Resource Directory
Public Health Pronto: Community Dimensions of Practice
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In an interview with John Richards, Co-Director of Georgetown University’s National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health and Project Lead for the MCH Navigator, Jennifer McKeever, NNPHI’s Director of Public Health Practice and Training, discusses “community dimensions” of public health practice, including how and why public health professionals should seek out, establish, and nurture relationships that can improve health within a community.
Public Health Learning Network Workforce Training Chartbook
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Developed by the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) Evaluation team, The Public Health Learning Network Workforce Training Chartbook explores collected common metrics for the Public Health Learning Network’s 10 Regional Public Health Training Centers (RPHTCs).
Southwest Regional Health Equity Council Blueprint for Action on Health Equity
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The Southwest Regional Health Equity Council’s “Blueprint: Call to Action” includes a compilation of regional data about disparities and inequities in health outcomes, as well as data documenting the impact of select social, behavioral, and environmental determinants of health.
Connecting Public Health and Food Sector Collaborators: Reducing Sodium in Food Service Settings (April 5, 2017)
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Explore research results on the strategies and promising practices for implementing healthy food guidelines in hospital and federal worksite cafeterias, learn more about food service directors’ point of view, and examine tools and resources from the federal government.
Advancing Online Public Health Training Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
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This report reviews the current landscape of online public health learning systems, identifies components of systems that are effective in making learning more efficient, and shares promising practices for modernizing the public health system.
New Virtual Training: Vector Control for Environmental Health Professionals (VCEHP)
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Developed jointly by the CDC, NNPHI, Texas Health Institute, Region IV Public Health Training Center, and other partners, the Vector Control for Environment Health Professionals online training course provides insight into tools and technique to combat public health pests and vectors that spread pathogens for environmental health professionals. Courses are free and provide flexibility to accommodate a wide variety of schedules. Participants also have the option of earning continuing education credits (CEUs) pending completion of the courses and a final evaluation. This training emphasizes the use of integrated pest management (IPM) as an effective tool in pest and vector-borne disease management.
The Value that Public Health Can Bring to the Business Sector—Translation!
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This presentation by Cara McNulty, DPA, Head of Population Health & Team Member Wellness for Target, explores the relationship between the public health and business sectors as allies in the promotion of community health.
Transforming South Carolina’s Behavioral Health Systems through Collective Action
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This presentation from Maya H. Pack, MS, MPA, the Associate Director of Research & Strategic Initiatives at the South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health (IMPH) discusses the role of behavioral health systems in sustaining the health of a community, as well as how to use collective action to transform these systems.
A Public Health Approach to Reducing Incarceration and Improving Health Outcomes
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This presentation from Karen Reitan, AM, of the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago and Fikirte Wagaw, MPH, of Public Health Consulting, LLC frames the justice system as a key area of public health transformation and explores how to adopt practices in prisons to promote good community health.
The Frontline of Population Health: Community Health Workers
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This presentation led by Michael E. Rhein, President and CEO of Institute for Public Health Innovation and Dawn Heffernan RN, MS, CDE, the Director of the Western MA Public Health Training Center explores the challenges that community health workers (CHW) face every day and suggestions for improvement in the community.
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