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New TRAIN Learning Network Platform Goes Live

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 30, 2017

Learners can now access the new TRAIN Learning Network platform to find quality courses on more than 60 health-related topics at www.train.org. Built with extensive input and feedback from the health workforce, the new platform features a user-friendly design and intuitive functionality. "Since...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (January 2017)

Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 10, 2017

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

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

December 9, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue 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...

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

Posted in: Community Development, Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

October 19, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Coming Soon: New TRAIN Platform Available to Learners in Early 2017 Mobilizing Community Partners to Action: How a Small Vector Control Program Tackled Zika New QI Tool: Community Stakeholder Services Map...

Coming Soon: New TRAIN Platform Available to Learners in Early 2017

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

October 11, 2016

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is preparing to launch its new TRAIN Learning Network platform, and new look. Starting in early 2017, learners can begin accessing new, more user-friendly features on the state-of-the-art TRAIN Learning Network. These changes will make it easier for TRAIN’s 1.2 million...

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

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

September 16, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Preparing the Public Health Workforce of Today and Tomorrow: Use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals in Academia PHF and CDC Vector Control Improvement Initiative Featured in Journal...

Workforce Development Takes Center Stage at APHA Annual Meeting

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

September 8, 2016

This fall’s American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting is fast approaching, and the Public Health Foundation (PHF) is once again gearing up for the largest public health conference of the year. Held October 29-November 2, 2016, in Denver, CO, this national conference is anticipated to...

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

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

August 10, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue TRAIN Learning Network Now Reaches Health, Preparedness Agencies in Over Half the U.S. States Respond Now to the Threat of Zika Taking Action Across Sectors in Communities: Addressing Diabetes in Texas ...

Taking Action Across Sectors in Communities: Addressing Diabetes in Texas

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and PHF News

July 26, 2016

Texas has a high prevalence of diabetes and an especially high incidence of diabetic complications such as amputations and renal failure. The statewide, age-adjusted diagnosed diabetic rate of 10.8/100 is the ninth highest rate in the country and has approximately doubled since the 1990’s1. Increasing...