Development of a Research Agenda Focused on Academic Health Departments.

Development of a Research Agenda Focused on Academic Health Departments.

Erwin Paul Campbell; Brownson Ross C; Livingood William C; Keck C William; Amos Kathleen

American Journal of Public Health

2017

2017-09

An academic health department (AHD) is a formal partnership between an academic institution and a governmental public health agency. Case studies have described the value of individual AHDs in the areas of student engagement, practice-based research, workforce development, and service. With growing interest in AHDs and the increasing importance of academic-practice linkages in both academic programs' and public health agencies' accreditation processes, articulating a research agenda focused on the AHD model can be useful for stimulating the research and practice fields to further develop the evidence base for AHDs. We provide a research agenda, developed through an iterative process involving academicians, practitioners, and others interested in academic-practice linkages.

Humans; Universities/organization & administration; *Biomedical Research; *Interinstitutional Relations; *Public Health; Local Government; Program Development/*methods; Public Health Administration; State Government; Public Health; Interinstitutional Relations; Colleges and Universities; Collaboration; PUBLIC health; ACADEMIC medical centers; GOVERNMENT agencies; HEALTH boards; INSTITUTIONAL cooperation; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; PARTNERSHIPS in education; PRIORITY (Philosophy); RESEARCH evaluation; UNIVERSITIES & colleges; Government Agencies; Research Priorities; GOVERNMENT agencies – United States; LABOR supply – United States; PUBLIC health research – United States; STUDENT engagement – Universities & colleges

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