Public Health Grand Rounds
A National Satellite Broadcast and Webcast
First Things First:
Defining Local Public Health Practice
for Safer, Healthier Communities
What is in a name? or a definition? For public health practice, the answers could determine resource allocation, community expectations, workforce development, and even public health policy. In recent years, public health practice has received unprecedented support and visibility, but there are also unprecedented expectations.
Can everyone expect the same safeguards of health, regardless of the size or location of their community? Local and state health officials believe they can, and this belief is driving the National Association of County and City Health Officials' effort to develop an operational definition of local public health agencies. It is anticipated the definition will provide the framework needed to secure funding and leverage resources needed for a consistent, robust governmental public health presence at the local level.
The purpose is clear but the road map to achieving this has not been easy to follow. To bring clarity to this issue, join us as we discuss the case of Public Health Solutions, a district health department based in Crete , Nebraska , that is working to create a local public health agency from scratch and succeed in meeting the expectations of a safer, healthier community for its citizens.
For more information go to: http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/
Flyer: http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/defining/flyer.pdf