Addressing Health Disparities: The Health Department Nurse Lead Executive's Relationship to Improved Community Health.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The nurse-trained local health department (LHD) lead executive has been shown to be positively associated with LHD performance; however, no other research has explored whether this association translates to improved community health.

Objective

To investigate the relationship between the type of LHD leadership-whether or not the lead executive is a nurse-and changes in health outcomes.

Design

This study used a multivariate panel time series design. Each model was estimated as a pooled time series and using time and unit fixed effects, with a 1-year lag used for all covariates and the main predictor.

Setting

A national, county-level data set was compiled containing variables pertaining to the LHD, community demographics, and health outcomes for the years

SUBMITTER: Kett PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11328833 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature