Factors affecting the progress of community health assessment and improvement activities in Kansas

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages E1-E9

  Wetta, Ruth E ^a   Dong, Frank ^a   LaClair, Barbara ^b   Pezzino, Gianfranco ^b   Orr, Shirley A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Kansas Health Institute   (United States)

^c SOCO Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community health assessment; Community health improvement planning; Public health accreditation; Workforce development

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KANSAS; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; KANSAS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84942988746     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000086     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Public Health Accreditation Board. The PHAB Standards and Measures, Version 1.5. Alexandria, VA: Public Health Accreditation Board. http://www.phaboard.org/wp-content/uploads/SM-Version-1.5-Board-adopted-FINAL-01-24-2014.docx.pdf. Published 2013. Accessed February 20, 2014.
2. National Association of County & City Health Officials. CHAs and CHIPs for Accreditation Preparation Demonstration Project advisors and partners. Recommendations on characteristics for high-quality community health assessments and community health improvement. http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/CHAIP/chachip-online-resource-center.cfm. Published 2013. Accessed July 1, 2013.
3. Novick LF, Mays GP. Assessment and strategic planning in public health. In: Novick LF, Morrow CB, Mays GP, eds. Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett; 2008:411-442.
4. Richards TB, Rogers JJ, Christenson GM, Miller CA, Gate-wood DD, Taylor MS. Assessing public health practice: application of ten core function measures of community health in six states. Am J Prev Med. 1995;11(6)(suppl):36-40.
5. Kanarek N, Stanley J, Bialek R. Local public health agency performance and community health status. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2006;12(6):522-527.
6. Kanarek N, Tsai HL, Stanley J. Health ranking of the largest US counties using the Community Health Status Indicators peer strata and database. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011;17(5):401-405.
7. Meit M, Harris K, Bushar J, Piya B, Molfino M. Rural Public Health Agency Accreditation Final Report. Bethesda, MD: National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago; 2008:1-59. NORC Publication No. 6511.01.62. http://www.norc.org/PDFs/publications/NNPHI Accreditation FinalReport 528.pdf. Accessed July 24, 2013.
8. Curtis DC. Evaluation of community health assessment in Kansas. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2002;8(4):20-25.
9. Abarca C, Grigg CM, Steele JA, Osgood L, Keating H. Building and measuring infrastructure and capacity for community health assessment and health improvement planning in Florida. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009;15(1): 54-58.
10. Byrne C, Crucetti JB, Medvesky MG, Miller MD, Pirani SJ, Irani PR. The process to develop a meaningful community health assessment in New York State. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2002;8(4):45-53.
11. Kansas University Institute for Policy and Social Research. The 47th Edition Kansas Statistical Abstract. http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah. Published September 2012. Accessed October 27, 2013.
12. Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics, Kansas Departmentof Health and Environment. Peer County Groups and Kansas Public Health Preparedness Regions, Kansas Regional Groupings and Maps. http://kic.kdhe. state.ks.us/kic/OHA/ksmap.html#prep. Published 2013. Accessed December 9, 2013.
13. Friedman DJ, Parrish RG. Is community health assessment worthwhile? J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009;15(1):3-9.
14. Hales D. An Introduction to Triangulation. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2010.
15. Berg BL. Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Vol 5. Boston, MA: Pearson; 2004.
16. Bandura A. Self-efficacy: The Exercise of Control. New York, NY: WH Freeman; 1997:89-90.
17. Wetta RE, Pezzino G, LaClair B, Orr S, Brown MB. Voices across Kansas: community health assessment and improvement efforts among local health departments. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014;20(1):39-42.
18. Spice C, Snyder K. Reviewing self-reported impacts of community health assessment in local health jurisdictions. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009;15(1):18-23.
19. Solet D, Ciske S, Gaonkar R, et al. Effective community health assessments in King County, Washington. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009;15(1):33-40.
20. Kolb AY, Kolb DA. Learning styles and learning spaces: enhancing experiential learning in higher education. Acad Manag Learn Educ. 2005;4(2):193-212.