Turnock B J
Division of Community Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2000 Sep;6(5):19-25. doi: 10.1097/00124784-200006050-00004.
Recent developments suggest that a national public health performance standards program could succeed in improving the quality of public health practice. Public health standards also may be useful for enhancing accountability and strengthening the science base of public health practice. For national public health performance standards to have a substantial influence on the quality of public health practice, several important issues must be addressed. These include agreement as to the ultimate purpose and appropriate unit of measurement, delineation of the specific qualities to be measured, and expansion of strategies to promote widespread use of public health practice standards.
近期的发展表明，一项全国性的公共卫生绩效标准计划有可能成功提高公共卫生实践的质量。公共卫生标准对于加强问责制和巩固公共卫生实践的科学基础也可能有用。要使全国性公共卫生绩效标准对公共卫生实践质量产生重大影响，必须解决几个重要问题。这些问题包括就最终目的和适当的衡量单位达成一致、确定要衡量的具体质量，以及拓展促进公共卫生实践标准广泛应用的策略。
