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The PHF Performance Management Toolkit Has Arrived

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

August 1, 2014

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is pleased to share the new Performance Management Toolkit, a source for performance management resources and tools, including case stories, white papers, and self-assessments that can help individuals and organizations move from learning to application. The purpose...

Council on Linkages Update - July 2014

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

July 31, 2014

Council on Linkages Update July 2014 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for July 2014. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. New Tools to Support Use of the 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health ...

New Tools Available to Support Use of the 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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

July 31, 2014

With the adoption of the 2014 version of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) in June, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) began work on resources and tools to help public health professionals and organizations...

Superbugs: A Super Problem

Posted in: Community Development, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

July 14, 2014

Multi-drug resistant organisms or superbugs are a serious global public health problem. The rise of superbugs, due in large part to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics, has numerous health consequences, as well as corresponding economic repercussions. Patients infected with resistant bacterial strains...

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

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

July 8, 2014

Public Health Foundation E-News News for Public Health In This Issue Council on Linkages Releases the 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals CDC's Dr. Judith Monroe Speaks at TAC Annual Meeting Using Driver Diagrams to Address Population Health Challenges: Oral He...

Council on Linkages Releases the 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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

June 30, 2014

After engaging in a yearlong review and revision process and addressing over 1,000 comments, 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)....

Council on Linkages Update - Special Issue, June 2014

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

June 30, 2014

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...

2014 TAC Annual Meeting Brings Together Distance Learning Professionals, CDC Leaders

Posted in: TRAIN

June 26, 2014

During the 2014 TRAIN Affiliate Consortium (TAC) Annual Meeting held at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, Dr. Judith Monroe, Director of CDC’s Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (OSTLTS) spoke about how TRAIN advances and supports performance...

Planning Before You Communicate Tool Demonstrated in COPPHI Open Forum Workshop

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Strategic Planning

June 26, 2014

On June 12, 2014, staff from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) led performance improvement managers and quality improvement (QI) leaders through a strategic communications exercise at the Community of Practice for Public Health Improvement (COPPHI) Open Forum for Quality Improvement in Public Health...

Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommends Smoke-Free Policies and Increased Tobacco Prices

June 18, 2014

Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommends Smoke-Free Policies & Increased Tobacco PricesAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States claiming more than 480,000 lives each year. In an effort t...