Population Health Improvement & Performance Accountability
Applied Epidemiology Using R / RStudio, Fall 2013
Weight loss using Results-Based Accountability
Leadership is getting Results in a way that inspires Trust
Authentic Transformational Leadership
Concepts for Preventing Infectious Diseases — An Update
The San Francisco DPH is getting a PHD!
San Francisco plastic bag ban associated with 46% increase in foodborne illness deaths — Not!
Strategic Project Management Made Simple
CHCF Leadership Seminar #1
A Healthier San Francisco through Alignment – Connections – Equity
Applied Epidemiology Using R, Fall 2012Academics »
Preparing manuscripts for publication: A mini-review (0)
Introduction A health professions career that includes inquiry, innovation, or discovery often includes the preparation of manuscripts for peer-review publication. Research findings should be communicated broadly. The most enduring way for our work to have an impact is through publication. Unfortunately, the onus of preparing manuscripts can discourage even the brightest investigators from publishing more… Read More ›
Complexity sciences »
Free Software for Designing Influence (Causal Loop) Diagrams (0)
In my public health work I draw causal loop (influence) diagrams to illustrate important, usually causal, relationships. I have discovered an amazing, freely available, multi-platform software program. The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital… Read More ›
Decision sciences »
Deriving Criteria Weights for Health Decision Making: A Brief Tutorial (0)
When it matters most, to make decisions, set priorities, or allocate resources we must rank and select among available options (“alternatives”). To accomplish this we develop and weight criteria, and then evaluate the alternatives against these criteria. More important criteria should have higher weights. For important decisions we should use science-based, objective measurements and methods to derive criteria weights. In this… Read More ›
Health & medical ethics »
Health care workers have ethical responsibility to protect their patients from preventable infectious diseases (0)
California Senate Bill 1318 (Lois Wolk) will require health care workers that do not get vaccinated against influenza to wear a face mask during influenza season. Here is my letter that was read to the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee on 4/26/2012 by the Health Officers’ Association of California (HOAC): Members of the Senate… Read More ›
Health leadership »
Population Health Improvement & Performance Accountability (0)
At the Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public Health we are implementing Population Health Improvement & Performance Accountability (PHIPA). PHIPA is an integrated, inquiry-based framework for continuous health improvement and performance accountability. PHIPA leverages established frameworks used nationally and internationally, and moves from simple, everyday objectives to complex community challenges. PHIPA has four… Read More ›
Health management »
Strategic Project Management Made Simple (6)
Updated templates LogFrame template as MS Word Document (exported from LibreOffice) LogFrame guidelines as PDF Document (exported from LibreOffice) LogFrame template for group facilitation MS Word Document (exported from LibreOffice) Introduction “Strategic Project Management Made Simple: Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams” (SPMMS) by Terry Schmidt is a book I highly recommend if you are juggling… Read More ›
Infectious diseases »
Concepts for Preventing Infectious Diseases — An Update (0)
At the San Francisco Department of Public Health we have been addressing emerging infectious disease threats and challenges, including: Meningococcal disease in men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City Avian Influenza A (H7N9) transmission to humans in China Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A associated with… Read More ›
Open source software »
Applied Epidemiology Using R / RStudio, Fall 2013 (0)
The fall course I teach — PH251D: Applied Epidemiology Using R & Studio – starts Monday, September 9 , 2013 (4pm-6pm) in 2030 Valley Life Science Building (LSB) at University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. PH251D is an intensive one-semester introduction to the R programming language for applied epidemiology. R is a freely available, multi-platform (Linux, Mac… Read More ›
Public health practice »
CDC Community Transformation Grant Kick Off Slides (1)
I attended the CDC Community Transformation Grant Kick Off meeting in October, 2011. Because slide presentations were not available I took pictures of selected slides. Here are my pics. Thanks.
Quality improvement »
Weight loss using Results-Based Accountability (0)
What is Results-Based Accountability? Results-Based Accountability (RBA) is “a disciplined way of thinking and taking action that can be used to improve the quality of life in communities …” RBA was popularized by Mark Friedman’s book Trying Hard in Not Good Enough. RBA (also called Outcomes-Based Accountability) is used by public sector and non-profit agencies… Read More ›
R computing »
Interactive R program for kids to drill arithmetic (3)
Several years ago I wrote an interactive R program so that my kids could drill addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I found the code tonight while searching for another file. Here it is: Download PDF file with R code: http://medepi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/math.pdf Follow the instructions. Better yet, edit the code and customize the experience. Even better, study the… Read More ›
