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Below is a Council on Linkages Update for June 2024. Please feel free to share these opportunities in your organization's newsletter or other communications.

Mark your calendars to join the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) for its next meeting on June 24, 2024, from 2-4pm EDT. Hear the latest about initiatives of the Council on Linkages, including updates on the soon-to-launch Retention and Recruitment Learning Community. Additionally, learn from guest speakers from the Public Health Advocacy Consensus Task Force, who will discuss efforts to identify essential advocacy skills to strengthen the public health workforce, and from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, who will share a new toolkit and trainings to support implementation of the 2023 Applied Epidemiology Competencies. Visit the meeting webpage to learn more and register.

The Public Health Foundation is excited to announce that registration for the 2024 Public Health Learning Forum is open! This year’s meeting will be held virtually, with the theme "Workforce Development In Action." Sessions will focus on training and tools to support public health workforce development and build governmental public health workforce capacity. Explore topics such as the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, academic health department partnerships, workforce capacity assessments, and more. Visit the 2024 Public Health Learning Forum site on the TRAIN Learning Network to preview meeting content and register.

Discover how the Houston Health Department's academic health department partnerships have tackled health disparities head-on, paving the way for equitable health outcomes in one of America's most diverse cities. In a recent guest blog, the Houston Health Department's Office of Health Access and Equity discusses the importance of collaborative initiatives in addressing complex public health challenges. Learn more about these partnerships today.

Using multiple conceptual frameworks simultaneously is the norm in any field of study or practice. It is important to understand who and what is addressed by each framework and how each framework is meant to be used. A new resource explains the relationship between the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies), 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS), and Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS). Learn more. 

If you missed the Using the Core Competencies to Support Workforce Development webinar or would like to revisit it, the recording and slides are now available. Presenters from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the City of Milwaukee Health Department discuss how they used the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) to assess their workforce skills and competency needs and are addressing identified gaps through workforce development opportunities. Speakers also shared how the Core Competencies are being used for Public Health Infrastructure Grant workforce development initiatives, health department accreditation, and integrating anti-racist frameworks with the Core Competencies. Watch the archive today.

Are you interested in learning new ways to get the most out of public health competencies? In a recent blog by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), read how the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) served as a foundation for the Applied Epidemiology Competencies (AECs), and explore a new AEC toolkit. These CSTE tools and resources can be utilized with any competency set, including the Core Competencies.