Aaron Alford
Biographic Data
| ID | 5806903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron Alford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron |
| FAMILY NAME | Alford |
| SIGNATURE | ALFORD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Fisheries Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5910-6174 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sustainability of the Growth of the Local Public Health Workforce During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2019–2022
Objectives. To explore whether and how the local health department (LHD) workforce shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic given the large influx of supplemental funding to public health. Methods. We used data from the National Association of County and City Health Officials National Profile of Local Health Departments, the main source of comprehensive data collected from LHDs across the United States. Total numbers of employees, total numbers of fu…
A qualitative analysis of public health officials' experience in California during Covid-19
Objectives: The aim of this study was to collect qualitative data regarding the violence faced by public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and create a guideline of recommendations to protect this population moving forward. Methods: Two focus groups were conducted virtually from April 2022 to May 2022. All nine participants were public health officials from across California. A grounded theory approach was used to analyze the data fro…
Application for Public Health Accreditation Among US Local Health Departments in 2013 to 2019
Objectives. To examine correlates of applying for accreditation among small local health departments (LHDs) in the United States through 2019. Methods. We used administrative data from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and 2013, 2016, and 2019 Profile data from the National Association of County and City Health Officials to examine correlates of applying for PHAB accreditation. We fit a latent class analysis (LCA) to characterize LHDs …
The Association of Fetal and Early Childhood Growth with Adult Mental Distress
Acceleration and deceleration in weight for height change is associated with mental distress over multiple periods of early life and acts differentially between those periods. Furthermore, the association of early childhood growth with the likelihood of adult mental distress is dependent on prenatal growth
Weapon Carrying by Youth
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The Association of Fetal and Early Childhood Growth with Adult Mental Distress
Acceleration and deceleration in weight for height change is associated with mental distress over multiple periods of early life and acts differentially between those periods. Furthermore, the association of early childhood growth with the likelihood of adult mental distress is dependent on prenatal growth
Application for Public Health Accreditation Among US Local Health Departments in 2013 to 2019
Objectives. To examine correlates of applying for accreditation among small local health departments (LHDs) in the United States through 2019. Methods. We used administrative data from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and 2013, 2016, and 2019 Profile data from the National Association of County and City Health Officials to examine correlates of applying for PHAB accreditation. We fit a latent class analysis (LCA) to characterize LHDs …
A qualitative analysis of public health officials' experience in California during Covid-19
Objectives: The aim of this study was to collect qualitative data regarding the violence faced by public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and create a guideline of recommendations to protect this population moving forward. Methods: Two focus groups were conducted virtually from April 2022 to May 2022. All nine participants were public health officials from across California. A grounded theory approach was used to analyze the data fro…
Sustainability of the Growth of the Local Public Health Workforce During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2019–2022
Objectives. To explore whether and how the local health department (LHD) workforce shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic given the large influx of supplemental funding to public health. Methods. We used data from the National Association of County and City Health Officials National Profile of Local Health Departments, the main source of comprehensive data collected from LHDs across the United States. Total numbers of employees, total numbers of fu…
Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Public Health Policies and Education (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gun Ownership and Violence Research (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (2 works)