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PHF is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 "I'm Your Community Guide!" Contest, which is designed to identify model practices for implementing the evidence-based strategies outlined in The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide). See how each of these organizations has demonstrated effective and efficient use of these recommendations to make positive impacts on their community.

Updates to The Community Guide
The Community Preventive Services Task Force added new evidence-based strategies to its list of recommendations.

PHF invites researchers to request customized data from TRAIN, a national public health learning management system of state agencies, federal partners, and academic institutions committed to improving public health workforce training. TRAIN's community of over 650,000 learners provides a rich dataset of demographics, competencies, and professional roles of the public health workforce.

 

PHF and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) have developed a new quick guide to identify quality improvement (QI) tools for measurement activities. This tool provides details on how and when to use QI when choosing measures and indicators, managing data quality, and analyzing and interpreting data. Explore this resource and provide your suggestions to improve the tool.

Public Health Improvement Resource Center
View more than 500 resources for public health performance management, quality improvement, workforce development, and accreditation preparation in the Public Health Improvement Resource Center.