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The implementation of model standards in local health departments.

P Weiler, J Boggess, E Eastman and B Pomer

Four local health departments in California tested a process of state/local negotiations for the purpose of implementing model standards in community preventive health services. The standards, which covered five program areas, had been developed by a collaborative work group of representatives from the United States Conference of City Health Officers, the National Association of County Health Officials, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the American Public Health Association, and the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Evaluation of the project indicates that the success of the negotiation transactions and results varied, both among local health departments and program areas. A number of factors have been identified as influencing the negotiations, including the availability of baseline data, the extent to which individual programs are currently affected by required standards of performance, and health department attitude toward the project. The future utility of this model is considered within the broader context of changes now occurring in the financing and organization of public health within the United States. Project findings suggest that the Model Standards negotiations could provide state and local levels of government with a valuable management tool for determining health care priorities and generating objective programmatic data for budget justification.

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