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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Woo Hoo, another one joins us. Muriel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:#1F497D">Muriel DeLaVergne-Brown, RN, MPH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:#1F497D">“</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:#1F497D">Help each other be right, not wrong.  Look for ways to make new ideas work,
 not for reasons they<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">Public Health Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">Crook County Health Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">375 NW Beaver St., Ste. 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">Prineville, Oregon 97754<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">Office: 541-416-1980<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D">Cell: 541-999-4018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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""> LHDAccreditation [mailto:lhdaccreditation-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Crozier, Pat<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 22, 2016 12:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kathleen Johnson; Accreditation Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LHDAccreditation] Fwd: PHAB's National Accreditation Program Now Bringing Benefits to 56 Percent of U.S. Population<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">This is wonderful news!!!!   Congratulations to them. Hope we can follow soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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""> LHDAccreditation [<a href="mailto:lhdaccreditation-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:lhdaccreditation-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathleen Johnson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 22, 2016 11:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Accreditation Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LHDAccreditation] Fwd: PHAB's National Accreditation Program Now Bringing Benefits to 56 Percent of U.S. Population<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to Yamhill County Public Health for becoming Oregon's sixth accredited health department!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kathleen Johnson</span></i>,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Coalition of Local Health Officials<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 630-740-0088<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="mailto:kathleen@oregonclho.org" target="_blank">kathleen@oregonclho.org</a> </i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Visit the CLHO website: </span><a href="http://www.oregonclho.org/" target="_blank">www.oregonclho.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b>PHAB E-News</b> <<a href="mailto:tnicolaus@phaboard.org">tnicolaus@phaboard.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#373737">Public Health Accreditation Board's National Accreditation Program Now Bringing Benefits to 56 Percent of U.S. Population</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#373737"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Public Health Accreditation Board</a> (PHAB) awarded national accreditation status to 11 local public health departments and one state health department. With the November accreditation decisions, another 3.3 million people can now be assured that the programs
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 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 just five years ago with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, PHAB's accreditation program has quickly grown to become the reliable national standard for public health, bringing the benefits of being served by a PHAB-accredited health department to more than 173 million people,
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 Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN. "As they have noted, just going through the process helps these health departments to focus on the areas that are vital to making their work better for their communities. We especially welcome the first West Virginia health department
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 accredited affirms that the public health programs, services, and coordination that the state provides are high quality and that we are meeting very high standards. In addition, we are using the feedback from accreditation to improve the programs and services
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 the department's accreditation, Director Sylvia Proud, MS, expressed pride in the health department and the organization's efforts to achieve accreditation, noting that it highlights the commitment and professionalism of the staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 may continue to advance the health of Pueblo County," she said. "The Pueblo City-County Health Department takes the health of our community seriously and we appreciate this validation of our continual efforts. We are honored to have gone through a process
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