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Anastasia Brennan, MSN, MPH, TRAIN Program ManagerThe 2021 Public Health Learning Forum was held in October 2021, and brought together professionals working in the fields of workforce development, emergency preparedness, public health, and healthcare for two weeks of stimulating and inspiring...

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training: What Have We Learned?

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

April 26, 2021

Abdullah Tauqeer, Project Associate, Public Health FoundationOver the past nine months, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has received more than 170 requests for customized COVID-19 contact tracing training packages, a free service providing health departments with tailored packages of contact tracing...

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...

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...

Expertise to Help Your Organization Implement its Opioid Initiatives

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

June 26, 2018

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) specializes in solving complex challenges by facilitating partnerships and assisting health departments, hospitals, health systems, and other community stakeholders with proven performance improvement methodologies, tools, and experience. This expertise may help you...

June’s New CDC Learning Connection Courses: Opioids, Nurses’ Shift Work, HIV PrEP, & Grant Writing

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

June 6, 2018

Don’t miss June’s featured courses on the CDC Learning Connection! Hot Training Topic: Opioid overdose deaths continue to increase in the United States. Access opioid courses on TRAIN and learn about pain management, patient communication, naloxone, and more. It’s National Safety Month. Complete...

PTSD 101 and Beyond: VA Offers Free, In-Depth CE/CME to Professionals Treating Trauma

Posted in: TRAIN

May 18, 2018

As a world leader in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research and services, Veterans Affairs (VA) worked with Congress in 2014 to designate June as National PTSD Awareness Month. That effort was an expansion of PTSD Awareness Day, passed by Congress in 2010 in tribute to Army Staff Sergeant Joe...

CDC Learning Connection’s February Offerings: Opioid, Project Planning, & Thrombosis Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Development

February 1, 2018

This February, the CDC Learning Connection features several interactive trainings. Hot Training Topic: Access the latest opioid-related trainings from CDC and other organizations on TRAIN. How do you structure projects for success? Learn the key steps, roles, and resources to successfully plan your...

Blasting Off: Achieving Team Success Using Quality Improvement Tools

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

August 25, 2017

“Houston, we have a problem.” The story of the Apollo 13 mission stands as a shining example of a high-functioning and effective team, one that brought a damaged spacecraft, and its astronauts, home safely. But what should you do when your quality improvement (QI) team is stuck on the launch pad or...

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...