Board Governance

NALBOH Board Governance Pages

NALBOH is dedicated to assisting in the governing and leadership role of boards of health by providing them with guidance in areas such as advocacy, public health law, financial planning, strategic planning, and health officer relationships. NALBOH works in partnership with other nationally renowned public health organizations that promote and support the strengthening of local public health agencies and the local public health system.

Important Resources

Board of Health Accreditation FAQs (pdf) *NEW*

Local Public Health Governance Instrument, Version 2 (pdf)

NALBOH works in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others to promote the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP). NPHPSP is an assessment tool used to measure infrastructure and capacity of public health systems. The governance assessment tool, used primarily by boards of health, assists governing bodies in assessing their capacity to provide oversight of the Ten Essential Public Health Services. To learn more about participating in the assessment process, please click on the National Public Health Performance Standards link above.

NALBOH also supports public health accreditation and works closely with the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). Boards of health will play a crucial role in assisting local public health jurisdictions in preparing for accreditation in 2011. To learn more about how you can assist your local public health districts in the accreditation process, please click on the accreditation link above.

Learn more about how these two innovative programs are related. (pdf)

PHAB announces Accreditation Specialist Position Opening.

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Publication Now Available!

A Guide for Local Boards of Health Considering the Feasibility of a Consolidation of Independent Local Public Health Jurisdictions
This publication was developed to assist local boards of health that may be considering the feasibility and potential of a combination, consolidation, or regionalization of health departments or jurisdictions. It offers a compendium of experiences and involvement through the years of both small and metropolitan health district consolidations.

Call (419) 353-7714 or email NALBOH

to order your copies today!

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Report Released

A new report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) shows that many public health programs across the nation are at serious risk in the current budget crisis. The report finds “serious gaps” in the nation’s ability to protect citizens against health threats. With the current state of the economy, these gaps are only going to get bigger, causing public health programs and jobs to be cut. Further cuts will put more Americans at risk for illnesses and diseases that could be prevented and, in the end, save health care costs.View the Report.

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Did You Know...

Consensus Statement From PHQF

The Public Health Quality Forum (PHQF), under the direction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Assistant Secretary for Health, has developed a consensus statement intended to serve as a principle to enhance and guide goals of existing and future programs that promote quality. Click to view the report (pdf).

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For questions or more information, please contact Yolanda Savage.

Page updated 2/26/2010