A Healthy Community is A A Healthy Community is A Resilient Community Resilient Community

Public Health Preparedness Focus

2010 - 2013

The FutureThe Future

• PH Ready

• Surveillance/outbreak

response

• Food safety/defense

• Integration

EP Three Year CyclesEP Three Year Cycles

• 2004 – 2007 Mass Prophylaxis

• 2007 – 2010 Hospital/Medical Surge

• 2010 – 2013 National Health Security Strategy

National Health Security StrategyNational Health Security Strategy

• The purpose of the National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) is to refocus the patchwork of disparate public health and medical preparedness, response, and recovery strategies in order to ensure that the nation is prepared for, protected from, and resilient in the face of health threats or incidents with potentially negative health consequences.  This refocusing will strengthen the community, integrate response and recovery systems, generate a framework for accountability and continuous quality improvement, and create seamless coordination between all levels of the medical system.  The resulting NHSS will provide a common vision for how the nation will achieve national health security. 

National Health SecurityNational Health Security

• National health security is a state in which the nation and its people are prepared for, protected from, and resilient in the face of health threats or incidents with potentially negative health consequences. 

Strategic ObjectivesStrategic Objectives

1. Foster informed, empowered individuals and communities

2. Develop and maintain the workforce

3. Ensure situational awareness

4. Foster integrated, scalable healthcare delivery systems

5. Ensure timely and effective communications

Strategic ObjectivesStrategic Objectives

6. Promote an effective countermeasures enterprise

7. Ensure prevention or mitigation of environmental and emerging threats

8. Incorporate post-incident health recovery into planning and response

9. Work to enhance national health security10.Ensure all systems are based on good

science and quality improvement

When something goes wrong, do you tend to bounce back or fall apart? When you have resilience, you harness inner strengths and

rebound more quickly from a setback or challenge, whether it's a job loss, an illness, a

disaster or the death of a loved one.

In contrast, if you lack resilience, you tend to dwell on problems, feel victimized, become overwhelmed and turn to unhealthy coping

mechanisms. You may even be more inclined to develop mental health problems.

Because disaster disrupts so many aspects of daily life, many problems for disaster survivors are immediate and practical in nature. People may need help locating missing loved ones; finding temporary housing, clothing, and food; obtaining transportation; applying for financial assistance, unemployment insurance, building permits, income tax assistance; getting medical care, replacement of eyeglasses or medications; obtaining help with demolition, digging out and clean-up.

Health and ResiliencyHealth and Resiliency

Self Sufficiency Good Health

Resiliency

Next StepsNext Steps

• Staff Inventory

• Continued work with special needs

• Continued work with other programs

• Encouraging community preparedness

• Epidemiology

Staff InventoryStaff Inventory

• Mental health training

• Community organizations/neighbors

• Health promotion

• Gardening skills

• Mechanical/trade skills

• Flexibility

• Adaptability

Special NeedsSpecial Needs

• Nursing homes

• Assisted living

• Homebound

JCPH Program IntegrationJCPH Program Integration

• Produce Fairs/Food Security

• Tobacco Cessation

• Environmental Health/Community Plans

• Community Health Assessment– Special Needs

• Health Promotions

• Emergency Preparedness – Plans & Training

Community PreparednessCommunity Preparedness

• Stay healthy

• Maintain supplies and plans

• Know your neighbors/community

• Understand your needs

EpidemiologyEpidemiology

• Good data to drive all of our programs

• Community health assessment

• What services we provide and how

An adequately sized, capable, and diverse workforce is a key ingredient of health security systems. The workforce for national health security includes but is not limited to employees in public health, health care, homeland security, pre-hospital emergency medical systems, volunteers and others.

During National Preparedness Month, we stress the importance of strengthening the security and resiliency of our Nation through systematic preparation for the full range of hazards threatening the United States in the 21st century, including natural disasters, cyber attacks, pandemic disease, and acts of terrorism

Proclamation - President Barack Obama,

The FutureThe Future

We Are Public Health

Questions?Questions?