Public Health Foundation

08/15/2024

Save the date and register for the 2024 Public Health Learning Forum! Join PHF virtually, October 15-18, and explore workforce development topics such as the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, academic health department partnerships, workforce capacity assessments, and more. Learn more and register for free on the TRAIN Learning Network: https://bit.ly/3KxnQ2E

08/12/2024

Learn how to support state, tribal, local, territorial, and freely associated state health departments, or their tribal equivalents with the new Essentials for Supporting Health Departments and Other Governmental Public Health Agencies training plan from CDC The trainings are free, and you can go at your own pace, covering topics like governance structure, and working with tribal nations. https://www.train.org/cdctrain/training_plan/6855

08/09/2024

The new "Fostering a Culture of Immunization in Your Practice" online training from PHF, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, includes detailed scenario-based learning activities that healthcare professionals can utilize to navigate vaccine-related conversations with patients and families. Free continuing education (CE) credits are available upon completion. Learn more and register on the TRAIN Learning Network: https://bit.ly/45NZJGZ

08/02/2024

Save the date: ASTHO (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials), in partnership with PHF, is hosting the second installment in a webinar series designed to help attendees advance accountability and performance management in their public health departments. This session, ​​Operationalizing Performance Management in a Health Department​,​​​​​ will equip participants with practical insights and strategies that can be immediately applied to effectively operationalize performance management. Registrants can choose to attend either August 28, 2024 at 8pm ET or September 17, 2024 at 3pm ET. This webinar is intended for state, tribal, territorial, and local health departments. Learn more and register: https://www.phf.org/events/Pages/Operationalizing_Performance_Management_in_a_HD.aspx

08/01/2024

August is National Immunization Awareness Month! Join PHF as we highlight the crucial role of routine immunizations in protecting communities from vaccine-preventable diseases. To learn more, explore these resources: https://www.phf.org/programs/Pages/National_Immunization_Awareness_Month.aspx

07/30/2024

Quality improvement (QI) in public health is the use of a deliberate and defined improvement process that is responsive to community needs and improving population health. Ensuring QI tools are accessible to health departments is why PHF developed the Public Health Quality Improvement Encyclopedia mobile app. This free app includes 75 QI tools and an extensive glossary to help health departments fulfill their missions, apply for accreditation, and become more efficient and effective. Learn more and download the app: https://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Pages/QI_Encyclopedia_app.aspx

07/23/2024

Attending ? Stop by PHF's exhibit booth to learn more about our resources, tools, and services, and meet some of our team!

Join PHF as we will also be presenting on topics such as performance management, assessing workforce needs, and workforce development. Learn more: https://www.phf.org/events/Pages/2024_NACCHO_360_Conference.aspx

07/15/2024

Planning to attend National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)'s NACCHO360 July 23-26? Join PHF as we will engage in on-site sessions discussing performance management, assessing workforce needs, and workforce development training strategies and solutions. See you there! Learn more: https://www.phf.org/events/Pages/2024_NACCHO_360_Conference.aspx

07/10/2024

Public health professionals: Looking to engage in professional development while having the flexibility of virtual learning? Register for this year’s Public Health Learning Forum from October 15-18, 2024! This year’s theme is ‘Workforce Development In Action.’ Attendees will have the opportunity to join sessions focusing on training and tools to support public health workforce development and building governmental public health workforce capacity. Learn more and register: https://www.phf.org/events/Pages/PHLF_WFD_In_Action.aspx

07/05/2024

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is excited to announce the launch of Fostering a Culture of Immunization in Your Practice, an interactive training developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The self-guided training provides healthcare professionals with practical strategies and resources to create a positive culture of immunization in their clinics. Free continuing education (CE) credit is available. Visit our website to learn more and share the training: https://bit.ly/45NZJGZ

07/01/2024

Explore continuing education (CE) opportunities with CDC on the TRAIN Learning Network! More than 190 new courses offering CE credits from CDC have been posted on TRAIN since January 2024. Learners can now complete all of the required steps to obtain CE credits all in one place. Explore the available opportunities today: https://www.train.org/main/search?type=course&cp_organization_id=3649

06/27/2024

Coming Soon – Fostering a Culture of Immunization in Your Practice: From medical assistants to clinicians, it is essential to involve the entire practice in effectively communicating about vaccination and implementing systems to ensure patients receive vaccinations on time. The upcoming online training by the Public Health Foundation (PHF), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will be released this summer. This interactive training offers simple and practical ways to equip healthcare professionals with the tools and knowledge to create a safe and welcoming environment for patients to learn about immunizations and feel encouraged to vaccinate. Visit our website and learn more about the upcoming online training opportunity: https https://bit.ly/3zhmnLK

06/21/2024

NACCHO has released its new 2023 Immunization Profile Study report, a key resource for strengthening local public health. The survey assesses immunization capacity at local health departments (LHDs) nationwide, characterizing local activities to control vaccine-preventable diseases and identifying challenges and opportunities to strengthen LHD immunization programs. Learn more by reading the report and sharing it with your networks: bit.ly/3wLjdix

06/20/2024

In a new article from the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, learn about the first known field application of the Public Health Workforce Calculator in conjunction with a workforce capacity self-assessment on meeting the Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS). Read how PHF collaborated with Northern Nevada Public Health to develop a prioritization matrix model, and a 'minimum package' of public health services, and what was learned: https://jphmpdirect.com/striving-for-the-minimum-package-of-public-health-services-the-northern-nevada-public-health-experience/

06/14/2024

New PHF Pulse Blog: Community health workers are a critical part of the public health and health care workforce and play an important role in addressing health disparities. To increase access and reduce barriers to training, the New Mexico Department of Health Office of Community Health Workers (OCHW) developed competency-based training in English and Spanish that is available on the TRAIN Learning Network. Read more about how about how New Mexico’s OCHW is meeting communities’ needs with online training in a new blog: https://www.phf.org/phfpulse/pages/utilizing_train_to_overcome_barriers_nmdoh_ochw.aspx

06/11/2024

ASTHO (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials), in partnership with PHF, is hosting an introductory webinar on performance management called Performance Management Techniques for Successful Decision Making on June 25, from 3-4pm ET. The first of two in a series, the webinar will delve into the concepts and uses of a performance management system and the crucial role of developing meaningful goals, objectives, and measures to monitor program performance and success. This webinar is intended for state, tribal, territorial, and local health departments. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3XiHiIe

06/04/2024

Upcoming Webinar: Join the Long COVID & Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program June 13, 2024, from 3-4pm ET for an ECHO learning session that will discuss the topic of Repurposed Therapies and COVID OUT Results and Cure ID. Learn more and register: https://iecho.org/public/program/PRGM1699044218879IERCAXHJ8Y

05/30/2024

In public health, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) are key principles in achieving equitable health outcomes. PHF is actively seeking insights from experts in the field to understand what DEIJ looks in their health departments and how it is practiced and sustained in a real, practical, and impactful way. In a new PHF Pulse Blog, PHF sat down (virtually!) with Jade Ramsdell, MBA, LSSGB, CDP®, to learn more about her experiences at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Read the full blog: https://www.phf.org/phfpulse/pages/health_departments_championing_deij_a_discussion_with_jade_ramsdell_kansas_department_of_health_and_environment.aspx

05/23/2024

PHF is currently at the National Network of Public Health Institutes 2024 Annual Conference. Visit our exhibit booth to learn more about our resources, tools, and services and meet some of our team!

05/23/2024

New PHF Pulse Blog: Are you interested in learning new ways to get the most out of public health competencies? In a recent blog by Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, read how the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals served as a foundation for the Applied Epidemiology Competencies (AECs), and explore new AEC toolkits. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3USvuK3

05/22/2024

The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is hiring! PHAB is seeking a dynamic new leader who can build on the organization’s recent success to support a healthy, vibrant public health field nationally and globally. Learn more and apply:

As the nation’s sole provider of public health accreditation, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) seeks to advance and transform public health practice by championing performance improvement, strong infrastructure, and innovation. Over the past two years, PHAB has increased its capacity t...

05/20/2024

Missed the Using the Core Competencies to Support Workforce Development webinar or would like to revisit it? The recording and slides are now available! Presenters discuss how they used the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to assess their workforce skills and competencies needs and are addressing identified gaps through workforce development opportunities. Speakers also shared how the Core Competencies are being used for Public Health Infrastructure Grant workforce development initiatives, health department accreditation, and integrating anti-racist frameworks with the Core Competencies. Watch the archive today: https://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Pages/Core_Competencies_to_Support_Workforce_Development_May2024.aspx

05/15/2024

Attending NNPHI's Annual Conference May 21-23? Find PHF as an exhibitor in between the amazing presentations to learn more about the services, resources, tools, and products we offer, and meet some of our passionate team members! Learn more: https://nnphi.cventevents.com/event/b6079ecf-d696-4581-ad52-6109fa174475/summary

05/07/2024

Join the Big Cities Health Coalition and Drexel University’s Urban Health Collaborative on May 17, 2024 at 1pm ET for a guided tour of the new features in their Big Cities Health Inventory, an interactive data platform with more than 120 health metrics (including social determinants of health) for 35 of the largest cities in the U.S. Register today:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zPR0j5RoRneRlMNXEVQbXA #/registration

05/06/2024

Register Today: Join the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the City of Milwaukee Health Department, and the Public Health Foundation for the Using the Core Competencies to Support Workforce Development webinar on May 13th from 12-1pm ET. Presenters will discuss how they used the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to assess their workforce; identified gaps in knowledge, skills, and abilities; and are addressing those gaps through training and other workforce development opportunities supported by the Public Health Infrastructure Grant! Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3Qmaoly

05/03/2024

Are you passionate about developing impactful training for the public health workforce? PHF, in partnership with CDC’s E-learning Institute, is offering up to 100 individuals a lifetime license to the Pro Learning Designer Analysis to Design Series. Developed by Starks Interactive Media LLC, this exclusive program equips professionals with the skills to create engaging e-learning experiences; don't miss this opportunity to enhance your e-learning design knowledge. Learn more and apply through May 31, 2024: https://bit.ly/3JjSs7f

05/01/2024

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health. It's also important to highlight ways to practice self-care and compassion such as taking breaks and doing something you enjoy. Mental health is public health.

04/30/2024

As PHF strives to create a workplace that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ), PHF is seeking a DEIJ consultant to collaborate in crafting a tailored DEIJ plan. Your expertise could help shape a future of inclusivity at PHF and the communities we serve. Share this opportunity with your network or submit a proposal by May 21, 2024: https://bit.ly/3y0Tums

04/22/2024

Today begins National Infant Immunization Week, highlighting the importance of protecting infants and young children from vaccine-preventable diseases. This year, a primary focus is to ensure families stay on track for their children’s well-child visits and routinely recommended vaccinations. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JuqGoU

04/17/2024

Upcoming Webinar: Using the Core Competencies to Support Workforce Development. Join the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the City of Milwaukee Health Department, and PHF for a webinar on May 13th from 12-1pm ET. Presenters will discuss how they used the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to assess their workforce; identify gaps in knowledge, skills, and abilities; and address those gaps through training and other workforce development opportunities. Learn more and register today: https://bit.ly/4aDlzP6