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Improving the Planning and Performance Measurement Reporting System

June 27, 2011

 

The goal of this rapid cycle improvement (RCI) project was to streamline the reporting process of the Minnesota Planning and Performance Measurement Reporting System to improve the content and quality of the data submitted and add more value for state and local stakeholders. RCI PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)...

 

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Genomics Competencies for the Public Health Workforce

October 5, 2010

 

​The Genomic Workforce Competencies were developed in 2001 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a tool for public health programs and schools of public health to incorporate genomics into existing competencies and program training goals.

 

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JPHMP Special Issue on Quality Improvement (Jan/Feb 2010)

September 20, 2010

 

The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) January/February 2010 Special Edition on Quality Improvement features the Public Health Foundation's (PHF) QI Experts Les Beitsch, John W. Moran, and William Riley as guest editors as well as authors of articles such as “Quality Improvement...

 

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Healthy People 2010 Toolkit

September 10, 2010

 

The Healthy People 2010 Toolkit provides guidance, technical tools, and resources to help states, territories, and tribes develop and promote successful Healthy People 2010 plans and to prepare for 2015 or 2020 plans.  It can also serve as a resource for communities and other entities embarking on similar...

 

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Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project

September 10, 2010

 

​In 2001, PHF assisted the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the development of the Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project, which provides easily accessible information on evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2010 objectives.  By clicking on specific search strategies,...

 

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Competency to Curriculum Toolkit

September 8, 2010

 

The "Competency to Curriculum Toolkit" was published in March 2008, following extensive work by Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN and others. The toolkit can help describe and integrate core and discipline-specific competencies into health professions and continuing education training programs.​

 

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Choose Respect Campaign Collection

August 11, 2010

 

​ Research Shows: 72% of students in 8th and 9th grade report that they are dating by the time they are in high school. One in four teens reports verbal, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse each year. 54% of students report dating violence among their peers. The Choose Respect Campaign provides...

 

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Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, 3rd Edition

July 21, 2010

 

This print-based, self-study course provides public health and other healthcare professionals with basic epidemiology principles, concepts, and procedures used in the surveillance and investigation of health-related events. This resource contains key features and applications of descriptive and analytic...

 

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Cold or Flu: Antibiotics Don't Work for You Brochure

July 21, 2010

 

This full color, trifold brochure briefly explains the difference between bacteria and viruses and how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. It also answers some common questions about when it is and is not appropriate to use an antibiotic. The brochure was developed by the Centers for Disease Control...

 

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Management of Occupational Blood Exposures to HBV, HCV, or HIV Poster (Pack of 10)

July 20, 2010

 

  If you are a healthcare provider or worker who manages occupational exposures to the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), then you need to have this poster in your facility.   This 24"x36" poster summarizes the steps involved...

 

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