The Public Health Innovations Project

 

The Public Health Innovations Project is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide public health professionals with information and tools to help them respond to changes in the public health practice environment. This is accomplished by translating the Essential Public Health Services into practice. The following projects are being undertaken:

The National Public Health Performance Standards Program
NPHPSP is supported through a partnership of national public health organizations working collaboratively to establish and implement national performance standards for state and local public health systems.

National Public Health Leadership
Development Network
To determine how best to ensure that public health officials have access to leadership development and training, APHA is working with the National Public Health Leadership Development Network to identify and facilitate the development of public health leadership training programs and linkages.

Environmental Health Competency Guidelines Project
Environmental Health Competency Guidelines Project
Environmental Health experts have completed guidelines that address the skills of workers in the environmental health field. The Environmental Health Expert Panel, made up of members of APHA and national environmental health organizations, took on the task of developing core non-technical competencies necessary for environmental health practitioners to effectively apply their knowledge in the local public health arena.  This project is an outgrowth of APHA's Environment Section Strategic Plan. The full report is currently available on the web at www.apha.org/ppp/Env_Comp_Booklet.pdf.

For  more information about these projects, contact:

Karlene Baddy, MEd
Project Director
Public Health Innovations Project
202-777-2494
202-777-2533
Email:  karlene.baddy@apha.org

 
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