Fight Flu: Resources for Making a Strong Flu Vaccine Recommendation This Season
by Vanessa Lamers
January 14, 2021
Tara Ivic-Pavlicic is a Public Health Foundation (PHF) Intern and an MPH Candidate at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.Vanessa Lamers is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement at PHF.This year, it is essential that healthcare personnel make a...
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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...
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Five Trainings for Health Professionals to Integrate Racial Equity Into Practice
Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Vanessa Lamers
June 4, 2020
Vanessa Lamers, MPH, MESc, is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health Foundation,Racism is a public health issue, with significant impacts to health and well-being.
Public health and healthcare professionals know firsthand the impacts that long-standing...
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QI Tools for Project Management
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Vanessa Lamers
May 8, 2019
Vanessa Lamers, MPH, MESc, is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health FoundationSupporting achievement of your organization’s strategic goals? Managing the development of individuals, teams, and daily work? Establishing or troubleshooting projects or...
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Celebrating National Infant Immunization Week
by Vanessa Lamers
April 26, 2019
Vanessa Lamers is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement at PHF.This year marks the 25th anniversary of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). From April 27-May 4, 2019, NIIW will highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases...
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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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Special Supplement to the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Highlights the Impact of Public Health Accreditation
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Vanessa Lamers
June 4, 2018
With nearly 70% of the U.S. population now served by a public health agency accredited through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), it is crucial to highlight and discuss the progress made through this program and how it has led to the increased quality and performance of public health practice....
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Assessing, Improving, and Evaluating Unregulated Drinking Water Programs
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Vanessa Lamers
October 10, 2017
Approximately 13% of U.S. Households, or about 43 million people, use drinking water systems and sources that are not covered by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act1. These systems are primarily private wells but may also include springs, cisterns, and hauled water systems. Most private well programs...
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Activate Your Community Health Improvement Plan Using Quality Improvement Tools
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Vanessa Lamers
June 14, 2017
A community health improvement plan (CHIP) or a state health improvement plan (SHIP) identifies actions that can be taken to improve a community’s health. This is an important step, but many communities find themselves down the road from their plan, with the plan still on the shelf.
If your plan has...
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Newly Available Online Performance Improvement Resource for the Public Health Community
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Vanessa Lamers
March 11, 2016
The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies for Performance Improvement...
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