Guiding the way to public health improvement: Exploring the connections between the community guide's evidence-based interventions and health department accreditation standards

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-110

  Mercer, Shawna L ^a   Banks, Starr M ^a   Verma, Pooja ^c   Fisher, Jessica Solomon ^d   Corso, Liza C ^b   Carlson, Valeria ^b  

^a Epidemiology and Control of Salmonella and Other Foodborne Diseases   (United States)

^b Division of Public Health Performance Improvement   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Evidence based public health; Performance management; Public health accreditation; Public health improvement; Public health systems; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; AWARENESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84890467443     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182aa444c     Document Type: Article

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