Public Health Improvement/ NPHPSP Resources and Training
Public Health Agency, Systems, & Community Health Improvement Training
Annually, the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) partnership, holds a training Improving Public Health: Exploring Agency, Systems, & Community Health Improvement Training, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its NPHPSP and accreditation partners. The annual training is typically held in May.
The training offers opportunities to learn about public health agency accreditation, systems performance standards, quality improvement, health assessment and improvement planning, and how all of these support an overall public health improvement strategy.
For more information, please contact Lil Johnson at .
To learn more about the NPHPSP, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/nphpsp/index.html.
Free! Agency & Systems Improvement Webinar Series
In order to respond to the growing movement around accreditation and quality improvement (QI) in public health, the focus of the NPHPSP Webinar Series will be expanded to include complementary topics related to performance management. Such topics include accreditation updates and key information, QI, community health assessment and improvement planning, and MAPP.
The live webinars are held every other month. Past webinar summaries and audio recordings can be accessed by visiting the eCatalog. Under programs select “National Public Health Performance Standards” then click “search.” To be notified of upcoming teleconferences, please send an email to Liljana Johnson at .
Webinar Now Available: Designing and Implementing a QI Plan
The Agency & Systems Improvement Webinar, Designing and Implementing a QI Plan is now available.
Overview of Webinar:
Why should a public health department build a Quality Plan? What should it include? Who should be involved in developing the plan? How will this help us in our accreditation activities?
In this webinar, John W. (Jack) Moran, Quality Advisor to the Public Health Foundation, described the elements of a QI plan, followed by a local and state example. Sonja Armbruster, Community Health Assessment Coordinator at the Sedgwick County Health Department in Kansas, and Erin Barkema, Public Health Advisor at the Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Communication and Planning, shared how their agencies developed and implemented QI plans.
Access the webinar including presentation slides, audio and related resources here.
Recently Archived Webinars:
- 4.2012: Designing and Implementing a Quality Improvement Plan
- 2.2012: Building a QI Culture: A Roadmap to QI
- 12.2011: Performance Management: Improving Systems Systematically
- 10.2011: The Launch of Accreditation: What You Need to Know
- 8.2011: Performance Standards, Accreditation, and MAPP: How do they all Fit Together?
- 6.2011: Synergies between the NPHPSP and the Community Guide
- 4.2011: Re-Engineering the NPHPSP Part 2
- 3.2011: Creating and Sustaining Healthy Teams
- 2.2011: Re-Engineering the NPHPSP Part 1
- 1.2011: Using the NPHPSP for Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
- 12.2010: Implementing the NPHPSP in Maine
- 11.2010: Relationship Building between the Local Health Department and Board of Health
- 10.2010: Exploring Tribal Public Health
- 8.2010: NPHPSP Facilitation: Using the ToP Method
- 7.2010: Putting the Pieces Together: NPHPSP, Env'tl Health Standards, & the L-SIP
- 6.2010: Improving System Performance through NPHPSP and MAPP
Additional Resources:
Assessment Instruments, a glossary, a User Guide, and a toolkit full of information and sample documents can be accessed on the CDC NPHPSP site. Additional resources, such as case studies and quality improvement tools, are also available at this website.
