Recommendations for evaluating accreditation guideline outcomes assessment methods for accredited environmental health programs in the United States.
This paper was written to provide guidance to the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) on obtaining recognition either from the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) or from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), with respect to outcomes assessment. The authors provide suggestions for expansion of existing EHAC accreditation criteria, including those related to outcomes assessment. Comparisons are made between EHAC and two other accrediting agencies currently recognized by USDE. The authors provide a detailed list of recommendations and a copy of EHAC's current outcomes assessment tool.
Arnold
Stephen D
SD
Department of Health Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003, USA. sarnold@nmsu.edu
Kozel
Charles T
CT
Velarde
Lily D
LD
D004782:Environmental Health / Q000592:standards*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States