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Council on Linkages Update - August 2017

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Topic: Council on Linkages, Workforce Development

Date: 8/25/2017

Council on Linkages Update

August 2017

Below is the Council on Linkages Update for August 2017. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications.

Mark Your Calendars for October Council on Linkages Meeting

Join the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) on Monday, October 2, 2017 from 2-4pm EDT for its third meeting of the year. This meeting will be held virtually and will provide updates on activities related to the Academic Health Department Learning Community and Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals. A final agenda and meeting materials will be available on the meeting webpage the week prior to the meeting. All public health professionals interested in learning more about Council on Linkages initiatives are welcome to attend, but registration is required. For more information or to register, please visit the meeting webpage or contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org.

Explore a Draft Staged Model of AHD Development During September AHD Learning Community Meeting

Save the date to join the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community for its next meeting on Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 2-3pm EDT. During this virtual meeting, the newest activity of the Learning Community, a draft staged model of AHD development created to better articulate the development of AHD partnerships, will be shared for review and feedback. Questions and discussion about the draft model are encouraged. This meeting is open to all who are interested, but registration is required. Visit the meeting webpage to learn more and register, and contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org with any questions.

Input Welcome on Standard Operating Procedures for Collaborative Groups

Are there best practices for maintaining collaboration among academic health department (AHD) partnerships? How have you approached operating collaborative groups? The second column of the Ask the AHD Expert series explores the question of Standard Operating Procedures for such groups, offering guidance from AHD Learning Community Chair Bill Keck, MD, MPH, and an opportunity for others to share their insight. Read Ask the AHD Expert: Operating Academic Health Collaboratives to learn more and add your own thoughts to the discussion. Questions or ideas may also be shared with Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org.

Explore AHD Partnerships of East Tennessee State University

The academic health department (AHD) partnerships in which East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health is engaged, including those with Sullivan County Regional Health Department and the Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Office, were the focus of the July 2017 AHD Learning Community meeting. During this virtual meeting, Learning Community member Paula Masters, DrPH(c), MPH, HCMC, discussed a variety of aspects of these Northeast Tennessee partnerships, including benefits for schools of public health, health departments, and the community; intricacies of this unique partnership model in which public health students serve as AHD coordinators; activities of the AHD partnerships; and opportunities for improvement. This meeting was archived and can be accessed online for those interested in learning more. Visit Academic Health Department Partnerships of East Tennessee State University to watch the archive or download a copy of the presentation slides, and contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org with any questions.

Council on Linkages Representative Recipient of Future of Population Health Award

Earlier this month, the Public Health Foundation announced the 2017 winner of the Future of Population Health Award, which recognizes exemplary practice by hospitals and health systems that are collaborating with governmental public health agencies and other community partners on health improvement strategies and implementation efforts. The University of Vermont (UVM) Medical Center is this year's award recipient for its support of Harbor Place, an innovative community partnership that lowered the cost of care and improved services for the homeless and housing-insecure population in Burlington, VT. Led by the Association for Community Health Improvement's representative to the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Penrose Jackson, Director of Community Health Improvement, and Chief Medical Officer Stephen Leffler, UVM Medical Center collaborated with local organizations to establish Harbor Place, a motel where patients who have recently been discharged from the hospital have a safe place to stay, saving the UVM Medical Center more than $1 million over a two-year period. For more information about this effort, read The University of Vermont Medical Center Saves Over $1 Million through Award-winning Community Partnership and register for the webinar highlighting this story on Monday, October 23, 2017, from 1:30-2:30pm EDT. Please contact Russ Rubin at rrubin@phf.org with any questions.

Access to SOPHE Journals Open through August

The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), a Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice member, has opened access to its journals for the month of August. For free access to all three of SOHPE's peer-reviewed publications, including Health Education & Behavior, Health Promotion Practice, and Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, please sign up at http://journals.sagepub.com/token/SOPHEFT2017/default+domain.

Activities of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice are supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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