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Honoring Indigenous Public Health Leaders Who Embody Value-Based Work
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes and Myra Parker
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This past week, I was proud to be part of the Seven Directions Indigenous Public Health Institute’s first-ever Indigenous Public Health Awards ceremony during our three-day conference at the Mystic Lake Conference Center in Prior Lake, Minn. The awards were presented to eight outstanding individuals and teams who embody service to and with their communities […]
Disability Pride: Recognizing That More Work Must Be Done To Be Truly Inclusive
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes and Anthony Oberg
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Disability has never been a source of pride for me in how people typically use “pride.” Cerebral Palsy has been a constant; in other words, it is a condition that differentiates me from many of my family, friends, and peers. For much of my personal life, I did not embrace it as part of my […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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