Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is a collaborative activity between NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Vision
Local health departments (LHDs) will be fully integrated into the response community and prepared to respond to any health and medical emergency in partnership with community-based organizations.
Mission
To protect the public’s health and increase the public health infrastructure by building preparedness capacity and capability by equipping LHDs with sustainable tools to plan, train and exercise using a continuous quality improvement model.
PPHR is currently working on implementing through a state-supported model. PPHR recognition is currently only occuring through state implementation. We encourage LHDs and regions to utilize the PPHR Criteria and framework to enhance preparedness in your agencies and/or to advocate for the adoption of PPHR by your state health department. For more information, contact any of the PPHR staff.
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Showcases all 152 LHDs in 24 states recognized as meeting all the PPHR requirements. |
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State-Supported PPHR Model |
NACCHO supports a collaborative model of PPHR, implemented throughout a state, by the state health department. |
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An online database of best-practices, including tools and resources from recognized LHDs and regions. |
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This self-assessment will help LHDs begin thinking about the various factors that are included in the PPHR process. This assessment is intended to be completed jointly with the PPHR team within the LHD, LHD leadership, and community partners. |
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The PPHR Criteria are the only known national standards for public health preparedness. They are regularly updated to incorporate the most recent federal initatives (NIMS, ESFs, HSEEP). |
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PPHR enhances public health regionalization by providing guidance and criteria to LHDs that wish to achieve local preparedness through a regional approach. |
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Evaluations of PPHR include two process evaluations and an evaluation of the 2006 PPHR regional criteria. |
