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Am J Public Health. 2012 Apr;102(4):633-42. Epub 2012 Feb 16.
The common ground preparedness framework: a comprehensive description of public health emergency preparedness.
Gibson PJ, Theadore F, Jellison JB.
Source
P. Joseph Gibson is with the Marion County Public Health Department and the Department of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. At the time this article was written, Fred Theadore was with the New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, and CMA Consulting, Latham, NY. James B. Jellison was with the Metro Public Health Department, Nashville-Davidson County, TN.
Abstract
Currently, public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) is not well defined. Discussions about public health preparedness often make little progress, for lack of a shared understanding of the topic. We present a concise yet comprehensive framework describing PHEP activities. The framework, which was refined for 3 years by state and local health departments, uses terms easily recognized by the public health workforce within an information flow consistent with the National Incident Management System. To assess the framework's completeness, strengths, and weaknesses, we compare it to 4 other frameworks: the RAND Corporation's PREPARE Pandemic Influenza Quality Improvement Toolkit, the National Response Framework's Public Health and Medical Services Functional Areas, the National Health Security Strategy Capabilities List, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PHEP Capabilities.
PMID:
22397343
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22397343
The common ground preparedness framework: a comprehensive description of public health emergency preparedness.
Gibson PJ, Theadore F, Jellison JB.
Source
P. Joseph Gibson is with the Marion County Public Health Department and the Department of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. At the time this article was written, Fred Theadore was with the New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, and CMA Consulting, Latham, NY. James B. Jellison was with the Metro Public Health Department, Nashville-Davidson County, TN.
Abstract
Currently, public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) is not well defined. Discussions about public health preparedness often make little progress, for lack of a shared understanding of the topic. We present a concise yet comprehensive framework describing PHEP activities. The framework, which was refined for 3 years by state and local health departments, uses terms easily recognized by the public health workforce within an information flow consistent with the National Incident Management System. To assess the framework's completeness, strengths, and weaknesses, we compare it to 4 other frameworks: the RAND Corporation's PREPARE Pandemic Influenza Quality Improvement Toolkit, the National Response Framework's Public Health and Medical Services Functional Areas, the National Health Security Strategy Capabilities List, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PHEP Capabilities.
PMID:
22397343
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22397343