Philadelphia Depart Public Health

Philadelphia Dept Of Public Health is a U.S. Local Government entity providing public health services to Philadelphia County. Through federal contracts, Philadelphia Dept Of Public Health has provided site study start-up and protocol implementation, closeout, and analysis services as a subcontractor to Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

Through federal grants, Philadelphia Dept Of Public Health has served as a prime grantee providing substance use disorder prevention, harm reduction, linkage to care, and public health infrastructure improvements. Services include naloxone distribution, fentanyl test strip distribution, drug user health surveys, stigma reduction materials, clinician education, data surveillance and analysis, workforce training and hiring, IT upgrades, and communications. Funding has been provided by the Department of Health and Human Services via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Additionally, Philadelphia Dept Of Public Health has served as a subgrantee providing comprehensive family planning services under Accessmatters, conducting feasibility analysis of longitudinal surveillance and referrals for infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome under Council Of State And Territorial Epidemiologists, Inc., sustaining peers in emergency departments under National Association Of County And City Health Officials, informing neonatal abstinence syndrome surveillance under Council Of State And Territorial Epidemiologists, Inc., conducting drug overdose surveillance and academic detailing under Pennsylvania Department Of Health, and implementing neonatal abstinence syndrome standardized case definition under Council Of State And Territorial Epidemiologists, Inc.