The Ohio Local Public Health Accreditation project will support public health accreditation and the provision of public health services. Throughout the project period (July 2016 to June 2019), CPHP staff will be working with College of Public Health faculty and additional subject matter experts to answer the following research question:
- Identify factors that influence accreditation readiness, including local public health district size, geography, breadth of service provision, etc., and develop and study the processes that LHDs undergo to obtain accreditation.
The Primary Investigator is Dr. Andy Wapner with Dr. Pam Salsberry (research) serving as Co-Investigator. Meredith Cameron is the project lead and primary contact for the project.
The project has seven deliverables, listed below:
- Complete an assessment of local public health of public health accreditation readiness, training and technical assistance needs and public health service provision; provide participating LHDs with an individualize profile of this information to be used in the development of accreditation work plans, as well as a summary report to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).
- Develop and assist LHDs in completion of accreditation work plans.
- Provide recommendations for improvements to the Ohio Profile and Performance Database (OPPD).
- Provide up to five new no-cost trainings, and five new no-cost toolkits to participating LHDs to support completion of accreditation requirements and related to shared public health services agreements.
- Conduct a re-assessment of accreditation readiness and public health service provision.
- Provide no-cost technical assistance to LHDs to assist in additional accreditation, re-accreditation and shared service needs.
- Support a feasibility study for a Council of Governments in Northwest Ohio.
Additional information about these deliverables – specifically the assessment, work plans, and training and technical assistance – can be accessed by selecting the associated tabs above.
Please visit the FAQ page for answers to some commonly-asked questions. You can submit additional questions using the form provided.
Page updated 10/2016