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Provide Infrastructure for Public Health 8 AR. Volume 1. Section: Personnel. 1--50 Services. Boards of Health/Agency 1--15 Standard A1 B: Develop and maintain Functions. DHP Personnel 1 an operational infrastructure to support Manual. the performance of public health functions.

Provide Financial Management 10 AR. Volume 1. Section: Financial 1--56 Systems. Management Standard A2 B: Establish effective financial management systems.

Define Public Health Authority. 11 AR Volume 1. Section: Public 1--35 Standard A3 B: Maintain current Health Core Functions and operational definitions and statements Community Planning. of the public health roles and responsibilities of specific authorities.

Provide Orientation / Information for 11 AR. Volume 1. Section: Boards of 1--15 the Governing Entity. Health/Agency Functions Standard A4 B: Provide orientation and regular information to members of the governing entity regarding their responsibilities and those of the public health agency. KY-LHD Accreditation/PHAB Standards 2

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Collect and Maintain Population Health 13 AR. Volume 1. Section: 3--9 Data. Local Health Operations. 1--15. Standard 1.1 B: Collect and maintain Board of Health/Agency Functions. reliable, comparable, and valid data that provide information on conditions of public health importance and on the health status of the population.

Analyze Public Health Data. 14 AR Volume 1. Section: Public Health 30--34 Standard 1.2 B: Analyze public health Core Functions and Community data to identify health problems, Planning. environmental public health hazards, and social and economic risks that affect the public’s health.

Use Data for Public Health Action. 15 AR Volume. 1 Section: Public Health 30--36 Standard 1.3 B: Provide and use the Core Functions and Community results of health data analysis to Planning. develop recommendations regarding public health policy, processes, programs or interventions.

Investigate Health Problems and 17 AR Vol. 1 Section: Public Health Core 13--14, Environmental Public Health Hazards. Functions and Community Planning. 23-24, Standard 2.1 B: Conduct timely AR. Volume 1. Section: Local Health 1--1 investigations of health problems and Operations. environmental public health hazards in KPHPR. Volume 1 Section: coordination with other governmental Emergencies. agencies and key stakeholders. KY-LHD Accreditation/PHAB Standards 3

Contain/Mitigate Health Problems and 18 AR Volume. 1 Section: Public Health 13--14, Environmental Public Health Hazards. Core Functions and Community 23--24, Standard 2.2 B: Contain/mitigate Planning. 1-8 health problems and environmental AR. Volume 1. Section: Local Health public health hazards in coordination Operations. with other governmental agencies and KPHPR. Section: Public Health key stakeholders. Emergency Preparedness and Response

Maintain Provision for 20 AR. Volume 1. Section: Local Health 23--24 Epidemiological, Laboratory, and operations. 1-6 Support Response Capacity. KPHPR: Volume 1. Section: Standard 2.3 B: Maintain access to Emergencies. laboratory and epidemiological/environmental public health expertise and capacity to investigate and contain/mitigate public health problems and environmental public health hazards.

Maintain Policies for Communication. 21 KPHPR. Volume 1. Section: Incident 1--10 Standard 2.4 B: Maintain a plan with Reports. policies and procedures required for urgent and non-urgent communications.

Provide Prevention and Wellness 23 AR. Volume 1. Section: Local Health 4--5 Policies, Programs, Processes, and operations. Interventions. Standard 3.1 B: Provide health education and health promotion policies, programs, processes, and interventions to support prevention and wellness. KY-LHD Accreditation/PHAB Standards 4

Communicate Information on Public 24 KPHPR. Volume 1. Section: 1--28 Health Issues and Functions. Nutrition. Standard 3.2 B: Provide information KPHPR. Volume 2. Section: 1--4 on public health issues and functions Healthy Start. through multiple methods to a variety of audiences.

Engage the Public Health System and 27 KPHPR. Volume 1. Section: 1-7 the Community in Identifying and HIV. 1--4 Addressing Health Problems. Tobacco Standard 4.1 B: Engage the public health system and the community in identifying and addressing health problems through an ongoing, collaborative process.

Engage the Community to Promote 28 AR Vol. 1 Section: Public Health 29--30 Policies to Improve the Public’s Health. Core Functions and Community Standard 4.2 B: Promote understanding Planning. of and support for policies and strategies that will improve the public’s health.

Establish, Promote, and Maintain Public 29 AR Vol. 1 Section: Public Health 11--12 Health Policies. Core Functions and Community Standard 5.1 B: Serve as a primary Planning. resource to governing entities and elected officials to establish and maintain public health policies, practices, and capacity based on current science and/or promising practice. KY-LHD Accreditation/PHAB Standards 5

Develop and Implement a Strategic Plan. 30 AR Vol. 1 Section: Public Health 40--53 Standard 5.2 B: Develop and implement Core Functions and Community a health department organizational Planning. strategic plan.

Conduct a Community Health 31 AR. Volume 1. Section: 1--8 Improvement Planning Process. Accreditation and Quality Standard 5.3 L: Conduct a comprehensive Assurance/Quality Improvement. planning process resulting in a community health improvement plan [CHIP].

Maintain All Hazards/Emergency 33 KPHPR. Volume 1. Section: 1--8 Response Plan. Public Health Emergency Standard 5.4 B: Maintain All Preparedness and Response. Hazards/Emergency Response Plan (ERP).

Maintain Up-to-Date Laws. 36 AR Vol. 1 Section: Public Health Core 11--12 Standard 6.1 B: Review existing laws Functions and Community Planning. and work with governing entities and elected officials to update as needed. KY-LHD Accreditation/PHAB Standards 6

Educate About Public Health Laws. 37 AR. Volume 1. Section: Public Health 10--11 Standard 6.2 B: Educate individuals and Core Functions and Community organizations on the meaning, purpose, Planning. and benefit of public health laws and how to comply.

Conduct Enforcement Activities. 38 AR Volume. 1 Section: Public Health 6--8 Standard 6.3 B: Conduct and monitor Core Functions and Community enforcement activities for which the Planning. agency has the authority and coordinate notification of violations among appropriate agencies.

Assess Healthcare Capacity and Access 40 AR Volume 1. Section: Public Health 29--34 to Healthcare Services. Core Functions and Community Standard 7.1 B: Assess healthcare Planning. capacity and access to healthcare services.

Implement Strategies to Improve 41 KPHPR. Volume 2. Section: 1--9 Access to Healthcare Services. School Health. Standard 7.2 B: Identify and implement strategies to improve access to healthcare services.

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Maintain a Qualified Public Health 44 AR. Volume 2. Section: Personnel 1--50 Workforce. Reference Manual. Standard 8.1 B: Recruit, hire and retain a qualified and diverse public health workforce.

Maintain a Competent Public Health 45 AR. Volume 1. Section: Training 1--14 Workforce. Guidelines and Program Descriptions. Standard 8.2 B: Assess staff competencies and address gaps by enabling organizational and individual training and development opportunities.

Evaluate the Effectiveness of Public 47 AR. Volume 1. Section: Financial 1--56, Health Processes, Programs, and Management. 1--8, Interventions. AR. Volume 1. Section: Accreditation 1--18. Standard 9.1 B: Evaluate public health and Quality Assurance/Quality processes, programs, and interventions Improvement. KPHPR. Volume 2. provided by the agency and its Section: Physical Assessment Vital contractors. Statistics.

Implement Quality Improvement. 49 AR. Volume 1. Section: Accreditation 1--8 Standard 9.2 B: Implement quality and Quality Assurance/Quality improvement of public health Improvement. processes, programs, and interventions.

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Identify and Use Evidence-Based and 51 AR. Volume 1. Section: Training 13 Promising Practices. Guidelines and Program Descriptions Standard 10.1 B: Identify and use evidence-based and promising practices.

Promote Understanding and Use of 51 AR Vol. 1 Section: Public Health Core 30--34, Research. Functions and Community Planning. 39-41 Standard 10.2 B: Promote KPHPR. Volume 2. Section: Reportable understanding and use of the current Diseases Desk References. body of research results, evaluations, and evidence-based practices with appropriate audiences.