Council on Linkages Update
April 2017 |
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Below is the Council on Linkages Update for April 2017. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications. |
New AHD Partnership in Chicago to be Featured at May AHD Learning Community Meeting
Join the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community for its next virtual meeting on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 2-3pm EDT to learn about Chicago's new AHD partnership between the University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC's) School of Public Health and the Chicago Department of Public Health. During the meeting, AHD Learning Community member Griselle Torres, DrPH, MPH, MSW, Director of the Coordinating Center for Public Health Practice at UIC, will discuss development of the partnership, goals, and benefits, among other topics. Visit the meeting webpage for more information and to register for the meeting, and contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org with any questions. Can't wait until May 9th to learn more? Dr. Torres recently shared additional details about the partnership, including her involvement in the AHD Mentorship Program, in a blog post on the PHF Pulse blog, New Partnership in Chicago Offers Latest Example of Academic Health Department Development. |
Inaugural "Ask the AHD Expert" Column: Sharing Resources without Sharing Money
Collaboration between partners in academic health department (AHD) partnerships often involves the sharing of resources, but how can this be accomplished when organizations are operating with limited funding? The inaugural column of the AHD Learning Community's newest feature, the "Ask the AHD Expert" series, explores the question of how resources can be shared in the absence of sharing funding. This column includes guidance from Learning Community Chair Bill Keck, MD, MPH, as well as examples from the University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Kansas, University of Tennessee, and Virginia Tech. Read Ask the AHD Expert: Sharing Resources without Sharing Money to learn more, and contact Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org with any questions. |
Virtual Town Hall Meeting: Exploring Competencies for the Emerging Field of Legal Epidemiology
Curious about how laws can play a role in the cause, distribution, and prevention of disease and injury? Engaged in projects that are focused at the intersection of law and epidemiology? As discussed during the recent Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice meeting, the Public Health Foundation is hosting a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2017 from 2-3:30pm EDT to explore the emerging field of legal epidemiology and a draft competency model being developed to support public health practitioners, lawyers, and policy experts working in this area. Developed by the Public Health Law Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with a multidisciplinary Expert Review Workgroup, the draft Legal Epidemiology Competency Model (LECM) describes research and translation knowledge and skills necessary for effectively developing, implementing, or overseeing legal epidemiology studies. Feedback is needed from the broad public health community, as well as from those engaged directly in legal epidemiology work, to inform the refinement of this draft to ensure that it best meets the needs of the public health workforce. During this virtual town hall meeting, an overview of legal epidemiology and the draft LECM will be provided, and participants will be invited to discuss this emerging field and the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in this work. For more information about this virtual meeting or to register, please visit the meeting webpage or contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org. |
Workforce Development Resource Spotlight
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Changes to CPH Certification Program to be Discussed during May Webinar
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May 1st Webinar on Taking Action in Support of Community Health Improvement
It's not too late to register for the upcoming webinar on taking action in support of community health improvement: Moving from Assessment to Action in Community Health Improvement. To be held on Monday, May 1, 2017 from 3-4pm EDT, this webinar hosted by the Public Health Foundation and Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI), a Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice member, will offer an overview of the Using The Community Guide for Community Health Improvement pilot initiative and highlight the activities, successes, and lessons learned of two communities participating in this initiative. Representatives of WellSpan Health (York, PA) and INTEGRIS Health (Oklahoma City, OK) will discuss how coalitions involving numerous stakeholders in their communities have been using the population health driver diagram framework to implement community health improvement activities to address behavioral health needs. Please visit the webinar webpage for more information and to register, and contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org with any questions. |
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