Introduction from the Editors
Readers, In the spirit of expediting the publication process, starting with Volume 4 (2015), Frontiers in PHSSR will be posting articles as they are accepted. The table of contents below contains the first papers accepted for Volume 4, Issue 4. We will be adding more content as it becomes available. Thanks for your continued support of Frontiers in PHSSR. To gain access to the full article, please click on the "PDF" link to the left of the title.Commentary Introducing the Issue
Managing and translating knowledge to improve population health p. 39-42
Anna G. Hoover
From the Annual Review
Workforce Fitness: Description, Contextual Issues, and Implications for Public Health p. 19-24
Nicolaas P. Pronk
Public Health Surveillance Using Electronic Health Records: Rising Potential to Advance Public Health p. 25-32
Guthrie S. Birkhead; Michael Klompas, MD MPH; and Nirav R. Shah
Utilizing Performance Management to Harness the Power of Quality Improvement in Public Health p. 33-38
Leslie M. Beitsch, Valerie A. Yeager, and John W. Moran
Articles
Use of Facebook by Local Health Departments: Usage, Public Health Themes, and Maintenance p. 1-6
Rakhi Trivedi, Gulzar H. Shah, and Ankit Bangar
Local Health Departments’ Costs of Providing Environmental Health Services p. 7-12
Simone Singh, Nancy L. Winterbauer, Ashley Tucker, and Lisa Macon Harrison
Measuring Population Care Performance: Development of the Population-Patient Satisfaction Survey for Use with Community Groups p. 13-18
Michele Issel, Christine Lurie, and Betty Bekemeier
