Knowledge Management in Public Health Book

Foreword William H. Foege ix

Preface xiii

Editors xvii

List of Contributors xix

Section I Knowledge Management: Today and Beyond

1 The Quick Basics of Knowledge Management Jay Liebowitz 3

2 Knowledge Management and Public Health: A Winning Combination Jay Liebowitz Richard A. Schieber Joanne D. Andreadis 21

3 Extending Cross-Generational Knowledge Flow Research in Edge Organizations Jay Liebowitz Emil Ivanov 39

4 Knowledge Retention Trends and Strategies for Knowledge Workers and Organizations Masud Cader Jay Liebowitz 61

Section II Knowledge Management Applications in Public Health

5 Examples of Knowledge Management in Public Health Angela M. Fix Sterling Elliott Irene Stephens 85

6 Building Knowledge Management in an International Health NGO Richard Iams Patricia Ringers 95

7 Trying to Revive an Anemic System: A Case Study from USAID's Nutrition Division Laura Birx 109

8 Formulating KM Strategies at the Local Level: A New Approach to Knowledge Sharing in Large Public Health Organizations Richard Van West-Charles Arthur J. Murray 123

9 Knowledge Management: A Mechanism for Promoting Evidence-Informed Public Health Decision Making Maureen Dobbins Paula Robeson Kara Decorby Heather Husson Daiva Trillis Edwin Lee Lori Grego 137

10 myPublicHealth: Utilizing Knowledge Management to Improve Public Health Practice and Decision Making Debra Revere Paul F. Bugni Liz Dahlstrom Sherrilynne S. Fuller 157

11 Connections: Sharing Experience to Advance Public Health Practice Ellen Wild Debra Bara 177

12 The Association of Public Health Laboratories: From Surveys toward Knowledge Management, a Voyage to Cythera Robert Rej Neha Desai193

Index 201