Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT)

About the Public Health Improvement Training

Building on more than two decades of collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and national public health organizations, Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT) continues the legacy of interactive learning and skill-building for professionals at all experience levels. While CDC’s funding for PHIT activities has concluded, the need for ongoing support, networking, and capacity-building in the performance improvement workforce remains critical. In response, PHIT 2025 is back! We are committed to sustaining and advancing this work, ensuring that public health professionals have access to the tools and connections necessary to drive performance excellence long after the convening ends.

Public health performance improvement professionals nationwide will convene at the in-person PHIT on October 7, 2025, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This year’s PHIT will occur the day before NNPHI’s Open Forum.

Workshops can be in diverse content areas emphasizing “how to” and skill development. PHIT is for everyone, so we encourage you to submit proposed workshops for beginners, general practitioners, experienced performance improvement staff, and/or health department leadership!

PHIT Focus Areas

• Change Management: Processes and tools to lead change management applications among teams and organizations.
• Strategic Planning: Innovative and best practice approaches to develop, implement, and evaluate organizational strategic planning.
• Communication, Engagement, and Partnership Building: Developing effective communications and community engagement strategies, and building multi-sectoral or cross-jurisdictional partnerships.
• Community Health Assessment or Health Improvement Planning:  Innovative and best practice approaches to conducting community, state, and tribal health assessment and improvement planning processes.
• Quality Improvement: Building a culture of quality, building and enhancing QI infrastructure and a QI plan, and applying QI models, tools, and techniques.
• Performance Management: Guidance on assessing needs, designing, and implementing performance management systems.
• PHAB Accreditation or Reaccreditation: Guidance and lessons learned from real accreditation process examples as well as engagement strategies for staff and leadership.
• Workforce Development and Resource Management: Innovations in workforce development, recruitment, and career pathways, including diversity, equity, and inclusion in workforce development, as well as acquisition, retention, and management of fiscal resources.

Abstracts Are Now Open

PHIT 2025 is seeking innovative workshop proposals that address current public health challenges and strategies for improvement. This is your chance to lead impactful discussions and share best practices with peers nationwide.

Key Dates:

• Submission Deadline: April 11, 2025
• Event Date: October 7, 2025
• Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

For more details and to submit your proposal, visit here.

Virtual PHIT Summer 2025

More information on the virtual PHIT workshops will be announced soon!

Contact Us

Please email Laura Prechter, Associate Director, National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training at lprechter@nnphi.org with any questions regarding PHIT. To receive announcements to all things PHIT sign up or update your email preferences here or join phPIN.

The Public Health Improvement Training was supported by cooperative agreement number 6 NU38OT000303-05-02, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce (Public Health Infrastructure Center). NNPHI is collaborating with the Public Health Infrastructure Center on this event. The views expressed in written materials and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.