Engaging Internal Audiences
Internal audiences in large organizations are often overlooked as key assets when connecting to vulnerable populations in the community.
Understanding that many divisions inside the public health department conduct direct outreach with vulnerable populations, our team launched an internal effort to individually meet with each division to better coordinate our efforts and learn how these populations were already being served. Currently, representatives from divisions outside of Emergency Preparedness serve as advisors on the Vulnerable Populations Action Team (VPAT) and help to integrate preparedness work into their own outreach.
As a part of our continued learning process and chance to expand this work, we are interested in hearing from you on how your public health department has assessed and catalogued department-wide skills and opportunities for serving vulnerable populations.
Please tell us how you have engaged internal audiences so we can share it with others.