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What do we do?

Assessment Planning Education Outreach Information Intervention Research Convening. Respond Collaboration Prevention Needs analysis Facilitation Prevention Programs Evaluation. What do we do?. Public Health: Scope and Role.

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What do we do?

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  1. Assessment Planning Education Outreach Information Intervention Research Convening Respond Collaboration Prevention Needs analysis Facilitation Prevention Programs Evaluation What do we do?

  2. Public Health: Scope and Role • Identify, respond to epidemics, spread of communicable disease • Identify, respond to environmental hazards • Prevent injuries • Promote and encourage healthy behaviors and mental health • Respond to disasters and assist communities in recovery • Assure quality and accessibility of health services J. Harrell, E. Baker, and the Essential Services Work Group. The Ten Essential Services of Public Health http://www.health.gov/phfunctions/public.htm

  3. What is the Public HealthSystem? All public, private, and voluntary entities that contribute to public health in the Upper Valley region. A network of entities with differing roles, relationships, and interactions. A public/private partnership A Public Health System More than just the public health organization or agency, whether public or private

  4. Schools Civic Groups Nursing Homes Neighborhood Organizations Elected Officials EMS Community Centers Non-Profit Organizations Drug Treatment Home Health Hospitals Public Health Agency Mental Health Law Enforcement Doctors Laboratories Faith Institutions Fire Transit Tribal Health CHCs Employers Corrections A Public Health System National Public Health Performance Standards Program www.astho.org/pubs/NPHPSPstock2008overview.ppt

  5. Upper Valley Public Health Region Piermont Orford Lyme Dorchester Hanover Canaan Orange Lebanon Enfield Grafton Plainfield Grantham Cornish

  6. The Ten Essential Services of Public Health • Enforce laws and regulations • Link people to needed health services • Assure a competent workforce - public health and personal care • Evaluate health services • Conduct research for new innovations • Monitor health status • Diagnose and investigate health problems • Inform, educate and empower people • Mobilize communities to address health problems • Develop policies and plans National Public Health Performance Standards Program www.astho.org/pubs/NPHPSPstock2008overview.ppt

  7. The Ten Essential Services of Public Health National Public Health Performance Standards Program www.astho.org/pubs/NPHPSPstock2008overview.ppt

  8. Act Plan Study Do SWOT AnalysisPublic Health in the Upper Valley • Strengths: • Laboratory and epidemiological expertise • Urgent communications • Providing targeted, culturally-appropriate information • Developing relationships with the media • Developing partnerships • Understanding existing laws, ordinances and regulations • Educating about public health laws • Linking people to needed services • Promoting use of effective public health practices • Opportunities for Capacity Building: • Coordination of efforts across organizations and agencies • Promoting information and data exchange • Investigating health problems and environmental hazards • Promote policy change to align to public health goals • Evaluation and performance improvement Community Health Institute. Upper Valley Public Health Capacity Self-Assessment. February 5, 2009

  9. Keynotes:Public Health in the Upper Valley • Public/private collaboration • Shaped by private non-profits • Organization and coordination • State of New Hampshire has a vision – regional culture and local coalition drives how the vision is implemented • Infrastructure needs development and de-fragmentation • Evolving the grassroots coalition to the public health system • What is the incentive for collaboration? Community Health

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