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This study presents indicators relevant and useful for local/regional public health agencies to assess practice in PHEP and guide improvement. It addresses a knowledge gap in the literature in developing an indicator set specific to local/regional public health agencies in Canada.
- Emergency Preparedness
Public health emergency preparedness requires planning and...
- Emergency Preparedness
Public health emergency preparedness requires planning and intervention activities to prevent, respond to and recover from incidents and emergencies that may put the health of Ontarians at risk. We provide scientific and technical advice in preparation for and response to public health emergencies.
Nov 30, 2023 · Public health emergencies have high impacts in countries with weak health systems, inadequate preparedness, and inadequate surveillance mechanisms. Better health system preparedness is required to absorb the impact, respond to the consequences, and adapt for future PHEs.
- Collaborative Networks: Develop Relationships, Partnerships and Strong Networks
- Community Engagement: Understand and Engage with The Community
- Risk Analysis: Robust Understanding of Community Hazards and Risks
- Practice and Experience: Invest in Testing and Practicing Plans and Processes
- Resources: Ensure Dedicated Resource Capacity and Mobilization Capacity
- Learning and Evaluation: Evaluation as A Strategy to Build Resilience
- Ethics and Values: CORE Principles Guiding Phep Policy and Practice
Linked with planning process, collaboration emerged as a strong concept in participant discussions on resilience, particularly with respect to efficiency in response activities and organizational learning. Collaborative networkscan support readiness, response and recovery across multiple levels of the system, and include stakeholders outside the pu...
Collaboration with the community intersects with planning, in that it enables the consideration of community risks, cultural considerations and experiences. Planning that takes an inclusive approach and engages the public promotes common understanding of risks, assets and values, and can facilitate transparency between public health agencies and th...
Understanding risk is essential to inform planning; risk analysisis a critical contribution of public health agencies during an adverse event. While assessment of risk is a crucial first step in proactively understanding the dynamic and interconnected context of each community, it is important to follow it up with analysis and strategies to build c...
Whether practice occurs through simulations, exercises or experience in actual events, it was deemed essential for building capacity for response. Practice is a mechanism by which plans can be tested, gaps identified and processes tweaked. Two dimensions of experience emerged: 1) knowledge, skills and training of the workforce; and 2) applicationof...
Discussion around resources focused on two large aspects which are represented as distinct elements: first, physical, structural, and financial resources; and second, human and workforce assets. Human resources and workforce assets are discussed as a separate theme below. Structural/physical resources were described in terms of the capacity for sys...
Learning was described by participants as adaptability during emergency response, and in preparing for future events. Learning links with other essential elements for PHEP, such as surveillance and monitoring, with a forward thinking lens. Developing a learning and evaluation strategy proactively, to facilitate feedback is key. Learning and evaluat...
The described 11 themes represent an integration of the essential elements of PHEP with relevant ethical values and processes discussed by participants. This integration of ethics with the elements was validated through knowledge user input and ethics and values were confirmed as informing the core principles at the heart of a PHEP framework. To su...
- Yasmin Khan, Yasmin Khan, Tracey O’Sullivan, Adalsteinn Brown, Shannon Tracey, Jennifer Gibson, Méli...
- 2018
The Organization provided support for the efforts of national governments to increase the quality and coverage of health services; strengthen primary health, secondary health and hospital care by deploying mobile teams and reinforcing health facilities; improve surveillance and early warning systems; conduct vaccination campaigns; distribute med...
Jul 14, 2020 · This report focuses primarily on SLTT public health agencies, while recognizing that these agencies do not exist in isolation and are part of a larger preparedness and response system that includes first responders, emergency management, and health care partners, among others.
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Dec 5, 2018 · Despite the importance of upstream readiness, a persistent challenge for public health practitioners is defining what it means to be prepared. There is a knowledge gap in that existing frameworks lack consideration for complexity relevant to health systems and the emergency context.
