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Janelle Nichols, MPH, Project Assistant, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation The 2014 version of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) was adopted by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health...

Preview a Preliminary Draft of Revisions to the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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

May 6, 2014

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation As the yearlong process to revise the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) nears its end, a preliminary draft of revisions to Tier 2 of the...

Behind the Scenes of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals Revisions

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

March 26, 2014

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation As announced last fall, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) is revising the Core Competencies for Public Health Pro...

Feedback from the Public Health Community Guiding a Revision of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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

November 22, 2013

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation Over the past eight months, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) has been collecting feedback on the Core Competencies...

Workforce Development: Improving Core Competence Among Health Department Staff

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

August 28, 2013

Julie M. Sharp, Health Data and Quality Coordinator, Kane County (IL) Health Department The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies), adopted by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, provide an opportunity for health departments to assess...

Shape the Future of the Public Health Workforce with Your Comments on the Core Competencies

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

March 14, 2013

C. William Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice The most recent version of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) was adopted by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages)...

Help Improve Tools for Building Competence in Public Health Professionals: Share Your Feedback with the Council on Linkages

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

June 12, 2012

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation Striving to continually enhance performance is critical for moving public health organizations, and the field of public health as a whole, forward. Through producing and...

Kate Nicholson: Integrating the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into Workforce Development Initiatives

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

August 3, 2011

Kate Nicholson, MA, Program Manager, Indiana Public Health Training Center (IPHTC), Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Public Health For the past decade, the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Public Health’s 25-member agency training center Advisory Board determined tha...

Renee Frauendienst: Minnesota’s SCHSAC Blue Prints Work Group and the Tier 3 Core Competencies

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March 8, 2011

Renee Frauendienst, PHN, Public Health Division Director, Stearns County Human Services Department, MN What makes a strong local public health organization? What factors contribute to its success? How do different “operating environments” influence public health outcomes for the community? These...

Richard Riegelman & Brenda Kirkwood: Training Public Health Professionals: Exploring the Role of Community Colleges

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

February 25, 2011

Richard Riegelman, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Medicine and Health Policy & Founding Dean, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University Brenda Kirkwood, MPH, DrPH candidate in Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Services, The Geo...