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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...

Council on Linkages Update - October 2015

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

October 29, 2015

Council on Linkages Update October 2015 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for October 2015. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to ...

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...

Applications Now Being Accepted for the Fourth E-Learning Institute Fellowship

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

October 13, 2015

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Public Health Foundation (PHF), invites distance learning professionals who are responsible for developing online training products to apply to participate in the E-Learning Institute (ELI) Fellowship. The ELI Fellowship...

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

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, PHF News, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

October 6, 2015

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Frederick County, MD Becomes TRAIN's First Local Health Department Affiliate Improving Community Health: How Organizations and Communities are Using Population Health Driver Diagrams Hear from Public Health Workfor...

Council on Linkages Update - September 2015

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

September 30, 2015

Council on Linkages Update September 2015 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for September 2015. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. APHA Annual Meeting Sessions to Feature the Core Competencies...

Improving Community Health: How Organizations and Communities are Using Population Health Driver Diagrams

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

September 21, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) has been working with communities using population health driver diagrams to address a variety of community health challenges. Development and use of population health driver diagrams continues to expand as communities understand the value the framework offers. A population...

Assisting Vector Control Programs Through Performance Improvement Initiative

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

September 8, 2015

Since August 2014, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has been collaborating with the National Center for Environmental Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the Vector Control Performance Assessment and Improvement Initiative. The idea originated from CDC’s desire to help...

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

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

September 8, 2015

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Navigating the Seas of Public Health Workforce Development Recapping a Year in the Field with PHF's Performance Improvement Experts Assisting Vector Control Programs Through Performance Improvement Initiative Academic Health ...

Frederick County, MD Becomes TRAIN's First Local Health Department Affiliate

Posted in: TRAIN

September 2, 2015

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) welcomes the Frederick County Health Department (FCHD) as the first local health department affiliate in the TRAIN network. FCHD joins 25 state and three federal agencies that collaboratively build workforce capacity by providing training opportunities to more than...