To improve the department’s ability to monitor health status, we must create a system that monitors the health of the people in Richland County. This information will be shared with public health practitioners as well as public leaders and the community so that possible health risks may be identified. Doing so establish competency in the core function of assessment.
Goal 1
Strategy 1
Action Steps
Responsible Person
Completion Date
Intermediate Outcome
Evaluation
1) Improve the department’s ability to monitor health status
1) Develop a local code of ethics in regard to data collection and dissemination
1) Department IT committee developed
Administrator
November 2007
IT committee developed and functioning
IT committee has assigned a chairman and meets at least monthly
2) Research other functional code of ethics in existence.
Department and County IT committees
January 2008
# of codes of ethics identified.
Demonstrate an understanding of code of ethics.
3) Develop standards of conduct for staff accessing data
Department IT committee
March 2008
# of standards developed for accessing data.
Demonstrate an understanding of the standards.
4) Incorporate code of ethics into policy
Department and County IT committees Policy Committee and Board of Healt
July 2008
# of policies added or changed due to data ethics.
Demonstrate an understanding the policies regarding data ethics.
5) Educate BOH and department staff on code of ethics policy
Department IT committee
January 2009
# of trainings conducted
Pre- and post-test for the trainings. Also, the number of trainings staff have attended.
Goal 1
Strategy 2
Action Steps
Responsible Person
Completion Date
Intermediate Outcome
Evaluation
1) Improve the department’s ability to monitor health status
2) To foster relationships with the community and public leaders
1) Identify the organizations you would like to partner with.
Advocacy Committee
April 2008
# of organizations identified on a list
Demonstrates which organizations are critical to their program
2) Evaluate current relationships with organizations and partners
Advocacy Committee
May 2008
# of evaluations completed
Demonstrate the knowledge of evaluation results and plan of action
3) Identify areas for improvement
Advocacy Committee and program directors
June 2008
# of plans of action completed
Demonstrate a knowledge of the evaluation results and plan of action
4) Become involved in other organization’s activities.
All Department staff
July 2008 and on-going
# of activities staff attended
Demonstrate staff involvement in partnerships and other organizations
5) Facilitate increased data collection by private providers.
Program Directors
June 2009
# of policies written. # of providers aware of the policy
All county providers are providing the department with needed information
Goal 1
Strategy 3
Action Steps
Responsible Person
Completion Date
Intermediate Outcome
Evaluation
1) Improve the department’s ability to monitor health status
3) Collaborate with the County IT on establishing a Geographic Information System (GIS) for Richland County.
1) Inform/educate RCHD staff about GIS
Administrator
February 2008
# of staff educated and # of staff that indicate that they have a better understanding of GIS
Demonstrate the use of GIS for the department or a particular program.
2) Create a Department GIS Committee
Administrator
June 2008
Committee formed
Three staff members are participating in the GIS committee.
3) Identify areas that would utilize GIS
Department GIS Committee
December 2008
# of areas/programs identified
Do programs that could utilize GIS do so?
4) A policy and procedure is written with the county as to how to utilize the GIS program and equipment.
Department GIS committee
December 2008
# of policies written and approved
Goal 1
Strategy 4
Action Steps
Responsible Person
Completion Date
Intermediate Outcome
Evaluation
1) Improve the department’s ability to monitor health status
4) Inform community and public leaders of code of ethics related to data collection and dissemination of information
1) Create a presentation outlining above mentioned code of ethics
Administration
June 2008
Presentation is created
Plan was presented to staff and critiqued
2) Criteria for important public leaders is created
Administration
May 2008
Criteria are created
Criteria yields public leaders
3) A list of potential public leaders is created
Administration
June 2008
A list is created
The list has at least 10 names
4) A mtg is set to give presentation
Administration
October 2008
Mtg is attended
80% of leaders identified on list appear at the mtg
Goal 1
Strategy 5
Action Steps
Responsible Person
Completion Date
Intermediate Outcome
Evaluation
1) Improve the department’s ability to monitor health status
5) Creation of a public health forum for public access to information
1) Decide what information is to be included in forum
Advocacy Committee/IT
June 2008
A list was created
Criteria is efficient in choosing pertinent public info.
2) Consult IT to se if forum can be integrated with Richland.org website
Advocacy Committee/IT
March 2008
IT was consulted
Integrating info with pre-existing website is viable or is not a viable option
3) If info cannot be integrated, consult IT to make a website
