Turning Point Sets the Stage for Emergency Preparedness Planning

Abstract

Nearly a billion dollars were made available to state health departments through federal grants in the spring of 2002 for public health emergency preparedness plans. Twenty-one states had already been participating for some years in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Turning Point Initiative. This article illustrates how earlier practice and experience in developing cross-sector collaborations and institutionalizing a model of broad-based partnerships for public health decision making can increase effectiveness and efficiency in responding to a call for action around an emergency.

Better Prepared But Spread Too Thin: The Impact of Emergency Preparedness Funding on Local Public Health

“…However, in our review of the growing body of literature on emergency preparedness planning, these findings coincide with a small but growing number of studies that have been conducted with local public health authorities on this issue. 5,[19][20][21][22] We believe that the findings and recommendations presented here transcend organizational differences and are likely to be relevant to local public health authorities across the United States.…”