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A Set Of Smart Practices For Public Health Department Accreditation By Public Health Accreditation Board, Veer Raghava Kumar Marthy
A Set Of Smart Practices For Public Health Department Accreditation By Public Health Accreditation Board, Veer Raghava Kumar Marthy
Master of Public Health Program Student Publications
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to determine smart practices that could be used by a public health department to have an efficient, productive and successful accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).
Methodology: Accreditation coordinators of eight accredited Ohio-based public health departments were interviewed in 2016. A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with funneling. Results were generated using a hybrid model of analysis that included a content analysis to make valid inferences from the interview data.
Results: The accreditation coordinators identified a series of smart practices. Six prominent themes that were identified and labeled as …