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Public Health Preparedness: Activate Designated Personnel in Response to a Public Health Emergency, 2011 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Our state's public health depends on the ability of our Department and partners to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from public health threats, whether natural or man-made.
Definition
Time (in days, hours, or minutes) until specified action
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective PHP-2. The increase in 2017 is due to a structural change in how the test is conducted, administered, and evaluated.Data Source
New Jersey Local Information Network and Communications System (NJLINCS) Health Alert Network, New Jersey Department of Health(https://www.njlincs.net/default.aspx)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Time (in minutes) necessary to activate designated personnel in response to a public health emergencyDenominator:
n/a
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective PREP-1
U.S. Target: Reduce the time necessary to issue official information to the public about a public health emergency
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/preparednessHealthy People 2020 Objective PREP-2
U.S. Target: Reduce the average time necessary to activate designated personnel in response to a public health emergency to 59 minutes by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/preparednessHealthy People 2020 Objective PREP-4
U.S. Target: Reduce the average time for State public health agencies to establish after action reports and improvement plans following responses to public health emergencies and exercises to 41 days by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/preparedness
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective PHP-1
NJ Target: Reduce the time necessary to issue official information to the public about a public health emergency to 5 hours by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/public-health-preparedness.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective PHP-2
NJ Target: Reduce the time necessary to activate designated personnel in response to a public health emergency to 60 minutes by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/public-health-preparedness.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective PHP-3
NJ Target: Reduce the time for State public health agencies to implement corrective action items contained within after action reports and improvement plans following responses to public health emergencies and exercises to 90 days by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/public-health-preparedness.shtml