A New Vision and Leadership Challenge

Enhancing Access to Quality Online Training to Strengthen Public Health Preparedness and Response

“…This often means that current workers have less time for training, and there are fewer staff overall to respond to emergencies. Increasing collaboration between public health and the health care delivery sector has been occurring in many parts of the country as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,7 encouraging care coordination and connectivity between historically disparate stakeholders to improve community-oriented population health 8. In many communities, therefore, public and community health workers are actively involved with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act 9.…”

PPACA and Public Health

“…These 3 sections of articles have commentaries from 3 thoughtful observers: Michael Hatcher, 13 Mark Bittle, 14 and Brenda Stevenson Marshall. 15 There are also 3 broad editorials: John Williams, past Chair of the APHA Health Administration Section, kicks off the issue with a view of PPACA through a systems thinking approach; Peggy Honore' 16 reviews the issue's articles through the lens of funding and financing; and Karen Minyard 17 has general comments on how to activate public health agencies to take advantage of these numerous opportunities in PPACA for population health improvement.…”