Focusing on the Future: Supporting Public Health’s Young Professionals and Emerging Leaders
PHIG Region 8 Hub Leaders Pave the Way for Partnership at First Regional Convening
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PHIG REGIONAL HUB CONVENINGS KICK OFF IN DENVER Recognizing the critical role that partnerships play in strengthening the United States’ public health infrastructure, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) is coordinating with Regional Innovation Hubs across the country to help Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) recipients and other public health practitioners build sustainable […]
Elevating the Impact of Partnership and Inclusivity Through the 2023 Annual Conference
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For change to have impact, it typically starts at the root. In public health, it begins with colleagues sharing thoughts and ideas to develop solutions or essential workers identifying tools and methods to make surrounding conditions safe for the communities. All these moments have two things in common: One, partnership, and two, inclusivity. This year […]
Shining a Light on Future Black Public Health Leaders
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Last month, I joined other students of color from universities across the National Capital Region at the inaugural Emerging Leaders: Building the Bridge to Achieve Health Equity student conference. The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) partnered with Fahrenheit Creative Group (FCG) to facilitate this Student Day which focused on Black Organizing and Black […]
NNPHI’s Hub Model
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The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) Hub Model leverages local, state, and regional expertise to support governmental public health agencies. This dispersed model allows NNPHI to coordinate technical assistance (TA), provide programmatic services, support analysis and identify trends, and build sustainable relationships among public health institutes and state, local, Tribal, and island jurisdiction […]
Public Health Training Centers Supporting Community Health Workers
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Community Health Workers (CHWs) hold a unique and essential role within the public health workforce. CHWs often share life experiences, socioeconomic status, and language with people in the communities where they work. This community connection is usually part of the hiring criteria. As a result, CHW workforce is among the most ethnically and linguistically diverse […]
‘More than a Checkbox’: How Public Health Training Centers Are Advancing Racial Justice
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In addition to other county and city leaders, policymakers from seven states and the District of Columbia have formally highlighted racism as a public health crisis or emergency. This spotlight can directly lead to increased attention, funding, and innovation needed to address the root causes of racism. There is an immediate opportunity to create more […]
Leading the Public Health Workforce
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A New Hope The COVID-19 Pandemic revealed a fragile public health infrastructure, bringing extraordinary challenges to an already stretched workforce. Health departments are often under-sourced and understaffed, forcing staff to use antiquated systems, which makes meeting community health needs difficult. Hundreds of public health workers, including those in leadership positions, have left the field or […]
Recruitment & Retention in the Public Health Workforce
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Recruitment and retention are two problem areas that need to be addressed to build a strong public health workforce. According to a new analysis, state and local health departments need to hire a minimum of 80,000 more full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) — an increase of nearly 80% — to provide adequate infrastructure and minimal public […]
Help Us Celebrate Our 2023 NNPHI Annual Conference Award Recipients!
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The NNPHI Awards Program recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that have made exemplary contributions to improving the public’s health and embody NNPHI’s mission and values. NNPHI’s mission is to support national public health system initiatives and strengthen public health institutes to promote multi-sector initiatives resulting in measurable improvements of public health structures, systems, and outcomes. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The National Network of Public Health Institutes Returns to Washington DC for the 2023 Annual Conference
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THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES RETURNS TO WASHINGTON DC FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Nearly 700 Public Health Professionals Convene to Address Health and Racial Equity Through More than 40 Conference Sessions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Katy Sandusky, National Network of Public Health Institutes, 504-930-4011, ksandusky@nnphi.org WASHINGTON, DC – The National […]
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