Local Boards of Health Characteristics Influencing Support for Health Department Accreditation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Local boards of health (LBoHs) serve as the governance body for 71% of local health departments (LHDs).

Purpose

To assess the impact of LBoH governance functions and other characteristics on the level of LBoH support of LHD accreditation.

Methods

Data from 394 LHDs that participated in the 2015 Local Boards of Health Survey were used for computing summative scores for LBoHs for domains of taxonomy and performing logistic regression analyses in 2016.

Results

Increased odds of an LBoH directing, encouraging, or supporting LHD accreditation activities were significantly associated with (a) a higher overall combined score measuring performance of governance functions and presence of other LBoH characteristics (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.05; P < .001);

SUBMITTER: Shah GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5821597 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature