CDC Learning Connection’s September Courses: Opioids, PTSD and Suicide, Antibiotic Stewardship, & Effective Meetings
Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development
September 5, 2018
Get a fresh start to your fall with a featured training on the CDC Learning Connection!
Hot Training Topic: Looking for the latest opioid-related training? Access courses from CDC and other organizations on TRAIN. Learn about safe prescribing, risk management, naloxone administration, and more.
Suicide...
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The Nation's Health Cover Story Features the Benefits of Academic Health Department Partnerships
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
August 30, 2018
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
Have you seen the cover story in the August issue of The Nation's Health from the American Public Health Association? Academic Health Department Partnerships Boost Training: Joining with Schools Benefits...
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PHF Launches Two New Services to Help Health Departments Maximize Clinical Service Delivery Program Funding
Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development
August 16, 2018
Delivery team will be led by former nurse and hospital administrator
Each month, experts from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) are in the field working with health departments and hear feedback about pressing needs for technical assistance and training. Recent comments from state nursing directors,...
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APHA Policy Statement Highlights Academic Health Department Partnerships to Support Research and Evidence-Based Public Health Practice
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
August 3, 2018
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
Following approval at its 2017 Annual Meeting, the American Public Health Association (APHA) adopted a policy statement, Supporting Research and Evidence-Based Public Health Practice in State and Local...
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August’s CDC Learning Connection Courses: Opioids, Shingles Vaccination, Injury Prevention, & Safe Drinking Water
Posted in: TRAIN
August 2, 2018
Check out the CDC Learning Connection’s timely courses for August!
Hot Training Topic: International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31. Learn clinical and public health strategies for addressing the opioid overdose epidemic with the latest courses on TRAIN.
For National Immunization Awareness Mon...
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PHF Partners with Tribes to Support Tribal Drinking Water Program Improvement
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Vanessa Lamers
July 26, 2018
Vanessa Lamers is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement at PHF.The Public Health Foundation (PHF), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Environmental Health, is providing technical assistance and training for Tribal...
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July’s CDC Learning Connection Courses: Dementia, Opioid Use Disorder, & Foodborne Outbreaks
Posted in: TRAIN
July 2, 2018
Need some quality training this summer? Check out July’s featured courses on the CDC Learning Connection!
Hot Training Topic: The opioid overdose epidemic presents unique challenges to the public health community, but there are solutions. Find the latest opioid courses on TRAIN to learn ways to add...
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Quad Council Coalition Releases 2018 Community/Public Health Nursing Competencies
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
June 28, 2018
The Quad Council Coalition of Public Health Nursing Organizations (QCC) recently released the 2018 Community/Public Health Nursing (C/PHN) Competencies.
In 2018, the QCC updated its C/PHN Competencies. The C/PHN Competencies align with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Com...
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Ask the AHD Expert: Engaging a Variety of Partners to Impact Community Health
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
June 27, 2018
Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University
At the end of the day, academic health department (AHD)...
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Expertise to Help Your Organization Implement its Opioid Initiatives
Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
June 26, 2018
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) specializes in solving complex challenges by facilitating partnerships and assisting health departments, hospitals, health systems, and other community stakeholders with proven performance improvement methodologies, tools, and experience. This expertise may help you...
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