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Liza Corso - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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evaluating the impact of national public Health Department accreditation united states 2016
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2016Co-Authors: Jessica Kronstadt, Kaye Bender, Michael Meit, Alexa Siegfried, Teddi Nicolaus, Liza CorsoAbstract:In 2011, the nonprofit Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) launched the national, voluntary public Health accreditation program for state, tribal, local, and territorial public Health Departments. As of May 2016, 134 Health Departments have achieved 5-year accreditation through PHAB and 176 more have begun the formal process of pursuing accreditation. In addition, Florida, a centralized state in which the employees of all 67 local Health Departments are employees of the state, achieved accreditation for the entire integrated local public Health Department system in the state. PHAB-accredited Health Departments range in size from a small Indiana Health Department that serves approximately 17,000 persons to the much larger California Department of Public Health, which serves approximately 38 million persons. Collectively, approximately half the U.S. population, or nearly 167 million persons, is covered by an accredited Health Department. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia now have at least one nationally accredited Health Department. In a survey conducted through a contract with a social science research organization during 2013-2016, >90% of Health Departments that had been accredited for 1 year reported that accreditation has stimulated quality improvement and performance improvement opportunities, increased accountability and transparency, and improved management processes.
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public Health Department accreditation setting the research agenda
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2012Co-Authors: William Riley, Elizabeth Lownik, Douglas F Scutchfield, Glen P Mays, Liza Corso, Les BeitschAbstract:Health Department accreditation is one of the most important initiatives in the field of public Health today. The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is establishing a voluntary accreditation system for more than 3000 state, tribal, territorial, and local Health Departments using domains, standards, and measures with which to evaluate public Health Department performance. In addition, public Health Department accreditation has a focus on continuous quality improvement to enhance capacity and performance of Health Departments in order to advance the Health of the population. In the accreditation effort, a practice-based research agenda is essential to build the scientific base and advance public Health Department accreditation as well as Health Department effectiveness. This paper provides an overview of public Health accreditation and identifies the research questions raised by this accreditation initiative, including how the research agenda will contribute to better understanding of processes underlying the delivery of services by public Health Departments and how voluntary accreditation may help improve performance of public Health Departments.
Paul Campbell Erwin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the academic Health Department the process of maturation
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2014Co-Authors: Paul Campbell Erwin, William C KeckAbstract:The Academic Health Department (AHD) involves an arrangement between a governmental Health agency and an academic institution, which provides mutual benefits in teaching, service, research, and practice. From its initial development in the mid-1980s as the public Health equivalent of the relationship between a teaching hospital and a medical school, the AHD concept has evolved to include multiple levels of governmental public Health agencies (local, state, and federal) as well as multiple academic institutions (public Health, medicine, and primary care medical residencies). Throughout the decade of the 2000s, multiple influences have impacted both the quality and quantity of AHDs, leading to an expansion of AHDs through the Council on Linkages' AHD Learning Community. The value of the AHD--as described from prior studies as well as the AHD case examples in this current special issue--is evident in its impact on the quality of educational experiences and workforce development, agency and academic accreditation, practice-based research, and the potential to influence Health reform.
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local Health Department and academic institution linkages for community Health assessment and improvement processes a national overview and local case study
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2014Co-Authors: Reena Chudgar, Lauren Shirey, Miriam Sznycertaub, Robin Read, Rebecca L Pearson, Paul Campbell ErwinAbstract:Community Health improvement processes that yield community Health assessments (CHAs) and community Health improvement plans (CHIPs) provide data and a process to determine key community priorities and take action and are ideally collaborative endeavors. Nationally, increased focus on CHAs and CHIPs highlights the role that Academic Health Departments or other local Health Department (LHD)-academic linkages can play in completing CHAs and CHIPs. Drawn from the experiences of 5 LHD-academic partnerships that participated in a national demonstration and a detailed account of the experience of one, this article presents how such linkages can support CHA and CHIP work, ways to anticipate and overcome challenges, and the tangible benefits that may be realized for both the LHD and the academic partner. Community Health improvement processes are ripe opportunities for LHD-academic linkages and can be fruitful and mutually beneficial partnerships to be used in completing CHAs and CHIPs to measurably improve the public's Health.
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understanding administrative evidence based practices findings from a survey of local Health Department leaders
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2014Co-Authors: Ross C Brownson, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, Peg Allen, Kathleen Duggan, Robert Fields, Katherine A Stamatakis, Paul Campbell ErwinAbstract:Background There are sparse data showing the extent to which evidence-based public Health is occurring among local Health Departments. Purpose The purpose of the study was to describe the patterns and predictors of administrative evidence-based practices (structures and activities that are associated with performance measures) in a representative sample of local Health Departments in the U.S. Methods A cross-sectional study of 517 local Health Department directors was conducted from October through December 2012 (analysis in January–March 2013). The questions on administrative evidence-based practices included 19 items based on a recent literature review (five broad domains: workforce development, leadership, organizational climate and culture, relationships and partnerships, financial processes). Results There was a wide range in performance among the 19 individual administrative evidence-based practices, ranging from 35% for providing access to current information on evidence-based practices to 96% for funding via a variety of sources Among the five domains, values were generally lowest for organizational climate and culture (mean for the domain=49.9%) and highest for relationships and partnerships (mean for the domain=77.1%). Variables associated with attaining the highest tertile of administrative evidence-based practices included having a population jurisdiction of 25,000 or larger (adjusted ORs [aORs] ranging from 4.4 to 7.5) and state governance structure (aOR=3.1). Conclusions This research on the patterns and predictors of administrative evidence-based practices in Health Departments provides information on gaps and areas for improvement that can be linked with ongoing quality improvement processes.
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the association of changes in local Health Department resources with changes in state level Health outcomes
American Journal of Public Health, 2011Co-Authors: Paul Campbell Erwin, Glen P Mays, Sandra B Greene, Thomas C Ricketts, Maryland V DavisAbstract:We explored the association between changes in local Health Department (LHD) resource levels with changes in Health outcomes via a retrospective cohort study.We measured changes in expenditures and staffing reported by LHDs on the 1997 and 2005 National Association of County and City Health Officials surveys and assessed changes in state-level Health outcomes with the America's Health Rankings reports for those years. We used pairwise correlation and multivariate regression to analyze the association of changes in LHD resources with changes in Health outcomes.Increases in LHD expenditures were significantly associated with decreases in infectious disease morbidity at the state level (P = .037), and increases in staffing were significantly associated with decreases in cardiovascular disease mortality (P = .014), controlling for other factors.
Elizabeth Lownik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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public Health Department accreditation setting the research agenda
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2012Co-Authors: William Riley, Elizabeth Lownik, Douglas F Scutchfield, Glen P Mays, Liza Corso, Les BeitschAbstract:Health Department accreditation is one of the most important initiatives in the field of public Health today. The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is establishing a voluntary accreditation system for more than 3000 state, tribal, territorial, and local Health Departments using domains, standards, and measures with which to evaluate public Health Department performance. In addition, public Health Department accreditation has a focus on continuous quality improvement to enhance capacity and performance of Health Departments in order to advance the Health of the population. In the accreditation effort, a practice-based research agenda is essential to build the scientific base and advance public Health Department accreditation as well as Health Department effectiveness. This paper provides an overview of public Health accreditation and identifies the research questions raised by this accreditation initiative, including how the research agenda will contribute to better understanding of processes underlying the delivery of services by public Health Departments and how voluntary accreditation may help improve performance of public Health Departments.
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public Health Department accreditation implementation transforming public Health Department performance
American Journal of Public Health, 2012Co-Authors: William Riley, Kaye Bender, Elizabeth LownikAbstract:In response to a call for improved quality and consistency in public Health Departments, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is leading a voluntary public Health accreditation initiative in the United States.The public Health Department accreditation system will implement a comprehensive set of standards that set uniform performance expectations for Health Departments to provide the services necessary to keep communities Healthy. Continuous quality improvement is a major component of PHAB accreditation, demonstrating a commitment to empower and encourage public Health Departments to continuously improve their performance.The accreditation process was tested in 30 Health Departments around the country in 2009 and 2010, and was launched on a national level in September 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
William Riley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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public Health Department accreditation setting the research agenda
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2012Co-Authors: William Riley, Elizabeth Lownik, Douglas F Scutchfield, Glen P Mays, Liza Corso, Les BeitschAbstract:Health Department accreditation is one of the most important initiatives in the field of public Health today. The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is establishing a voluntary accreditation system for more than 3000 state, tribal, territorial, and local Health Departments using domains, standards, and measures with which to evaluate public Health Department performance. In addition, public Health Department accreditation has a focus on continuous quality improvement to enhance capacity and performance of Health Departments in order to advance the Health of the population. In the accreditation effort, a practice-based research agenda is essential to build the scientific base and advance public Health Department accreditation as well as Health Department effectiveness. This paper provides an overview of public Health accreditation and identifies the research questions raised by this accreditation initiative, including how the research agenda will contribute to better understanding of processes underlying the delivery of services by public Health Departments and how voluntary accreditation may help improve performance of public Health Departments.
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public Health Department accreditation implementation transforming public Health Department performance
American Journal of Public Health, 2012Co-Authors: William Riley, Kaye Bender, Elizabeth LownikAbstract:In response to a call for improved quality and consistency in public Health Departments, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is leading a voluntary public Health accreditation initiative in the United States.The public Health Department accreditation system will implement a comprehensive set of standards that set uniform performance expectations for Health Departments to provide the services necessary to keep communities Healthy. Continuous quality improvement is a major component of PHAB accreditation, demonstrating a commitment to empower and encourage public Health Departments to continuously improve their performance.The accreditation process was tested in 30 Health Departments around the country in 2009 and 2010, and was launched on a national level in September 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
Kaye Bender - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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evaluating the impact of national public Health Department accreditation united states 2016
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2016Co-Authors: Jessica Kronstadt, Kaye Bender, Michael Meit, Alexa Siegfried, Teddi Nicolaus, Liza CorsoAbstract:In 2011, the nonprofit Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) launched the national, voluntary public Health accreditation program for state, tribal, local, and territorial public Health Departments. As of May 2016, 134 Health Departments have achieved 5-year accreditation through PHAB and 176 more have begun the formal process of pursuing accreditation. In addition, Florida, a centralized state in which the employees of all 67 local Health Departments are employees of the state, achieved accreditation for the entire integrated local public Health Department system in the state. PHAB-accredited Health Departments range in size from a small Indiana Health Department that serves approximately 17,000 persons to the much larger California Department of Public Health, which serves approximately 38 million persons. Collectively, approximately half the U.S. population, or nearly 167 million persons, is covered by an accredited Health Department. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia now have at least one nationally accredited Health Department. In a survey conducted through a contract with a social science research organization during 2013-2016, >90% of Health Departments that had been accredited for 1 year reported that accreditation has stimulated quality improvement and performance improvement opportunities, increased accountability and transparency, and improved management processes.
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public Health Department accreditation implementation transforming public Health Department performance
American Journal of Public Health, 2012Co-Authors: William Riley, Kaye Bender, Elizabeth LownikAbstract:In response to a call for improved quality and consistency in public Health Departments, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is leading a voluntary public Health accreditation initiative in the United States.The public Health Department accreditation system will implement a comprehensive set of standards that set uniform performance expectations for Health Departments to provide the services necessary to keep communities Healthy. Continuous quality improvement is a major component of PHAB accreditation, demonstrating a commitment to empower and encourage public Health Departments to continuously improve their performance.The accreditation process was tested in 30 Health Departments around the country in 2009 and 2010, and was launched on a national level in September 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
