Integrating Public Health All-Hazards Preparedness and Public Health” Demonstration Sites
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| | 2006-2007 Demonstration Sites: Integrating Public Health All-Hazards Preparedness and Public Health
| | | | | Overview of Demonstration Sites NACCHO initiated this Preparedness Integration Demonstration Project to build local health department (LHD) capacity. NACCHO funded six LHDs to improve their integration efforts around traditional public health activities. The LHDs will disseminate information about their methodologies, performance measures, collaborative strategies, and lessons learned to other LHDs. The goal of the project is to enhance collaboration with internal and external partners to develop and implement a plan for integrating preparedness efforts within public health departments. Selected Sites | |  | | Selected Sites Alamance County Health Department, NC - Assess the health status and health priorities of residents using neighborhood-level data;
- Improve the health department’s capacity to plan for and respond to natural or man-made disasters;
- Decrease the incidence of infant mortality and the racial health disparity in rates of infant mortality; and
- Decrease the incidence of disease with environmental health factors as contributing risk factors.
Alameda County Department of Public Health, CA - Educate 12, 000 school children (K-12) improved hand hygiene habits
- Increase Fremont Flu vaccinations
- Evaluate absenteeism rates
- Complete After-Action report evaluating the project
City of Fort Worth Public Health Department, TX - Conduct focus groups with community members and stakeholders
- Organize and hold a community luncheon
- Evaluate community participation and benefits in the community event
Fillmore County Public Health, MN - Improve all-hazards public health preparedness among the Amish residents of Fillmore County
Marion County Health Department, IN - Improve disease reporting of surveillance system
Montgomery County Health Department, IN - To build and maintain the health department’s epidemiologic capacity
- Conduct a table top exercise
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