A - Logic Model

Attachment A ELC Logic Model

Core Areas/Strategies
1. Strengthen Epidemiological Capacity
• Strategy 1a: Enhance outbreak
investigation response and reporting
• Strategy 1b: Improve surveillance to
drive public health action
• Strategy 1c: Implement and evaluate
epidemiologic public health practice,
and prevention and control strategies
• Strategy 1d: Coordination and
collaboration

2. Enhance Laboratory Capacity
• Strategy 2a: Sustain and enhance
laboratory diagnostic capacity
• Strategy 2b: Improve laboratory
coordination and
outreach/information flow
3. Improve Health Information Systems
• Strategy 3a: Enhance Informatics
Workforce for ELR Implementation
• Strategy 3b: Advance national ELR
implementation
• Strategy 3c: Maintain and enhance
integrated surveillance information

Short-term/Proximal Outcomes
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Trained workforce better
prepared to respond

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Better coordination and
exchange of data

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Improved surveillance

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Improved completeness and
timeliness of reporting

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More timely and efficient efforts:
o Improved turnaround
time
o Detection of outbreaks
o Response to outbreaks
o Investigation of
outbreaks
o Implementation of
control measures

Mid-term Outcomes
Data used to:
• Improve PH response
and control
• Improve public health
practice
• Inform clinical
medicine/ treatment
• Set priorities
• Inform program and
policy development

Development and
implementation of strong:
• Public health
interventions
• Prevention guidelines
Earlier detection of EIDs
Increased awareness of:
• Public re: EID risks and
protective action
• Providers re:
appropriate action

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Long-term/Distal
Outcomes
Improved treatment and
prevention of infectious
diseases
Minimized transmission of
infectious diseases
Future outbreaks prevented
Reduction in
incidence/prevalence of
preventable infectious diseases
Decreased morbidity/mortality
Restrained growth of health
care costs
Improved health outcomes,
quality, and equity