PHF E-News (June 2025)

Public health news, resources, tools, and information to improve organizational performance, equip the workforce, and build public health infrastructure.

PHF E-News: News for Public Health

Charting New Paths: Alameda County’s Academic Health Department Partnership Journey

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) recently collaborated with the Alameda County Public Health Department in California to better understand their existing academic health department (AHD) partnerships and identify opportunities to strengthen their partnerships. Learn how they utilized Public Health Infrastructure Grant funding to work with PHF to conduct an environmental scan and discover the next steps they plan to take to formalize and expand their AHD partnerships. Read the full story of Alameda County’s AHD partnership journey.

Looking to strengthen and expand partnerships between health departments and academic institutions? Explore PHF’s new environmental scan service offering.

New eLearning Development Services Now Available

Is your organization looking to create innovative training or other professional development resources? PHF is excited to offer new eLearning development services to help your team address today’s public health challenges. Whether you’re transforming existing materials into interactive online courses or developing brand-new training, PHF’s expert team is here to support you every step of the way, from concept to launch. Discover how PHF can support your organization’s training needs today.

Expand Your Reach and Empower Your Learners: Consider TRAIN for Your Training Content

If you provide public health training, look no further than the TRAIN Learning Network (TRAIN) to maximize your visibility. As a TRAIN Course Provider, your organization can reach over 6 million learners across the public health spectrum while gathering valuable insights on your learners. You also contribute to a robust national catalog of over 5,000 trainings to share knowledge and help build a stronger public health workforce. For more sophisticated learning management and tracking needs, PHF offers an Advanced Course Provider Organization partnership. This package allows course provider organizations the ability to set up and restrict content to private groups of learners, deeper reporting, and additional training support. To learn more, contact Mike Barry.

Help Ensure On-Time Vaccinations: Summer Sale on The Pink Book

For a limited time, save when you purchase Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 14th Edition – “The Pink Book.” With comprehensive and credible information on vaccine-preventable diseases, The Pink Book offers best practices for immunization; vaccine safety information; information on vaccine timing, spacing, and dosing; and vaccine minimum age and intervals.

Save 10% when you order your copy of The Pink Book by August 15, 2025. Discount automatically applied at checkout. Receive a 20% discount when you order 250+ copies. Please call us toll-free at (877) 252-1200 for a price quote on bulk purchases. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm ET.

Resource Spotlight! Performance Improvement Services

Explore PHF’s Performance Improvement Services in accreditation, artificial intelligence, eLearning development, performance management, quality improvement, and workforce development.

New Academic Health Department Partnership Resources Now Available

In collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, PHF continues to highlight stories of successful AHD partnerships across the country. Recent webinars have been archived and are now available on TRAIN, and new blog posts have been published. These stories showcase the impactful collaborations between health departments and academic institutions. Learn more:

Exploring Successful Academic Health Department Partnerships (Webinar Archive)
Pathways to Academic Health Department Partnerships: Successes and Best Practices (Webinar Archive)
Public Health and Academic Leaders Unite Through Texas Consortium (Blog Post)
San Diego Academic Health Partnership Strengthens Service During COVID-19 and Beyond (Blog Post)

Take a Look at the Redesigned Retention and Recruitment Toolkit

The newly redesigned PHF.org makes it easier than ever to access key public health resources with a modern look, improved navigation, and mobile-friendly design. One featured update is the Retention and Recruitment Toolkit, now available as an interactive webpage. Developed by PHF in collaboration with the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, the toolkit offers practical strategies to strengthen your workforce; improve retention; reduce recruitment needs; and build a diverse, skilled team. Explore the Retention and Recruitment toolkit to find actionable solutions that support your agency’s workforce development goals.

Connect with PHF at NACCHO360

Join PHF at the 2025 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) 360 Conference from July 14-18, 2025, in Anaheim, CA. PHF will engage in onsite sessions, discussing retention and recruitment needs and how to use the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to strengthen workforce development strategies. Stop by our sessions and booth #410 in the exhibit hall to meet some of our teammates and learn more about PHF’s products and services! Learn more and register.