The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (the Council) is a coalition of representatives from 17 national public health organizations. Since 1992, the Council has worked to further academic/practice collaboration to assure a well-trained, competent workforce and a strong, evidence-based public health infrastructure. The Council is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and staffed by the Public Health Foundation.

Current projects of the Council include:

• Developing tools to assist with use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
• Surveying public health workers to determine how, when and why individuals enter, stay in, and leave the public health workforce

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

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