Session: National Public Health Performance Standards Program (Part II): Performance Standards in Action at the State and Local Levels

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

3289.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral

National Public Health Performance Standards Program (Part II): Performance Standards in Action at the State and Local Levels

This session will focus on how jurisdictions have used the NPHPSP assessments and applied results for performance improvement. Speakers from diverse jurisdictions will discuss how they have used the assessment instruments and will share their experiences, successes, and lessons learned in initiating and implementing the performance assessment process in terms of better or more efficient services, capacities, or outcomes. Particular emphasis will be given to successes and lessons learned, and highlighting specific improvement strategies. Speakers also will focus in on concrete examples of program improvements or specific Essential Public Health Services so as to highlight tangible outcomes. The National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) is a collaborative effort to enhance to 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: Describe how the instruments have been used in practice. Describe how knowledge gained from the NPHPSP can be translated into opportunities for improved public health practice or help to shape public health policy. Identify lessons learned as a result of NPHPSP use at the state and local levels.

Panelist(s):

Jennifer Kertanis, MPH
James Pearsol, MEd
John Gwinn, PhD, MS, MPH

Moderator(s):

Liza Corso, MPA

2:30 PM

NPHPSP Part II: Performance Standards in Action at the State and Local Levels

Jennifer Kertanis, MPH, John Gwinn, PhD, MS, MPH, James Pearsol, MEd, Liza Corso, MPA

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

APHA-Innovations Project

CE Credits:

CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA