CDC Webinar - Improving Routine, Influenza, and COVID-19 Vaccination This Winter (Archived Webinar)
December 14, 2021
CDC Webinar - Improving Routine, Influenza, and COVID-19 Vaccination This WinterThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance for all individuals to be up-to-date on their routine vaccinations, as well as their annual influenza vaccine. Many children fell behind on routine vaccines...
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Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 14th Edition – "The Pink Book"
November 17, 2021
In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Public Health Foundation (PHF) is pleased to announce the release of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 14th Edition or "The Pink Book." This new edition contains updated immunization and vaccine...
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Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
November 12, 2021
The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) are a consensus set of knowledge and skills for the broad practice of public health, as defined by the 10 Essential Public Health Services. Developed by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice...
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COVID-19 After Action Review Toolkit
October 14, 2021
An After Action Review (AAR) can help an organization learn from actions taken during an event and make improvements in an organization’s preparedness, response, and recovery. An AAR also can be used during an event to make adjustments and immediate improvements.Much has been learned throughout...
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Crosswalk of the 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and the 2020 Essential Public Health Services
August 13, 2021
The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) are a consensus set of foundational or crosscutting knowledge and skills for the broad practice of public health, as defined by the 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS). To ensure that the Core Competencies help build the...
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AHD Webinar Series: A Student Perspective: Growing Academic Health Department Partnerships through Student Internship Programs (Archived Webinar)
July 6, 2021
Internship programs are a core component of many academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions.This archived webinar explores the University of Arizona Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health's (MEZCOPH's) AHD internship...
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Contact Tracing Dashboard: Building Community-Based COVID-19 Contact Tracing
March 23, 2021
Contact tracing remains an important tool to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Health Foundation and Mathematica teamed up to develop an interactive dashboard that enables states and counties to compare the demographics of contact tracers trained through the TRAIN Learning Network to...
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AHD Webinar Series: Partners for Public Health: Pima County Health Department and the University of Arizona (Archived Webinar)
March 22, 2021
Academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – have the potential to enhance the capacity of the organizations involved and offer a variety of benefits.This archived webinar explores the AHD partnership between the Pima County...
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Crosswalk of the Strategic Skills for the Governmental Public Health Workforce, Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, and Competencies for Population Health Professionals
February 16, 2021
This crosswalk maps the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Competencies for Population Health Professionals (Population Health Competencies) to the Strategic Skills for the Governmental Public Workforce (Strategic Skills). These three competency/skill sets...
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Reducing COVID-19 Vaccine Waste
January 15, 2021
Reducing COVID-19 Vaccine WasteRon Bialek, MPP; Annie Vossel, RN; and John Moran, PhDJanuary 15, 2021The Public Health Foundation (PHF) has been hearing concerns about wasted vaccine from those who are and will be responsible for COVID-19 vaccinations. In response, PHF has engaged in a quality improvement...
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