Below is the Council on Linkages Update for March 2018. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications.

Last Call: Feedback Welcome on Draft Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals through March 31, 2018

 

Does your work involve activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation, or community health assessment and improvement? Are you actively engaged in supporting your organization's performance improvement (PI) efforts? Share your feedback on a draft set of competencies for PI professionals to help ensure it best meets the needs of the public health workforce. Feedback is being accepted on the draft Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies), designed to align with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, through March 31, 2018 and will inform further refinement of the competency set for release later this year. Visit the Public Health Foundation's website to learn more about the variety of ways feedback can be submitted or share your thoughts directly through this online feedback form. Questions can be sent to Kathleen Amos at [email protected].

 

Final Week: Provide Your Feedback by March 31, 2018 to Help Shape Competencies for Population Health Professionals

Feedback is being accepted on a draft set of Priority Competencies for Population Health Professionals (Population Health Competencies) through March 31, 2018. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, these competencies are designed to support non-clinical hospital, health system, public health, or healthcare professionals engaged in population health programs, services, and practice. Are you passionate about population health? Is community benefit work a core part of what you do? Contribute your feedback on these draft competencies to support the population health workforce. Feedback will be used to finalize the competency set for release later this year. Read Share Your Feedback on Competencies for Population Health Professionals to learn more about opportunities for providing feedback or share your feedback directly through this online feedback form. Questions can be sent to Kathleen Amos at [email protected].

Contribute to a Draft Staged Model of AHD Development

 

Academic health department (AHD) partnerships - formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions - exist in communities across the country, but how do these partnerships develop? Building on exploration within the AHD Learning Community of how this may occur, a staged model of AHD development has been drafted and is open for public comment. This model describes the potential development of AHD partnerships on a continuum of five stages, from informal relationships through comprehensive collaboration. Feedback on any aspect of the model is welcome through April 30, 2018 and will be used to refine the draft. Read Feedback Needed! Draft AHD Development Model Available for Public Comment to learn more and share your feedback, and send any questions to Kathleen Amos at [email protected]. 

 

 

Explore How Academic Health Department Partnerships Can Support PHAB and CEPH Accreditation

 

Academic health department (AHD) partnerships among health departments and academic institutions have the potential to offer all organizations involved a variety of benefits. Exploring the benefits these partnerships can offer in terms of achieving and maintaining accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) for health departments and Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for academic institutions was the focus of the latest webinar in the AHD Webinar Series. During this webinar, Jessica Kronstadt, MPP, Director of Research and Evaluation, PHAB, and Laura Rasar King, MPH, MCHES, Executive Director, CEPH, discussed ways that accreditation efforts can benefit from partnerships. This webinar was archived and is available online for those interested in learning more. Visit How Academic Health Department Partnerships Can Support PHAB and CEPH Accreditation to watch the archive or download a copy of the presentation slides, and contact Kathleen Amos at [email protected] with any questions.

Innovation and Quality in Public Health Webinar Archive Now Available

 

How can public health better position itself and its work as innovative in an environment where public health and healthcare are moving closer together? How do public health organizations assume a vital role as the community chief health strategist, bringing together diverse community players to make meaningful progress on community health issues? A recent webinar highlighting how the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD) is moving its community forward to improved population health with innovation is now archived and available to view online. Hear Gary Cox, JD, Executive Director, OCCHD, share how taking on the role of community chief health strategist and thinking more holistically about health is having an impact for their community and how work focused on quality improvement, performance management, and workforce development is helping to move innovation forward in public health. Visit Innovation and Quality in Public Health to watch the archive or download a copy of the presentation slides, and share any questions with Kathleen Amos at [email protected].

 

Applications for Kresge's Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative Open in April 2018

 

The Kresge Foundation is partnering with the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health to recruit and select 20 teams for the third cohort of Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH). ELPH is a leadership development initiative aimed at providing local, governmental public health leaders with the knowledge and skills to lead in today's changing health care environment. During this 18-month, action-oriented experience designed to enhance skills and competencies in communications, business planning, and leading organizational change, each team will focus on developing and implementing a "transformative concept" that shifts or expands the role of their local health department in the community and translates into sustainable change. In addition to receiving leadership coaching and development, each team receives a grant of up to $125,000 to develop and implement this transformative concept. The Kresge Foundation will be accepting applications for ELPH from April 2-30, 2018. For more information about the selection criteria, application process, and stories of previous participants, please visit http://kresge.org/elph. Questions may be sent to the National Program Office at [email protected].