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DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH

The Division of Public Health Systems Development & Research is committed to improving the effectiveness of public health organizations.

Division Highlights:
Faith-Based & Community Initiatives
This site is designed to assist the leaders of Faith-based and Community Initiatives in identifying CDC and ATSDR funding opportunities, scheduled conferences, technical assistance, and other federal resources to support community disease prevention and health improvement programs.

Division Activities:
Healthy People 2010
The goal of Healthy People 2010 is to assure that the public health infrastructure at the federal, state and local levels have the capacity to provide essential public health services to their constituents.
Leadership in Public Health (LMI)
LMI provides opportunities for health professionals to develop and enhance their leadership and management skills.

Division Websites:
CDC Recommends
CDC Recommends contains guidelines and recommendations approved by the CDC for the prevention and control of disease, injuries, and disabilities.
Health Alert Network (HAN)
HAN is a nationwide information and communications system. It includes, but is not limited to, distribution of health alerts and prevention guidelines and initiatives to strengthen state and local preparedness.
National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP)
NPHPSP is an effort to develop performance standards for public health practices to improve system-wide performance.
WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Practice
The World Health Organization has designated the Public Health Practice Program Office as a WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Practice. The Center will focus on sharing the wide base of expertise available through PHPPO with initiatives in other countries and international health organizations in the area of performance measurement of health systems and development of standards for public health.

This page last reviewed: July 1, 2003
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