PMID- 20150795
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120524
LR  - 20100212
IS  - 1550-5022 (Electronic)
IS  - 1078-4659 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
DP  - 2010 Mar-Apr
TI  - Improving knowledge of public health accreditation through a group vetting 
      session of a practice-based research network.
PG  - 134-9
LID - 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181c6b69d [doi]
AB  - This article describes efforts to improve knowledge of and acceptance of the 
      proposed voluntary health department accreditation program, put forth by Public 
      Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), by conducting a group vetting session. The 
      vetting session closely followed the PHAB guidelines, and participants received 
      pre- and postvetting surveys to gauge their knowledge of the accreditation 
      standards and related items and their perception of the utility of the standards 
      and the ability of their agencies to meet the standards. Respondents reported 
      that the vetting session did improve their knowledge and understanding of the 
      standards (increase in mean score from 3.6 to 4.4). In addition, respondents had 
      overwhelmingly favorable responses to the draft standards (28 of 31 received 
      positive responses from more than 85% of participants). This suggests that 
      conducting group vetting sessions may be an effective way to increase awareness 
      of the PHAB standards and may help prepare local health agencies for the 
      accreditation process.
FAU - Dearinger, Angela T
AU  - Dearinger AT
AD  - College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. 
      angelatackett@uky.edu
FAU - Riddell, Martha
AU  - Riddell M
FAU - Scutchfield, F Douglas
AU  - Scutchfield FD
FAU - Ingram, Richard
AU  - Ingram R
FAU - Howard, Alex
AU  - Howard A
FAU - Cooper, Shontreal
AU  - Cooper S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Public Health Manag Pract
JT  - Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
JID - 9505213
MH  - *Accreditation
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - *Comprehension
MH  - Health Facility Administrators/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Kentucky
MH  - Organizational Objectives
MH  - Public Health Administration/*standards
EDAT- 2010/02/13 06:00
MHDA- 2012/05/25 06:00
CRDT- 2010/02/13 06:00
PHST- 2010/02/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/05/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - 00124784-201003000-00009 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181c6b69d [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 Mar-Apr;16(2):134-9. doi: 
      10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181c6b69d.