Cross-Sector Collaboration for Improving the Health of Communities: You Can’t Do It Alone
Posted in: Community Development, and Performance Management and Quality Improvement
April 15, 2020
Ron Bialek and John W. Moran
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” ― Helen Keller1Improving a community’s health requires that the community’s public health department, healthcare institutions, and other community stakeholders providing health and health-related services break o...
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AJPH Highlights the Importance of Academic-Practice Partnerships for Impacting Evidence-Based Public Health
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
April 29, 2019
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
Researchers concluded that “formal academic–practice partnerships can be important means for advancing evidence-based decision-making and for implementing evidence-based programs and policies”1 in a recen...
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Opioids: The Crisis Upon Us
Posted in: Strategic Planning, and TRAINby Ron Bialek
October 31, 2018
Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation.Can you imagine the response to, “crime has been reduced in our community, so let’s cut the police department budget,” or “there hasn’t been a fire all year, let’s sell off the idle fire engines and layoff half of the fire fighters.” Yes, this is...
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Ask the AHD Expert: Broadening Relationships within an AHD Partnership
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
September 18, 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
Navigating the personalities and relationships involved...
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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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Ask the AHD Expert: Communicating the Value of AHD Partnerships
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
March 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
Academic health department (AHD) partnerships can...
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Ask the AHD Expert: Pursuing Multiple AHD Partnership Opportunities
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
December 29, 2017
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
With so many possibilities for creating successful...
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New Partnership in Chicago Offers Latest Example of Academic Health Department Development
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
April 26, 2017
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) have joined together in a progressive new academic health department (AHD) partnership....
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Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement Initiative Kicks Off
Posted in: Community Developmentby Kathleen Amos
April 14, 2016
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide), a free resource for evidence-based recommendations and findings from the Community Preventive Services Task Force, can play a valuable role...
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The National Public Health Improvement Initiative at State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Levels
Posted in: Infrastructure
May 30, 2013
Dr. Judith A. Monroe, Director, Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The public health system faces sustained financial challenges—challenges compounded by an aging population,...
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