Local Health Department Values and Organizational Authorities Guiding Cross-Sector Work During COVID-19.
Karl T JohnsonCaitlin B BiddellKatherine Gora CombsJohn WiesmanMonica Valdes LupiKristen Hassmiller LichPublished in: Health promotion practice (2023)
Our findings highlight the ongoing need for LHD leadership to improve their ability to effectively communicate public health values and the unique authorities by which health-supporting work can be facilitated, including how this message must be adapted, depending on the specific sectors with which the LHD needs to partner and the governance arrangement in which the LHD is situated.