Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Editor-in-Chief:	Lloyd F. Novick, MD, MPH Associate Editor: Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS
ISSN:	1078-4659
Online ISSN:	1550-5022
Frequency:	6 issues / year
Ranking:	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 62/76
Impact Factor:	0.895

Current Issue: January/February 2010 - Volume 16 - Issue 1

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From the Editor

Quality Improvement in Public Health is the focus of the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Quality improvement in medical care in a major theme in the national debate about health reform. Recognizing the similar importance of attention to improving quality of public health activities, guest editors Beitsch, Moran, Parsons, and Riley present a series of articles providing a definition and approach to this imperative.

The role of National Public Health Performance Standards in driving quality improvement in public health students is an example of a fundamental method used in the field. Case studies are presented from practitioners in those states where change is now occurring. The linkage is described between quality improvement and accreditation, including new national efforts. The future of public health will be shaped by efforts to improve quality. This issue advances this effort and sets the stage for ongoing developments which will be reported on by JPHMP.

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