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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...

Resources and Training for Health Professionals on Mpox

August 8, 2022

Vanessa Lamers, MESc, MPH, Director, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health FoundationKeira Wickliffe Berger RN, MSN, MPH, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist/Humanitarian Emergencies Specialist The US has now declared mpox a Public Health Emergency, following the World Health...

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...

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...

Competencies for Population Health Professionals Released

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

March 22, 2019

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Are you passionate about population health? Are you involved in developing and implementing population health programs and services? Is community benefit work a core part of what you do? The newly released...

Opioids: The Crisis Upon Us

Posted in: Strategic Planning, and TRAINby Ron Bialek

October 31, 2018

Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation.Can you imagine the response to, “crime has been reduced in our community, so let’s cut the police department budget,” or “there hasn’t been a fire all year, let’s sell off the idle fire engines and layoff half of the fire fighters.” Yes, this is...

Tuesday is Competency Day at APHA

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

October 29, 2018

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Attending this year’s American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting in San Diego? Join the Public Health Foundation (PHF) and the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice...

Opioid Response: A Recipe for Local, Impactful Results

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement

October 2, 2018

Ron Bialek, MPP, President, Public Health Foundation. First, the good news. Substantial federal, state, and local resources are being allocated for planning and implementing responses to the opioid crisis. For example, there are new and redirected federal funds available through the Centers for...

New Grant Opportunity Focuses on Addressing Health Care Needs in Rural Communities

Posted in: Community Development, Infrastructure, and Strategic Planning

September 14, 2018

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) plans to award up to 22 grants to rural communities as part of the 2019 Rural Health Network Development Planning Program. Awardees will receive up to $100,000 for one year to develop an integrated...

PHF Launches Two New Services to Help Health Departments Maximize Clinical Service Delivery Program Funding

Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Workforce Development

August 16, 2018

Delivery team will be led by former nurse and hospital administrator Each month, experts from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) are in the field working with health departments and hear feedback about pressing needs for technical assistance and training. Recent comments from state nursing directors,...