PMID- 27513206
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170111
LR  - 20170112
IS  - 1545-861X (Electronic)
IS  - 0149-2195 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 31
DP  - 2016 Aug 12
TI  - Evaluating the Impact of National Public Health Department Accreditation - United 
      States, 2016.
PG  - 803-6
LID - 10.15585/mmwr.mm6531a3 [doi]
AB  - In 2011, the nonprofit Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) launched the 
      national, voluntary public health accreditation program for state, tribal, local, 
      and territorial public health departments. As of May 2016, 134 health departments 
      have achieved 5-year accreditation through PHAB and 176 more have begun the 
      formal process of pursuing accreditation. In addition, Florida, a centralized 
      state in which the employees of all 67 local health departments are employees of 
      the state, achieved accreditation for the entire integrated local public health 
      department system in the state. PHAB-accredited health departments range in size 
      from a small Indiana health department that serves approximately 17,000 persons 
      to the much larger California Department of Public Health, which serves 
      approximately 38 million persons. Collectively, approximately half the U.S. 
      population, or nearly 167 million persons, is covered by an accredited health 
      department. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia now have at least one 
      nationally accredited health department. In a survey conducted through a contract 
      with a social science research organization during 2013-2016, >90% of health 
      departments that had been accredited for 1 year reported that accreditation has 
      stimulated quality improvement and performance improvement opportunities, 
      increased accountability and transparency, and improved management processes.
FAU - Kronstadt, Jessica
AU  - Kronstadt J
FAU - Meit, Michael
AU  - Meit M
FAU - Siegfried, Alexa
AU  - Siegfried A
FAU - Nicolaus, Teddi
AU  - Nicolaus T
FAU - Bender, Kaye
AU  - Bender K
FAU - Corso, Liza
AU  - Corso L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160812
PL  - United States
TA  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
JT  - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
JID - 7802429
SB  - IM
MH  - *Accreditation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Public Health Administration/*standards
MH  - Public Health Practice/standards
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2016/08/12 06:00
MHDA- 2017/01/12 06:00
CRDT- 2016/08/12 06:00
PHST- 2016/08/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/08/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/01/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.15585/mmwr.mm6531a3 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 Aug 12;65(31):803-6. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6531a3.