Understanding the ACIP and How Vaccine Recommendations are Made in the US
November 18, 2022
The Public Health Foundation (PHF), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed an educational video, Understanding the ACIP and How Vaccine Recommendations are Made in the US, to help inform viewers about the process, science, and safety behind vaccine...
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The Crucial Role of Health Departments in Reducing the Spread of COVID-19 (Archived Webinar)
March 21, 2022
The Crucial Role of Health Departments in Reducing the Spread of COVID-19
Health departments have always been leaders in protecting and promoting the health and safety of workers and diners. The arrival of COVID-19 created additional challenges for health professionals,...
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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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Collaborative Performance Management for Public Health: A Practical Guide
July 10, 2020
What’s hindering your organization from implementing effective performance management? While performance management can be an uncomfortable topic in public health, it doesn’t have to be. Implementing performance management is not easy, but it is necessary for organizational and systems improvement.
The...
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Cross-Sector Collaboration: Making Partnerships Work for Your Community (Archived Webinar)
April 16, 2020
Cross-sector collaboration is a term used to describe a process where various community organizations come together to collectively focus their expertise and resources on a complex issue of importance to a community they serve. A cross-sector collaborative may address issues of physical health, behavioral...
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Developing a Population Health Driver Diagram Using The Community Guide
September 27, 2019
A population health driver diagram captures a proposed health change for a community in a single visual graphic diagram that shows a potential path of change. It depicts a detailed theory of potential change about how to improve a community health priority by showing a potential improvement path. It can...
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Competencies for Population Health Professionals
March 20, 2019
The Competencies for Population Health Professionals (Population Health Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for population health professionals. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies), the Population Health Competencies are primarily designed for hospital,...
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CDC Webinar – Perspectives on Oropharyngeal Cancer: Scientific Overview, Clinical Expertise, and Personal Experience (Archived Webinar)
February 22, 2019
Perspectives on Oropharyngeal Cancer: Scientific Overview, Clinical Expertise, and Personal Experience
Every year, over 33,000 men and women are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV. While cervical cancer is the most well-known cancer that is caused by HPV, there are five other types of cancers...
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Taking Action on Community Health Improvement Priorities (Archived Webinar)
June 18, 2018
Featuring two communities participating in the Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement pilot initiative, this archived webinar offers an overview of this pilot initiative and highlights the stories of action being taken in Portsmouth, VA and Baton Rouge, LA. Through this initiative, Bon Sec...
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Heart of New Ulm: Population Health Takes a Village (Webinar Archive)
March 23, 2018
This archived webinar shares the success of an exciting partnership focused on heart health. In New Ulm, Minnesota, the program entitled "Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm" has reduced heart attacks and heart disease risk in a rural Minnesota town. Over the first five years of the program, which...
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