Objective. The author examined the emergency preparedness readiness of all workgroups within Kentucky's rural public health departments as it related to the 10 Essential Public Health Services. This article describes the results related to the three emergency preparedness competencies for the first Essential Public Health Service: the ability to monitor health status to identify community health problems. Methods. Onsite surveys were conducted in one urban and 93 rural Kentucky public health agencies during 2005 and 2006. Categorical data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis techniques. The author compared responses to the level of confidence (LOC) and need for training (NFT) among the seven workgroup classifications. Results. One thousand nine hundred ninety-four public health workers completed the surveys. Of these, 1,813 workers represented 55% of the state's rural local public health workforce. Kentucky's rural public health workforce can be described as predominan
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