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Opportunities for Technical Assistance through ASTHO

Opportunities for Technical Assistance through ASTHO. August 11, 2014. Outline. Background Workforce Development Management and Administration Environmental Health Non-Communicable Disease Health Systems Transformation ASTHO-Funded PIHOA Projects Questions. Background.

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Opportunities for Technical Assistance through ASTHO

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  1. Opportunities for Technical Assistance through ASTHO August 11, 2014

  2. Outline • Background • Workforce Development • Management and Administration • Environmental Health • Non-Communicable Disease • Health Systems Transformation • ASTHO-Funded PIHOA Projects • Questions

  3. Background • Purpose of conducting the needs assessment • Methods • Focus on areas that would benefit from capacity and infrastructure building where ASTHO has resources • Framed toward action!

  4. Workforce Development: Peer Networks • Peer network overview • Build capacity of the current workforce • Peer sharing of best and promising practices • Annual in-person meeting • Conference calls or webinars • Email queries

  5. Workforce Development: Peer Networks • List of peer networks • Accreditation Coordinators • Chief Financial Officers • Directors of Public Health Preparedness • Environmental Health Directors • Human Resources Directors • Informatics Directors • Legislative Liaisons • Medical Countermeasures • Senior Deputies

  6. Workforce Development: Peer Networks • Areas of exploration • Subgroup call • Newsletter

  7. Workforce Development: Leadership and Advocacy Opportunities • State Health Leadership Initiative (SHLI) • For health officials (secretary, director, or minister level) only • SHLI aims to accelerate the leadership development of new state/territorial health officials as policy makers, administrators, and advocates for the health of the public • Leadership in Government Meeting and Hill Day

  8. Workforce Development: Leadership and Advocacy Opportunities • Opportunity for exploration

  9. Workforce Development:Management and Administration • TA topics for exploration • Strategic planning and implementation • Management tools • Process mapping

  10. Strategic Planning

  11. Environmental Health • Areas of expertise • Environmental public health tracking and surveillance • Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases: vector control programs • Health Impact Assessments • Climate change • Food and water safety

  12. Environmental Health • Products and services • Recorded webinars • Connection with subject matter experts and other jurisdictions with similar issues • Subscription to Esri data visualization tools • Health Impact Assessment mini-grant (Fall 2014)

  13. Non-Communicable Disease • Areas of expertise • Convening teams representing multiple sectors • Rapid cycle quality improvement • Sodium reduction: healthy food procurement policies • Tobacco control policies • Worksite wellness • Toolkits for implementing national initiatives: • National Prevention Strategy • Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

  14. Non-Communicable Disease • Products and services • Recorded webinars • Connection with subject matter experts and other jurisdictions with similar issues • Individual or peer-to-peer TA calls

  15. Non-Communicable Disease • Areas of exploration • Team-based care: Patient navigators and community health workers • Replication of learning collaborative model

  16. Health Systems Transformation • Areas of study • Payment and delivery reform initiatives • Integration of primary care and public health

  17. Health Systems Transformation • Products and services • Success stories from the US mainland and insular areas

  18. ASTHO-Funded Projects Led by PIHOA • Executive leadership training • Human resources management • Strategic resources management • Laboratory quality management training

  19. ActionSteps • Additional priorities? • Collect and copy worksheets • ASTHO staff will follow-up on topics indicated • Collaboratively plan and implement TA • Agency staff • Partners

  20. General comments and questions? Thank you!

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