M1.3 - Public Health Core Functions & Essential Services

IOMs future of public health

• the governments role is “to see that vital elements are in place and the mission is being adequately addressed”

• core functions of ph

3 core functions of public health

• assessment

• policy development

• assurance

10 essential services

• monitor health

• diagnose & investigate

• inform, educate, empower

• mobilize community partnership

• develop policies

• enforce laws

• link to/ provide care

• assure competent workforce

• evaluate

essential services as a framework

• provide a foundation for any public health activity

• describe public health at the state, tribal, local, and territorial levels

• used as a foundation for the national public health performance standards (NPHPS)

  • NPHPS provides a description of the essential service at an optimal level that public health systems can use to assess their performance

• provided structure for national voluntary public health accreditation

monitor

• maintaining an ongoing understanding of health

• using data and information

• working with the community

• collaborating and facilitating data sharing

• using innovative technologies

• utilizing various methods and technology

• analyzing and using disaggregated data

• engaging community

diagnose & investigate

• anticipating, preventing, and mitigating emerging health threats

• monitoring real-time health status and identifying patterns

• using real-time data

• using public health laboratory capabilities and modern technology

• analyzing and utilizing inputs

• identifying, analyzing, and distributing information

inform, educate & empower

• developing and disseminating accessible health information

• communicating with accuracy and necessary speed

• using appropriate communications channels

• developing and deploying culturally and linguistically appropriate and relevant communications

• employing the principles of risk communication, health literacy, and health education

• actively engaging in two-way communication

• ensuring public health communications and education efforts are asset-based

mobilize community partnership

• convening and facilitating multi-sector partnerships

• fostering and building genuine, strengths-based relationships

• authentically engaging with community members

• learning from, and supporting, existing community partnerships

develop policies

• developing and championing policies, plans, and law

• examining and improving existing policies, plans, and laws

• ensuring that policies, plans, laws provide a fair and just opportunity for all

• providing input into policies, plans, and laws

• continuously monitoring and developing policies, plans & laws

• collaborating with all partners

• working across partners with the community

enforce laws

• ensuring that applicable laws are equitably applied

• conducting enforcement activities

• licensing and monitoring the quality of healthcare

• reviewing new drug, biologic, and medical device applications

• licensing and credentialing the healthcare workforce

• including health considerations in laws from other sectors

link to/ provide care

• connecting the population to needed health & social services

• ensuring access to high-quality and cost-effective healthcare and social services

• engaging health delivery systems

• addressing and removing barriers to care

• building relationships with prayers and healthcare providers

• contributing to the development of a competent healthcare workforce

assure competent workforce

• providing education and training

• ensuring that the public health workforce is the appropriate size

• building a culturally competent public health workforce and leadership

• incorporating public health principles in non-public health curricula

• cultivating and building active partnerships with academia and other professional training programs

• promoting a culture of lifelong learning in public health

• building a pipeline of future public health practitioners

• fostering leadership skills at all levels

evaluate

• building and fostering a culture of quality

• linking public health research with public health practice

• using research, evidence, practice-based insights, and other forms of information to inform decision-making

• contributing to the evidence base

• evaluating services, policies, plans, and laws continuously

• establishing and using engagement and decision-making structures

• valuing and using qualitative, and lived experience as data information

equity

• developing an understanding of the broader organizational infrastructures and roles

• ensuring that appropriate, needed resources are allocated equitably

• exhibiting effective and ethical leadership, decision-making, and governance

• managing financial and human resources effectively

• employing communications and strategic planning capacities and skills

• having robust information technology services

• being accountable, transparent, and inclusive