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Appendix A: Recommendations from The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century
Appendix A: Recommendations from The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century
Pages 99-106
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, in consultation with states, should appoint a national com mission to develop a framework and recommendations for state pub lic health law reform. In particular, the national commission would review all existing public health law as well as the Turning Point1 Model State Public Health Act and the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act;2 provide guidance and technical assistance to help states reform their laws to meet modern scientific and legal standards; and help foster greater consistency within and among states, especially in their approach to different health threats (Chapter 3)
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6. All partners within the public health system should place special em phasis on communication as a critical core competency of public health practice.
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State and local governments should also provide adequate, con sistent, and sustainable funding for the governmental public health infrastructure (Chapter 3)
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This National Public Health Council would bring to gether the Secretary of DHHS and state health commissioners at least annually to • Provide a forum for communication and collaboration on action to achieve national health goals as articulated in Healthy People 2010; • Advise the Secretary of DHHS on public health issues; • Advise the Secretary of DHHS on financing and regulations that affect governmental public health capacity at the state and local levels; • Provide a forum for overseeing the development of an incentive based federal–state-funded system to sustain a governmental pub lic health infrastructure that can assure the availability of essen tial public health services to every American community and can monitor progress toward this goal (e.g., through report cards) ; • Review and evaluate the domestic policies of other cabinet agencies for their impact on national health outcomes (e.g., through health impact reports)
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Such a focus would include realistic time lines, an emphasis on ongoing community engagement and leadership, and a final goal of institutionalizing effective project components in the local commu nity or public health system as appropriate (Chapter 4)
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23. An ongoing dialogue should be maintained between medical and public health officials and editors and journalists at the local level and their representative associations nationally.
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27. Public health and communication researchers should develop an evi dence base on media influences on health knowledge and behavior, as well as on the promotion of healthy public policy (Chapter 7)
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34. Academic institutions should develop criteria for recognizing and re warding faculty scholarship related to service activities that strength en public health practice (Chapter 8)
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