Background: Accreditation programs affect the positive performance of family health centers in
different areas. Family healthcare services are crucial to early diagnosis and delivering
preventive, curative, and palliative care across the life course. Aim of the study: It was to assess
the effectiveness of educational program for nurses regarding accreditation standards of family
health centers. Subjects and Method: Design: A quasi-experimental design was used. Setting:
The study was conducted at Bettena and Damro family health centers at El-Mahala El-Kobra,
which are affiliated with Ministry of Health and Population. Subjects: It consisted of all nurses
(82 nurses) from two family health centers. Tools: Three tools was used: Monitoring checklist
about accreditation standards for family health centers, Knowledge structured questionnaire, and
Observational checklist. Results: The majority (91.5% & 92.7%) of nurses had a good level of
knowledge immediately post-program and a satisfactory performance post three months of the
program regarding accreditation standards, respectively. Conclusion: There was a statistically
significant correlation between nurses' overall knowledge and their overall performance about
accreditation standards of family health centers pre- and post-program. Recommendations:
Family health centers managers need to maintain periodic educational training programs for
nurses in order to improve their knowledge and skills about the accreditation standards of family
health centers