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Start the new year with CDC Learning Connection’s featured training and earn free CE! It’s never too late to get the updated COVID-19 booster. Learn about recent vaccine effectiveness data, schedules for different age groups, and ways to talk with patients in Clinical Guidance and Patient Education...

Flu Testing & Treatment, Trafficking, Disaster Epi, and Strategic Planning Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Development

December 14, 2022

Wrap up 2022 with CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses! Seasonal flu activity is high and continues to increase across the United States. Learn about CDC’s clinical guidance with 2022-2023 Seasonal Influenza Testing and Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Free CE.Foreign national children...

PHF Rolls Out New Workforce Capacity Assessment Technical Assistance

Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Michael Barry

December 12, 2022

Michael A. Barry, Director of PHF Strategic Partnerships and Development, Public Health FoundationThis information was updated April 21, 2023The recent investment of federal resources for strengthening public health infrastructure has many health departments aiming to address workforce...

Monkeypox, COVID-19, Intro to Public Health, Birth Certificate Data, and Homelessness Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Development

November 22, 2022

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses this November. As of October 21, there have been 17 confirmed or probable monkeypox cases among pregnant and recently pregnant people and 38 confirmed pediatric cases in the U.S. Learn about clinical considerations for these groups in Update on...

New to Public Health Residency Program: Building Core Competencies for Public Health Practice

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

October 21, 2022

Hannah Hayes, MPH, RN, Program Manager, New to Public Health Residency Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of NursingSusan Zahner, DrPH, RN, FNAP, FAAN, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of NursingJulianna Manske, MSN, RN, OCN, Program Manager,...

Post-COVID Conditions, Modeling, Health Literacy, and Population Health Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Development

October 7, 2022

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses this October. People with post-COVID conditions commonly report cardiovascular symptoms and complications. Learn how to treat these complications in Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cardiovascular Symptoms Following COVID. Free...

Public Health Action Needed on Alzheimer's Disease

Posted in: Workforce Development

September 19, 2022

Natalia Babenko, Public Health Foundation Internand MPH Candidate at the University of South FloridaThe COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected mortality from Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Over the first year of the pandemic, the U.S. faced a 15% increase in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease...

Vaccine Equity is Health Equity: Resources to Support Equitable Vaccination

Posted in: Community Development, and Workforce Development

July 13, 2022

Joanna Levine, Program Analyst, Public Health FoundationNolan Gill, Health Communications Associate, Public Health FoundationNatalia Babenko, Public Health Foundation Intern and MPH Candidate at the University of South FloridaThe COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the disparities and inequities...

COVID-19 Vaccination, TB, CLIA Regulations, and Blood Clots

Posted in: Workforce Development

March 15, 2022

Spring into training this March with CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses and earn free CE. Learn COVID-19 vaccination guidance for people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised and review data on extended intervals between mRNA vaccine doses in Updated Guidance for Clinicians on...

Improving Patient Confidence in Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination

Posted in: Community Development, and Workforce Development

March 14, 2022

Joanna Levine, Program Analyst, Public Health FoundationNolan Gill, Health Communications Associate, Public Health FoundationThis information was updated on May 20, 2022As part of the Public Health Foundation’s (PHF) ongoing effort to support healthcare providers and vaccination...