The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) provides training, research, and evaluation services to support public health organizations. The Center maintains strong partnerships locally, regionally, and nationally, placing a particular focus on the needs of public health practitioners in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Member PHI
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Public health impact
Evaluation
Research
Training
Key partners
- National Network of Public Health Institutes
- Public Health Training Center Network
- Northwest Regional Primary Care Association
- Health & Human Services
- Tribal Health organizations
- Local Idaho Public Health organizations
- Local Alaska Public Health organizations
- Local Washington Public Health organizations
- Local Oregon Public Health organizations
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Northwest Public Health & Primary Care Leadership Institute
Developed by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association, the Leadership Institute brings together emerging leaders in public health and primary care to develop more equitable and effective approaches to population health.
Public Health Management Certificate
The Public Health Management Certificate is a year-long program that helps public health professionals develop core management skills. Scholars learn to facilitate change in their organization, lead and supervise staff equitably, evaluate and improve programs, and much more.
PH LearnLink
PH LearnLink is a Learning Management System run by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP). We provide a range of learning materials for public health practitioners to improve their professional knowledge and experience. NWCPHP creates self-paced courses, live and hybrid trainings, toolkits, exercises, and a library of past webinars for learners to explore.
The Center is the outreach arm of the University of Washington School of Public Health (UW SPH), bringing public health academia and practice communities together. Within UW SPH, NWCPHP is housed in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health, which offers academic degree programs as well as certificates for students and working public health professionals. We have faculty and staff with broad experience in practice-based research, training and workforce development, and data analysis.
Our Vision
Health and equity are collaboratively achieved through a skilled, diverse workforce and effective, just, and responsive prevention systems.
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote excellence in public health through training, research, and evaluation.”
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