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2013 TAC Annual Meeting Heads to Rhode Island

Posted in: TRAIN

January 31, 2013

The TRAIN Affiliate Consortium (TAC) Annual Meeting is an invitation-only conference/workshop that provides opportunities for learning professionals in public health and healthcare to share knowledge and experiences and exchange information and resources about public health training and education. ...

TRAIN: Starting 2013 Prepared

Posted in: TRAIN

January 31, 2013

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) "offers self-paced courses designed for professionals who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public who seek to be informed of emergency response.”1 These courses support the nine mission...

Council on Linkages Update - January 2013

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

January 30, 2013

Council on Linkages Update - January 2013 Below is the Council on Linkages Update for January 2013. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. Looking Ahead at 20132013 is shaping up to be another busy year for th...

Community Preventive Services Task Force Releases 2012 Annual Report to Congress and Agencies Related to the Work of the Task Force

Posted in: Community Development

January 29, 2013

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is pleased to announce the availability of The Community Preventive Service Task Force's (Task Force) 2012 Annual Report to Congress. The Task Force releases its 2012 Annual Report to Congress and Agencies Related to the Work of the Task Force. The report describes...

Defining Public Health’s Role in Antibiotic Stewardship

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

January 23, 2013

With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) is leading an effort to develop and pilot a change package to enable public health organizations to help reduce antibiotic resistance. A change package serves as a catalogue of the leading practices...

January 2013 Hot off the Press

Posted in: PHF News

January 22, 2013

Public Health Foundation's Hot Off The Press PHF Offers Resources That Aid in Cold and Flu Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report stating that flu season is off to the earliest start since 2003 - making prevention efforts extremely impor...

APHA and PHF Release New Tool: Performance Measurement for Public Health Policy

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

January 18, 2013

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the American Public Health Association (APHA) have worked collaboratively to develop a tool to help health departments assess and improve performance of their policy activities. The tool is geared towards health departments that are familiar with performance measurement...

Celebrating 20 Years of the Council on Linkages

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

January 18, 2013

2012 marked 20 years of leadership in public health workforce development for the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages). During that time, the Council on Linkages has grown to include 19 organizations representing a wide variety of stakeholders within...

TRAIN Exclusive: Seven USDA WIC Courses Now Available

Posted in: TRAIN

January 18, 2013

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), more commonly known as the WIC Program, "serves to safeguard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious...

Explore TRAIN’s Updated E-Book

Posted in: TRAIN

January 17, 2013

Interested in exploring the benefits of being part of the TRAIN Community? The map below highlights the states that are already part of the network. In addition to these states, the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDC’s Division of Global Migration...