JPHMP Direct April 9, 2024
The new PHSSR research agenda aims to help build “the evidence base that lays the foundation for and demonstrates the value of a high-performing public health system leading to improved health outcomes for all.”
As public health leaders have found, it is hard to fight a pandemic and subsequently “reimagine” our public health systems absent adequate evidence on optimal strategies for building and sustaining high-performing public health systems. Yet, much like our public health systems themselves, we entered the pandemic with an outdated and underfunded body of evidence to guide and support the effective delivery and performance of public health practice. But efforts have been underway to reimagine public health services and systems research (PHSSR) to support the evolution of...