TY - JOUR
T1 - The proof's in the partnerships
T2 - Are affordable care act and local health department accreditation practices influencing collaborative partnerships in community health assessment and improvement planning?
AU - Laymon, Barbara
AU - Shah, Gulzar
AU - Leep, Carolyn J.
AU - Elligers, Julia Joh
AU - Kumar, Vibha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2015/12/11
Y1 - 2015/12/11
N2 - The strengthened requirement for nonprofit hospitals to complete a community health needs assessment and implementation plan in the Affordable Care Act, concurrent with a new voluntary accreditation process for local health departments that requires collaborative community health assessments and community health improvement plans, have led to a resurgence of interest in assessment and improvement planning. This study provides baseline data that will help determine whether the Affordable Care Act and public health accreditation will result in more collaborative community assessment and community health improvement activity by describing trends in collaborative community health assessment and community health improvement plan activities. Data sources include the National Profile of Local Health Departments studies and a database of community health assessment, community health needs assessment, community health improvement plan, and other implementation planning reports from across the country. The study finds that collaborative community assessment activity is positively associated with population size, governance type, and local health department and coalition-led efforts.
AB - The strengthened requirement for nonprofit hospitals to complete a community health needs assessment and implementation plan in the Affordable Care Act, concurrent with a new voluntary accreditation process for local health departments that requires collaborative community health assessments and community health improvement plans, have led to a resurgence of interest in assessment and improvement planning. This study provides baseline data that will help determine whether the Affordable Care Act and public health accreditation will result in more collaborative community assessment and community health improvement activity by describing trends in collaborative community health assessment and community health improvement plan activities. Data sources include the National Profile of Local Health Departments studies and a database of community health assessment, community health needs assessment, community health improvement plan, and other implementation planning reports from across the country. The study finds that collaborative community assessment activity is positively associated with population size, governance type, and local health department and coalition-led efforts.
KW - Coalitions
KW - Community benefit
KW - Community health assessment
KW - Community health improvement planning
KW - Community health needs assessment
KW - Partnerships
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U2 - 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000087
DO - 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000087
M3 - Article
C2 - 25414951
AN - SCOPUS:84916619924
SN - 1078-4659
VL - 21
SP - 12
EP - 17
JO - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
JF - Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
IS - 1
ER -