Jonathan Purtle
Assistant Professor
Health Management and Policy
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
Jonathan Purtle is a mental health policy and services researcher who utilizes trans-disciplinary and mixed method approaches to understand how evidence-based policy interventions can be most effectively disseminated, implemented, and sustained to reduce health inequalities. He is currently the Principle Investigator of a R21 from the National Institute of Mental Health that is exploring strategies to disseminate mental health evidence to state policymakers and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded project that is examining activities to reduce health inequities in US cities.Â
Research Interest
Dissemination and Implementation Research
Publications
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"Purtle, J., Brownson, R., Proctor, E. Infusing Science into Politics and Policy: The Importance of Legislators as an Audience in Mental Health Dissemination Research. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-016-0752-3. In press. "
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"Purtle, J., Peters, R., Kolker, J., Klassen, A. Factors Perceived as Influencing Local Health Department Involvement in Population Mental Health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2017 Jan;52(1):64-73. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.09.018. "
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"Purtle, J. Goldstein, N.D., Edson, E., Hand, A. Who Votes for Public Health? U.S. Senator Characteristics Associated with Voting in Concordance with Public Health Policy Recommendations (1998-2013). SSM-Population Health. 2017 Jan 3:136–140. doi.10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.12.011. "
