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Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Are you passionate about population health? Are you involved in developing and implementing population health programs and services? Is community benefit work a core part of what you do? The newly released...

Transforming the Narrative on Health Improvement

May 18, 2018

The solutions to complex health challenges must be innovative and interdisciplinary. Each step along the way – assessing needs, developing improvement plans, implementing tactics, monitoring progress, and adjusting strategies in real time – depends upon deploying a transformative approach that finds...

Join PHF as We Explore Population Health Competencies and Training

Posted in: Conferences and Events, TRAIN, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

May 4, 2018

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationCurious about population health competencies? Interested in training opportunities that intersect public health and healthcare? I invite you to connect with the Public Health Foundation (PHF) in-person at the ...

Cultivating Healthy Communities Grant Program

March 23, 2018

The Aetna Foundation recently released a request for applications for its 2018 Cultivating Healthy Communities Grant Program. The program seeks to catalyze measurable improvements in community health, with an emphasis on addressing the social determinants of health in underserved communities and populations....

Share Your Feedback on Competencies for Population Health Professionals

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

January 4, 2018

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationAre you passionate about population health? Is community benefit work a core part of what you do? Contribute to the development of competencies to support the population health workforce! The Public Health F...

Is Public Health Missing a Bountiful Feast? Taking on the Social Determinants of Health

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

November 1, 2017

In October 2017, a colleague and I attended an outstanding meeting convened by the Root Cause Coalition in Louisville, KY. The group’s second annual Summit on the Social Determinants of Health drew some 450 attendees from hospitals and health systems, health plans, social service agencies, and community-based...

Activate Your Community Health Improvement Plan Using Quality Improvement Tools

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

June 14, 2017

A community health improvement plan (CHIP) or a state health improvement plan (SHIP) identifies actions that can be taken to improve a community’s health. This is an important step, but many communities find themselves down the road from their plan, with the plan still on the shelf. If your plan has...

Community Chief Health Strategist: How Will We Get There?

Posted in: Community Development, and Infrastructure

November 17, 2016

Are you looking to become the Community Chief Health Strategist? The Public Health Foundation (PHF) has the expertise to make this happen for you, and involve community partners working together toward shared goals. As the Community Chief Health Strategist, you will step forward to align stakeholders...

Answering Your Questions about Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement

Posted in: Community Developmentby Kathleen Amos

May 31, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation In late March 2016, the Public Health Foundation (PHF), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI)/Health Research...