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Council on Linkages Update - April 2016

Related Categories: Council on Linkages, Workforce Development

Topic: Council on Linkages, Workforce Development

Date: 4/28/2016

 
 
Council on Linkages Update
 
April 2016
 
 
  
Below is the Council on Linkages Update for April 2016. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications.
 
  
 
Council on Linkages Releases Recruitment and Retention Survey Report 
  
The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) is pleased to release a new report, Recruitment and Retention: What's Influencing the Decisions of Public Health Workers?, which helps shed light on questions of recruitment and retention within the US public health workforce. This report summarizes results of a survey conducted by the Council on Linkages' Pipeline Workgroup in 2010 as part of an effort to explore ways to strengthen the public health workforce by better understanding how public health workers enter the workforce, their rationale for doing so, and what influences their decisions to continue working in public health. Completed by nearly 12,000 individuals, the survey considered factors that influence individuals' decisions to take and remain in jobs in the public health field, as well as their satisfaction with elements of the environments in which they work, including organizational leadership, management, and professional development. Visit the PHF Pulse blog to learn more, and share any questions with Kathleen Amos at [email protected].
 
  
 
Draft AHD Research Agenda Public Comment Period Closing Friday 
  
Help shape the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community's newest initiative, an AHD Research Agenda, by sharing your thoughts today! This research agenda focused on the AHD model aims to encourage research into questions about the value AHD partnerships between health departments and academic institutions can bring to public health and best practices for partnership development, among others areas, and the current draft is available for public comment through Friday, April 29, 2016. Comments may be shared online or by email to Kathleen Amos at [email protected]. Visit Draft AHD Research Agenda Now Available for Public Comment to learn more.
 
  
 
Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals Resources Updated 
  
Resources to assist public health organizations and professionals with integrating the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) into workforce development efforts continue to be updated. New workforce development plans that incorporate the Core Competencies have been added to the collection available online, which has also been updated to reflect health departments that have recently achieved accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The collection of job descriptions that incorporate the Core Competencies also continues to be updated as additional health departments achieve PHAB accreditation. Do you have a Core Competencies-based workforce development plan, job description, or other workforce development resource that you'd like to see featured on the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice website? Please share with Janelle Nichols at [email protected].
 
  
 
Council on Linkages Strategic Directions Refresh Underway
  
Following the January 2016 meeting of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages), work was begun to refresh the Council on Linkages' Strategic Directions to ensure the work of the Council on Linkages continues to meet ongoing and emerging needs within the public health community. Council on Linkages staff are currently in the process of meeting with each Council on Linkages member organization to determine priorities for Council on Linkages work for the next five years, and thank all members for their engagement in this process. Input from these discussions will inform development of the Strategic Directions, 2016-2020, a final version of which is anticipated early this summer. Questions about the Strategic Directions or the refresh process may be sent to Kathleen Amos at [email protected].
 

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Council on Linkages Update - April 2016