title: Public health systems research: setting a national agenda.
abstract: The Institute of Medicine has recommended that policy decisions about improvement of national public health systems be guided by sound scientific evidence. However, to date there is no national research agenda to help guide public health systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was called upon to lead a collaborative consensus-based process to define key research questions and establish a framework to create opportunities to better coordinate, leverage, and identify public health resources, which are increasingly scarce. The public health systems research agenda that emerged from this process has 14 over-arching priority research themes. This national agenda should stimulate and guide research to meet the urgent need to improve the nation's public health systems.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-30, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. dlenaway@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lenaway
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Halverson
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sotnikov
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tilson
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corso
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Millington
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000458:organization & administration; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000379:methods*; D013598:Systems Theory; D014481:United States