211250 Relating the National Public Health Performance Standards and Environmental Public Health Performance Standards to the public health accreditation process

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 1:50 PM

Liza Corso, MPA , Ostlts/, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
  
The National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) has provided a framework and foundation for the development of the Environmental Public Health Performance Standards. The NPHPSP also has served as both a building block and as a preparatory tool for the newly emerging national accreditation program for state and local health departments. This presentation will provide background about the NPHPSP, accreditation, and the linkages and opportunities that exist with the Environmental Public Health Performance Standards.

Learning Objectives:
Explain how the National Public Health Performance Standards and the Environmental Public Health Performance Standards relate to public health accreditation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been working with the NPHPS for several years and coordinate many activities on a national level.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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