Resources & Tools

The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) are a consensus set of foundational or crosscutting knowledge and skills for the broad practice of public health, as defined by the 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS). To ensure that the Core Competencies help build the...

AHD Webinar Series: A Student Perspective: Growing Academic Health Department Partnerships through Student Internship Programs (Archived Webinar)

July 6, 2021

Internship programs are a core component of many academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions.This archived webinar explores the University of Arizona Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health's (MEZCOPH's) AHD internship...

AHD Webinar Series: Partners for Public Health: Pima County Health Department and the University of Arizona (Archived Webinar)

March 22, 2021

Academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – have the potential to enhance the capacity of the organizations involved and offer a variety of benefits.This archived webinar explores the AHD partnership between the Pima County...

Crosswalk of the Strategic Skills for the Governmental Public Health Workforce, Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, and Competencies for Population Health Professionals

February 16, 2021

This crosswalk maps the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Competencies for Population Health Professionals (Population Health Competencies) to the Strategic Skills for the Governmental Public Workforce (Strategic Skills). These three competency/skill sets...

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Making Partnerships Work for Your Community (Archived Webinar)

April 16, 2020

Cross-sector collaboration is a term used to describe a process where various community organizations come together to collectively focus their expertise and resources on a complex issue of importance to a community they serve. A cross-sector collaborative may address issues of physical health, behavioral...

AHD Webinar Series: Innovating a Teaching Health Department (Archived Webinar)

October 22, 2019

Academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – have the potential to enhance the capacity of the organizations involved and offer a variety of benefits. Nationwide, health departments are experiencing reductions in funding,...

AHD Webinar Series: Utilizing Academic Partnerships to Enhance Capacity in Small Health Departments (Archived Webinar)

March 6, 2019

This archived webinar explores utilizing academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – to enhance capacity in small health departments. During this webinar, AHD Learning Community member Michael Anguilano III, Accreditation...

Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health: Alignment with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

June 22, 2018

The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement (PI) professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies...

Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health

June 21, 2018

AHD Webinar Series: Building Academic Health Department Partnerships in Rural Areas (Archived Webinar)

June 18, 2018

This archived webinar explores building academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – in rural areas. During this webinar, Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH, Health Director for Granville Vance Public Health in North Carolina, shared...

PHF Online Store
Resources and materials for public health professionals
Online public health training courses and resources
Public Health Improvement Resource Center
Searchable database of online public health improvement resources.
Performance Improvement Services
Learn more about PHF's Quality Improvement Services