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Strengthening The Evidence Base For Accreditation: Progress In Phssr And Pbrns, Glen P. Mays Sep 2013

Strengthening The Evidence Base For Accreditation: Progress In Phssr And Pbrns, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

With the launch of a voluntary national accreditation program for public health agencies, the field requires an expanding evidence base concerning which public health strategies work best, for which populations, and under what circumstances. The field of public health services and systems research (PHSSR) and practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are producing applied studies that can inform the future development and implementation of accreditation standards, and evaluate the impact of accreditation on the field of practice.


Vital Statistics: The State Of The Public Health Pbrn Program, Glen P. Mays Apr 2013

Vital Statistics: The State Of The Public Health Pbrn Program, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health PBRN Program has continued to expand during the 2013 program year with new networks, new research projects, and expanded translation and dissemination initiatives. The program plays an increasingly powerful role in helping to transform the U.S. public health enterprise into a rapid-learning system for health improvement.