New Interactive Implementation Guide Supports Health Departments in Applying Policy Recommendations

Last December, the de Beaumont Foundation joined the Bipartisan Policy Center and eight leading public health organizations to release Public Health Forward: Modernizing the U.S. Public Health System, a five-year roadmap for public health. The report offered detailed recommendations for policymakers and public health leaders, shaped by a bipartisan task force of current and former elected officials as well as leaders in the nonprofit, public health, and health care spaces. 

Today, a new implementation guide featuring 10 state and local health departments aims to bring those recommendations one step closer to reality: to share real-world experiences, stepwise guidance, useful details, and lessons learned by practitioners across the country who have already put them into practice. This interactive resource includes: 

1. Building Accountability for Public Health Investments – Washington Foundational Public Health Services Steering Committee 
2. Nothing about us without us: Compensating Community Members – Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
3. Making Decisions Jointly with the Community – Health Improvement Collaborative of Southeastern Connecticut
4. Modernizing the Workforce – Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, KS
5. Partnering for Timely, Accurate, and Complete Data – Utah Department of Health and Human Services
6. Collecting Data to Address Health Inequities – Louisiana Department of Health
7. Establishing Strong, Cross-Sector Collaborations – Chatham County Health Department, NC
8. Building a Diverse Public Health Workforce Pipeline – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NY
9. Sharing Services to Meet Public Health Needs – San Joaquin Valley Public Health Consortium, CA
10. Keeping People Informed During Public Health Crises – Platte County Health Department, Missouri