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Cambridge, Massachusetts Wins RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize

February 25, 2013

Congratulations to the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts on winning a Roadmaps to Health Prize from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The prize, announced on February 20, 2013, honors outstanding community partnerships which are helping people live healthier lives. From more than 160 applicants, six...

The "STATE" of Antibiotic Resistance

Posted in: Community Development

February 12, 2013

Ann Marie Goode, MS is a Pharm.D. Candidate at Auburn University Harrison, School of Pharmacy. Ms. Goode was also a Pharmacy Intern at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Works program in the Fall of 2012. Antibiotic resistance is considered to be one...

Together We Can Use The Community Guide!

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

February 5, 2013

Mary Kushion, MSA is the Health Officer of the Central Michigan District Health Department; a six-county district health department which includes the counties of Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Osceola and Roscommon. It has almost been a year since the Central Michigan District Health Department...

Building and Strengthening Academic Health Departments in an Evolving Public Health Environment

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

November 19, 2012

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation The Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community tackled the development of successful AHD partnerships and potential roles for AHDs in an evolving public health...

CDC Offers New Quality E-learning Tools

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 14, 2012

Robin Sloan, MA, is a Health Communication Specialist in the Educational Design and Accreditation Branch (EDAB) of the Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office at the CDC Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services. Jennifer Lee is a Technical Writer-Editor...

Using Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase Employee Cancer Screening Rates

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

November 13, 2012

Anna Notier is the Cancer Policy Consultant for the Michigan Department of Community Health Cancer Prevention and Control Section. She also serves as staff support for the Michigan Cancer Consortium. In public health, we continuously strive to identify and successfully implement best practices to ...

Highlights from Immunization Strategies: Using the Evidence and What Works to Improve Practice

Posted in: Workforce Development

August 22, 2012

Moderated Discussion with Hugh Tilson, MD, DrPH Questions and Answers with Ray Strikas, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and Lucy Wells, Quality Manager, MAOM, DHAc, Duval County Health Department, Florida Thank...

Getting Started with Quality Improvement: Questions and Answers about the District of Columbia Department of Health Experience

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

July 27, 2012

The National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII), funded through the Prevention and Public Health Fund of the Affordable Care Act, has allowed the District of Columbia Department of Health (DC DOH) and 73 other state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments to make fundamental changes...

Brenda Nickel: Revitalizing Performance Management Efforts in Kansas

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

July 13, 2012

Brenda Nickel is the Performance Management Director & Accreditation Coordinator for the Center for Performance Management at the Kansas Department of Health & Environment The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is one of many health departments in the process of revitalizing performance...

Getting Started with Quality Improvement: an Interview with Heather Reffett, Performance Improvement Manager

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

July 6, 2012

Heather Reffett is the Performance Improvement Manager at the District of Columbia Department of Health. The National Public Health Improvement Initiative, funded through the Prevention and Public Health Fund of the Affordable Care Act, has allowed the District of Columbia Department of Health (DOH)...