This archived webinar explores building academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – in rural areas. During this webinar, Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH, Health Director for Granville Vance Public Health in North Carolina, shared her health department’s experiences developing an AHD partnership in a rural area with the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health and the impact this partnership is having for her organization. 

 

This one hour webinar was originally presented in June 2018 as part of the AHD Webinar Series, a regular webinar series hosted by the AHD Learning Community. Discussion among the presenter and participants that occurred during the live version of the webinar was captured. To learn more, watch the archived webinar or download the presentation slides or related handouts:

 
This webinar is also available on TRAIN as Course 1078464 for those interested in keeping a record of completion in their TRAIN transcripts.

 

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For more information about the AHD Learning Community or its webinars and virtual meetings, please visit the AHD Learning Community webpage or contact Kathleen Amos at [email protected].

 

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The AHD Webinar Series is a regular webinar series hosted by the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community. The AHD Learning Community brings together public health and healthcare professionals to share AHD knowledge and experiences and work collaboratively to create resources and tools to support the development, maintenance, and expansion of AHD partnerships. The AHD Learning Community is an initiative of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Visit the AHD Learning Community webpage or contact Kathleen Amos at [email protected] for more information.