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Topic: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, Workforce Development

Date: 8/10/2016

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TRAIN Learning Network Now Reaches Health, Preparedness Agencies in Over Half the U.S. States

Respond Now to the Threat of Zika

Taking Action Across Sectors in Communities: Addressing Diabetes in Texas

How 50 Accredited Health Departments Are Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

Help Define Priority Competencies for Population Health Professionals

Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming PHF Webinars

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PHF E-News brings you the latest information on how you can use performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development to improve the quality and performance of your organization and the health of your community.

TRAIN Learning Network Now Reaches Health, Preparedness Agencies in Over Half the U.S. States

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) welcomes the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the newest member of the growing TRAIN Learning Network. Pennsylvania joins 25 other state health and preparedness agencies as well as three federal agencies - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), and Veterans Health Administrator (VHA). As TRAIN affiliates, these agencies collaborate to disseminate, track, and share trainings for professionals who protect and improve the public's health. The Pennsylvania TRAIN portal will launch later this year. Learn more about the growing TRAIN Learning Network that now serves more than half of the U.S. states.

Respond Now to the Threat of Zika

PHF is aware that health departments are not getting all the resources they need to respond to Zika and other vector-borne diseases. With the limited resources available, it is imperative that agencies be effective and efficient in combating these public health threats.

"PHF really helped us turn the corner for mosquito control," said Scott Meador, Vector Control Supervisor for the Tulsa Health Department in Oklahoma.

Find out how PHF can help you combat this growing public health challenge by getting the most out of the limited funding and resources that you have.

Taking Action Across Sectors in Communities: Addressing Diabetes in Texas

Texas has a high prevalence of diabetes and an especially high incidence of diabetic complications such as amputations and renal failure. The statewide, age-adjusted diagnosed diabetic rate of 10.8% is the ninth highest rate in the country and has approximately doubled since the 1990's¹. Increasing collaboration between healthcare, public health, and other community stakeholders can help to improve the effectiveness of interventions to address diabetes.

PHF, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is using a population health driver diagram framework to assist three Texas regions as they work to prevent and control diabetes within their communities. Learn more about PHF's diabetes work that brought a unique approach to each region, resulting in teamwork, learning, and success.

¹National Diabetes Surveillance System, CDC Division of Diabetes Translation. 2016.

How 50 Accredited Health Departments Are Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

Health departments across the nation are pursing accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), and many of them are using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) in a key element of the process: creation of a workforce development plan. Considering how you might integrate the Core Competencies into your workforce development plan or other performance improvement work? Discover the various ways that more than 50 accredited health departments are using the Core Competencies in practice, training plans, and other areas.

Help Define Priority Competencies for Population Health Professionals

Have you provided your feedback on key competencies for population health yet? Preliminary feedback on the draft Priority Competencies for Population Health Professionals being developed by PHF and Association for Community Health Improvement shows that all of the competencies currently included in the set represent valuable skills for population health professionals and suggests a number of additions. View the draft and contribute your thoughts to help ensure this set of competencies reflects the skills needed to accomplish population health goals.

Mark Your Calendar:
Upcoming PHF Webinars

Practical Application of the Updated PHAB Guide
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 1-2:30pm ET
Join PHF and PHAB to understand important changes to the accreditation process with the updated Guide to National Public Health Department Initial Accreditation (PHAB Guide) that went into effect earlier this year. Register today.

How Local Public Health is Tackling the Opioid Crisis
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 1-2pm ET
Join PHF and the Bio-Defense Network to hear from three local health departments who are addressing the opioid crisis in their communities. Register today.

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