Public Health Core Functions Implementation

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Core Functions Improvement Process

  • Support implementation of core functions in public health
  • Establish a performance improvement system
  • Improve the performance of public health services
  • Improve the health of the population

Core Functions Framework

Core Functions Framework

Performance management

“the strategic use of

  • performance standards
  • performance measures
  • progress reports
  • ongoing quality improvement efforts

to ensure an agency achieves the desired results”

“From Silos to Systems” Turning Point 2003

Performance management in public health

“The continuous use of these four components in a way that integrates them in the agency’s core operation constitutes a performance management system.”

“From Silos to Systems”,
Turning Point 2003

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