Lillian Smith, associate professor and department head of the School of Allied Health Sciences’ Department of Community and Environmental Health, co-authored a Community Health Status Assessment Special Supplement for the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, which will fill gaps in the professional literature around contemporary community health assessment strategies and methods.
The supplement is co-authored by James N. Burdine, a professor of health promotion and community health sciences and director of the Center for Community Health Development at Texas A&M School of Public Health Community Health Status Assessment, as well as representatives from the University of Louisville, University of Texas Medical Branch, West Virginia University, University of Colorado, Colorado State University, and health care leaders from several organizations.