Curriculum and Webinars
NACCHO's performance improvement (PI) curriculum is designed to help local health department (LHD) staff implement PI practices and standards within their health departments. This curriculum will allow staff to increase internal alignment and improve effectiveness in helping LHDs to optimize their understanding of PI and recognize its value, leading to improved LHD performance and overall public health practice.
Competencies:
- Characterize the local public health system and community context
- Demonstrate methods for communicating the value of PI to stakeholders
- Demonstrate methods for community member and partner engagement
- Demonstrate skills to manage PI in the community and agency
- Describe overarching PI concepts and connections
- Engage in accreditation preparation
- Implement comment health improvement planning process
- Use a performance management system to create a culture of quality improvement
NACCHO's performance Improvement team regularly hosts webinars. See the "Archived Webinars" section below for recordings of these webinars, listed in chronological order.
Strategic Planning:
What is Strategic Planning and How Do I Prepare? [through NACCHO University]
Implementing a Strategic Planning Process [through NACCHO University]
Community Health Assessment & Improvement Planning:
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP):Organize for Success/Partnership Development and Four Assessments Phases [through NACCHO University]
Opportunities for Hospital and Local Health Department Collaboration for Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning [through NACCHO University]
NACCHO’s Quality Improvement (QI) and Accreditation Preparation Webinar Series provides periodic webinars as part of NACCHO's continued commitment to QI and preparing local health departments (LHDs) for national accreditation. This webinar series is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.