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National Preparedness Month Vol. 2: Creating a Comprehensive Emergency Kit: Your Key to Preparedness
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes and Jennifer Ventura
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In a world where unforeseen circumstances can disrupt our daily lives, having a comprehensive emergency kit is a vital step toward being prepared for any eventuality. Whether it’s a natural disaster, power outage, or an unforeseen crisis, having essential supplies on hand can make a huge difference in making it easier to manage. The Federal […]
National Preparedness Month Vol. 1: Understanding Environmental Risks: Navigating the Path to Preparedness
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes and Jennifer Ventura
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Understanding environmental risks is a crucial first step to being well-prepared for any issues that may arise in an increasingly unpredictable world. These natural occurrences, such as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes, can have a huge impact on our lives and the environment. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), being aware of […]
PHIG Region 8 Hub Leaders Pave the Way for Partnership at First Regional Convening
- By: Chloe Lake
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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 […]
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- By: Fahrenheit Creative Group
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National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training Elevate Elevate is a bi-annual publication that features in-depth stories about topics that are most relevant to the public health workforce with a training focus. Click here to subscribe. Workforce Digest Workforce Digest is a bi-weekly publications that features trainings, tools, and submission opportunities and best practices to […]
Elevating the Impact of Partnership and Inclusivity Through the 2023 Annual Conference
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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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
- 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 […]
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 […]
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