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Public Health Services and Systems Research

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 33; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.amepre.2007.03.013

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F. Douglas Scutchfield, James S. Marks, Debra Joy Pérez, Glen P. Mays,

Health Policy Implementation Science

Recently the American Journal of Preventive Medicine published a commentary on the emerging field of public health systems research (PHSR). 1 Scutchfield F.D. Patrick K. Public health systems research: the new kid on the block. Am J Prev Med. 2007; 32: 173-174 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar PHSR has been defined as “a field of study that examines the organization, financing, and delivery of public health services within communities, and the impact of these services on public health.” 2 Mays G.P. Halverson P.K. Scutchfield F.D. Making public health improvement real: the vital role of systems research. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2004; 10: 183-185 PubMed Google Scholar This is a new and emerging area of inquiry in both the health services research and public health research communities. Many consider it a new sibling to the larger field of health services research (HSR), which is also relatively new, but has grown rapidly over the past several decades.