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Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: Feedback Data

September 16, 2010

 

​The "Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: Feedback Data" presentation was prepared for the Council on Linkages meeting in June 2009. This presentation outlines the demographics of individuals that commented on the draft Tier 2 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals that were...

 

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Developing a Public Health Research & Applications Agenda: Tools for the 21st Century

September 16, 2010

 

In 1998, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) began developing a plan that could lead to a national public health research agenda. Subsequently, a Council on Linkages ad hoc committee developed a framework using both Healthy People 2010 objectives...

 

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Results from the 2006 Council on Linkages Survey on Use of the Public Health Competencies

September 15, 2010

 

According to a 2006 Council on Linkages survey on use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) by  academic institutions, over 90% of survey respondents stated that they had integrated the Core Competencies into their curricula. Out of 237 schools of public health,...

 

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Journals that Publish Practice

September 15, 2010

 

​Interested in learning which journals publish public health practice articles? Download this document (last updated in 2006).

 

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Survey for Schools of Public Health

September 15, 2010

 

This tool (created in 2001) was developed to help Schools of Public Health and other academic institutions assess the status and composition of their existing partnerships with health departments.​

 

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Health Department Survey

September 15, 2010

 

Public health departments can use this survey instrument to assess the status and composition of their existing partnerships with academic institutions. (Last updated in 2000.)​

 

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Multi Component Affiliation Agreements Between Schools of Public Health and Public Health Agencies

September 15, 2010

 

​​Multi-Component Affiliation (MCA) agreements are contractual agreements between schools of public health (SPH) and governmental public health agencies. This tool can be used to help develop formal partnerships between public health agencies and academic institutions. This tool also provides examples...

 

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Collaboration Between Health Departments and Schools Through Staff Exchange Programs

September 15, 2010

 

This tool (developed in 1993) can be used to help develop faculty/staff exchanges between academic institutions and health departments, facilitating practitioner review of training program content.

 

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A Dwindling Public Health Workforce: Are We Prepared to Act?

September 15, 2010

 

"A Dwindling Public Health Workforce: Are We Prepared to Act?" is a presentation that was given at the 133rd Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association (APHA). It outlines some of the problems being faced by the public health workforce even today (e.g. an aging workforce, budget constraints...

 

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Ready, AIM, Problem Solve

September 14, 2010

 

Narrowing a problem statement to a discrete issue promotes a focus for effectively applying QI tools. A lack of focus on real issues can cause a loss of valuable problem-solving time. The October 2009 edition of the Quality Texas Foundation Update includes an article on this quality improvement process....

 

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