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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Eric N GEBBIE
[mailto:eric.n.gebbie@state.or.us] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eskridge, Jennifer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Lessons of Public Health Department Accreditation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi
Jennifer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This
report might be helpful to the accreditation work group. The main
interesting findings start on page 3 of the Executive Summary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Eric<br>
<br>
>>> "Public Health Law Network"
<info@publichealthlawnetwork.org> 7/14/2011 7:44 AM >>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#00333B'>Lessons of Public Health Department Accreditation</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:
0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='color:black'>The
accreditation of public health departments is expected to strengthen the
nation's public health system. To discover how states are preparing for a
national voluntary accreditation program, the North Carolina Institute for
Public Health was awarded a grant from the Public Health Law Research Program
to produce <i>Legal Frameworks Supporting Public Health Department
Accreditation: Key Findings and Lessons Learned from Ten States</i>. Among
other lessons learned, the researchers found that developing successful state
accreditation programs includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.publichealthlawnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/Accreditation-Legal-Full-Report.pdf"
target="_blank">Report</a><span style='color:black'> and its </span><a
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