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Establishing a Foundation for Performance Measurement for Local Public Health Preparedness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2021

Jeff Schlegelmilch ,
Mitch Stripling ,
Thomas Chandler ,
Sabine Marx  and
Paul Bonwoo Gu
Jeff Schlegelmilch*
Affiliation:
The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, New York, USA
Mitch Stripling
Affiliation:
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, USA
Thomas Chandler
Affiliation:
The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, New York, USA
Sabine Marx
Affiliation:
The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, New York, USA
Paul Bonwoo Gu
Affiliation:
The National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, New York, USA
*
Corresponding author: Jeff Schlegelmilch, Email: js4645@columbia.edu.
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Abstract

The development of performance measures is not a new concept in the disaster preparedness space. For over a decade, goals have been developed and tied to federal preparedness grant programs. However, these measures have been heavily criticized for their inability to truly measure preparedness. There is also growing frustration at the local level that these performance measures do not account for local readiness priorities or the outcome-driven value of emergency response activities. To define an appropriate theoretical framework for the development of performance measures, a review of the literature on existing planning and preparedness frameworks was conducted, with an iterative feedback process with a local health agency. This paper presents elements of that literature review that were most directly along with the conceptual framework that was used as a starting point for future iterations of a comprehensive performance measure development project.

Keywords

public healthperformance measurementemergency preparedness
Type
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , June 2022 , pp. 1208 - 1214
Copyright
© Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2021

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