Academic Health Departments: Core Concepts
December 20, 2010
This summary document was developed following a review of the literature to present basic elements of the academic health department model. A definition of an academic health department is provided, along with proposed attributes, purpose, and benefits associated with the model. This document is being...
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Academic Health Departments: Bibliography
December 20, 2010
This bibliography includes published literature related to the academic health department model. It is a working document that will be updated periodically; suggestions for additions are welcome. The current list was last updated on March 7, 2016. For more information or to suggest literature to add...
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Recruiting & Retaining Public Health Workers – Lessons Learned from a Survey of Public Health Workers
November 9, 2010
This presentation, given by Vincent T. Francisco, PhD and Robin Pendley, MPH, CPH outlines the background and purpose of a public health workforce survey that was deployed by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) in the spring of 2010. The presentation...
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Genomics Competencies for the Public Health Workforce
October 5, 2010
The Genomic Workforce Competencies were developed in 2001 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a tool for public health programs and schools of public health to incorporate genomics into existing competencies and program training goals.
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Core Competencies in Injury and Violence Prevention
October 5, 2010
This document outlines the process used to develop the Core Competencies in Injury and Violence Prevention. In 2000, the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) and the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA) formed the National Training Initiative...
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Competencies Designed for Epidemiologists - by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of WA
October 5, 2010
In 2005, the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) developed competency-based epidemiology training materials for public health professionals in practice. Its goal was to develop a competency set for public health epidemiology, with accompanying curricula and instructional materials...
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Comparison of Health Education and Basic Public Health Professional Competencies
October 5, 2010
This paper shows how the National Health Education Competencies (developed by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing) and the Core Public Health Competencies (developed by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice) were compared qualitatively to determine...
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Competencies for Applied Epidemiologists in Governmental Public Health Agencies
October 5, 2010
The Competencies for Applied Epidemiologists in Governmental Public Health Agencies (Applied Epidemiology Competencies, or AECs) were created by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2008. They were developed to improve...
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APHA's Environmental Health Competency Guidelines Project
October 5, 2010
Well run environmental health and protection programs at the local and state levels are central to preventing the occurrence and spread of disease. In fact, these programs are a crucial front-line defense in our public health system and require a highly qualified workforce with formal training in environmental...
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Core Public Health Worker Competencies for Emergency Preparedness and Response
October 5, 2010
The Core Public Health Worker Competencies for Emergency Preparedness and Response were developed by the Center for Health Policy at the Columbia University School of Nursing in 2001. They were designed for public health workers who work in emergency preparedness.
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