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Council on Linkages Update Special Issue - June 2014 Below is a special issue of the Council on Linkages Update for June 2014. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. 2014 Core Competencies for Public Heal...

HOTP June 2014

Posted in: Workforce Development

June 16, 2014

A Super Public Health Issue: "Superbugs" The World Health Organization's (WHO) recent report, Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Report on Surveillance 2014, highlights the growing issue of multidrug-resistant organisms or "superbugs" - which stems in large part from the misuse of antibiotics....

Listserv for Public Health Training Providers Launches

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

June 12, 2014

At the 2014 TRAIN Affiliate Consortium (TAC) Annual Meeting, the Public Health Foundation's TRAIN Team announced the TRAIN Course Providers’ Listserv. Created in partnership with CDC TRAIN, part of the TRAIN network, the TRAIN Course Provider Listserv is a forum for providers of training who participate...

Council on Linkages Update - June 2014

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

June 6, 2014

Council on Linkages Update June 2014 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for June 2014. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. Council on Linkages Launches Online Training Impact Resource To support the...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (June 2014)

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

May 28, 2014

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Update on PHHS Block Grant Opportunities PHF Conducts Fundamental Review of Washoe County Health District Preview a Preliminary Draft of Revisions to the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals How to Find...

Council on Linkages Meeting Summary - April 2014

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

May 8, 2014

Council on Linkages Meeting Summary April 2014 The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) held its first meeting of 2014 last week on April 28th. Nearly 40 Council on Linkages members and friends participated in this conference call me...

Council on Linkages Update - April 2014

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

April 23, 2014

Council on Linkages Update April 2014 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for April 2014. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. Join the Council on Linkages on April 28th for an Update on Activiti...

PHF E-News: News for Public Health (April 2014)

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

April 15, 2014

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Health Departments Can Continue to Pursue Accreditation, Strengthen Infrastructure, Build Community Partnerships with PHHS Block Grant Preparing for Accreditation? TRAIN Can Help Behind the Scenes of the Core Co...

Immunization: Stopping the Spread of Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Posted in: Community Development, PHF News, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

April 8, 2014

Over the past 20 years, the public health system has reached many milestones in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases and protecting infants and children. As the nation celebrates the 20th Anniversary of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), April 26 – May 3, 2104, an annual observance to ...

Outcomes, Performance, Structure: Three Keys to Organizational Excellence

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, and Workforce Development

March 31, 2014

Through its work in performance management and quality improvement (QI), the Public Health Foundation (PHF) assists health departments with improving performance. One of the ways that PHF accomplishes this is by providing relevant tools and resources such as Outcomes, Performance, Structure: Three...