Consulting programs and services

NCIPH's consulting programs help agencies and other public health groups with assessments, strategic planning, data collection and analysis. Consulting Services Active Living by Design NC Local Health Department Accreditation NC Public Health Incubator Collaboratives   Consulting Services Consulting Services provides a range of consulting services that rely on evidence-based scholarship and the identification and dissemination of best practices. Consulting Services is dedicated to building the capacity of our clients, not only by addressing their immediate needs, but also by introducing solutions that enable them to resolve future problems themselves. For example, client capacity is improved by easier access to high-quality information, integrating consulting services with instructional offerings, and enabling collaboration among separate organizations in the larger public health community. Consulting Services offers: Data collection and analysis Community assessment Best practices identification Proposal development Project management Marketing Collaboration coordination Organizational analysis Strategic planning Policy analysis Information technology planning Epidemiological study design and analyses Surveillance systems evaluation In addition to its experienced and capable staff, Consulting Services regularly draws on the time and expertise of the well-regarded faculty at the Carolina School of Public Health. It also relies on capable masters- and doctoral-level graduate students to conduct field work and assist in analyses. This faculty and student resource enables Consulting Services to provide state of the art expertise at competitive prices. For further information, contact Sheila Pfaender, assistant director for program and resource development at sheila_pfaender@unc.edu, 919-966-2299. Sample Consulting Projects  Back to top Active Living by Design A national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation established to create and promote environments that make it safe and convenient for people to be more physically active. The goal of Active Living by Design is to encourage changes in design, transportation and policies to cultivate and support active living, a way of life that integrates physical activity into daily routines. Go to Active Living by Design Back to top NC Local Health Department Accreditation  The focus of local health department accreditation is on the capacity of the local health department to perform at a prescribed, basic level of quality the three core functions of assessment, assurance, and policy development and the ten essential services as detailed in the National Public Health Performance Standards Program. NCIPH is the administrator for the program. Go to NC Local Health Department Accreditation Back to top  NC Public Health Incubator Collaboratives  Enable a "critical mass" of resources and shared activities that are often necessary to provide essential public health services and are otherwise unavailable to many of the under-resourced local health districts that are Incubator participants. The incubators have been established as "voluntary, flexible partnerships" among selected local health departments and an extended set of public health stakeholders. These partnerships are intended to institutionalize opportunities for dialogue and working together. Go to NC Public Health Incubator Collaboratives Back to top

Last updated January 23, 2008