Council on Linkages Between Academia
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Mapping the Pipeline

 Updating the Core Competencies

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 Academic/Practice Linkages

 Core Competencies

 Public Health Systems Research

 Recruitment & Retention

NEW!! The Council will hold a conference call on May 23, 2008 from 1-3 p.m. ET. During this call, they will disucss and vote on the final draft of the Core Competencies and the Pipeline Policy Statement. An agenda can be viewed here.

NEW!! Both workgroups held their final conference calls. Agendas and minutes for all workgroup calls are available on the Core Competencies and Pipeline pages.

For 16 years the Council - a coalition of representatives from 17 national organizations - has worked to further academic/practice collaboration to assure a well-trained, competent workforce and a strong, evidence-based public health infrastructure.

After a one year hiatus, the Council is back with new funding provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our new projects include working to update the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and map the public health workforce pipeline.

Among its past accomplishments, the Council has worked to:

  • foster linkages between academic institutions and practice agencies and organizations

  • develop the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to guide curriculum and workforce development

  • promote public health systems research to increase understanding of and improve public health infrastructure

  • focus the field on evidence-based strategies to improve worker recruitment and retention and combat emerging worker shortages
Mission of the Council on Linkages:
To improve public health practice and education by fostering, coordinating, and monitoring links between academia and the public health and healthcare community, developing and advancing innovative strategies to build and strengthen public health infrastructure, and creating a process for continuing public health education throughout one’s career.

Page last updated 5-13-2008.