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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Recorded presentation

Stephanie Bailey, MD, MSHA, Office of the Director/Office of Chief of Public Health Practice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., Mailstop D-14, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, 404 639-7000, SBailey1@cdc.gov, Paul K. Halverson, DrPH, MHSA, Division of Health and College of Public Health, Arkansas DHHS and Univ. of AR for Medical Sciences, PO Box 1437, Slot H-39, Little Rock, AR 72203-1437, Leslie M. Beitsch, MD, JD, Center for Medicine and Public Health, Florida State University, College of Medicine, 1249 W. Call Street, Room 324, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300, and Laura Landrum, MUPP, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 3762 North Lakewood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60613.

What opportunities can performance standards provide to state and local public health leadership? This session will explore the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) and its connections to some of the key issues facing public health leaders today. The session will address the NPHPSP's role in driving performance improvement and the opportunity that the standards provide in creating stronger connections among partners and a greater impact on health. Attention also will be given to the connection between the NPHPSP and other public health practice initiatives, including the national interest in developing an accreditation system for state and local public health agencies. All speakers will address the opportunity that a performance standards assessment process can provide to leadership in setting positive directions for their state or local public health systems.

The NPHPSP is a collaborative effort to enhance the Nation's public health systems. Seven national public health organizations – CDC, APHA, ASTHO, NACCHO, NALBOH, NNPHI, and PHF – have partnered to develop national model performance standards for state and local public health systems and local governing entities, based on the framework of the ten essential public health services. Numerous state public health systems, local public health systems, and boards of health have used the national standards since the launch of the NPHPSP in 2002 and find it a valuable tool for assessing public health activities and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants should be able

• To learn how the NPHPSP is able to measure current performance and capacities at the state and local levels;
• To articulate the opportunities that the NPHPSP provides to public health leaders in improving their public health systems; and
• To learn how the NPHPSP relates to current public health agency accreditation efforts.

Keywords: Performance Measurement, Accreditation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation