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Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationDoes your work involve activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation, or community health assessment and improvement? Are you actively engaged...

Share Your Feedback on Competencies for Population Health Professionals

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

January 4, 2018

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationAre you passionate about population health? Is community benefit work a core part of what you do? Contribute to the development of competencies to support the population health workforce! The Public Health F...

Feedback Needed! Draft AHD Development Model Available for Public Comment

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

November 28, 2017

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal affiliations of health departments and academic institutions training future health professionals – can offer organizations numerous benefits and are...

New Partnership in Chicago Offers Latest Example of Academic Health Department Development

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

April 26, 2017

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) have joined together in a progressive new academic health department (AHD) partnership....

Learning and Collaboration Key to Building the Strongest Public Health Workforce

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

November 17, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation During a special session at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting earlier this fall, Public Health Foundation (PHF) President Ron Bialek, MPP, opened his remarks with a big thank...

50 Accredited Health Departments Are Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals for Workforce Development. Are You?

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

July 22, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Health departments across the nation are pursing accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), and many of them are using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Com...

Answering Your Questions about Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement

Posted in: Community Developmentby Kathleen Amos

May 31, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation In late March 2016, the Public Health Foundation (PHF), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI)/Health Research...

Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement Initiative Kicks Off

Posted in: Community Developmentby Kathleen Amos

April 14, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide), a free resource for evidence-based recommendations and findings from the Community Preventive Services Task Force, can play a valuable role...

Council on Linkages Releases New Report on Recruitment and Retention in Public Health

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

April 13, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Ever thought about what influences workers’ decisions to choose jobs in public health? Or what helps keep them in those jobs? The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council...

Draft AHD Research Agenda Now Available for Public Comment

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

March 18, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Do health departments that participate in academic health department (AHD) partnerships implement evidence-based practices to a greater degree than health departments in non-AHD settings? Are health departments...