Public Health System Assessment

As Executive Director, I will provide staff leadership for Better Health Association. Our goal for the company is to improve the well-being of individuals. Audiences of all ages will be able to take part in learning about living a healthy lifestyle and developing the skills needed to make healthy choices to prevent diseases and ameliorate conditions for those already afflicted with illnesses. Over the course of the next year, It is my responsibility to develop and lead the staff, management structure, dedicated to achieving the mission for Better Health Care Organization. I plan to make significant changes to our organization, to help guide individuals in Central Ohio, to living a better and healthier lifestyle. My goal is to empower the staff with the training needed to meet our company’s standards.

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" (1920, C.E.A. Winslow). This therefore infers public health is the preventing and controlling of disease within communities, to prolong life and promote health through organised society. The keys aspects of public health …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mission is to collaborate to create information and tools for people and communities to protect themselves through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and the preparedness for new health threats The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeks to accomplish its mission by working with partners throughout the nation and the world to monitor health, detect and investigates health problems, conduct research to enhance prevention, develop and advocate sound public health policies, implement prevention strategies, promote health behaviors, foster safe and healthful environments, and provide leadership training. In order for the Centers for Disease to achieve their mission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relies on external partners including public health association, state and local public health agencies, schools and universities, and volunteer organizations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a created a set of four health protection goals. The goals are all people especially those at a greater risk of health disparities will achieve their optimal life span, the place where people live, work, learn, and play will protect and promote their health and safety, people in all communities will be protected from infectious, occupational environmental, and terrorist threats, and people around the world will

The entities Comprising the Public Health Infrastructure include: County and city health departments and local boards of health - State, territorial, and island nation health departments - Various U.S. Public Health Service agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Tribal health agencies coordinated at HHS by the Indian Health Service - Public and private laboratories - Hospitals and other private-sector healthcare providers - Volunteer organizations, such as the American Red Cross, American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a federally funded agency whose goal is to improve public health. Through various initiates and programs the CDC has been able to implement policies and procedures to improve public health, one of which is the CDC’s Assessment Initiative Cooperative Agreement. According to the CDC the Assessment Initiative (AI) is an assessment and analysis of data about the health of our communities.

OWH Advises the CDC leadership of research, policy, and program needs and opportunities establishes short- and long-range goals and objectives supports and advances evidence-based research and programs for public health action creates, publishes, and disseminates materials and products that highlight CDC priorities and programs establishes and fosters partnerships and collaborations, and consults with health professionals and others, as appropriate represents the agency and serves as the focal point for women’s health Monitors progress toward meeting goals and objectives. National Women and Girls

According to National Association of County and City Health Officials NAACHO’s MAPP the arranging procedure will decide and address the community needs in a viable and proficient way. Also, will help the community to reach their vision and to create a well-balanced community empowered by community needs and stakeholders that the time is on the right track to fortify and support the strength of the public health system of the city of Chicago.

It has its headquarters in Little Rock with 94 local health units distributed in the 75 counties of the state (Arkansas Department of Health, 2015). Major facilities include Center for Health Advancement with branches of Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, Women, Oral Health, Chronic, Disease, and Infants and Children (WIC). Besides, it has centers for health protection, public health, public health laboratories for investigation of water samples, samples for rabies, and human samples for disease. Support resources at the ADH include a wide range of programs such as human resource (5,000 employees), finance, information technology, legal, community support, health communication and marketing, policies and procedures, tobacco prevention and cessation, and community healthcare facilities. Still, the department shares some resources boated by IDPH. In particular, it has a dedicated workforce for human resource, finance resource, legal resource, and information technology resource.

A community health assessment is a fundamental instrument of public health practice. Its objective is to depict the health of the community, by presenting information on health standing, community health needs, resources, and epidemiologic and other studies of present local health problems. It seeks to recognize target populations that may be at augmented risk of poor health results and to increase a better understanding of their needs, as well as evaluates the larger community surroundings and how it relate to the health of people. It also identifies those areas where better information is desired, particularly information on health differences amid different subpopulations, quality of health care, and the incidence and severity of disabilities in the population. The Community Health Assessment is the foundation for all local public health development, giving the local health component the instance to recognize and network with key community leaders, businesses and concerned residents about health priorities and concerns. This information shapes the foundation of improving the health status of the community by way of a strategic plan (The Municipal Public Health Services Plan Community Health Assessment Guidance and Format, n.d.).

Next on the MAPP four assessments is Local Public Health System Assessment. Local Public Health System Assessment focuses on all of the organizations and entities that contribute to the public 's health. The LPHSA answers the questions: "What are the components, activities, competencies, and capacities of our local public health system?" and "How are the Essential Services being provided to our community?"(NACCHO, 2017). Any organization or entity that contributes to the health or well-being of a community is considered part of the public health system. Ideally, a group that is broadly representative of these public health system partners will participate in the assessment process. By sharing their diverse perspectives, all participants will gain a better understanding of each organization’s contributions, the interconnectedness of activities, and how the public health system can be strengthened (National Public Health Performance Standards Program, 2017). Essentials services should be provided to the community through community outreach programs. Community outreach programs provide the community with many informational resources not just in the aspect of healthcare alone but the overall well-being of

Over two thirds of my life have been spent living in a western suburb of a large metropolitan area which has access to extensive resources. I grew up in a rural area and thought it would be interesting to look at what resources they have and how their needs are defined in the community health needs assessment (CHNA). The two CHNAs chosen to review were Pekin Hospital and Morris Hospital and Healthcare Center (MHHC), both are nonprofit organizations. Pekin Hospital is a 107 bed medical center located in Pekin, Illinois. Their defined their area of service with the use of only a map and its total population of 135,394. Morris Hospital and Healthcare Center CHNA has a more extensive definition of its physical community which included 5 counties, 22 cities and a population of 112,742. Their medical facilities include a main hospital campus with a total capacity of only 89 beds, two other hospital campuses and nine health care centers.

Public Health (PH) Wales was established as a National Health Service (NHS) in October 2009. One of its four statutory functions is to provide and manage a range of services relating to the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases (Wales, P.H. 2013).

The executive director of the LHC, Ms. Nancy Steinfurth, holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs, Bachelor’s degree in public Administration. Ms. Steinfurth is responsible for the overall organization’s mission and vision’s fulfillment. The core duties and responsibilities are strategic planning, policy, fundraising, and management issues concerning the organization. She has also a great background in grant writing, proposal writing, event planning, public speaking, public relations, program development and management areas. In general, the executive director cares about health, and has a vision to see equitable health for all Americans, especially, she worries about the underdiagnosed, silent killer, disease of liver and other co-infectious diseases like HIV.

PHAB is an abbreviation of the Public Health Accreditation Board. According to (PHAP, 2013) PHAP “is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the continuous quality improvement of Tribal, state, local, and territorial public health departments.” In other words, PHAP seeks to promote and improve the quality of public health in national, state and local levels through putting standards, procedures and measurements, that lead to accreditation the local health departments, which meet the standers.

The Malawi Government has been consistently looking for ways to improve the public health including maintaining a budget for disease prevention and control. The Government has also teamed up with the Ministry of health to create a Health Services delivery system in Malawi to address the needs of treatment and care of patients (CDC, 2016). Together the government and Ministry offer services to the community through Health centers and Hospitals, and also through community based educational services. They have set up Health Surveillance Assistants (HSA) to help create a connection to the community. The HSA conduct health education services, immunizations, and other services.