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"Clearly, the number one research question that state and local health departments have is how they maximize available resources in the faces of budget cuts. More than half have had layoffs and other budget restrictions. So PHSSR, first and foremost, needs to help these agencies figure out how best to use their limited workforce to carry out essential services, and then look further—at what are their priorities if they have limited funds, what are the public health returns on public dollars that are being invested in the public health system."
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