​The Public Health Foundation (PHF) has more than 40 years of experience working with local and state health departments, non-profit organizations, and the federal government to strengthen the quality of public health practice. The following programs are a sample of current and past quality improvement (QI) projects.

Current Programs:

• Vector Control Initiatives: PHF and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are currently collaborating with five vector control programs at local health departments to further refine the Vector Control Population Health Driver Diagram and test its use as a tool to engage community partners. In 2014, PHF and CDC collaborated on a performance improvement initiative to assist 14 local health departments to increase their vector control programs' efficiency, effectiveness, and capacity.
  
  
• Antibiotic Stewardship Program: PHF led development of a driver diagram illustrating public health’s role in promoting antibiotic stewardship. An interdisciplinary team of experts in QI, infection control, epidemiology, and public health leadership, identified primary and secondary drivers of optimal antibiotic use to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant infections and other adverse impacts of inappropriate antibiotic use. The resulting Public Health Antibiotic Stewardship Driver Diagram maps drivers of optimal antibiotic use.

Past Programs:

• National Public Health Improvement Initiative: In collaboration with the CDC and national partners, PHF provided QI, performance management, and workforce development technical assistance to state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.


• Future of Public Health Award: In 2012, PHF launched a national award program to promote the use of QI to improve the public's health.


• Sexually Transmitted Disease Quality Improvement Project: PHF collaborated with the CDC Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases to provide targeted QI services to the New Mexico and South Carolina state health departments.


• Sedgwick County Health Department Quality Plan Project: PHF worked with the Sedgwick County Health Department in Kansas to develop an agency quality improvement plan and promote a QI culture.


• Asthma Quality Improvement Demonstration Project: With funding from AstraZeneca, PHF brought together asthma stakeholders from the public health community to use QI tools and methods to identify areas where they could improve asthma management outcomes.