Local Health Department Values and Organizational Authorities Guiding Cross-Sector Work During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the role that local health departments (LHDs) have in cross sector can address alone, including the work of value alignment and the strategic use of organizational authorities. The practices by which LHDs used their authorities to conduct cross-sector work during the pandemic need exploration.

Method

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 public health leaders from metropolitan LHDs across the United States. Our interview guide assessed the values that LHD leadership prioritized in their cross-sector work as well as the range of organizational authorities they leveraged to influence external decision-making in other sectors.

Results

We found that LHDs approached cross-sector work by leaning on diverse values and aut

SUBMITTER: Johnson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264535 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature