Creating a Staged Model of AHD Development (AHD Learning Community Meeting Presentation)
September 29, 2017
This archived webinar introduces a staged model of academic health department (AHD) development, which is being drafted with the aim of better articulating how AHD partnerships might develop. This model illustrates the potential development of such partnerships on a continuum that has five stages, from...
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Academic Health Department Partnerships of East Tennessee State University (AHD Learning Community Meeting Presentation)
July 27, 2017
This archived webinar focuses on the academic health department (AHD) partnerships in which East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health is engaged, including partnerships with Sullivan County Regional Health Department and the Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Office. During this webinar,...
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Determining Essential Core Competencies for Job Positions (Archived Webinar)
June 22, 2017
This archived webinar focuses on determining essential core competencies for job positions within public health organizations. Key to a public health organization’s ability to successfully meet the health needs of its community is having staff whose competencies are well matched to the types of activities...
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Determining Essential Core Competencies for Public Health Jobs: A Prioritization Process (Modified Core Competencies)
June 12, 2017
Public health organizations can be more effective when the competencies of their staff match the types of activities they do in their jobs. To become and remain accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, health departments must provide job descriptions that include competencies needed for...
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Virtual Town Hall Meeting: Exploring Competencies for the Emerging Field of Legal Epidemiology (Archived Meeting)
May 12, 2017
This archived virtual town hall meeting focuses on the emerging field of legal epidemiology and a draft competency model being developed to support public health practitioners, lawyers, and policy experts working in this area. The Legal Epidemiology Competency Model (LECM) aims to provide guidelines...
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University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health: Establishing a Progressive New AHD Partnership (AHD Learning Community Presentation)
May 9, 2017
This archived webinar featuring Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community member Griselle Torres, DrPH, MPH, MSW, focuses on the newly developed AHD partnership between the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health and the Chicago Department of Public Health. During this...
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Moving from Assessment to Action in Community Health Improvement (Archived Webinar)
May 1, 2017
Featuring two communities participating in the Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement pilot initiative,
this archived webinar offers an overview of the initiative to date and highlights the stories of those participating. Led by WellSpan Health (York, PA) and INTEGRIS Health (Oklahoma...
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New River Academic Health Department (AHD Learning Community Presentation)
March 7, 2017
This archived webinar featuring Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community member Sophie Wenzel, MPH, focuses on the New River Academic Health Department, which is a partnership of the New River Health District and Virginia Tech's Department of Population Health Sciences. During this meeting,...
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Academic Health Collaborative of Worcester (AHD Learning Community Presentation)
December 13, 2016
This archived webinar focuses on the Academic Health Collaborative of Worcester (MA) and was originally presented as the December 2016 Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community meeting. The Academic Health Collaborative of Worcester fosters collaboration between the Worcester Division of Public...
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Academic Health Department Research Agenda
October 26, 2016
The Academic Health Department (AHD) Research Agenda offers potential research questions focused on the AHD model – a type of partnership within public health in which practice organizations, such as health departments, and academic institutions that train future health professionals are formally affiliated....
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