Local health departments' performance of community health assessment, community improvement planning, and strategic planning: Do these activities predict plans for seeking accreditation?

Gulzar Shah, PhD, MStat, MS1, Carolyn J. Leep, MS, MPH2 and Kate E. Beatty, PHD, MPH3
(1)Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, (2)National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC, (3)Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO