Clearinghouse Phase 3: Local Public Health System Assessment (LPHSA)

This Web-based fact sheet provides background information on the National Public Health Performance Standards Program. This program developed the local instrument, also known as the Local Public Health System Assessment in MAPP. More »

This one-page document lists the Ten Essential Public Health Services and provides background information. More »

This flyer produced in Oneida County, NY, lists the Ten Essential Public Health Services and provides information regarding the history and purpose of the services. More »

This brightly colored poster lists the Ten Essential Public Health Services and was designed to raise awareness of the services. More »

This guide is intended to provide National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) users—including state, local, and governance instrument users—with practical guidance, helpful tips, and sample tools for implementing the performance standards assessments in state and local public health systems, or among public health agency governing bodies. More »

Greenwich Department of Health (CT) sent this letter to potential public and private partners inviting them to participate in the LPHSA assessment. The letter explains the theory behind the process and provides meeting details. More »

This is a sample agenda from Greenwich Department of Health's LPHSA meeting. The agenda ties in specific essential services and includes breakout sessions for participants. More »

The Greenwich Department of Health sent this cover letter to staff members involved in an upcoming LPHSA meeting. The letter briefs the staff on what to expect and provides information regarding supplementary preparatory materials. More »

This 10-slide PowerPoint presentation provides basic information on the assessment process, including motivation, purpose, and a discussion of the Ten Essential Public Health Services. This presentation is useful for familiarizing partners with the process and could be used to kick off an assessment meeting. More »

This two-page worksheet is a useful tool for group brainstorming prior to an assessment conference. The worksheet shows how the Greenwich MAPP team divided each health service into specific components important to their community and then listed examples within the community. More »

This is the updated Version 2 of the NPHPSP local instrument. More »

This supplemental optional questionnaire asks about the public health agency's contribution to each model standard in the NPHPSP local instrument. Those that complete these questions receive an additional component in their reports. More »

Florida State Health Department compiled this facilitator's guide which includes resources for implementing the Local instrument of the National Public Health Performance Standards (NPHPS). This Web site provides useful information for facilitators navigating the assessment process. More »

This supplemental optional questionnaire asks about the "priority" of addressing each model standard in the NPHPSP local instrument. Those who complete these questions receive an additional component in their report, which ranks scores in relation to how the community prioritized the standards. This new component is intended to strengthen and better catalyze performance improvement activities that should occur as a result of the assessment process. More »

This 24-page document is an example of the results report National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) Version 2 local users receive after entering their data into the NPHPSP Data Report Center hosted by the Public Health Foundation. More »

San Antonio developed this Excel spreadsheet to help capture the numerical scores and discussion generated during their LPHSA assessment process. More »

The Northern Kentucky District Health Department developed this spreadsheet to help summarize the data from their Local Public Health System Assessment. More »

This 15-slide example presentation can be used as a template for presenting LPHSA data results to system partners. More »

This nine-page document provides a thorough report on Greenwich Department of Health's use of the National Public Health Performance Standards local instrument. More »

This two-page survey can be used to evaluate the LPHSA process by gathering feedback from LPHSA committee participants. More »

This one-page worksheet will assist MAPP teams in recording the challenges and opportunities that emerged from their Local Public Health System Assessment. More »

This worksheet can serve as a template for evaluating challenges and opportunities revealed by the Local Public Health System Assessment. More »

Produced by the Kentucky Public Health Association (KPHSA), this one-page position statement offers KPHSA's insights on the meaning and value of the National Public Health Performance Standards (NPHPS). More »