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Dear Subscriber,
PHF E-News brings you the latest information on how you can use performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development to improve the quality and performance of your organization and the health of your community. |
Council on Linkages Releases the 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
 After engaging in a yearlong review and revision process, and addressing over 1,000 comments from the public health community, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) is pleased to announce the adoption and release of the 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies). Learn about the changes, download a copy of the new version, and mark your calendar for more opportunities to learn about the revised Core Competencies at upcoming events.
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CDC's Dr. Judith Monroe Speaks at TAC Annual Meeting
 During the 2014 TRAIN Affiliate Consortium (TAC) Annual Meeting held at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Dr. Judith Monroe, Director of CDC's Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, spoke about how TRAIN advances and supports performance improvement efforts, including public health accreditation. Read what Dr. Monroe shared in her plenary address to individuals who manage the utilization of TRAIN within 25 states and three federal agencies. |
Using Driver Diagrams to Address Population Health Challenges: Oral Health Care
 In May, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) convened an interdisciplinary team of experts in quality improvement, oral health, epidemiology, and public health practice, to help identify and map drivers that can lead to increased use of oral health care, and develop the Population Health Driver Diagram to Increase Use of Oral Health Care. Download the driver diagram and learn about the next steps for this initiative.
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Indiana Uses PHHS Block Grant to Build Capacity Statewide
 Now that the July 1 deadline for revised FY2014 Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant work plans has passed, PHF has been hearing from health departments that are putting these infrastructure and capacity-building plans into action.
Kristin Adams, Director of the Office of Public Health Policy and Performance Management at the Indiana State Department of Health, wrote in her PHF Pulse Blog post that Indiana used this opportunity to support over 70 local public health departments. Find out in more detail how Indiana is using its PHHS Block Grant across the state and share your own experience in using this funding opportunity.
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Planning Before You Communicate Tool Demonstrated in COPPHI Open Forum Workshop
At last month's Community of Practice for Public Health Improvement (COPPHI) Open Forum for Quality Improvement in Public Health, leaders and practitioners of QI initiatives in health departments learned a new approach to "Planning Before You Communicate," with the demonstration of a tool from PHF. Learn more about this new tool and a Strategic Communications Planning Workshop that are designed to help your organization create an effective plan to reach your target audience in the right place, at the right time, with the right message.
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