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Research Materials

 

Highest priority readings are indicated by bold font.

 

Core Readings

 

·        Benjamin, Georges et. al.  Final Recommendations for a Voluntary National Accreditation Program for State and Local Public Health Departments Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant, 2006. (Exploring Accreditation full report)

 

·        Beitsch LM, et. al. The Multistate Learning Collaborative, States as Laboratories: Informing the National Public Health Accreditation Dialogue, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. 12(3):217-231, May/June 2006. (Need Password)

 

·        National Association of County and City Health Officials. Operational Definition of a functional local health department. November 2005.  

 

·        Center for Disease Control. National Public Health Performance Standards Program. 

 

·        Zaza, Stephanie. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services, The Guide to Community Preventive Services: What Works to Promote Health.

Editors: Stephanie Zaza, Peter A. Briss, Kate W. Harris

ISBN: 0195151097

View the introduction

 

Related Readings

 

·        Mays, Glen P. Exploring Public Health Experience with Standards and Accreditation: Is It Time to Stop Talking about How Every Public Health Department Is Unique?  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2004.

 

·        Mays, Glen P. Can Accreditation Work in Public Health? Lessons from Other Service Industries. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,  November 30, 2004.

 

·        Turnock, Bernard J. and Arden S. Handler.  From Measuring to Improving Public Health Practice,  Annual Reviews, Public Health. 1997. 18:261?82.  

  

·        Beitsch, Leslie M. et al. Public Health at Center Stage: New Roles, Old Props. Health Affairs 25, no. 4 (2006): 911?922.  

  

·        Handler, Arden, Michele Issel, and Bernard Turnock. Conceptual Framework to Measure Performance of the Public Health System.  Vol 91, No. 8 (August 2001):  1235- 1239.   

 

·        Public Health Informatics Institute. Taking Care of Business: a Collaboration to Define Local Health Department Business Processes. Decatur, GA (2006).  

 

 

 

State Initiatives

 

 

·        States Gathering Momentum: Promising Strategies for Accreditation and Assessment Activities in MLC Applicant States  

 

·        Assessing the Performance of Local Public Health Systems: a Survey of State Health Agency Efforts---Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 1998

 

 

 

·        Capacity-Building Influences on Illinois Local Health Departments?Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 1995

 

·        Michigan local public health accreditation program web site

 

·        Washington Communication Tools

 

·        Profiles in Courage: Evolution of Florida?s Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement Systems

from the Wright State Library

 

 

 
 

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