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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...

CDC Learning Connection’s January Courses: Opioids, Concussion, Foodborne Outbreak, & Lab Informatics

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 9, 2019

Kick off 2019 with a CDC Learning Connection featured training! More than 70,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2017. Access the latest opioid courses on TRAIN via our Hot Training Topic to learn about substance use disorders and more. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is ...

CDC Learning Connection’s November Courses: Opioids, Pandemic Flu, Diabetes, & Outbreak Investigation

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 1, 2018

Visit the CDC Learning Connection this November to take advantage of our timely featured trainings! A recent study shows improvements in opioid prescribing after the release of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. Access opioid courses on TRAIN via the Hot Training Topic to ...

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...

CDC Learning Connection’s October Courses: Opioids, Economic Evaluation, Cause of Death Reporting, & Hepatitis C

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

October 3, 2018

Check out October’s featured courses on the CDC Learning Connection! New data show that opioid prescribing continued to decrease in the United States in 2017, but still remains high. Find courses on TRAIN via the Hot Training Topic to learn the latest evidence-based approaches to the opioid overdose epi...

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...

CDC Learning Connection’s September Courses: Opioids, PTSD and Suicide, Antibiotic Stewardship, & Effective Meetings

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

September 5, 2018

Get a fresh start to your fall with a featured training on the CDC Learning Connection! Hot Training Topic: Looking for the latest opioid-related training? Access courses from CDC and other organizations on TRAIN. Learn about safe prescribing, risk management, naloxone administration, and more. Suicide...

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...

PHF Launches Two New Services to Help Health Departments Maximize Clinical Service Delivery Program Funding

Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development

August 16, 2018

Delivery team will be led by former nurse and hospital administrator Each month, experts from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) are in the field working with health departments and hear feedback about pressing needs for technical assistance and training. Recent comments from state nursing directors,...

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...