PMID- 25439256
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150720
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1873-2607 (Electronic)
IS  - 0749-3797 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 5 Suppl 3
DP  - 2014 Nov
TI  - Public health accreditation addresses issues facing the public health workforce.
PG  - S346-51
LID - S0749-3797(14)00387-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.020 [doi]
AB  - As the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) launched the nation's only 
      accreditation program for state, local, tribal, and territorial health 
      departments in September 2011, attention to the issues facing the public health 
      workforce in these health departments was included. PHAB developed several 
      measures in the accreditation standards and measures related to public health 
      workforce development. The accreditation process calls upon health departments to 
      focus more intentionally on their current workforce, while also supporting the 
      development of future public health workers. Working with a group of public 
      health workforce thought leaders, PHAB developed a long-range plan for the 
      expectation of accredited health departments in workforce development. Beginning 
      with the development of intentional standardization in workforce development and 
      moving into future challenges and issues, PHAB uses its platform of quality 
      improvement to bring emphasis on the current and future public health workforce. 
      This article describes the development of the workforce components of public 
      health department accreditation as well as future plans to ensure that the 
      momentum continues. Using data from the accredited health departments at the time 
      of article submission, PHAB also describes some of the approaches that 
      governmental public health departments that have completed the accreditation 
      process are using to develop their own workforce and support the development of 
      the future public health workforce. Challenges faced by health departments in 
      these areas are also described.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014. Published by Elsevier Inc.
FAU - Bender, Kaye W
AU  - Bender KW
AD  - Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, Virginia. Electronic address: 
      kbender@phaboard.org.
FAU - Kronstadt, Jessica L
AU  - Kronstadt JL
AD  - Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, Virginia.
FAU - Wilcox, Robin
AU  - Wilcox R
AD  - Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, Virginia.
FAU - Tilson, Hugh H
AU  - Tilson HH
AD  - Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, Virginia.
LA  - eng
GR  - 5U38HM000415-05/HM/NCHM CDC HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
DEP - 20141016
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Am J Prev Med
JT  - American journal of preventive medicine
JID - 8704773
SB  - IM
MH  - *Accreditation
MH  - Career Choice
MH  - Consensus
MH  - Education, Public Health Professional
MH  - Governing Board
MH  - Humans
MH  - Professional Competence
MH  - Public Health Administration/*standards
MH  - Public Health Practice/*standards
MH  - Quality Improvement
MH  - United States
MH  - Workforce
EDAT- 2014/12/03 06:00
MHDA- 2015/07/21 06:00
CRDT- 2014/12/03 06:00
PHST- 2014/02/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/07/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/07/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/12/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/07/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0749-3797(14)00387-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.020 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Prev Med. 2014 Nov;47(5 Suppl 3):S346-51. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.020. 
      Epub 2014 Oct 16.