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A Proposal to Examine the Question of What Should Be Done to Facilitate the Development of Academic Health Departments

January 1, 1998

Even though "A Proposal to Examine the Question of What Should Be Done to Facilitate the Development of Academic Health Departments" (by C. William Keck, MD, MPH) was written in 1998, the issues raised in this white paper are relevant today. The white paper was written in response to the 1988 Institute Of Medicine...

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2007 State ROI Report

This flyer highlights Kentucky's 2007 Return on Investment by using TRAIN.

Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: Improving Health Teaching and Practice

The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice held a 90 minute session at the 2010 APHA Meeting. The session focused on the evolution of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, as well as tools being developed to assist practitioners with their use. Session attendees...

Developing a Health Department Quality Improvement Plan

A health department's Quality Improvement (QI) Plan is not created in a one-time event but rather a continuing process of improvement that shows what is actually happening to ensure customer satisfaction. A QI Plan is also a document that provides written credibility and is a visible sign of management...

Healthy People 2010 Archive of Resource Files

The Public Health Foundation played a major role in developing and compiling tools and other resources that were designed to assist organizations in their efforts to implement Healthy People 2010. PHF migrated these tools and resources into one electronic file repository that can be downloaded from...

Council on Linkages Member Organizations Efforts to Promote Use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice member organizations have been, and continue to embark on a series of efforts aimed at promoting use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals. Download the document above (last updated in November 2010) to learn about some...

2008 State ROI Report

This report hightlights Kentucky's 2008 Return on Investment by using TRAIN.

2009 State ROI Report

This report hightlights Kentucky's 2009 Return on Investment by using TRAIN.

H1N1 Case Study

This mini-case study was designed to highlight TRAIN and the collaboration with CDC in making the important information about H1N1 available to over 370,000 registered TRAIN learners in April of 2009.

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