What could be the role of public health in this planning
What could be the role of public health in this planning and potential decision making? Give specific examples. How could public health work with school districts specifically
What could be the role of public health in this planning
This assignment considers the Core Public Health Functions defined by the National Academy of Medicine and outlined on page 248 (Chapter 12) of the text.
You will also review and consider the Ten Essential Public Health
Services outlined in Table 12.1 located on page 249. of the text.
Address the following questions in relation to the development of safe and effective plans to return children to in school educational settings during the Covid pandemic or provide alternate planning to meet their educational needs:
1) What could be the role of public health in this planning and potential decision making? Give specific examples.
2) How could public health work with school districts specifically in relation to monitoring the health status of both children and staff, surveillance, education, outreach and community collaborations? Give specific examples.
3) Has your local school district involved public health in planning efforts and if so, overview how this has been accomplished.
If not, how could this be achieved effectively?
More Details:
Our Public Health service has no statutory planning functions and is not a statutory consultee in the planning process. This means there’s no legal requirement to consult Public Health on planning proposals.
Public Health has no statutory duty to respond to planning proposals or applications, but considers it important to engage with planning proposals and ensure they reflect our health and wellbeing priorities.
This is reflected in our Public Health Strategy.
Public Health can’t engage with every planning application, so it focuses on those it considers to be of sufficient size, scale or type of operation to potentially impact on the health of a population.