Innovation Theory and Local Health Department Accreditation

Affiliations

¹ Dorothy Cilenti is clinical associate professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill, NC.

Editorial

Dorothy Cilenti. Am J Public Health. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;111(2):183-184.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306076.

¹ Dorothy Cilenti is clinical associate professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill, NC.

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Comment on

Application for Public Health Accreditation Among US Local Health Departments in 2013 to 2019: Impact of Service and Activity Mix.
Leider JP, Kronstadt J, Yeager VA, Hall K, Saari CK, Alford A, Freeman LT, Kuehnert P. Leider JP, et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Feb;111(2):301-308. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306007. Epub 2020 Dec 22. Am J Public Health. 2021. PMID: 33351657 Free PMC article.

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