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Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

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Lessons learned from evaluations that indicate how health departments have changed as a result of preparing for and achieving accreditation


Monday, November 2, 2015 : 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Jessica Kronstadt, MPP, Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, VA
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Now that public health department accreditation has been available since September 2011, PHAB has learned a lot from accredited health departments about the impact of going through the process on  their health department operations. This session will provide a description of lessons learned from evaluations that indicate how health departments have changed as a result of preparing for and achieving accreditation.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership

Learning Objectives:
Identify lessons learned from accreditation evaluation that are informing the exploration of new accreditation related products and services. Discuss feedback from the public health field that will further inform accreditation development.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Director of Research and Evaluation for the Public Health Accreditation Board. In that position, I manage PHAB's overall internal and external evaluation plans, and the contract with NORC at the University of Chicago (PHAB's external evaluator). I will be discussing information from the last two years of evaluation data and analysis.
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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