Term of Award
Fall 2019
Degree Name
Doctor of Public Health in Public Health Leadership (Dr.P.H.)
Document Type and Release Option
Dissertation (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
College of Public Health
Committee Chair
Gulzar Shah
Committee Member 1
Jeffery Jones
Committee Member 2
Ho Tung
Abstract
Promoting health and well-being requires a strong public health infrastructure. This study examined the association of engagement of local health departments (LHDs) in accreditation and its pre-requisites with health outcomes in LHD jurisdictions such as the prevalence of premature death and tobacco use in the counties they serve. Two data sets, The 2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments and 2018 Community Health Rankings were linked using deterministic linkage approach, based on county FIPS codes as a unique identifier. Descriptive and multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed using SPSS Version 25. The results showed that having recently completed a community health improvement plan, a strategic plan, PHAB accreditation engagement, governance structure, and jurisdiction size are all significantly associated with high levels of premature death and tobacco use outcomes.
Recommended Citation
Cofer, Kelora T., "Association of Health Departments’ Completion of A Community Health Assessment, Community Health Improvement Plan, and Strategic Plan With Better Population Health Outcomes" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2003.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/2003
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
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Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Health Services Administration Commons
