Driving a public health culture of quality: How far down the highway have local health departments traveled?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 569-574

  Beitsch, Leslie M ^a   Rider, Nikki Lawhorn ^b   Joly, Brenda M ^c   Leep, Carolyn ^d   Polyak, Georgeen ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Network of Public Health Institutes   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^e BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; health departments; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885179610     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31828e25cf     Document Type: Article

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