title: Accreditation/Performance assessment on-site reviews in Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Washington: implications for States and an evolving national model.
abstract: In 1988, the Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health identified the core functions of assessment, policy development, and assurance as key roles of the public health governmental sector. Some states have developed accreditation or performance assessment programs to measure how state and/or local government carry out these functions. Several of these programs share a common "on-site review" component defined as a site-specific visit to assess, observe, interview, review, evaluate, and/or survey a local/state agency or program regarding its ability to meet a set of public health standards. This article describes the experience of four states-Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Washington-in developing and conducting on-site reviews for accreditation or performance assessment.
authors.affiliation: Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, USA. butlerj@michigan.gov
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tews
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Raevsky
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canavese
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wojciehowski
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michalak
authors.forename: Monecia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brewster
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010380:Peer Review; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health / Q000592:standards*; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States