Nevada Public Health Foundation
Shining a Light on Future Black Public Health Leaders
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes and Alex Blocker
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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
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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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
- By: Lisa Tobe, MPH, MFA and Lauren Milliken, MSW, MPH
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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
- By: Lisa Tobe, MPH, MFA and Lauren Milliken, MSW, MPH
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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
- By: Lisa Tobe, MPH, MFA and Lauren Milliken, MSW, MPH
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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
- By: Danielle Blakey, MPH
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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!
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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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
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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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 […]
PH WINS for All
- By: Lisa Tobe, MPH, MFA and Lauren Milliken, MSW, MPH
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Including the Rural Public Health Workforce Rural health departments remain understudied and underfunded — despite their importance in protecting the community’s health. Rural populations face increasing disparities in many health-related outcomes compared to urban communities. For instance, early COVID-19 pandemic infection rates rose more quickly in many rural communities and decreased more slowly after surges. […]
Senior Program Manager, Evidence to Action
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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Overview: The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) is an active network comprised of over forty-member public health institutes located throughout all ten Health and Human Services regions. NNPHI also serves as the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) and hosts an affiliate network of ten Regional Public Health Training Centers (Regional […]
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