Explore the Latest in Public Health Workforce Development: The 2021 Public Health Learning Forum
Posted in: Conferences and Events, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
November 17, 2021
Anastasia Brennan, MSN, MPH, TRAIN Program ManagerThe 2021 Public Health Learning Forum was held in October 2021, and brought together professionals working in the fields of workforce development, emergency preparedness, public health, and healthcare for two weeks of stimulating and inspiring...
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CDC Field Notes Story Highlights Pima County Health Department and University of Arizona AHD Partnership
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos
July 26, 2021
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...
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training: What Have We Learned?
Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development
April 26, 2021
Abdullah Tauqeer, Project Associate, Public Health FoundationOver the past nine months, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has received more than 170 requests for customized COVID-19 contact tracing training packages, a free service providing health departments with tailored packages of contact tracing...
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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...
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Ask the AHD Expert: Increasing Engagement within an AHD Partnership
Posted in: Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, and Workforce Development
February 21, 2019
Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Engagement is key to the success of partnerships, and...
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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...
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Ask the AHD Expert: Broadening Relationships within an AHD Partnership
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
September 18, 2018
Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Navigating the personalities and relationships involved...
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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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Ask the AHD Expert: Engaging a Variety of Partners to Impact Community Health
Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development
June 27, 2018
Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University
At the end of the day, academic health department (AHD)...
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Expertise to Help Your Organization Implement its Opioid Initiatives
Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development
June 26, 2018
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) specializes in solving complex challenges by facilitating partnerships and assisting health departments, hospitals, health systems, and other community stakeholders with proven performance improvement methodologies, tools, and experience. This expertise may help you...
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