The Common Ground Preparedness Framework

A Comprehensive Description of Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Bibliographic Data

ID11025010
AuthorsP Joseph Gibson (0000-0001-9365-2881, P. Joseph Gibson is with the Marion County Public Health Department and the Department of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. At the time this article was written, Fred Theadore was with the New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, and CMA Consulting, Latham, NY. James B. Jellison was with the Metro Public Health Department, Nashville–Davidson County, TN.), Fred Theadore (P. Joseph Gibson is with the Marion County Public Health Department and the Department of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. At the time this article was written, Fred Theadore was with the New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, and CMA Consulting, Latham, NY. James B. Jellison was with the Metro Public Health Department, Nashville–Davidson County, TN.), James B Jellison (P. Joseph Gibson is with the Marion County Public Health Department and the Department of Public Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. At the time this article was written, Fred Theadore was with the New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, and CMA Consulting, Latham, NY. James B. Jellison was with the Metro Public Health Department, Nashville–Davidson County, TN.)
Year2012
Volume102
Issue4
Pages633-642
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300546
PMID22397343
PMCIDPMC3489381
OpenAlexW2002561451
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited9

Currently, public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) is not well defined. Discussions about public health preparedness often make little progress, for lack of a shared understanding of the topic. We present a concise yet comprehensive framework describing PHEP activities. The framework, which was refined for 3 years by state and local health departments, uses terms easily recognized by the public health workforce within an information flow consistent with the National Incident Management System. To assess the framework's completeness, strengths, and weaknesses, we compare it to 4 other frameworks: the RAND Corporation's PREPARE Pandemic Influenza Quality Improvement Toolkit, the National Response Framework's Public Health and Medical Services Functional Areas, the National Health Security Strategy Capabilities List, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PHEP Capabilities

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