Practitioner perspectives on foundational capabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Context

National efforts are underway to classify a minimum set of public health services that all jurisdictions throughout the United States should provide regardless of location. Such a set of basic programs would be supported by crosscutting services, known as the "foundational capabilities" (FCs). These FCs are assessment services, preparedness and disaster response, policy development, communications, community partnership, and organizational support activities.

Objective

To ascertain familiarity with the term and concept of FCs and gather related perspectives from state and local public health practitioners.

Design

In fall 2013, we interviewed 50 leaders from state and local health departments. We asked about familiarity with the term "foundational capabilities,

SUBMITTER: Leider JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4448670 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature