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Description
Natural disasters, disease outbreaks, infrastructure failures and other
hazardous events create health risks for large segments of the U.S. population. Many different
organizations and sectors have roles to play in preventing, preparing for, responding to, and
recovering from the health effects of disasters and emergencies.1 This complexity poses
challenges for understanding the collective strength of the health security system as a whole,
and for managing and improving this system over time. The National Health Security
Preparedness Index provides a mechanism for measuring how health security capabilities vary
across the U.S. how they change over time, and how they can be strengthened to protect
everyone.2 Using a multi-sector systems perspective, the Index combines measures from more
than 50 sources and multiple vantage points to offer this broad view of preparedness.3
State and local public health preparedness programs function as critical components of the
nation’s health security system.4 Relatively little is known about how accurately and completely
the Index measures public health preparedness, and about how preparedness programs can
best use the Index. To address these gaps, this proposed research project will pursue 4 related
aims: (1) assess how the Index performs in measuring state and local preparedness capabilities
and their contributions to national health security; (2) identify a core set of metrics that
accurately reflect state and local preparedness capabilities and that are feasible for use within
the Index and in other measurement tools; (3) evaluate the current use and utility of the Index
for public health preparedness programs; and (4) produce guidance for these preparedness
programs indicating how they can use current and future editions of the Index to strengthen
health security in their states and communities.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/26/18 → 6/30/22 |
Funding
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: $1,499,956.00
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