PMID- 22341163
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120611
LR  - 20120220
IS  - 1873-2607 (Electronic)
IS  - 0749-3797 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Mar
TI  - Public health department accreditation: setting the research agenda.
PG  - 263-71
LID - 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.021 [doi]
AB  - Health department accreditation is one of the most important initiatives in the 
      field of public health today. The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is 
      establishing a voluntary accreditation system for more than 3000 state, tribal, 
      territorial, and local health departments using domains, standards, and measures 
      with which to evaluate public health department performance. In addition, public 
      health department accreditation has a focus on continuous quality improvement to 
      enhance capacity and performance of health departments in order to advance the 
      health of the population. In the accreditation effort, a practice-based research 
      agenda is essential to build the scientific base and advance public health 
      department accreditation as well as health department effectiveness. This paper 
      provides an overview of public health accreditation and identifies the research 
      questions raised by this accreditation initiative, including how the research 
      agenda will contribute to better understanding of processes underlying the 
      delivery of services by public health departments and how voluntary accreditation 
      may help improve performance of public health departments.
CI  - Copyright A(c) 2012 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. All rights reserved.
FAU - Riley, William J
AU  - Riley WJ
AD  - Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 
      Minnesota, USA. riley001@umn.edu
FAU - Lownik, Elizabeth M
AU  - Lownik EM
FAU - Scutchfield, F Douglas
AU  - Scutchfield FD
FAU - Mays, Glen P
AU  - Mays GP
FAU - Corso, Liza C
AU  - Corso LC
FAU - Beitsch, Les M
AU  - Beitsch LM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Am J Prev Med
JT  - American journal of preventive medicine
JID - 8704773
SB  - IM
MH  - Accreditation/*organization & administration
MH  - Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration/standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - Public Health Administration/methods
MH  - Public Health Practice/*standards
MH  - *Quality Assurance, Health Care
MH  - Research/organization & administration
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2012/02/22 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/12 06:00
CRDT- 2012/02/21 06:00
PHST- 2011/06/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/09/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/10/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/02/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/02/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0749-3797(11)00911-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.021 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Prev Med. 2012 Mar;42(3):263-71. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.021.