title: Leveraging finances for public health system improvement: results from the Turning Point initiative.
abstract: Reforming the public health infrastructure requires substantial system changes at the state level; state health agencies, however, often lack the resources and support for strategic planning and systemwide improvement. The Turning Point Initiative provided support for states to focus on large-scale system changes that resulted in increased funding for public health capacity and infrastructure development. Turning Point provides a test case for obtaining financial and institutional resources focused on systems change and infrastructure development-areas for which it has been historically difficult to obtain long-term support. The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive survey research was to enumerate the actual resources leveraged toward public health system improvement through the partnerships, planning, and implementation activities funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as a part of the Turning Point Initiative.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. bettybek@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bekemeier
authors.forename: Catharine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Bobbie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berkowitz
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration; D040841:Resource Allocation; D013219:State Government