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Vaccination is important at every stage of life, providing essential health benefits and contributing to individual well-being and public health. To support public health and healthcare professionals in increasing routine immunization coverage rates, the Public Health Foundation (PHF), in partnership...

SWOTIE Action Prioritization Matrix

May 26, 2023

Continuing the Public Health Foundation’s efforts to help health departments address inclusion and equity in their agencies and communities, this companion tool to Expand Your SWOT Analysis to Include Inclusion and Equity: Make it a SWOTIE has been developed. This tool is used to address each of...

Expand Your SWOT Analysis to Include Inclusion and Equity: Make it a SWOTIE

May 26, 2023

As health departments increasingly work to address inclusion and equity in their agencies and communities, the Public Health Foundation has been developing new tools and approaches that health departments may wish to explore and use. This SWOTIE tool builds inclusion and equity into the traditional...

Introducing the Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (Archived Webinar)

December 18, 2018

Does your work involve activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation, or community health assessment and improvement planning? Are you actively engaged in supporting your organization’s performance improvement (PI) efforts? This archived...

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

Tackling Big Challenges with a Full QI Culture Shift (Archived Webinar)

June 19, 2018

This archived webinar explores how the Springfield-Greene County Health Department (MO) leveraged the public health accreditation process to spark creativity, innovation, and further staff involvement in performance improvement efforts organization-wide. During the webinar, presenters shared how the...

Taking Action on Community Health Improvement Priorities (Archived Webinar)

June 18, 2018

Featuring two communities participating in the Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement pilot initiative, this archived webinar offers an overview of this pilot initiative and highlights the stories of action being taken in Portsmouth, VA and Baton Rouge, LA. Through this initiative, Bon Sec...

Innovation and Quality in Public Health (Archived Webinar)

March 5, 2018

This archived webinar explores how one local health department, the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD), is moving its community forward to improved population health. Grounded in a culture of continuous quality improvement, OCCHD has embraced the community chief health strategist concept,...

Competencies and Resources for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (Archived Webinar)

March 10, 2016

This archived webinar provides an overview of the draft Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health and introduces resources to assist with implementation of these competencies. Featuring Ron Bialek and Julie Sharp of the Public Health Foundation (PHF), this 60 minute webinar...

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