Board Governance

National Public Health Performance Standards

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.

NALBOH works in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners 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 10 Essential Public Health Services. To learn more about participating in the assessment process, please click on the National Public Health Performance Standards link.

NALBOH also supports public health accreditation and works closely with the Public Health Accreditation Board. 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.

To learn more about how these two innovative programs are related, click here. (PDF)

For questions or more information, please contact Yolanda Savage.