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Glen Mays

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Improving The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Recommended Updates For 2015-16, Glen P. Mays Aug 2015

Improving The National Health Security Preparedness Index: Recommended Updates For 2015-16, Glen P. Mays

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This report describes proposed updates in methodology and measures for the 2015-16 release of the National Health Security Preparedness Index


National Health Security Preparedness Index: Recommendations From The National Advisory Committee, Glen P. Mays, Michael Childress, Anna Goodman Hoover, Chris Bollinger Jun 2015

National Health Security Preparedness Index: Recommendations From The National Advisory Committee, Glen P. Mays, Michael Childress, Anna Goodman Hoover, Chris Bollinger

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This meeting of the National Advisory Committee for the National Health Security Preparedness Index program discussed strategies for improving the theoretical framework, measures, and analytic methodologies used in assessing and comparing preparedness levels across U.S. states and the nation as a whole.


Refining And Improving The Methodology For The National Health Security Preparedness Index, Glen P. Mays, Michael Childress, Dominique Zephyr Mar 2015

Refining And Improving The Methodology For The National Health Security Preparedness Index, Glen P. Mays, Michael Childress, Dominique Zephyr

Glen Mays

This first meeting of two newly reconstituted Working Groups for the National Health Security Preparedness Index Program examined opportunities for improving and refining the Index's measurement, scaling, weighting, and aggregation methodologies. Methodological improvements will enhance the Index's utility for education, planning, policy development, and quality improvement efforts focused on improving national preparedness and resiliency for large-scale health threats.