CDPH Goals and Objectives

The five CDPH goals and associated objectives address strategic issues and provide broad direction for the Department.   

Goal One: Increase quality and years of healthy life, reduce disparities, promote health equity

Increase the percentage of recent planning documents on file to support the thirteen prioritized Healthy People 2010 objectives.

Increase the progress California makes towards ten prioritized Healthy People 2010 objectives (listed below).

1. Reduce the proportion of nursing home residents with a current diagnosis of pressure ulcers.
2. Increase the proportion of persons served by community water systems who receive a supply of drinking water that meets Safe Drinking Water Act regulations.
3. Decrease the proportion of children found to have elevated blood lead levels.
4. Increase the proportion of adults who are vaccinated annually against influenza.
5. Increase the proportion of adults who are vaccinated annually against pneumococcal disease.
6. Reduce deaths of infants under one year of age.
7. Increase the proportion of adults who engage in moderate/vigorous physical activity.
8. Increase the proportion of the population-based prioritized subset of HHS Healthy People 2010 objectives for which California data are available for all population groups identified in the objective.
9. Increase the proportion of HHS Healthy People 2010 objectives for which CDPH data are released within one year of data collection.
10. Reduce cigarette smoking by adults.

Increase the progress California makes towards three prioritized Healthy People 2010 objectives (listed below).

1. Reduce deaths due to HIV infection.
2. Reduce tuberculosis.
3. Reduce the proportion of adults who are obese.

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Goal Two: Prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health threats and emergencies

Increase the percentage of CDPH staff and managers who have successfully completed training in National Incident Management System/Standardized Emergency Management System and Joint Emergency Operations Center positions and are ready for deployment.

Decrease the average response time between an urgent incident reported to the CDPH duty officer and program response initiated.

Increase the percentage of laboratory tests supported by the CDPH enterprise-wide Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

Increase the number of local health departments with a rating of at least 70 percent on their Strategic National Stockpile.

Increase the number of state level exercises with a public health component or health care surge component with completed After Action Reports and successful completion of Corrective Action Plans.

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Goal Three: Improve quality and availability of data to inform public health decision-making

Increase the datasets in the CDPH Data Resource Inventory that collect the Common Core Data Elements.

Increase the datasets in the CDPH Data Resource Inventory that collect the State-mandated race/ethnicity information.

Increase the percentage of datasets in the CDPH Data Resource Inventory that have geocoded data.

Increase the percentage of datasets in the CDPH Data Resource Inventory from which de-identified and/or non-confidential data are publicly available via the internet.

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Goal Four: Promote quality of the workforce and workplace environment

Increase the percentage of CDPH employees who receive a written annual performance review and Individual Development Plan by their direct supervisor.

Increase the percentage of CDPH employees surveyed who rate the CDPH as "very good" or "good" on an anonymous survey of ten aspects of the workplace environment.

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Goal Five: Improve effectiveness of business functions

Increase the number of pending regulation packages filed with the Secretary of State within 36 months of development.

Increase the percentage of invoices processed by Accounting within 30 days of receipt in the Accounting Section.

Increase the percentage of Requests for Personnel Action (RPA) receiving approval within 30 days of receipt.

Increase the percentage of contracts processed within 30 days of receipt by the Contracts Management Unit.

Increase distribution of Expenditure Forecast Reports (EFRs) to programs by December 1, 2008 and ensure EFRs are distributed monthly thereafter.

Increase distribution of Fiscal Year 2008-2009 budgets (BUDS) to programs within 45 days of budget enactment.

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