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Public Health Pronto: Community Dimensions of Practice
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.
Meet Our Circle of Winners: The NNPHI Awards
The NNPHI Awards This year, for the first time ever, we opened up our awards program to include national partners and the public health community outside of the Network. We called for the nomination of outstanding individuals and organizations who made exemplary contributions to improving the public’s health and embodying NNPHI’s mission and values. You […]
When Opportunities Converge: Deena Mosbarger’s #PHITinSix story
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This is the final blog of our four-part #PHITinSix series, where we highlight an attendee of our 2016 Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT) each week. This week, meet Deena Mosbarger. Deena is the Human Resources and Special Projects Director at the Clay and Effingham County Health Departments. Deena’s Story Change is never easy. Following the departure of […]
The Long Road to Accreditation: Amy Campbell’s #PHITinSix
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This is Part Three of our four-part #PHITinSix series, in which we highlight an attendee of our 2016 Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT) each week. This week, meet Amy Campbell. Amy is the Director of Community Health Promotion & Planning and the Accreditation Coordinator at the Carroll County General Health District. Amy’s Story I work at […]
Performance Improvement Fun with Phabio: Cristi Cain’s #PHITinSix
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This is Part Two of our four-part #PHITinSix series, where we highlight an attendee of our 2016 Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT) each week. This week, meet Cristi Cain. Cristi is the Director of her local public health program and Accreditation Coordinator at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Cristi’s Story Most health departments […]
National Public Health Week: What Do You Call a Public HealthTwitter Chat?
A resounding success! Spring is here, and we’re busier than ever! We recently wrapped up the wildly successful National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH), began preparation for our Spring Open Forum, and now find ourselves inching towards the registration deadlines for the NNPHI Annual Conference and our Public Health Improvement Training (PHIT). In the […]
How the Framing of “Mental Health” Affects Strategies for Action at the Population Level
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During the 2016 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, the APHA Mental Health Section partnered with national public health organizations to produce a roundtable that explored “behavioral health as a public health strategy.” This event drew directors of state and local health departments, and thought and practice leaders from national behavioral health organizations. […]
Transgender Health Equity: Resilience and Support in Public Health and Beyond
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Imagine you are planning a trip next week. The drive will be long, crossing several state borders. The route passes through communities where, you’ve experienced, many folks don’t understand people like you. The key question is: which city and state will let you use the restroom safely? You are a transgender woman. The mental isolation […]
From the Public Health Learning Network: Winter Resources and Announcements
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Announcements This winter’s announcements from the Public Health Learning Network include invitations to meet the Public Health Learning Network (PHLN) at the 2017 NNPHI Annual Conference, the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH), and the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo. We also invite you to access a new course guide […]
The Public Health Learning Navigator: Preparing the Public Health Workforce of Today and Tomorrow
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“Finding online training is easy. Finding the right training is tough.” Last year, we mentioned that we had partnered with Georgetown University’s National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health to conduct an extensive review of more than seventy online training delivery systems. In our Winter 2017 Issue of Elevate, we are pleased to […]
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