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23.   Public Health Infrastructure

Goal: Ensure that Federal, Tribal, State, and local health agencies have the infrastructure to provide essential public health services effectively.

Objective numbers in bold with an asterisk (*) indicate the objectives with proposed change(s).

Objective Number Objective Short Title
Data and Information Systems
23-1*Public health employee access to the Internet
23-2*Public aAccess to information and surveillance data
23-3*Use of geocoding in health data systems
23-4Data for all population groups
23-5*Data for Leading Health Indicators, Health Status Indicators, and Priority Data Needs at Tribal, State, and local levels
23-6National tracking of Healthy People 2010 objectives
23-7Timely release of data on objectives
Workforce
23-8*Competencies for public health workersIncorporating core competencies in job descriptions and performance evaluations
23-9*Academic Ttraining in essential public health services
23-10*Continuing education and training of public health professionals by public health agencies
Public Health Organizations
23-11*Performance standards for essential public health services
23-12*Health improvement plans
23-13*Access to public health laboratory services
23-14*Access to epidemiology services
23-15*Model statutes related to essential public health services
Resources
23-16*Data on public health expenditures
Prevention Research
23-17*Population-based prevention research

Display all objectives in Focus Area 23.

Read Healthy People focus area 23 Public Health Infrastructure in Healthy People 2010.


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