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COVID-19 Vaccines, Data for Health Equity, Antibiotic Stewardship, & PPM Testing

Posted in: Workforce Development

November 19, 2021

Check out CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings in November.Certain people are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine. Learn CDC’s latest guidance for COVID-19 booster vaccines in What Clinicians Need to Know. CDC recommends children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated...

Explore the Latest in Public Health Workforce Development: The 2021 Public Health Learning Forum

Posted in: Conferences and Events, TRAIN, and Workforce Developmentby Anastasia Brennan

November 17, 2021

Anastasia Brennan, MSN, MPH, TRAIN Program ManagerThe 2021 Public Health Learning Forum was held in October 2021, and brought together professionals working in the fields of workforce development, emergency preparedness, public health, and healthcare for two weeks of stimulating and inspiring...

Newly Revised Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals Now Available

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

November 17, 2021

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationAfter engaging in a yearlong review and revision process, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) is pleased to announce the adoption and release of the 2021 Core Competencies...

COVID-19, Flu Vaccination, ACEs, and Cross-Sector Communication

Posted in: Workforce Development

October 14, 2021

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings this October.Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in patients with post-COVID conditions. Learn clinical guidance for post-COVID fatigue with Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Fatigue Following COVID-19. Free CE.CDC recommends...

Mental Health, Wildfires, Lyme Disease, and Birth Certificate Data

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

September 15, 2021

Start your fall with CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings.In a recent survey, 53% of public health workers reported symptoms of at least one mental health condition in the past two weeks. Watch the Mental Health is Public Health webinar to learn about tools for developing healthy coping strategies.Large...

New Federal Funds Can Help Set the Stage for Long-term Public Health Improvement and Support

Posted in: Infrastructure, and Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Ron Bialek

August 20, 2021

Paul Kuehnert, President and CEO, Public Health Accreditation Board Ron Bialek, President and CEO, Public Health FoundationFirst, the good news. Billions of federal government dollars are being invested for enhancing and rebuilding public health infrastructure at the state, Tribal, local, and territorial...

Working with Schools, Opioid Use Disorder, Financial Management, & Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

August 9, 2021

Gain new clinical and public health skills with CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings.It’s back-to-school time in many parts of the United States. Learn how to apply public health practice to a school setting in Working with Schools 101. For the latest on COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools,...

Helping Restaurants Reduce Spread of COVID-19

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Vanessa Lamers

August 5, 2021

Vanessa Lamers, Assistant Director, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health Foundation, and Ron Bialek, President, Public Health Foundation, Public Health FoundationRestaurants have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic, experiencing economic loses, orders...

An Urgent Need for Public Health Firefighters

Posted in: Infrastructure, and Workforce Developmentby Ron Bialek

July 27, 2021

Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health FoundationA well-resourced, trained, and respected public health workforce is vital to our nation’s health. Unfortunately, leading into the COVID-19 pandemic, little attention had been paid to the needs of our workforce. The consequence has been millions of...

CDC Field Notes Story Highlights Pima County Health Department and University of Arizona AHD Partnership

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

July 26, 2021

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationThe Pima County Health Department (AZ) and University of Arizona’s Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health’s (MEZCOPH’s) academic health department (AHD) partnership is featured in the latest Field Notes story...