Evidence from the field: Findings on issues related to planning, implementing and evaluating gender-based programs.

An Initiative of the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH), Coalition for a Healthier Community (CHC), supports ten grantees across the U.S. in the implementation of gender-based health interventions targeting women and girls.

Factors driving the adoption of quality improvement initiatives in local health departments: results from the 2010 profile study.

Background: Over the past decade, quality improvement (QI) has become a major focus in advancing the goal of improving performance of local health departments (LHDs). However, limited empirical data exists on the current implementation of QI initiatives in LHDs and factors associated with adoption of QI initiatives.

Objectives: (1) To examine the current implementation of QI implementation initiatives by LHDs and (2) to identify factors contributing to LHDs' decision to implement QI initiatives.

Blueprint for communicating risk and preventing environmental injustice.

Toxic environmental emissions have the potential to harm already susceptible populations living in close proximity to industries with pollutant emissions such as coal-fired electrical power plants. The organized dissemination of information in communities that find themselves susceptible to occupation by industries with pollutant emissions is a crucial step in the long and arduous process of preventing such harm. Here, we present a blueprint that can be used by community organizations to prevent industries that pollute the environment from locating in communities that are already disproportionately exposed to pollution (referred to here as environmental justice communities).