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Strategic Priority #3: Promote and Protect Public Health and Safety
The public looks to ADHS as the public health authority for information on a variety of issues
including licensing, handling emergencies, preventing communicable disease outbreaks,
identifying food borne illness, and improving safety and well being. The third strategic priority
requires our programs to think creatively how they may impact the following Strategic
Objectives:
Objective 1: Implement Strategies to Promote Non-Violent Behavior
Identifying and collaborating on efforts to reduce violence is an issue of great importance in
Public Health. Encouraging all programs to think about the trauma caused by violence and the
long-term effects on individuals and society will foster a culture of creative, successful
interventions.
Performance Measures:
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Decrease the percent of high school students who report having experienced
physical violence by a dating partner
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Increase the percent of ASH direct care staff trained in non-violent crisis
intervention through the Crisis Prevention Institute
Objective 2:
Address Quality of Care Issues and Public Health Risks
Childcare and health care licensing programs, as well as environmental laboratory licensing
allows ADHS to ensure a minimum standard of services and is an important factor in protecting
the safety of the citizens of Arizona.
Performance Measures:
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Increase the percent of child care complaint investigations initiated within
investigative guidelines
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Increase the percent of child care license renewals granted within licensing
timeframes
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Increase the percent of health care complaint investigations initiated within
investigative guidelines
Objective 3: Prepare for and Respond to Public Health Emergencies
Wildfires, food borne illness, and the H1N1 pandemic are all the types of public health crisis to
which ADHS must be prepared to respond. The agency takes great pride in the work
accomplished in this area. This objective supports all programs that focus on preparedness and
continuity planning.
