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Attachment D: PHAB Standards: An Overview

Public Health Accreditation Board

STANDARDS:

AN OVERVIEW

VERSION 1.5

Adopted December 2013

Public Health Accreditation Board

STANDARDS: AN OVERVIEW
		

	 DOMAIN 1: 	
		

ASSESS	 		

								

Conduct and disseminate assessments focused on population health status and public health issues 		
facing the community

	 Standard 1.1: 	 Participate in or Lead a Collaborative Process Resulting in a Comprehensive Community Health Assessment
	 Standard 1.2: 	 Collect and Maintain Reliable, Comparable, and Valid Data that Provide Information on Conditions of Public 			
		
Health Importance and On the Health Status of the Population
	 Standard 1.3: 	 Analyze Public Health Data to Identify Trends in Health Problems, Environmental Public Health Hazards, and 			
		
Social and Economic Factors that Affect the Public’s Health
	 Standard 1.4: 	 Provide and Use the Results of Health Data Analysis to Develop Recommendations Regarding Public Health 			
		
Policy, Processes, Programs, or Interventions

		

	 DOMAIN 2: 	

INVESTIGATE

Investigate health problems and environmental public health hazards to protect the community

	 Standard 2.1: 	 Conduct Timely Investigations of Health Problems and Environmental Public Health Hazards
	 Standard 2.2: 	 Contain/Mitigate Health Problems and Environmental Public Health Hazards
	 Standard 2.3: 	 Ensure Access to Laboratory and Epidemiologic/Environmental Public Health Expertise and Capacity to 			
		
Investigate and Contain/Mitigate Public Health Problems and Environmental Public Health Hazards
	 Standard 2.4: 	 Maintain a Plan with Policies and Procedures for Urgent and Non-Urgent Communications

		

	DOMAIN 3: 	

INFORM & EDUCATE

Inform and educate about public health issues and functions

	 Standard 3.1: 	 Provide Health Education and Health Promotion Policies, Programs, Processes, and Interventions to Support 			
		
Prevention and Wellness
	 Standard 3.2: 	 Provide Information on Public Health Issues and Public Health Functions Through Multiple Methods to a Variety 		
		
of Audiences

			

	 DOMAIN 4: 	

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Engage with the community to identify and address health problems

	 Standard 4.1: 	 Engage with the Public Health System and the Community in Identifying and Addressing Health Problems through 		
		
Collaborative Processes
	 Standard 4.2: 	 Promote the Community’s Understanding of and Support for Policies and Strategies that will Improve the 	Public’s Health

		

	 DOMAIN 5: 	

POLICIES & PLANS

Develop public health policies and plans

	 Standard 5.1: 	 Serve as a Primary and Expert Resource for Establishing and Maintaining Public Health Policies, Practices, and Capacity
	 Standard 5.2: 	 Conduct a Comprehensive Planning Process Resulting in a Tribal/State/Community Health Improvement Plan
	 Standard 5.3: 	 Develop and Implement a Health Department 	Organizational Strategic Plan
	 Standard 5.4: 	 Maintain an All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan

		

	 DOMAIN 6: 	

PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS
Enforce public health laws

	 Standard 6.1: 	 Review Existing Laws and Work with Governing Entities and Elected/Appointed Officials to Update as Needed
	 Standard 6.2: 	 Educate Individuals and Organizations on the Meaning, Purpose, and Benefit of Public Health Laws and How to Comply
	 Standard 6.3: 	 Conduct and Monitor Public Health Enforcement Activities and Coordinate Notification of Violations among 			
		
Appropriate Agencies

VERSION 1.5

		

	 DOMAIN 7: 	

ACCESS TO CARE

Promote strategies to improve access to health care

	 Standard 7.1: 	 Assess Health Care Service Capacity and Access to Health Care Services
	 Standard 7.2: 	 Identify and Implement Strategies to Improve Access to Health Care Services

		

	 DOMAIN 8: 	

WORKFORCE			

Maintain a competent public health workforce

	 Standard 8.1: 	 Encourage the Development of a Sufficient Number of Qualified Public Health Workers
	 Standard 8.2: 	 Ensure a Competent Workforce through Assessment of Staff Competencies, the Provision of Individual Training and 	
		
Professional Development, and the Provision of a Supportive Work Environment

		

	 DOMAIN 9: 	

QUALITY IMPROVMENT

Evaluate and continuously improve processes, programs, and interventions

	 Standard 9.1: 	 Use a Performance Management System to Monitor Achievement of Organizational Objectives
	 Standard 9.2: 	 Develop and Implement Quality Improvement Processes Integrated Into Organizational Practice, Programs, 		
		
Processes, and Interventions

		

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES

DOMAIN 10: 	 Contribute to and apply the evidence base of public health
	 Standard 10.1: 	 Identify and Use the Best Available Evidence for Making Informed Public Health Practice Decisions
	 Standard 10.2: 	 Promote Understanding and Use of the Current Body of Research Results, Evaluations, and Evidence-Based 		
		
Practices with Appropriate Audiences

		

ADMINSTRATION & MANAGEMENT

	 DOMAIN 11: 	 Maintain administrative and management capacity
	 Standard 11.1: 	 Develop and Maintain an Operational Infrastructure to Support the Performance of Public Health Functions
	 Standard 11.2: 	 Establish Effective Financial Management Systems

		

GOVERNANCE

	 DOMAIN 12: 	 Maintain capacity to engage the public health governing entity
	 Standard 12.1: 	 Maintain Current Operational Definitions and Statements of the Public Health Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities
	 Standard 12.2: 	 Provide Information to the Governing Entity Regarding Public Health and the Official Responsibilities of the Health 	
		
Department and of the Governing Entity
	 Standard 12.3:	 Encourage the Governing Entity’s Engagement In the Public Health Department’s Overall Obligations			
		
and Responsibilities

The PHAB STANDARDS apply to all health departments—Tribal, state, local, and territorial. Standards are the
required level of achievement that a health department is expected to meet. Domains are groups of standards that
pertain to a broad group of public health services. The focus of the PHAB standards is “what” the health department
provides in services and activities, irrespective of “how” they are provided or through what organizational structure.
Please refer to the PHAB Standards and Measures Version 1.5 document, available at www.phaboard.org, for the
full official standards, measures, required documentation, and guidance.

VERSION 1.5

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This publication was supported through grant funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Cooperative
Agreement #1U900T000228-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the
responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or RWJF.

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