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Council on Linkages Update - November 2017

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Topic: Council on Linkages, Workforce Development

Date: 11/30/2017

Council on Linkages Update

November 2017

Below is the Council on Linkages Update for November 2017. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications.

Engage with the Council on Linkages During Final Meeting of 2017

Join the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) for its final meeting of the year on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 from 1-3pm EST. This meeting will be held virtually and will provide the latest updates on activities related to the Academic Health Department Learning Community and the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals. In addition, The Kresge Foundation's Senior Fellow - Health, Phyllis Meadows, PhD, will join the Council on Linkages to discuss Kresge's Emerging Leaders in Public Health initiative, and Hugh Tilson, MD, DrPH, MPH, Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, and former Council on Linkages member, will discuss the role of the Council on Linkages in supporting public health workforce issues. A complete agenda and meeting materials will be available on the meeting webpage the week prior to the meeting. All public health professionals interested in learning more about Council on Linkages initiatives are welcome to attend. For more information, please visit the meeting webpage or contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org.

Council on Linkages Session at APHA Annual Meeting Explores Ways to Make the Case for the Public Health Workforce

The public health workforce plays a vital role in ensuring the health of the population, but how do we ensure that we have a strong public health workforce? During a special session on Advocating for the Public Health Workforce at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting this fall, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) brought together influential public health leaders to tackle this and other critical questions. Joining the session moderator, Council on Linkages Chair C. William Keck, MD, MPH, John Auerbach, MBA, President and CEO, Trust for America's Health, outlined the characteristics of the current governmental public health environment, and Ed Hunter, MA, President and CEO, de Beaumont Foundation; Phyllis Meadows, PhD, Senior Fellow - Health, The Kresge Foundation; and Judy Monroe, MD, President and CEO, CDC Foundation, shared their organizations' efforts that are helping to make the case for the public health workforce. The session emphasized the importance of working together to clearly demonstrate the value of and support the public health workforce in achieving population health objectives. Read Support for the Public Health Workforce: How Do We Make the Case? to learn more, and contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org with any questions.

ASTHO Profile Reports Wide Use of Core Competencies Among State Health Departments

Released this month by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the ASTHO Profile of State and Territorial Public Health, Volume Four shares results of its 2016 Profile Survey, including information on state health department efforts to ensure staff workforce development opportunities. Highlighted in this information is use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) to support workforce development, with 72% of state health departments reporting developing training plans that incorporate the Core Competencies. In addition, 34% use the Core Competencies for preparing job descriptions, 22% for conducting performance evaluations, and 14% for other uses. All state health departments indicated being familiar with the Core Competencies, and few (18%) reported that these competencies have not been used within their organizations. Read Just Released: ASTHO Profile Reports Large Majority of State Health Departments Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to learn more about use of the Core Competencies among state health departments, and contact Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org with any questions.

Share Your Feedback on a Draft Staged Model of AHD Development

Academic health department (AHD) partnerships exist among health departments and academic institutions across the country, but how do these partnerships develop? Building on exploration within the AHD Learning Community of how this may occur, a staged model of AHD development has been drafted, describing the potential development of AHD partnerships on a continuum of five stages, from informal relationships through comprehensive collaboration. This draft was discussed during the September 2017 Learning Community meeting and is open for public comment. Feedback on any aspect of the model is welcome and will be used to refine the draft. Read Feedback Needed! Draft AHD Development Model Available for Public Comment to learn more and share your feedback, and send any questions to Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org.

Activities of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice are supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Questions and comments may be emailed to Academic/Practice Linkages Assistant Director Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org.

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