Transcript Essential Public Health Service #5: DEVELOP POLICIES AND PLANS THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.

Essential Public Health Service #5:
DEVELOP POLICIES AND PLANS
THAT SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH
Refresher - Why learn the 10 Essential
Public Health Services?
 Improve quality and performance.
 Achieve better outcomes – improved health,
less preventable deaths and disease.
 Be more efficient with time and money.
 Receive national accreditation.
ES #5: Policy Development
What is a “policy”?
 Deliberate plan of action to guide decisions
and achieve rational outcomes
 Similar to rules or laws. Law compels or
prohibits behaviors (e.g. a law requiring the
payment of taxes on income)
 Guides actions toward those that are most
likely to achieve a desired outcome.
What is the benefit of setting
policy?
Guides the process of making important
organizational decisions
Who sets policy?
 The term may apply to government, private
sector organizations and groups, and
individuals.
 Examples :
 President or governor executive orders;
 Corporation – business executive orders
 Organization’s rules of order for meetings
Types of policies
 Education – admissions; dress codes
 Economic – just in time supplying
 Energy – drilling for new oil
 Environmental - windmill farms;
 Safety – Handrails in LTC facilities; hospital bed
rails
 Health – Indiana HIP
 Human Resource – college degree for specific
jobs
General Public Health Policies:
 Vaccinations
 Fluoride in drinking water
 No smoking
 Data mining
 INShape Indiana
 Childhood Lead Poisoning screening
 Walking trails
 Stockpiling food for emergencies
ES #5:Key Functions
 Protect health and guide public health practice
 Community and state planning
 Alignment of resources to assure successful
planning
 Facilitate democratic process of dialogue and
debate with and among groups affected by
policies/plans prior to adoption
ES#5 : Some activities to develop
plans/ policies
To develop health policy or plans :
 Rely on appropriate data
 Develop measurable health objectives
 Determine strategies/actions to implement
plans.
ES #5: Who are ISDH partners?
 Legislature
 Business and regulated industries
 City/county councils
 Program partners – advisory boards
 Community-based organizations
 Advocacy groups
 Consumers, priority populations
 Other examples?
To Achieve ES#5 Model Standard 1:
Planning/Implementation
Need to ask ourselves, do we:
 Have a statewide health improvement plan?
 Establish /maintain PH emergency response
capacity?
 Raise awareness of needed PH policies?
To Achieve ES#5 Model Standard 2:
State-Local Relationships
Need to ask ourselves, do we:
 Provide TA/training to LPH systems to develop
health improvement plans?
 Provide assistance to develop local All-Hazards
Preparedness Plans?
 Provide technical assistance and support for
conducting local health policy development?
To Achieve ES#5 Model Standard 3:
Performance Mgmt./QI.
Need to ask ourselves, do we:
 Regularly monitor state’s progress on health
improvement objectives?
 Review new/existing policies to determine their PH
impact?
 Conducted exercises /drills to test preparedness
response capacity?
 Manage overall performance of policy/planning
activities for quality improvement?
To Achieve ES#5 Model Standard 4:
Public Health Capacity Resources
Need to ask ourselves ,do we:
 Commit adequate $$ to develop and implement
health policies/plans?
 Align state-wide partnerships
 Use skills in long-range planning
 Obtain public participation?
Ten Essential Services –
Indiana’s Composite Scores
ES #5: Policy Development by
Model Standard
ES #5 Competencies –
Analytical/assessment skills
 Able to define a problem
 Recognizes how data illuminate ethical,
political, scientific, economic, and overall
public health issues
ES #5 Competencies –
Program Planning Skills
 Collect, summarize, interpret relevant information
 Articulate health, fiscal, administrative, legal, social,
political implications of policy options
 State the feasibility and expected outcomes of
policy options
 Decide on course of action
 Translate policy into plans
References
 CDC National Public Health Performance
Standards Program Website:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ocphp/nphpsp/Essential
PublicHealthServices.htm#es2
 Council on Linkages Training Project Website:
http://www.trainingfinder.org/competencies/li
st_ephs.htm#2
 Indiana Public Health System Quality
Improvement Report (2007).
ES #5: Policy Development
What does your program do to
implement Essential Service #5?