Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health
June 21, 2018
The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement (PI) professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies...
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Tackling Big Challenges with a Full QI Culture Shift (Archived Webinar)
June 19, 2018
This archived webinar explores how the Springfield-Greene County Health Department (MO) leveraged the public health accreditation process to spark creativity, innovation, and further staff involvement in performance improvement efforts organization-wide. During the webinar, presenters shared how the...
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Taking Action on Community Health Improvement Priorities (Archived Webinar)
June 18, 2018
Featuring two communities participating in the Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement pilot initiative, this archived webinar offers an overview of this pilot initiative and highlights the stories of action being taken in Portsmouth, VA and Baton Rouge, LA. Through this initiative, Bon Sec...
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AHD Webinar Series: Building Academic Health Department Partnerships in Rural Areas (Archived Webinar)
June 18, 2018
This archived webinar explores building academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – in rural areas. During this webinar, Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH, Health Director for Granville Vance Public Health in North Carolina, shared...
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Innovation and Quality in Public Health (Archived Webinar)
March 5, 2018
This archived webinar explores how one local health department, the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD), is moving its community forward to improved population health. Grounded in a culture of continuous quality improvement, OCCHD has embraced the community chief health strategist concept,...
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AHD Webinar Series: How Academic Health Department Partnerships Can Support PHAB and CEPH Accreditation (Archived Webinar)
March 5, 2018
This archived webinar explores how academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – can support achieving and maintaining accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) for health departments and Council on...
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The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice’s Academic Health Department Research Agenda: Comparison with WPHRN Priority Research Questions
February 7, 2018
This paper developed by the Wisconsin Public Health Research Network (WPHRN), a public health practice-based research network (PH-PBRN), suggests areas for potential collaboration on public health research. The paper compares potential research questions focused on the AHD model from the Council on...
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Modified Version of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
December 4, 2017
Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies), a set of foundational skills desirable for professionals engaging in the practice, education, and research of public health, this modified version of the Core Competencies was developed to offer a simplified version...
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Crosswalk of the Modified and 2014 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
December 4, 2017
This crosswalk of the modified and 2014 versions of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) illustrates the relationships between specific competencies within these two versions. It contains a competency map that shows how the competencies within the modified version...
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Creating a Staged Model of AHD Development (AHD Learning Community Meeting Presentation)
September 29, 2017
This archived webinar introduces a staged model of academic health department (AHD) development, which is being drafted with the aim of better articulating how AHD partnerships might develop. This model illustrates the potential development of such partnerships on a continuum that has five stages, from...
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