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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dating violence can happen to teens in a romantic or sexual relationship anytime, anywhere. However, it doesn’t have to happen at all. A healthy relationship is built on respect and is free of violence. In 2013: 21% of girls and 10%...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (February 2016)

Posted in: Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

February 19, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Population Health Driver Diagram Used by Columbia School of Nursing Keep Your Health Department's Engine Running Smoothly with a QI Tune-up 2016 TAC Annual Meeting Will be Held in Lawrence, Kansas Mark Your Ca...

2016 TAC Annual Meeting Will Be Held in Lawrence, Kansas

Posted in: Conferences and Events, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 29, 2016

Representatives from public health, healthcare, and preparedness agencies and organizations from across the country are slated to attend this year’s TRAIN Affiliate Consortium (TAC) Annual Meeting, which will take place in Lawrence, Kansas from May 3 to May 6, 2016. Sponsored by the Public Health Foundation...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (January 2016)

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 29, 2016

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Promoting Antibiotic Stewardship Tools and Resources among Health Departments Understanding Changes to the Accreditation Process Developing, Sustaining, and Expanding Academic Health Departments Participants Selecte...

Participants Selected for 2016 E-Learning Institute Fellowship

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 8, 2016

The Public Health Foundation (PHF), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would like to thank all those who submitted an application for the fourth E-Learning Institute (ELI) Fellowship. The purpose of the ELI Fellowship is to empower education and training professionals...

November 2015 HOTP: Ways to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship

Posted in: Conferences and Events, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 23, 2015

Public Health Foundation's Hot off the Press Get Smart About Antibiotics Week November 16-22, 2015 The Public Health Foundation (PHF) advocates for the appropriate use and prescribing of antibiotics in the following ways: Leads an effort to develop and pilot a population health ...

Help PHF Build the Next TRAIN Learning Network Platform for Public Health, Healthcare, and Preparedness Professionals

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 18, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is seeking volunteers to help test the new learning management system (LMS) platform for the TRAIN learning network as it is being developed. The purpose of the testing is to help ensure that TRAIN’s new LMS platform is user friendly and meets the needs of today’s...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (November 2015)

Posted in: Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 18, 2015

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue TRAIN Reaches Million Learner Milestone How Do We Ensure an Effective Public Health Workforce into the Future? Now Available: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th Edition "The Pi...

An Astronaut Did It in Space: It's Time for You to Do It Here

Posted in: PHF News, and TRAIN

November 11, 2015

It is influenza (flu) season, the time of the year when primary care physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and others are urging those six months and older to get a flu shot. Astronaut Scott Kelly, who is midway through a full year away from the planet, gave himself a flu shot while orbiting 250 miles ove...

TRAIN Reaches Million Learner Milestone

Posted in: PHF News, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

October 29, 2015

As of Thursday October 29, 2015, TRAIN, the nation’s premier learning network for professionals who protect the public’s health, now reaches one million learners across the country and around the world. The TRAIN learning network was launched in 2003 at the request of state agencies to address a p...