NACCHO’s Public Health Preparedness Portfolio

1. NACCHO’s Public Health Preparedness Portfolio Becki Chester, MPH NACCHO Update April 22, 2009

2. NACCHO |The National Connection for Local Public Health • NACCHO works to support efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.

3. NACCHO Public Health Focus Areas Community Health Environmental Health Public Health Infrastructure & Systems Public Health Preparedness

4. NACCHO’s Preparedness Portfolio • Strategic objective: To “build robust and • sustainable local capacity for emergency response” • Resource development and sharing • Technical assistance and workforce development • Policy support

5. All-Hazards Preparedness and Integration Project (AHPIP) • General Public Health Preparedness • Provide information and disseminate resources/tools developed across the Preparedness portfolio • Preparedness e-Newsletter and distribution list • Annual Preparedness Surveys • Sentinels process • Representation on national committees • Member Workgroups • PHP Essential Services Committee • APC • Exercise & Evaluation • NIMS • PPHR • Metrics • SNS • MRC

6. NACCHO’s Advanced Practice Center (APC) Project • Learning laboratories for preparedness • Seven local health departments nationwide • Free tools and resources • Workforce development and training • Partnerships and collaboration • Preparedness planning and readiness assessment • Environmental Health Emergency Preparedness • Source: • NACCHO Toolbox • www.naccho.org/apc

7. Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) • Recognition program for LHDs and regions focused on all-hazards preparedness planning, workforce capacity development, and demonstration of readiness through exercises or real-life responses • 158 LHDs have been recognized since 2004 (96 as part of a region) • State-wide PPHR recognition underway: Florida, Colorado, Virginia, and Arizona

8. Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) • Co-hosts regional and national workshops with CDC/DSNS and ASTHO bringing together local/state/tribal SNS Coordinators and other partners to network and share successful practices and tools/resources • Collects, disseminates, and provides a portal for sharing SNS tools/resources • Identify gaps and barriers • STOCKbox- available at www.naccho.org/stockbox

9. Medical Reserve Corps • Cooperative Agreement with the OSG Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps in place since 2006 • Raise the visibility of the MRC nationwide • Strengthen the connection with local public health departments • Build local infrastructure through CBAs • Create resources and tools to strengthen the MRC workforce at the local, regional, state, and national level.

10. Pandemic Influenza Communication • To improve communication capacity in LHDs for pandemic influenza and other public health emergencies. • To explore communication and information networks in 3 LHDs used to engage partners and facilitate information exchange between local, state, and federal partners during a pandemic or other public health emergency.

11. Other NACCHO Projects • Public Health Infrastructure and Systems • Create tools to help build local health department (LHD) infrastructure and systems, collect, analyze, and disseminate knowledge and insights from demonstration and pilot sites, and conduct research to better inform public policy and to identify needs to strengthen LHD infrastructure • Programs • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) • A community-driven strategic planning tool for improving community health. Facilitated by public health leaders, this tool helps communities apply strategic thinking to prioritize public health issues and identify resources for addressing them.  • Health Equity and Social Justice • Workforce Development and Training • Performance Standards

12. Other NACCHO Projects • Environmental Health • Focuses on health interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being, and fosters a safe and healthy environment • Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE-EH) • Drinking Water Programs • Food Safety Program • Mosquito Control Program • Community Design/Land Use Programs

13. Other NACCHO Projects • Infectious Disease Prevention & Control • Strengthen local health department capacity to respond to and control infectious diseases. • Pandemic Influenza Planning • Mass Dispensing and Distribution • HIV/STI • Immunization • Hepatitis C

14. Other NACCHO Projects • Community Health • Promote health and prevent disease in communities by providing resources, technical assistance, and tools that support community health programs and services. • Adolescent Health • Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities • Chronic Disease Prevention • Injury Prevention • Maternal & Child Health • Primary Care • Rural Health • Tobacco Prevention & Control • Traffic Safety

15. A free and searchable online collection of presentations, fact sheets, drills, evaluations, templates, and more developed by local health departments. Topics include: Emergency Preparedness Food Safety Strategic National Stockpile Planning Chronic Disease Prevention NACCHO Toolbox

16. Informational Resources • Public Health Dispatch • NACCHO Exchange • MRC In-Focus • E-mail Distribution Lists

17. Informational Resources Model Practices Web site: www.naccho.org

18. Questions? Contact Info Becki Chester, MPH Program Manager, Public Health Preparedness NACCHO (202) 507-4203 bchester@naccho.org