PMID- 24322704
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150413
LR  - 20131210
IS  - 1550-5022 (Electronic)
IS  - 1078-4659 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014 Jan-Feb
TI  - An examination of state laws and policies regarding public health agency 
      accreditation prerequisites.
PG  - 111-8
LID - 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182a505c9 [doi]
AB  - CONTEXT: The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) began accepting 
      applications for national voluntary accreditation in the fall of 2011. There are 
      3 prerequisites for accreditation: health assessments; health improvement plans; 
      and strategic plans. These prerequisites must be in place for a state or local 
      public health agency to apply for PHAB accreditation. Completion of the 
      prerequisites can become a barrier for agencies that are considering applying for 
      accreditation. OBJECTIVE: This project looked at all 50 states through a legal 
      lens to identify legal tools in the form of laws, rules, executive orders, 
      contracts, legislative resolutions, and other tools that are used to authorize or 
      require that a state or local health agency complete 1 or more of the 
      prerequisites. DESIGN: Using legal research platforms and a Boolean search 
      stream, an inquiry of legal tools in all 50 states was completed to determine 
      where legal tools are used to authorize or require the 3 PHAB prerequisites. Once 
      legal tools were found, interviews were conducted with key informants from each 
      state to understand the implementation and use of the legal tools found and 
      collect any additional legal tools that were not found from the legal search. 
      RESULTS: The results include key findings and, importantly, an inventory of laws 
      and legal tools that are being used around the country to require and support 
      completion of the prerequisites. Within all 50 states, 26 states have some type 
      of a mandate regarding 1 or more of the PHAB prerequisites. This includes 1 state 
      that includes a mandate for PHAB accreditation. CONCLUSIONS: States use a wide 
      variety of legal tools to implement the prerequisites for voluntary 
      accreditation. It is important to understand the interpretation, enforcement, and 
      support of the laws and legal tools to determine whether the tools have impact in 
      individual states.
FAU - Thielen, Lee
AU  - Thielen L
AD  - Thielen Consulting, Fort Collins, Colorado (Ms Thielen); University of Denver 
      Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado (Mr Dauer and Dr Burkhardt); and Colorado 
      Association of Local Public Health Officials, Denver (Mss Lampe and 
      VanRaemdonck).
FAU - Dauer, Edward
AU  - Dauer E
FAU - Burkhardt, Diane
AU  - Burkhardt D
FAU - Lampe, Sarah
AU  - Lampe S
FAU - VanRaemdonck, Lisa
AU  - VanRaemdonck L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Public Health Manag Pract
JT  - Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
JID - 9505213
MH  - Accreditation/economics/*legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Policy
MH  - Public Health Administration/*legislation & jurisprudence/*standards
MH  - Quality Improvement/legislation & jurisprudence/*organization & 
      administration/standards
MH  - State Government
EDAT- 2013/12/11 06:00
MHDA- 2015/04/14 06:00
CRDT- 2013/12/11 06:00
PHST- 2013/12/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/12/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/04/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 00124784-201401000-00031 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182a505c9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):111-8. doi: 
      10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182a505c9.