Total quality management in the delivery of public health services: A Focus on North Carolina WIC Programs

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 72-81

  Green, Claudia G ^a   Harrison, Marian ^a   Henderson, Kamali ^a   Lenihan, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Nutrition Services Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Customers; Employees; Public health; Quality; Wic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; JOB SATISFACTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JOB SATISFACTION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032163896     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199809000-00011     Document Type: Article

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