PHI-1Increase the proportion of Federal, Tribal, State, and local public health agencies that incorporate Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into job descriptions and performance evaluations
PHI-1.3Increase the proportion of State public health agencies that incorporate Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into job descriptions and performance evaluations
PHI-1.4Increase the proportion of Local public health agencies that incorporate Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into job descriptions and performance evaluations
PHI-2Increase the proportion of Tribal, State, and local public health personnel who receive continuing education consistent with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
91 percent of Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited schools of public health, CEPH accredited academic programs, and schools of nursing (with a public health or community health component) integrated Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals in 2006
Target:
94 percent
Target-Setting Method:
3 percentage point improvement
Data Sources:
Council on Linkages Study, Public Health Foundation (PHF)
PHI-11Increase the proportion of Tribal and State public health agencies that provide or assure comprehensive laboratory services to support essential public health services
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
90 percent of State public health agencies provided or assured comprehensive laboratory services to support disease prevention, control, and surveillance in 2008
Target:
99 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Comprehensive Laboratory Services Survey (CLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
43 percent of State public health agencies provided or assured comprehensive laboratory services that had laboratory improvement and regulation in 2008
Target:
47 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Comprehensive Laboratory Services Survey (CLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. Read more about the revision history.
PHI-12Increase the proportion of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) which perform at a high level of quality in support of the 10 Essential Public Health Services
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Baseline:
35 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in the monitoring of health status to identify and solve community health problems in 2012
Target:
38 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
58 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in support of diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community in 2012
Target:
64 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
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Baseline:
28 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality with respect to informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues in 2012
Target:
31 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
14 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in mobilizing community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems in 2012
Target:
15 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
26 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts in 2012
Target:
29 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
60 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in the enforcement of laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety in 2012
Target:
66 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
35 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in linking people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable in 2012
Target:
38 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
21 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in assuring a competent public and personal health care workforce in 2012
Target:
23 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
5 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in evaluating effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services in 2012
Target:
6 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
5 percent of public health laboratory systems (including State, Tribal, and local) performed at a high level of quality in supporting research into new insights and innovative solutions to health problems in 2012
Target:
6 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Public Health Laboratory Systems Survey (PHLSS), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
This objective was revised. Read more about the revision history.
PHI-13Increase the proportion of Tribal, State, and local public health agencies that provide or assure comprehensive epidemiology services to support essential public health services
This objective was revised. Read more about the revision history.
PHI-14Increase the proportion of State and local public health jurisdictions that conduct a public health system assessment using national performance standards
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
49 percent of State public health systems had ever submitted State Public Health System Performance Assessment data to the National Public Health Performance Standards Program in 2009
Target:
78 percent
Target-Setting Method:
Projection/trend analysis
Data Sources:
National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP), CDC
This objective was revised. See Revision History for Details.
Baseline:
28 percent of local public health systems had ever submitted Local Public Health System Performance Assessment data to the National Public Health Performance Standards Program in 2009
Target:
50 percent
Target-Setting Method:
Projection/trend analysis
Data Sources:
National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP), CDC
This objective was archived due to lack of data source, changes in science, or was replaced with other objectives. See Revision History for Details.
Potential Data Sources:
National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP), CDC
Revision History:
This objective was archived due to lack of a viable data source. Read more about the revision history.
PHI-15Increase the proportion of Tribal, State, and local public health agencies that have developed a health improvement plan and increase the proportion of local health jurisdictions that have a health improvement plan linked with their State plan