42 U.S.C. § 300u–15 — Research on optimizing the delivery of public health services
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-148 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 217 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary, through the CDC, must fund research on how public health services and systems work. This research must study prevention practices, how academic programs work in the real world, and effective delivery strategies. The Secretary must coordinate this work with existing partnerships and report to Congress every year.
(a) In general: The Secretary*, through the Director* of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, must fund research on public health services and systems.
(b) Requirements of research: This research must: (1) study evidence-based prevention practices*, focusing on high-priority areas the Secretary identifies in the National Prevention Strategy or Healthy People 2020, including comparing community-based public health interventions by effectiveness and cost; (2) study how interventions move from academic settings into real-world use; and (3) find effective ways to organize, fund, or deliver public health services in real-world community settings, including comparing state* and local health department structures by effectiveness and cost.
(c) Existing partnerships: This research must be coordinated with the Community Preventive Services Task Force and built on existing federal partnerships, while also considering state, local, and private-sector efforts.
(d) Annual report: The Secretary must report to Congress every year on this research's activities and findings.
The Secretary* of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), acting through the Director* of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall provide funding for research in the area of public health services and systems.
Research supported under this section shall include—
examining evidence-based practices* relating to prevention, with a particular focus on high priority areas as identified by the Secretary in the National Prevention Strategy or Healthy People 2020, and including comparing community-based public health interventions in terms of effectiveness and cost;
analyzing the translation of interventions from academic settings to real world settings; and
identifying effective strategies for organizing, financing, or delivering public health services in real world community settings, including comparing State* and local health department structures and systems in terms of effectiveness and cost.
Research supported under this section shall be coordinated with the Community Preventive Services Task Force and carried out by building on existing partnerships within the Federal Government while also considering initiatives at the State and local levels and in the private sector.
The Secretary shall, on an annual basis, submit to Congress a report concerning the activities and findings with respect to research supported under this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–148, title IV, § 4301, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 578.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-148 · 124 Stat. 578
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