Date Available
5-2-2025
Year of Publication
2025
Document Type
Graduate Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
College
Public Health
Department/School/Program
Public Health
Faculty
Richard C. Ingram, DrPH
Committee Member
Martha C. Riddell, DrPH, MPH
Faculty
Keith Knap,PhD, MHA, HSE, CNHA, FACHCA
Abstract
The Public Health Accreditation Board is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that manages a series of programs including the national public health accreditation program. Public health accreditation is awarded to health departments that achieve a set of nationally recognized goals and standards for departments to adopt. The state of Ohio initiated policy requiring that Local Health Departments to achieve accreditation by 2018. In result, Ohio has the largest number of accredited local health departments. This study looked at the local health departments in Ohio responses to the National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems to understand if services provided improved as Ohio Local Health Departments achieved accreditation readiness. This study found that local health departments did see an increase in services provided as health departments became accreditation ready or accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board. It is recommended that states establish similar policy established by the state of Ohio to improve public health systems within their own states.
Recommended Citation
Vazquez, Christine Lynn, "CHANGES IN LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS BEFORE AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OHIO’S PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD POLICY FOR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS." (2025). Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.). 478.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cph_etds/478
