Quality improvement and accreditation are invaluable within the field of public health in both its development and advancement.  Until now, there has not been a national accreditation program to confirm that public health departments are providing and constantly advancing the quality of services delivered to their communities.  State, tribal, and local health departments throughout the country have been experiencing great enthusiasm for this new national accreditation program. 

 

Through TRAIN, you can utilize TRAIN's features to identify, access, take, and post training on both accreditation and quality improvement.  

 

The Public Health Improvement Resource Center contains more than 300 resources and tools for evaluating and building the public health capacity, including numerous resources to support health departments preparing for public health accreditation.  New and improved features, including an advanced search page where you can search by accreditation domain, were just introduced to make discovering resources quick and easy.  

 

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• Work with academic institutions through academic health department partnerships.
• Use the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to develop effective workforce development plans.
• Build workforce skills and competence by using TRAIN.