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Betty Bekemeier

Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing
Ellery and Kirby Cramer Endowed Professorship in Nursing, Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing

Director, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

206-616-8411 | bettybek@uw.edu

Box 357263
Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195

Research Interests

Effective public health system performance; public health financing; local public health service variation and population health impact; disparities in public health system resource allocation; public health workforce development and leadership

Bio

Betty Bekemeier is a public health systems researcher examining effective strategies for local and state public health systems to most effectively improve population health and eliminate disparities. She became Director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice in November 2015. She is Primary Investigator of the Public Health Activities and Services Tracking (PHAST) Study and conducts practice-based research in collaboration with state and local public health practice partners. She has held significant state and national leadership positions including with the Washington State Public Health Association and the American Public Health Association. Before coming to the UW, her career focused on public health practice at the local level, including: public health nursing, clinical and field management, epidemiology, community assessment, maternal child health, and administration.

Education

PhD Nursing, University of Washington, 2007
MPH Program Evaluation, Johns Hopkins University, 1994
MSN Public Health Nursing Leadership and Management, Johns Hopkins University, 1994
BSN Nursing, Pacific Lutheran University, 1984

Academic Programs and Affiliations

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Estimating the Association Between Public Health Spending and Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates in the United States: A Systematic Review.
PubMed
Lim S, Pintye J, Seong H, Bekemeier B. Estimating the Association between Public Health Spending and Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates in the United States: A Systematic Review. Sex Transm Dis. 2022 Mar 11. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001627. [Epub ahead
Local Health Departments’ Characteristics and Their Performance Scores in PHAB Accreditation Standards.
PubMed
Dada OO, Bekemeier B, Flaxman A, de Castro B. Local Health Departments’ Characteristics and Their Performance Scores in PHAB Accreditation Standards. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2022 Jul-Aug 01;28(4):375-383. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001458. Epub 2022
Analytic approaches to assess the impact of local spending on sexually transmitted diseases.
PubMed
Grembowski D, Lim S, Pantazis A, Bekemeier B. Analytic approaches to assess the impact of local spending on sexually transmitted diseases. Health Serv Res. 2022 Jun;57(3):644-653. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13915. Epub 2022 Jan 17.
Cocreating evidence-informed health equity policy with community.
PubMed
Walker SC, White J, Rodriguez V, Turk E, Gubner N, Ngo S, Bekemeier B. Cocreating evidence-informed health equity policy with community. Health Serv Res. 2022 Jun;57 Suppl 1:137-148. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13940. Epub 2022 Mar 3. Review.
Supporting rural public health practice to address local-level social determinants of health across Northwest states: Development of an interactive visualization dashboard.
PubMed
Backonja U, Park S, Kurre A, Yudelman H, Heindel S, Schultz M, Whitman G, Turner AM, Marchak NT, Bekemeier B. Supporting rural public health practice to address local-level social determinants of health across Northwest states: Development of an interacti
Impact of data visualization on decision-making and its implications for public health practice: a systematic literature review.
PubMed
Park S, Bekemeier B, Flaxman A, Schultz M. Impact of data visualization on decision-making and its implications for public health practice: a systematic literature review. Inform Health Soc Care. 2022 Apr 3;47(2):175-193. doi: 10.1080/17538157.2021.198294
“Not everybody approaches it that way”: Nurse-trained health department directors’ leadership strategies and skills in public health.
PubMed
Kett PM, Bekemeier B, Altman MR, Herting JR. “Not everybody approaches it that way”: Nurse-trained health department directors’ leadership strategies and skills in public health. Nurs Inq. 2022 Mar 9:e12487. doi: 10.1111/nin.12487. [Epub ahead of print]
Involvement of Local Health Departments in Obesity Prevention: A Scoping Review.
PubMed
Petrovskis A, Baquero B, Bekemeier B. Involvement of Local Health Departments in Obesity Prevention: A Scoping Review. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2022 Mar-Apr 01;28(2):E345-E353. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001346. Review.
Dance of Dollars: State Funding Effects on Local Health Department Expenditures.
PubMed
Viall AH, Bekemeier B, Yeager V, Carton T. Dance of Dollars: State Funding Effects on Local Health Department Expenditures. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2022 Mar-Apr 01;28(2):E577-E585. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001418.
Addressing Health Disparities: The Health Department Nurse Lead Executive’s Relationship to Improved Community Health.
PubMed
Kett PM, Bekemeier B, Herting JR, Altman MR. Addressing Health Disparities: The Health Department Nurse Lead Executive’s Relationship to Improved Community Health. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2022 Mar-Apr 01;28(2):E566-E576. doi: 10.1097/PHH.000000000000

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