3-Step Competency Prioritization Sequence
February 13, 2012
The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) define a broad array of professional development areas a public health organization may wish to consider in designing and executing a workforce development plan—a key requirement for Public Health Department Accreditation. However,...
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Academic Health Department Partnership Agreements
February 6, 2012
Academic health departments (AHDs) are formed by the affiliation of health departments and academic institutions providing education in the health professions. Health departments and academic institutions may collaborate informally or may establish more formal affiliations through the signing of...
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How to Focus Your Training and Professional Development Efforts to Improve the Skills of Your Public Health Organization (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation addresses the use of a quality improvement tool, the prioritization matrix, to identify workforce development needs. In this example, the relative importance of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals domains is considered in order to help public health organizations focus resources...
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Competencies to Practice Toolkit: A Repository of Workforce Development Resources for Public Health (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation offers an update on the development of tools to aid public health professionals and organizations in using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals. Tools highlighted include job descriptions, “e.g.s” to clarify competencies, examples that demonstrate attainment of co...
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Key Findings from a Council on Linkages Survey of Public Health Workers (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation highlights findings from a Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice survey of public health workers to determine how and why they enter the public health field and reasons they remain in that workforce. Implications for public health recruitment and retention...
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Academic Health Department Learning Community: A New Opportunity for Academic-Practice Collaboration (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation introduces the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community and the AHD concept. The AHD concept is illustrated by case studies describing the well-established AHD relationships of the Jefferson County (AL) Department of Health and the newly-formed partnership between the University...
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Improving and Measuring the Impact of Training: Strategies and Methods
November 21, 2011
Under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) explored strategies, methods, and tools for improving and measuring the impact of training on the public health workforce. The results of work...
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Helping to Improve and Measure the Impact of Public Health Training: Literature Summary
June 13, 2011
The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) aims to assist the field to improve and measure the impact of public health training through forming the Training Impact Task Force. This short literature search was conducted and presented to the Council on Linkages...
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Academic Health Departments: Improving Health In Your Community
June 6, 2011
Designed to promote and encourage discussion about academic health departments (AHDs), this one page summary provides a brief overview of the AHD concept, benefits of AHD partnerships, and steps to begin building AHDs.
What is an Academic Health Department (AHD)?
How can an AHD help my community?
How...
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Bridging the Academic/Practice Divide: Facilitating Collaboration within Public Health
May 27, 2011
Bridging the Academic/Practice Divide: Facilitating Collaboration within Public Health is a poster that provides an overview of the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community initiative. The development and activities of the AHD Learning Community are detailed, and the utility of information...
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