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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...

APHA Policy Statement Highlights Academic Health Department Partnerships to Support Research and Evidence-Based Public Health Practice

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

August 3, 2018

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Following approval at its 2017 Annual Meeting, the American Public Health Association (APHA) adopted a policy statement, Supporting Research and Evidence-Based Public Health Practice in State and Local...

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....

Reported Mumps Cases Are on the Rise

Posted in: Data Analysis

March 30, 2018

During March 2018, Texas health officials issued a warning at a cheerleading championship that nearly 25,000 people may have been exposed to mumps, a contagious virus that causes the salivary glands in the face to become swollen. Symptoms can include fever, headache and muscle aches, and typically occur...

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 Collaboration...

Keep Up the Fight Against Flu - Recommend & Offer Flu Vaccination

Posted in: Community Development, and Workforce Development

February 5, 2014

Seema Jain, MD, is a Medical Epidemiologist for the Epidemiology and Prevention Branch in the Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Jain joined the Influenza Division’s Epidemiology and...