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About the Public Health Foundation

For more than 40 years, the Public Health Foundation, a national non-profit organization, has been helping health departments with quality improvement, performance management, and workforce development needs. To learn more about PHF's programs, resources, news, and events through an email newsletter,

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Using your Quality Improvement Encyclopedia

In your Public Health Quality Improvement Encyclopedia, you will find 75 quality improvement (QI) tools designed to help you choose QI projects, monitor impact, analyze stakeholder attitudes, and create solutions for your organization. This resource is meant to be used as needed to address problems as they arise, and the tools are designed to help all public health professionals with QI. In addition to the Encyclopedia, PHF offers many resources to help you address quality improvement and workforce development needs.

Getting Started with Quality Improvement

QI focuses on bringing your health department's programs and services to the next level to improve the overall health of your community. QI has helped organizations improve accountability, increase effectiveness and efficiency, and achieve improved outcomes. QI also plays an important role in public health accreditation. Below are several resources to help you begin your quality improvement journey:

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control used quality improvement tools and techniques to improve the efficiency of its STD program. Watch how the department got started with quality improvement.
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View additional quality improvement and performance management learning and training materials from PHF's Online Store, including the Public Health Quality Improvement Encyclopedia

Workforce Development: Your Workforce is the Key Ingredient to a High Performing Organization

A well-prepared public health workforce is the foundation of a healthy community. PHF is committed to providing the public health field with resources, tools, and services to train the workforce to be better positioned to deliver the Essential Public Health Services. We offer many valuable services, resources, and programs that public health practitioners and academics can use to strengthen the workforce in this dynamic world. They include:

The Academic Health Department Learning Community is a national community of practice focused on the formal affiliation of public health practice organizations and academic institutions.
The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals describe skills desirable for delivering public health services. Tools are available to help health departments begin understanding levels of staff competence, identifying gaps in competence, and formulating workforce development plans that meet staff training needs.
PHF also provides staff support for the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, which is a coalition of representatives from 19 national organizations. It has been furthering academic/practice collaboration to assure a well-trained, competent workforce and strong, evidence-based public health infrastructure since 1992.

Are You Using TRAIN for Your Training and Learning Management?

TRAIN is the nation’s most comprehensive learning resource for professionals who protect the public’s health. TRAIN is comprised of 28 Affiliates and the National TRAIN.org site. TRAIN users can utilize this award winning system to access over 26,000 courses offered in web-based, classroom-based, and conference formats.

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