Public Health Cross Jurisdictional Strategist

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2021

The focus of the Kresge initiative is to establish public health alignment through communication, collaboration, and coordination with municipalities within the San Diego region, spanning boundaries between different jurisdictions and stakeholders. • As part of the Kresge initiative, the County of San Diego has created a collaborative bi-directional communication platform with all 18 city municipalities and the unincorporated area to better address and align routine public health concerns, emergencies, and threats. • This bi-directional communication platform was created using external SharePoint product, where each City Manager and their designated staff members have access to receive important information from the Public Health Officer. To date, these documents of communication have included:o AB262 Outbreak Notifications, o COVID-19 Cease & Desist Health Order Violations, and o COVID-19 City Facility Complaints. • City staff members also have the ability to upload documents for the Public Health Officer through their landing page and can also correspond with the Public Health Officer at COSD-CITY.Comm.HHSA@sdcounty.ca.gov. • The Kresge City-County Communication platform is a tool that promotes intergovernmental communication, coordination, and collaboration in addressing shared public health routine and emergency issues. • This initiative positions the County Public Health Officer as the Cross Jurisdictional Strategist and the department as the “go-to” valued entity for any public health issues, information, and technical assistance that municipalities may need.