This issue of the Journal focuses on Data to Decision Making and the launch of the Delaware State Health Improvement Plan, a partnership of the Delaware Division of Public Health, the University of Delaware Partnership for Healthy Communities, and the Academy/DPHA.
“Show me the Data” is a common theme for many sectors, inclusive of researchers, educators, policy makers, program implementers, consumers, entrepreneurs, big business, non-profits, hospitals … well you get the idea! We all rely on data that drives our decisions. The intent of this edition of the Delaware Journal of Public Health is to share some meaningful data that will inform you on the overall health and well being of our state population. Several authors will also share how sectors are using data to align efforts for collective impact to produce healthier outcomes.
Article 1. In this Issue: Data to Decision Making
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS and Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH
Article 2. Guest Editor: Data to Decision Making
Rita Landgraf
Article 3. Social Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care: Five Plus Five
Sanne Magnan, MD, PhD
Article 4. Holding the Course for Health Impact: All Aboard Delaware’s State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP)
Cassandra Codes-Johnson, MPH, MPA; Noel Duckworth, DVS; Timothy Gibbs, MPH; Lucy Luta, MD, MPH; Karen E. McGloughlin; Katherine Smith, MD, MPH
Article 5. UD Partnership for Healthy Communities: Expanding Campus-Community Channels for Delaware’s SHIP
Rita Landgraf; Erin K. Knight, PhD, MPH; Noel Duckworth, DVS
Article 6. Statewide Alignment: Coordinated Efforts for Delaware’s Behavioral Health Needs
Bethany Hall-Hong, PhD, RN
Article 7. Mapping the Burden of Chronic Diseases in Delaware for Public Health Decision Making
Russell K. McIntire, PhD, MPH; Madeline Brooks, MPH; Scott D. Siegel, PhD, MHCDS; Mia Papas, PhD, MS
Article 8. DPH to Distribute Overdose Reversing Medication Naloxone March 2, 2019 at atTAck Addiction 5K
Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS
Article 9. Geographic Patterns of Asthma Rates and Air Quality in Delaware
Rachel Vecchione, MPH; Caleb Dafilou, MPH; Violetta Gerzen-Feshchenko, MPHc; Nicole LaRatta, MPH; Madeline Brooks, MPH
Article 10. Smoking and Tobacco Retail Density Among Neighborhoods in Delaware
Margaret Pearce; Robert Zucker; Crystal Lee, MPH; Opinderjit Kaur, MPH; Russell K. McIntire, PhD, MPH
Article 11. Geographic Relationships Between Smoking and Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease in Delaware
Arielle Horowitz, MPH; Danny Cheong, MPH; Robert Martin, MPH; Russell K. McIntire, PhD, MPH
Article 12. Food Access in Delaware: Examining the Relationship of SNAP Retailers, Food Deserts, Obesity, and Food Insecurity
Alex Fossi, MPH; Desmond McCaffery; Courtney Riseborough; Niharika Vedherey, MPH; Lisa Armstrong; Madeline Brooks, MPH
Article 13. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Display Spatial Patterns of Diabetes in Delaware
Saheedat Sulaimon, MPH; Rashida Smith, BS; Ariel Paz, MPH; Madeline Brooks, MPH
Article 14. Chronic Disease in Delaware
Helen Arthur, MHA
Article 15. The Division of Public Health Adopts New Population Health Approach
Lisa M.G. Henry, MS and Cassandra Codes-Johnson, MPH, MPA
Article 16. The Data of Disease: How Data Collection Leads to Healthy Populations
Katherine W. Smith, MD, MPH
Article 17. In Memoriam: LTG William H. Duncan, MD
Joseph Kestner, Jr., MD
Article 18. Major Walter Reed, MD: From the History and Archives Collection
Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH