Creating a Taxonomy of Local Boards of Health Based on Local Health Departments' Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop a local board of health (LBoH) classification scheme and empirical definitions to provide a coherent framework for describing variation in the LBoHs.

Methods

This study is based on data from the 2015 Local Board of Health Survey, conducted among a nationally representative sample of local health department administrators, with 394 responses. The classification development consisted of the following steps: (1) theoretically guided initial domain development, (2) mapping of the survey variables to the proposed domains, (3) data reduction using principal component analysis and group consensus, and (4) scale development and testing for internal consistency.

Results

The final classification scheme included 60 items across 6 governance function domains

SUBMITTER: Shah GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5308160 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature