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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...

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...

Tuesday is Competency Day at APHA

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

October 29, 2018

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Attending this year’s American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in San Diego? Join the Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice...

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...

Feedback Needed! Draft AHD Development Model Available for Public Comment

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

November 28, 2017

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal affiliations of health departments and academic institutions training future health professionals – can offer organizations numerous benefits and are...

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....

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...

The Evolving Public Health Environment: How Can Organizations Engage with Health Reform?

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

December 5, 2013

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation The Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community held its third in-person meeting on November 5, 2013 at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, discussing...

Exploring Health Reform Opportunities for Academic Health Departments

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

October 1, 2013

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation How can academic health departments (AHDs) play a role in health reform? That was the question tackled by the AHD Learning Community on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 in...