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December 04, 2013
Health security is a community’s readiness to protect itself from health threats like major disease outbreaks and natural disasters, and its ability to recover from these types of events. Michigan’s Index result is 7.4. While Michigan’s Index is higher than the national average, it also shows that Michigan can strengthen partnerships, particularly in the education community, and enhance efforts around mobilizing disaster volunteers.
“The Index is a growing measure of how well a variety of different fields, not just public health and preparedness, integrate so that our community can best protect itself and respond to emergencies that can affect the health of our residents,” said James K. Haveman, Director of Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). “This tool can help Michigan focus in on our areas of strength as well as opportunities to bolster our efforts and ensure we are protecting our communities.”
The NHSPI shows that Michigan’s ability to quickly detect potential health threats is a result of well-trained disease detectives and a highly ranked laboratory system. In addition, Michigan has strong partnerships and coordination among multiple agencies, including public health, the healthcare system, emergency management, and the laboratory system. Another highlight includes Michigan’s ability to provide critical medications to the public quickly and efficiently if needed during a public health emergency. For example, Michigan’s Strategic National Stockpile program has received an average of 100 percent during evaluations for the last four years.
The Index was not designed to compare or rank states. Jurisdictions vary widely in the types of emergencies they face and in the response systems that are locally available to them. While the Index provides a range of composite results for the nation, states are able to see where they fall within that range and then gauge progress in areas that they designate as priority.
The NHSPI was developed by ASTHO, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with input from numerous organizations. It is the first tool developed and designed to comprehensively the assess level of health security within individual states and for the nation. The Index currently utilizes a range of elements that focus on public health and healthcare primarily, but will expand over time to more fully reflect the broader range of elements from other areas that also influence health security. For more information about the NHSPI, visit http://www.nhspi.org. For more information about individual and family preparedness in the state of Michigan, visit http://www.michigan.gov/michiganprepares.
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