• DeAndrea Martinez, Todd Talbert, Sandra Romero-Steiner, Christine Kosmos, and Stephen Redd.
• DeAndrea Martinez, MPH, is a Public Health Analyst, Program Planning and Development, Division of State and Local Readiness; Todd P. Talbert, MA, is a Senior Advisor, Program Planning and Development; Sandra Romero-Steiner, PhD, is a Scientific Clearance Official, Office of Science and Public Health Practice; Christine Kosmos, RN, BSN, MS, is Director of the Division of State and Local Readiness; and Stephen C. Redd, MD, is a RADM in the United States Public Health Service and Deputy Director for Public Health Service and Implementation Science; all in the Center for Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
• Health Secur. 2019 Nov 1; 17 (6): 430-438.

AbstractIn spring 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning. The capability standards provide a framework that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial public health agency preparedness planning and response to public health threats and emergencies. In 2017, a project team at the CDC Division of State and Local Readiness incorporated input from subject matter experts, national partners, and stakeholders to update the 2011 capability standards. As a result, CDC released the updated capability standards in October 2018, which were amended in January 2019. The original structure of the 15 capability standards remained unchanged, but updates were made to capability functions, tasks, and resource elements to reflect advances in public health emergency preparedness and response practices since 2011. When the number of functions and tasks in the 2018 capability standards were compared to those in the 2011 capabilities, only 20% (3/15) of the capabilities had a decrease in function number. The majority of changes were at the task level (task numbers changed in 80%, or 12/15, capabilities) in the 2018 version. The capability standards provide public health agencies with a practical framework, informed by updated science and tools, which can guide prioritization of limited resources to strengthen public health agency emergency preparedness and response capacities.

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