Academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – have the potential to enhance the capacity of the organizations involved and offer a variety of benefits.
This archived webinar, hosted by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) and the Public Health Foundation (PHF), focused on the experiences of Public Health - Seattle & King County in developing their Public Health Camp Pilot project. Greg Wilson, BS, Masters in Leadership, Environmental Health Services Division, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Betty Bekemeier, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Director, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice University of Washington School of Public Health; Shayla Holcomb, BSN, RN, Nursing Quality & Practice-Partnership Manager, Public Health – Seattle & King County; and Charishlyn “Lyn” Talania Weintraub, MS, BSN, RN, RN-BC, CPH, Major, United States Army Nurse Corps, University of Washington DNP-PHSL Student shared their learnings, key successes, and the impact of their Public Health Camp pilot project and other initiatives of their AHD partnership. Meeting participants had the opportunity to ask questions of the presenters and share their own experiences.
This one hour virtual meeting was originally presented on April 4, 2024 as part of the
AHD Webinar Series, a webinar series hosted by the AHD Learning Community. Discussion among the presenters and participants that occurred during the live version of the virtual meeting was captured. To learn more:
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For more information about this virtual meeting, please contact Mayela Arana at
marana@phf.org.
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