This policy-related study examines primary care delivery methods in reducing population health disparities. We use postneonatal mortality as an indicator of population health within counties to study the effects of using contracted service providers compared to direct provision of primary care by county health departments in improving health equity. We analyzed postneonatal mortality data colle...

OBJECTIVE The region on the United States (US) side of the US-Mexico border consists of 44 counties in four states; populations on both sides of the border have similar health problems. Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the US-Mexico Border (HB 2010) is a binational agenda of health promotion and disease prevention for individuals in the region. This study reports on the he...

About NACo – The Voice of America's Counties The National Association of Counties (NACo) is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States. Founded in 1935, NACo provides essential services to the nation's 3,066 counties. NACo advances issues with a unified voice before the federal government, improves the public's understanding of county government, assi...