Comparison of practice based research network based quality improvement technical assistance and evaluation to other ongoing quality improvement efforts for changes in agency culture

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Livingood, William C ^a   Peden, Angela H ^b   Shah, Gulzar H ^b   Marshall, Nandi A ^b   Gonzalez, Ketty M ^c   Toal, Russell B ^b   Alexander, Dayna S ^d   Wright, Alesha R ^b   Woodhouse, Lynn D ^a  

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

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c East Central Health District   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Local health department; Organizational culture; Practice based research network; Public health agency; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; GEORGIA; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938594674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0956-3     Document Type: Article

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