Jonathan Purtle

Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management

Director of Policy Research at NYU’s Global Center for Implementation Science

Professional overview

Jonathan Purtle is Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management and Director of Policy Research at NYU’s Global Center for Implementation Science.

Dr. Purtle is a mental health policy researcher and implementation scientist. His work examines questions such as how the implementation of policies “on the books” can be improved in practice, how research evidence can be most effectively communicated to policymakers and is used in policymaking processes, and how social and political contexts affect mental health policymaking and policy implementation. He is also studies population-based approaches to mental health and suicide prevention. 

Dr. Purtle’s work has been consistently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). He is currently leading/recently led NIMH-funded projects focused on the implementation of financing policies related to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (R01MH131649) and policies that earmark taxes for mental health services (R21MH125261) and understanding the dynamics of research evidence in mental health policymaking (P50MH113662). He also recently completed a RWJF-funded project that experimentally tested different ways of communicating evidence about child maltreatment to the public and policymakers.

He has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, is an Associate Editor at Implementation Science, and Co-Chairs the Policy Advisory Board at Psychiatric Services. He is Core Faculty of the NIMH-funded Implementation Research Institute, was Chair of the Policy Section of the AcademyHeath/NIH Dissemination and Implementation in Heath Conference from 2017 to 2022, was awarded the 2018 Champion of Evidence-Based Interventions Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies for his work on evidence use in mental health policymaking.

Education

BA, Psychology, Roger Williams University

MSc, Sociology, Universiteit van Amsterdam

MPH, Drexel University

DrPH, Drexel University

Publications

Publications

Examining the possible impact of daily transport on depression among older adults using an agent-based model

Modeling HPV vaccination scale-up among urban young men who have sex with men in the context of HIV

Perceptions of patient-provider communication and receipt of mental health treatment among older adults with depressive symptoms

Population-based approaches to mental health: History, strategies, and evidence

State legislators' opinions about adverse childhood experiences as risk factors for adult behavioral health conditions

State Legislators’ Support for Behavioral Health Parity Laws: The Influence of Mutable and Fixed Factors at Multiple Levels

Strengthening partnerships between substance use researchers and policy makers to take advantage of a window of opportunity

The Case of a Mass Shooting and Violence-Related Mental Illness Stigma on Twitter

Trends and characteristics of proposed and enacted state legislation on childhood vaccination exemption, 2011–2017

Urban–Rural Differences in Older Adult Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Comparative Studies

Uses of Population Health Rankings in Local Policy Contexts: A Multisite Case Study

A Case Study of the Philadelphia Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Policymaking Process: Implications for Policy Development and Advocacy

A Content Analysis of Hospitals’ Community Health Needs Assessments in the Most Violent U.S. Cities

Assessing the spatial heterogeneity in overall health across the United States using spatial regression methods: The contribution of health factors and county-level demographics

Audience segmentation to disseminate behavioral health evidence to legislators: An empirical clustering analysis

Inter-Agency Strategies Used by State Mental Health Agencies to Assist with Federal Behavioral Health Parity Implementation

Purtle, J., Borchers, B., Clement, T., & Mauri, A. (n.d.).

Publication year

2018

Journal title

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volume

45

Issue

3

Page(s)

516-526

10.1007/s11414-017-9581-8

Legislators' Sources of Behavioral Health Research and Preferences for Dissemination: Variations by Political Party

The Impact of Law on Syndromic Disease Surveillance Implementation

Understanding policymakers' opinions can help foster policy change

An audience research study to disseminate evidence about comprehensive state mental health parity legislation to US State policymakers: Protocol

Factors Perceived as Influencing Local Health Department Involvement in Mental Health

Funding quality pre-kindergarten slots with Philadelphia's new 'sugary drink tax': Simulating effects of using an excise tax to address a social determinant of health

Infusing Science into Politics and Policy: The Importance of Legislators as an Audience in Mental Health Policy Dissemination Research

Is this thing on? Getting the public to listen to the pro-vaccine message

Goldstein, N. D., LeVasseur, M. T., & Purtle, J. (n.d.). In Vaccine (1–).

Publication year

2017

Volume

35

Issue

9

Page(s)

1208

10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.12.070

Mapping “Trauma-Informed” Legislative Proposals in U.S. Congress