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  • Title: Final recommendations for a voluntary national accreditation program for state and local health departments: steering committee report.
    Author: Bender K, Benjamin G, Carden J, Fallon M, Gorenflo G, Hardy GE, Jarris PE, Libbey PM, Nolan PA.
    Journal: J Public Health Manag Pract; 2007; 13(4):342-8. PubMed ID: 17563621.
    Abstract:
    A recently released report of the Exploring Accreditation Project affirmatively answered the questions regarding the desirability and feasibility of establishing a national voluntary public health accreditation program. The report's recommendations were made after 10 months of inquiry from public health experts, elected officials, the general public health workforce, academicians, and other interested parties, more than 650 public health professionals in all. Recommendations regarding how such a program might be implemented insofar as its governance, principles for standards development, financing and incentives, and evaluation were included. The report provides a blueprint for establishing a national voluntary public health accreditation program. This article describes key aspects of the Steering Committee recommendations, with limited linkage to implementation strategies where relevant, in the four areas in which the project was designed. Details are provided in the final reports of the Steering Committee (www.exploringaccreditation.org) and in other articles in this issue.
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