Recommendations from testing of the national public health performance standards instruments

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 188-198

  Beaulieu, Joyce E ^a   Scutchfield, F Douglas ^a   Kelly, Ann V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential public health services (EPHS); National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP); Performance; Public health; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038010786     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200305000-00003     Document Type: Article

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