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For Immediate Release: National Network of Public Health Institutes Joins CDC-Led Effort to Train the Nation’s Public Health Workforce on Infection Prevention and Control
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CONTACT Maurice Starks, National Network of Public Health Institutes, mstarks@nnphi.org Marcy Barnett, Director of Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, National Network of Public Health Institutes, mbarnett@nnphi.org NNPHI and Eight National Partners Working Together on Project Firstline, a CDC-Led Initiative to Train Healthcare and Public Health Workers on Infection Prevention and Control WASHINGTON, DC — The […]
Introducing Project Firstline
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The recent news that the President of the United States and many of his close advisors contracted the coronavirus has shocked many in the nation and underscored the relentless nature of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 215,000 Americans. The pandemic has also highlighted the reality that infectious disease can pose a much […]
Reopening Schools and Rethinking Physical Activity
- By: Kate Holmes, MPH
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Most days when I open my email, a bevy of new information about COVID-19 fills my inbox. I subscribe to a number of listservs, so depending on the day, there might be an email about the science of a COVID-19 vaccination, or new school reopening and operation guidelines, or tips for staff wellness and safety, […]
Public Health Institutes Find Creative Solutions to Combat Food Insecurity
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By: Erin Marziale, MPH and Leah Ettman, MS, MPH Food insecurity has been a persistent public health issue for decades. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 14 percent of families with children were food insecure, according to a June article in the Journal of Urban Health. Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief […]
Beyond Training for Health Equity: How One Public Health Training Center is Addressing Equity
- By: The Public Health Learning Network
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Four years ago, NNPHI explored a serious and significant question: how are public health practitioners learning to advance health equity by acting more effectively on the root causes of inequity in the distribution of disease and illness? The disproportionate health, economic, and social impacts of COVID-19 on communities of color and the wave of national […]
Strategy, Skills, and Solutions: CDC and NNPHI Lead Strategic Scholars Program on Resource Management
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By: Laila Fox, MPH and Meghan Wolfe, MPP The Strategic Scholars Program, a training experience developed and implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), uses a community of practice cohort model and multiple learning modalities to build governmental public health workforce capacity in […]
Sharing Tribal Public Health Promising Practices to Address the Opioid Crisis in Indian Country
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By: Leah Ettman, MS, MPH A snapshot of the opioid crisis in Indian Country reveals a stark and unsettling picture: American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic due to myriad social, economic, and historic factors. These groups experienced the largest increase in overdose deaths between 1995 and 2015. […]
Top 5 Issues to Consider at the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Public Health (2020 Update)
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By: Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW and Julia Bleser, MS, MSPH As we enter the last quarter of 2020 and embark on NNPHI’s 20th anniversary year, it is time to revisit issues at the intersection of behavioral health and public health. NNPHI prioritized this issue several years ago at the request of our member organizations, many of […]
NNPHI Support for Advancing Learning and Implementing Training on Health and Racial Equity
- By: Vincent Lafronza, EdD, MS
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NNPHI Support for Advancing Learning and Implementing Training on Health and Racial Equity As a nonpartisan, national public health organization and network representing 44 public health institutes employing over 8,000 subject matter experts in myriad sub disciplines, NNPHI supports efforts underway to strengthen the competencies of our nation’s public health workforce to eliminate structural racism […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement from Vincent Lafronza, Ed.D., M.S., NNPHI President and CEO
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Statement from Vincent Lafronza, Ed.D., M.S., NNPHI President and CEO August 27, 2020 Washington, DC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: communications@nnphi.org The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) joins the American Public Health Association (APHA) in expressing our grave concerns regarding the recently revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance that is expected to reduce COVID-19 testing for individuals who […]
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