA), developed the issue recognizing that quality and practice in this field is the critical step in organizing people to improve the health status of the community. The Section’s membership includes leaders, managers, practitioners and students of public health and health services organization. This Journal issue has articles that describe classic management functions, budgeting, business process improvement, decision science, and educational approaches. New administrative techniques are illustrated including methods to improve public health accreditation and local public health department priority setting. Articles apply these principles to the contemporary challenges of pandemic planning and obesity prevention. Analysis and perspective is provided by national leaders in three commentaries.
Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH
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