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The Trajectory of Practice: Why Your Health Department’s Best Intelligence Is Probably Sleeping in a File Cabinet

Walk into almost any local or state health department at 2:00 PM on a Tuesday, and you will witness an

Resolving the Disarray: How Constitutional Federalism and Reactive History Created Public Health Inequity—and How National Accreditation Resolves It

Target Journal: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice / American Journal of Public Health Category: Policy Analysis, Health Systems

Beyond Trial by Fire: Why Public Health Accreditation Coordinators Need Structured Training

When a health department decides to pursue national accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), leadership makes a bold