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Your Feedback Guiding Revisions to the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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

March 18, 2021

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationThe feedback is in. Over the past five months, hundreds of public health and population health professionals have participated in an open comment period focused on the Core Competencies for Public...

COVID-19 Vaccine, Blood Clots, Legionnaires’ Disease, & Feasibility Planning

Posted in: TRAIN

March 10, 2021

Start your spring training with CDC Learning Connection!On February 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) for emergency use. Learn about storage, handling, and administration of the vaccine in What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know....

Make Sure Your Voice is Heard: Share Your Feedback on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals by February 28th

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

February 12, 2021

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationIt’s not too late to have your input influence the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies). Mark your calendars to share your feedback by February 28, 2021 and help...

Long COVID, Scientific Writing, Opioid Prescribing in the ED, & Teen Dating Violence

Posted in: TRAIN

February 9, 2021

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection's featured trainings in February!Patients and clinicians across the United States are reporting long-term effects of COVID-19, commonly referred to as long COVID. Learn about signs and symptoms of long COVID and interdisciplinary approaches to care with Treating...

COVID-19, Human Trafficking, Preventing Falls, & HPV Vaccination

Posted in: TRAIN

January 22, 2021

Start 2021 with CDC Learning Connection's featured trainings and earn free CE!Learn about the two vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to prevent COVID-19 infection with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine courses. Learn how to identify and respond to human...

Fight Flu: Resources for Making a Strong Flu Vaccine Recommendation This Season

by Vanessa Lamers

January 14, 2021

Tara Ivic-Pavlicic, MPH Candidate at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Intern, Public Health Foundation.Vanessa Lamers, Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health Foundation.This year, it is essential that healthcare personnel...

FAQs on the Pfizer Vaccine: Shipping, Handling, Preparation, and Administration

by Vanessa Lamers

December 16, 2020

Vanessa Lamers is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement at PHF.To support health departments, hospitals, healthcare organizations, and governments in the roll-out of the vaccine, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has developed this overview of the Pfizer-BioNTech...

Feedback Needed! Shape the Future Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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

November 23, 2020

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) recently began the process of reviewing and revising the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies)...

Dynamic, Skilled Supervisors Are Foundational to Successful Contact Tracing Programs

Posted in: Workforce Development

November 9, 2020

Jennifer Breads and Chantelle Allen are Technical Advisors at Jhpiego, a global health nonprofit organization and affiliate of the Johns Hopkins University. SARS-CoV-2 is a highly-infectious virus the world has never seen before, but there is nothing new about one of our most powerful tools to combat...

COVID-19, Legal Issues in Epidemics, Flu Vaccination, & HIV

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

October 5, 2020

Take one of CDC Learning Connection’s timely trainings this October. Check out the latest COVID-19 trainings from CDC and partners via Training for Healthcare Professionals. Topics include clinical care, contact tracing, workplace fatigue, and more. You may face complex legal issues during an epidemic...