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Standing Strong, Together: Defining and Communicating the Value of Public Health
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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller An Illinois budget for FY 2016 was to have been signed into law by July 1, 2015. However, the year continues onward and the state remains without a budget. Thousands of Illinoisans and organizations have been terribly affected by the […]
Elevate Announcements and Abstract Submissions
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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The National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training Center (NCCPHT) seeks ideas, listings, and submissions from Regional Public Health Training Centers (RPHTCs) and its partners for our periodic publication, Elevate. Elevate, your resource for lifelong learning in public health practice and population health improvement, focuses on public health workforce needs as well as hot topics […]
Elevate: Your Resource for Lifelong Learning
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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The National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) publication Elevate is your resource for lifelong learning in public health practice and population health improvement. Elevate discusses issues of concern throughout the national network, and shares information about training, approaches, and resources. The publication will feature stories about RPHTCs and events, share success stories about […]
Islamabad Calling: Join NNPHI in Re-living Our Principles of Ethical Practice
- By: Vincent Lafronza, EdD, MS
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Flint. Detroit. Baltimore. Blacksburg. It’s too easy to keep naming the places where we are failing our children. The list of failures is growing. Whether from lead in our water supply, failing schools, or another type of social contamination, such as our current violence epidemic, policymakers and practitioners have a special responsibility to act more […]
Say 'Hello' to our County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Community Coaches and our New Staff Members
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During 2015, at a rapid clip, we expanded our capacity to support our national network. Learn more about our new staff members, including our new Network Engagement Manager and our County Health Rankings & Roadmaps coaches. Staff members based in our New Orleans and Washington offices Erin Fitzgerald, Manager, Network Engagement Erin Fitzgerald, MPH, supports […]
7 Ways that NNPHI Collaborates and Partners with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- By: Kelly Hughes, MPH, RD, CHES
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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ― Helen Keller Teamwork, systems thinking, and supporting entrepreneurship are values at the core of NNPHI and we are committed to aligning a broad range of partners, including the federal government, in the passionate pursuit of collective social good. For over a decade, […]
Public Health Performance Improvement Network (phPIN)
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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Want to exchange ideas and resources with other public health professionals working in performance improvement?
Laura Prechter
- By: Mikhaila Richards, MS
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Associate Director for Training & Workforce Development, NCCPHT
New Orleans, LA lprechter@nnphi.org Laura Prechter, MS, serves as the Associate Director for Training and Workforce Development within the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) at the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI). Laura has a track record of implementing programs aimed at strengthening the capacity of the public health workforce. In this role she oversees […]
The 12th Open Forum for Quality Improvement (QI) in Public Health: Doing more, better.
- By: Whitney Magendie, MPH
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NNPHI staff recently returned from the 12th Open Forum for Quality Improvement (QI) in Public Health, held October 15-16, 2015 in Seattle, WA. This Open Forum continued many of the most meaningful traditions of the meeting series: powerful plenary presentations on big picture population health topics; interactive breakout and discussion sessions sharing the latest tools […]
The Struggle: What does advancing health equity look like?
- By: Mahelet Kebede, MPH
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The principle of health equity—belief that every person, regardless of who they are (skin color, education level, sexual/gender identity, etc.), has an equal opportunity to achieve optimal health and safety—is inherent to NNPHI and our members. With population health at our core, there is no denying that we must work towards health equity in order […]
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