Transcript Guiding” the Way to Public Health Improvement: Utilizing

The Community Guide – Public Health
Accreditation Board Crosswalk
Shawna L. Mercer
Starr M. Banks
Community Guide Branch, OSELS
Liza C. Corso
Division of Public Health Performance Improvement, OSTLTS
Pooja Verma
NACCHO
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office
What is the
Community Guide – PHAB Crosswalk?
A new tool that provides a comprehensive
crosswalk between
a) Guide to Community Preventive Services
(Community Guide) evidence-based
interventions
b) Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)
standards and measures
What is the Purpose of the Crosswalk?
To assist health departments in identifying
evidence-based programs, services, and policies
from The Community Guide whose use could help
demonstrate conformity with PHAB standards and
measures
What is the Value of the Crosswalk?
It can assist health departments in achieving two
important outcomes:
1) Securing documentation to strengthen their
applications for accreditation
2) Increasing their use of evidence-based practices
Development
• Collaborative undertaking
– NACCHO
– Pooja Verma & Jessica Solomon Fisher
– CDC
• Community Guide Branch, OSELS
– Shawna Mercer & Starr Banks
• Division of Public Health Performance Improvement,
OSTLTS
– Liza Corso & Valeria Carlson
• Status
– Draft instrument is about to enter CDC clearance
– It will be available on The Community Guide website
How can the
Crosswalk help in preparing for Accreditation?
1. It identifies the two PHAB measures that require
use of evidence-based approaches or promising
practices and cite The Community Guide as a
resource
1) PHAB 5.2.2 S,L (Domain 5, Standard 2, Measure 2 for state
and local health departments)
2) PHAB 10.1.1 A (all health departments)
2. It shows the large number of other connections
between Community Guide evidence-based
interventions and measures within almost all of
the PHAB domains
The Crosswalk consists of…
a) Introduction and Instructions
b) Table 1 – especially for those focused on
PHAB
– Starts with PHAB domains, standards, and measures
and cross-references them with related interventions
from The Community Guide
c) Table 2 – especially for programmatic staff
– Starts with public health topic areas, and identifies the
PHAB measures that relate to each of the Community
Guide interventions within that topic
Examples of the Table
• Handouts
• Please note that the handouts are draft
Things to keep in mind
• Consider the focus (of the intervention, and of
the PHAB measure)
• Don’t just pick any 1 or 2 Community Guide
interventions.
– Identify what BEST reflects the PHAB measure as
well as quality activities in your agency.
• Be aware of PHAB scope vs. The Community
Guide scope
To provide
feedback and get more information
• We want to hear your thoughts!
– How can we make the Crosswalk as useful as possible?
• This will be a living tool… stay tuned for ongoing
updates
• Watch out for The Community Guide – PHAB
Crosswalk at COPPHI Open Forum and APHA
• For more information or to hear when the
Crosswalk becomes available
– Use the “Contact Us” email or mail address at
www.thecommunityguide.org
THANK YOU!
Shawna Mercer, MSc, PhD
[email protected]
Starr Banks, MPH
[email protected]
Liza Corso
[email protected]
Pooja Verma
[email protected]
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