[LHDAccreditation] Fwd: Oregon has 3 more accredited health departments!

Tue Mar 21 14:21:20 PDT 2017

Congratulations to Center for the Human Development in Union County,
Jackson County Public Health and, Washington County Public Health on
becoming nationally accredited health departments! Oregon now has 8
accredited health departments!

*Kathleen Johnson*, *MPH*
Program Manager
Coalition of Local Health Officials
Phone: 630-740-0088
*kathleen at oregonclho.org <kathleen at oregonclho.org> *

Visit the CLHO website: www.oregonclho.org

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*Public Health Accreditation Board's Rigorous National Standards Now
Benefiting 178 Million U.S. Residents*

*Sixteen More Health Departments Demonstrate Capacity to Protect, Promote
Their Communities' Health*

Alexandria, VA, March 21, 2017 -- Demonstrating their commitment to
improving health and delivering quality public health services to their
communities, 16 more public health departments have been awarded national
accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board
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(PHAB). This week's decisions bring another 4.5 million people into the
expanding network of communities across the nation whose health departments
meet rigorous national standards for delivering quality programs and
services.

PHAB, the non-profit, non-governmental organization that administers the
national public health accreditation program, aims to improve and protect
the health of the public by advancing and ultimately transforming the
quality and performance of the nation's state, Tribal, local, and
territorial public health departments. Launched in 2011 with support from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, PHAB's accreditation program has become the national standard
for public health and is now bringing the benefits of national
accreditation to 178 million people, or 58 percent of the U.S. population.

National accreditation status was awarded March 14, 2017 to:

   - Bethlehem Health Bureau, Bethlehem, PA
   - Cecil County Health Department, Elkton, MD
   - Center for Human Development, Inc., La Grande, OR
   - City of Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services,
   Nashua, NH
   - Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT
   - Denver Environmental Health, Denver, CO
   - Hamilton County Public Health, Cincinnati, OH
   - Jackson County Public Health, Medford, OR
   - Jessamine County Health Department, Nicholasville, KY
   - Lake Cumberland District Health Department, Somerset, KY
   - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
   - North Dakota Department of Health, Bismarck, ND
   - San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA
   - Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department, Shawano, WI
   - Union County General Health District, Marysville, OH
   - Washington County Public Health Division, Hillsboro, OR

"PHAB welcomes these latest health departments and their communities to the
growing list of those who have put their work out for review against
national standards and have been successful," said PHAB President and CEO
Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN. "With this week's accreditation decisions,
many more U.S. residents are now served by accredited health departments.
What that means is that the people living and working in these communities
can be assured that their health department is strong and has the capacity
to protect and promote their health."

To receive national accreditation through PHAB, a health department must
undergo a rigorous, multi-faceted, peer-reviewed assessment process to
ensure it meets or exceeds a set of public health quality standards and
measures.

Commenting on the accreditation of the Connecticut Department of Public
Health (DPH), Commissioner Raul Pino, MD, MPH, expressed pride in the
department's staff and the professionalism and quality of the work they
carry out every day.

"Achieving national accreditation demonstrates DPH's capacity and
dedication to deliver quality services to protect and improve the health of
the people in Connecticut," Dr. Pino said. "By engaging in continuous
quality and performance improvement, DPH is well-positioned to proactively
respond to current and emerging public health challenges."

The Connecticut Department of Public Health is the 22nd state health
department to be awarded accreditation through PHAB. One Tribe, one
integrated local public health department system, and 155 local health
departments have also achieved the designation, including the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Health in Los Angeles, CA.

"We are pleased and excited to be recognized for achieving national
standards," said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Health. "Becoming accredited by PHAB also
requires an ongoing commitment to quality programs and services. We are the
most populous county in the nation, serving over 10 million people, and Los
Angeles County Public Health remains dedicated to its commitment and
mission to protect and promote the health of all of our residents."

Public health departments are on the front lines of improving and
protecting the health and well-being of people and communities. Across the
nation, health departments provide services aimed at promoting healthy
behaviors; preventing diseases and injuries; ensuring access to safe food,
water, clean air, and life-saving immunizations; and preparing for and
responding to public health emergencies.

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