PHF E-News: News for Public Health (November 2016)

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Topic: Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, Workforce Development

Date: 12/9/2016

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Learn How States Are Promoting Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in a New Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit from CDC and PHF

The Evolution of Public Health Learning: Introducing the New TRAIN Learning Network Platform During Webinar

Learning and Collaboration Key to Building the Strongest Public Health Workforce

December AHD Learning Community Meeting Features Academic Health Collaborative in Worcester, MA

Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers' Courses and Search Added to TRAIN

Academic Health Department Research Agenda Released by the Council on Linkages

Spotlight on Public Health Improvement

Building and Improving Public Health Policy

Planning and preparing for new policy priorities? Read Blueprint for a Healthier America 2016 from the Trust for America's Health and use policy resources in PHF's Public Health Improvement Resource Center.

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PHF E-News brings you the latest information on how you can use performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development to improve the quality and performance of your organization and the health of your community.

Learn How States Are Promoting Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in a New Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit from CDC and PHF

As an element of Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to release Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation Framework for Health Departments, a toolkit designed to support state, tribal, local, and territorial health department efforts to promote appropriate use of antibiotics and reduce healthcare associated infections. As antibiotic resistant infections increase healthcare costs and contribute to negative health outcomes¹, the work of health departments to promote appropriate antibiotic use has become increasingly important. Learn more about the Implementation Framework as well as additional resources and tools which may be helpful for developing or improving your own antibiotic stewardship programs.

Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming PHF Webinar
Building Cross-Sector Collaborations to Promote Effective Antibiotic Use in Inpatient, Outpatient, and Long-Term Care Settings
February 7, 2017 from 1-2pm EST.
Learn more and register today.

¹CDC Outpatient Stewardship http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/community/improving-prescribing/outpatient-stewardship.html

The Evolution of Public Health Learning: Introducing the New TRAIN Learning Network Platform During Webinar

Get ready for the new TRAIN Learning Network platform! Join PHF on January 26, 2017 at 2pm EST for a webinar to introduce TRAIN's new platform and look to our network of learners, course providers, affiliates, and partners. This webinar will also demonstrate new features that will be available to learners on the national TRAIN site beginning January 30, 2017.

Register today.

Learning and Collaboration Key to Building the Strongest Public Health Workforce

At the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2016 Annual Meeting in Denver earlier this month, PHF staff led several discussions about the future of the public health workforce. Central themes to these sessions were both learning and collaboration as key drivers and opportunities to build and sustain a strong public health workforce. Read a summary of these workforce development presentations and lend your perspective to Kathleen Amos' latest PHF Pulse blog post.

December AHD Learning Community Meeting Features Academic Health Collaborative in Worcester, MA

The Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 from 3-4pm EST. During this meeting, guest speakers will join the AHD Learning Community to share the story of the Academic Health Collaborative created in Worcester, MA, which partners the Worcester Division of Public Health, Worcester State University, Clark University, UMass Medical School, and UMass Memorial Medical Center. Learn more about this virtual meeting and register today.

Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers' Courses and Search Added to TRAIN

Public health preparedness trainings developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers (PERLCs) are now more widely available and easily searchable on the TRAIN Learning Network. Nearly 100 preparedness courses developed by the PERLCs are now available on TRAIN. Through a collaboration between PHF and CDC, the total number of preparedness courses has increased to nearly 350. Learn more about the availability of PERLCs and preparedness content on TRAIN.

Academic Health Department Research Agenda Released by the Council on Linkages

The Academic Health Department (AHD) Research Agenda offers potential research questions focused on the AHD model - a type of partnership within public health in which practice organizations, such as health departments, and academic institutions that train future health professionals are formally affiliated. Developed by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice through its AHD Learning Community, this research agenda aims to support and encourage collaborative research on the structure, functions, and impacts of AHD partnerships. See the recently released AHD Research Agenda to get started.

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