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Vanessa Lamers, MESc, MPH, Director, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health FoundationKeira Wickliffe Berger RN, MSN, MPH, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist/Humanitarian Emergencies Specialist The US has now declared Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency, following the World Health...

Helping Restaurants Reduce Spread of COVID-19

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Vanessa Lamers

August 5, 2021

Vanessa Lamers, Assistant Director, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health Foundation, and Ron Bialek, President, Public Health Foundation, Public Health FoundationRestaurants have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic, experiencing economic loses, orders...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...