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The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement (PI) professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies...

Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health

June 21, 2018

Improving Vector Control Program Performance: An Intervention Guidance Document

July 6, 2017

From 2014-2017, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) collaborated with 15 local health departments on performance improvement initiatives to increase vector control program efficiency, effectiveness, and capacity. In addition to reports and resources produced by the 15 health departments, PHF worked with...

Performance Management System PDCA Self-Assessment Tools - State and Local

May 22, 2013

Below are two assessment tools, one designed for state health departments and the other designed for local health departments. Both tools are based on a model for performance management (PM) that follows a quality improvement (QI) cycle in which organization...

Applying Performance Measurement to Public Health Policy Activities

August 7, 2012

Use this performance measurement tool developed by PHF and the American Public Health Association to develop performance measures for your policy activities. This tool offers an introduction to performance measurement within the context of performance management. The first section of the tool...

Strategic Practice Selection Exercise

June 29, 2012

The Strategic Practice Selection Exercise is a data driven decision making exercise to show how health departments can use a strategic practice selection process to assess the availability, affordability, accessibility, and utility of potential interventions. The priority areas selected for this exercise...

Sedgwick County Health Department Storyboard - Lab Test Reporting Accuracy

April 4, 2011

The Quality Improvement (QI) Committee at the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) in Kansas identified lab test reporting accuracy as one of the eight improvement areas to address in an effort to develop a culture of QI at the agency. SCHD lab personnel noticed for some time that the totals...

Sedgwick County Health Department Storyboard - New Employee Orientation

April 4, 2011

The Quality Improvement Committee at the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) in Kansas identified revising the New Employee Orientation as one of the eight improvement areas to address in an effort to develop a culture of QI at the agency. AIM Statement By December 1, 2010, 90% of SCHD sup...

Team Process Review Checklist

September 13, 2010

It is important to take a team approach to performance management. The Team Process Review Checklist can help you make sure essential items are in place for launching a team. Related ResourcesPublic Health Quality Improvement EncyclopediaAdditional Quality Improvement Tools to Advance Public Health...

Healthy People 2010 Toolkit

September 10, 2010

The Healthy People 2010 Toolkit provides guidance, technical tools, and resources to help states, territories, and tribes develop and promote successful Healthy People 2010 plans and to prepare for 2015 or 2020 plans. It can also serve as a resource for communities and other entities embarking on similar...

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