Transcript Mobilize Partnerships to Identify and Solve Health Problems Improve quality and performance. Achieve better outcomes – improved health, less preventable death and disease. 

Mobilize Partnerships to Identify and Solve Health Problems
Improve quality and performance.
Achieve better outcomes – improved
health, less preventable death and
disease.
 Be more efficient with time and money.
 Receive national accreditation.
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Documents accountability
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Encourages continual Quality Improvement
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Sets benchmarks on services
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Leads to best practice sharing
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Helps to identify gaps in performance
In “plain English”: Engage people and
organizations in health issues.
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“How well do we really get people and
organizations engaged in health issues?”
(CDC,2008)
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Constituency development and identification
of system partners and stakeholders
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Coalition development
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Formal and informal partnerships to promote
health improvement
(CDC, 2008)
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Build statewide partnerships to:
 Collaborate in the performance of public health
functions and essential services
 Utilize the full range of available human and
material resources
 Improve the state's health status
(CDC, 2008)
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Organize and provide leadership to:
 Convene, facilitate, and collaborate with statewide
partners (including non-traditional)
 Identify public health priorities based on the work
from E.S. # 1 (Monitor) and # 2 (Diagnose)
 Create effective solutions to solve state and local
health problems
(CDC, 2008)
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Build statewide partnerships to:
 Collaborate in performing public health functions
and essential services
 Utilize the full range of available human and
material resources
 Improve the state's health status
(CDC, 2008)
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Assist partners and communities to:
 Organize and undertake actions
 Improve the health of the state's
communities
(CDC, 2008)
Use the 4 Model Standards:
1. Planning and Implementation: Do we
conduct a variety of community building
practices, including engagement,
constituency development, and partnership
mobilization, to identify and solve health
problems?
Model Standard
2. State-Local Relationships: How well do we
engage local health systems in partnerships
to provide technical assistance, capacity
building and resources?
Model Standard
3. Performance Management and Quality
Improvement: How often do we review the
effectiveness of our partnership-mobilizing
efforts and use this information to improve?
Model Standard
4. Public Health Capacity and Resources: Do
we effectively invest in and utilize human,
information, organizational and financial
resources to produce mobilization efforts
that meet the health needs of the state’s
population?
Skill to :
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Partner with communities to understand
quantitative and qualitative data
Skill to:
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Collect , summarize , and interpret
information
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State policy options ; write clear, concise
policy statements
Skill to :
 Lead and participate in groups to address
specific issues
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Present accurate demographic, statistical,
programmatic, and scientific information for
professional and lay audiences
Skill to
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Establish and maintain linkages with key stakeholders
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Use leadership skills to build community partnerships
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Collaborate with community partners
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Accomplish effective community engagements
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Identify community assets and available resources
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Other State Agencies (e.g., FSSA, IDEM, DOE, ITPC,
Homeland Security, OFBS)
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Colleges and Universities
Statewide Professional Organizations
(e.g., IEHA, INSOPHE, IPHA, INPHCA, IRHA, ISMA, ISNA,
IAFP, IHHA, IMHC, IAPHP, IDA)
 Voluntary Health Agencies (ACS, AHA, ALA, AF ADA
and more)
 Policy and Decision-makers
 Local Health Departments and their partners
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Mass Prophylaxis Clinics
Chronic Disease Coalitions
Minority Health Coalitions
Community Health Centers and MCH clinics
Rural Health
HIV Prevention Services
Lead Poisoning Prevention
Laura Heinrich
Diabetes Program
Chronic Disease Division
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CDC National Public Health Performance Standards
Program Website:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ocphp/nphpsp/EssentialPubl
icHealthServices.htm#es2
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Indiana Public Health System Quality Improvement
Report (2007).
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Council on Linkages Training Project Website:
http://www.trainingfinder.org/competencies/list_ep
hs.htm#2
What does your program do to mobilize
community partnerships?