Public Health on the Agenda of Counties, 1993: [United States] (ICPSR 6562)

Version Date: Feb 14, 2024

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Principal Investigator(s):
Vincent L. Marando, University of Maryland. Department of Government and Policy

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06562.v2

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  • V1 [1998-06-12] unpublished
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Summary

This survey queried heads of county councils and commissions, elected county executives, county administrators, and county health officers to explore policy development and the interaction between counties and public health agencies. Major areas investigated were the amount of county activity initiated by community groups seeking county action regarding public health and other county functions, most important county problems and policy priorities, effectiveness of the county health department, functions performed by the public health agency in the county, reorganization of the health department, level of advocacy by the county board of health for public health issues, type of statutory authority of the board of health, administration of state health programs by the county health agency, activities of the head of the county health department including interactions with the community and media, the success of county departments in obtaining increased funding, level of county governing board member support for increased funding, change in total county budget during year, change in local contribution to the public health budget, and county officials' training in medicine or health care. Demographic information includes education, education major, degrees held, years in position, gender, year of birth, and ethnicity.

Citation

Marando, Vincent L. Public Health on the Agenda of Counties, 1993:  [United States]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06562.v2

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Funding

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (20074)

Restrictions

As explained in the ICPSR Processing Note in the codebook, some variables are restricted from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete an Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to these data through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal, which can be accessed via the study home page.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1993-04 -- 1993-07

Date of Collection

1993-04 -- 1993-07
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Sample

Stratified random sample, giving more weight to counties with large populations. Only counties with public health departments were eligible for inclusion. Excluded were counties in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts (except Barnstable), Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, South Dakota, Alaska (except North Slope), and Hawaii.

Universe

All United States counties or county-equivalent jurisdictions to which an identified public health department reports.

Data Source

self-enumerated questionnaires

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Original Release Date

1995-12-20

Version History

2024-02-14 Online variable search capabilities have been added for this study.

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Marando, Vincent L. Public Health on the Agenda of Counties, 1993: [United States]. ICPSR06562-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06562.v2

1998-06-12 The codebook is now available as a PDF file.

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