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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Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health Now Available
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
June 21, 2018
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationDoes your work involve activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation, or community health assessment and improvement? Are you actively engaged in supp...
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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 Development
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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Overlapping Research Interests: PH-PBRN and AHD
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
February 16, 2018
Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN, Wisconsin Public Health Research Network (WPHRN) Research Program Manager, and Susan J. Zahner, DrPH, RN FAAN, WPHRN Co-Chair, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing
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Feedback Needed to Help Shape Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
January 17, 2018
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationDoes your work involve activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation, or community health assessment and improvement? Are you actively engaged...
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What Does it Take to Be a Performance Improvement Professional?
Posted in: Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development
February 14, 2017
Julie Sharp, Performance Improvement Specialist, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health Foundation Since 2001, the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals have inspired the development of a number of discipline-specific competency sets, including Competencies for App...
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50 Accredited Health Departments Are Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals for Workforce Development. Are You?
Posted in: Council on Linkages, Data Analysis, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
July 22, 2016
Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
Health departments across the nation are pursing accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), and many of them are using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Com...
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Beginning Your Workforce Development Planning? Five Tips for Getting Started Today!
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
December 11, 2015
The author is Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages at the Public Health Foundation
A skilled and competent workforce is critical to an effective organization, but how do you ensure your staff’s skills are well matched to the positions they fill as well as the needs of your organization?...
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C. William Keck: Academic Health Departments
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
December 7, 2010
There is a big distinction between people just working together with their own agenda and working together towards a common purpose…When a community of learners transforms into a learning community, the outcome is far greater than the sum of the individual parts.
Lori Nishiura, “On Learning”
Many...
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