Research: Accreditation
Project Title
Effects of accreditation on local public health preparedness
Principal Investigators
- Mary Davis, DrPH, MSPH, NC Institute for Public Health, Evaluation Services
- Anna Schenck, PhD, MSPH, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
Research Question
Are accredited health departments better prepared?
Goals
To examine the effects of accreditation on a community's preparedness and response capabilities and to identify ways of improving the design and implementation of accreditation programs so as to strengthen community preparedness and resilience.
Aims
- Determine the extent and nature of differences in preparedness between accredited and non-accredited public health agencies.
- Determine how the preparedness capabilities change in response to public health agencies' efforts to achieve and maintain accreditation.
- Determine the extent to which performance standards and measures used by the North Carolina accreditation program are able to detect meaningful differences in the preparedness and response capacities of local public health systems.
- Identify the structural and organizational attributes of local public health systems that are associated with improved preparedness capabilities and accreditation outcomes.
- Identify and test strategies for enhancing the impact of accreditation programs on the preparedness capabilities of local public health systems.
Publications, Presentations & Research Briefs
- NCPERRC bibliographies
- Research Brief:
H1N1 After Action Review - Research Brief:
Local Public Health Department Accreditation Associated with Preparedness Response - Research Brief:
Preparedness Capacity Assessment Survey: Comparing Preparedness in 2010 and 2011 (Available in late February 2012) - Research Brief:
Building Capacity to Ensure Capability: Alignment of the Preparedness Capacity Assessment Survey to Measure Preparedness Capabilities (Available in late February 2012)
Additional information
Local Health Department Preparedness Capacities Instrument (PDF)