NI_Public Health System

• Public health systems are defined as all public, private, and voluntary entities contributing to essential public health services within a jurisdiction
• This concept ensures that all entities' contributions to health and well-being are recognized in assessing the provision of public health services
• Public health systems include:

  • Public health agencies at state and local levels
  • Healthcare providers
  • Public safety agencies
  • Human service and charity organizations
  • Education and youth development organizations
  • Recreation and arts-related organizations
  • Economic and philanthropic organizations
  • Environmental agencies and organizations
• Public Health Informatics:

  • Is the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning
  • Focuses on populations
  • Collects, analyzes, and disseminates population-level data and information to support preventive interventions
• The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) provides for the establishment of policies and technically interoperable and secure standards and protocols to facilitate the enrollment of individuals in federal and state health and human services programs
• Public Health Informatician (PHI):

  • Is a public health professional who uses informatics to improve population health
  • Requires more expertise than a public health professional assisting with informatics-related challenges
• Public Health Nurse Informatician (PHNI):

  • Combines the competencies of PHI and nursing informatics
  • Applies information, computer science, technology, and nursing science to public health nursing practice, research, and learning
• PHNI ensures that data needs for population groups are adequate for knowledge models related to performance measures
• The public health mission focuses on promoting the health of the population by collecting data on determinants of health, monitoring health events, and using data to inform effective interventions
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  1. Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable (referral)
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
• The 10 Essential Public Health Services that all communities should undertake:

  10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
• Why should we mobilize community?

  To identify and solve health problem