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Public Health Foundation’s TRAIN Learning Network Re-launches Pacific EMPRINTS Emergency Preparedness and Response Courses

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

November 8, 2018

Healthcare professionals regained access to essential emergency preparedness and response online courses today with support from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) and its TRAIN Learning Network. The trainings from the Pacific EMPRINTS program, led by Dr. Ann Sakaguchi at the University of Hawaii at...

Public Health Learning (November 2018)

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

November 2, 2018

Public Health Learning November 2018 Achieving Healthier Populations & Communities Get Ready for Diabetes Awareness Month The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 (November 14) is The Family and Diabetes . Throughout Diabetes Awareness Month, raise...

Public Health Learning (October 2018)

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

September 26, 2018

Public Health Learning October 2018 Achieving Healthier Populations & Communities It says "three (3) times a day." What time does that mean I take it? Health literacy affects adults and children in a variety of ways. Between 2002 and 2012, every...

Med Learning Group Joins the TRAIN Learning Network

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

September 4, 2018

The Med Learning Group (MLG) recently launched their new Course Provider Premium TRAIN Learning Network portal – Med Learning TRAIN – in July 2018. MLG is the 30th affiliate (states, national organizations, or academic institutions who operate a customized TRAIN portal) to join the TRAIN Learning Network....

Public Health Learning (September 2018)

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

August 29, 2018

Public Health Learning September 2018 Achieving Healthier Populations & Communities Get Ready for National Preparedness Month $306 billion! I t remains difficult to forget last year’s record-breaking cost of disasters in the United States, 1 and there...

STD Rates Climb to Record Highs

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Development

August 29, 2018

For the fourth consecutive year, sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates have increased. According to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the National STD Prevention Conference on August 28, 2018, nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (August 2018)

Posted in: Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

August 21, 2018

Improve the quality and performance of your organization and the health of your community with news from the Public Health Foundation (PHF). News, resources, tools, and information on performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development to improve the quality and performance of...

Council on Linkages Meeting Summary - July 2018

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

July 31, 2018

Council on Linkages Meeting Summary July 2018 The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) held its first meeting of 2018 on July 16th. Eighty Council on Linkages members and friends participated in this virtual meeting, discussing...

Public Health Learning (August 2018)

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

July 31, 2018

Public Health Learning August 2018 Achieving Healthier Populations & Communities The Opioid Epidemic is Becoming A Long-Term Crisis The increased understanding that substance abuse is both a chronic disease and a public health issue that impacts community...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (July 2018)

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

July 26, 2018