Designing Effective Healthcare Quality Improvement Training Programs
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nursing leaders reported gains in quality improvement knowledge and the use of quality improvement tools after attending training programs.
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Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Global health challenges are increasingly more prominent as city populations continue to grow, making community health a priority.
For the Public's Health Role of Measurement
December 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Institute of Medicine releases first of three RWJF-commissioned reports on public health.
A Two-Pronged Quality Improvement Training Program for Leaders and Frontline Staff
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An in-house education program improved senior staff knowledge of quality improvement and engaged frontline staff in quality improvement projects.
What Gets Measured, Gets Changed
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
In recent years the public health community has increasingly demonstrated and recognized the roles that public health laws and policies play in effectuating long-lasting and broad-based population-wide changes.
Measuring Law for Evaluation Research
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article is a practical how-to guide in applying the scientific method to measure the law for quantitative research.
Prevention for a Healthier America
July 1, 2008 | Report
This report from Trust for America's Health presents findings that a small strategic investment in disease prevention, proven community-based programs, could result in significant savings in U.S. health care costs.
Quality Improvement in Public Health
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This special issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, is dedicated to the current and future states of quality improvement in public health, examining the current research from the field, as well as our expectations for the future.
Defining Quality Improvement in Public Health
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article discusses a definition of quality improvement in public health and describes a continuum of quality improvement applications for public health departments.
Opportunities to Advance Quality Improvement in Public Health
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Quality improvement, along with voluntary accreditation, is critical to improving the performance of state and local public health agencies.