The Council’s Strategic Directions for 2011-2015 center around four objectives:  

Within these objectives, strategies and tactics are detailed that support achievement of the Council’s aims.

 

The adoption of the Strategic Directions represents the culmination of a strategic planning process that began late last year and relied on a review of the Council’s previous objectives and accomplishments, an environmental scan, and input from all Council member organizations.  These Strategic Directions  support the Council’s mission: to improve public health practice, education, and research by fostering, coordinating, and monitoring links among 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.  According to Council member Hugh Tilson, MD, MPH, the Strategic Directions represent “…a much needed vision and forward strategy for the field…”  The Council is well-positioned to achieve its objectives and continue impacting the practice, education, teaching, and research of public health. 

The Council is a coalition of representatives from 19 national public health organizations.  Since 1992, the Council has been furthering 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 and the Health Resources and Services Administration.  Staff support is provided by the Public Health Foundation.

 

Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice:

Council on Linkages Strategic Directions, 2011-2015:

http://www.phf.org/programs/council/Pages/Council_Strategic_Directions.aspx