Rebuilding the Public Health Workforce: Alameda County Public Health Department, Academic Health Department Partnership Environmental Scan (Excerpts from the Council on Linkages February 20, 2025 Meeting)
February 20, 2025
This resource is an excerpt from the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) virtual meeting held on Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 2-3:30pm EST. Over the past few months the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has collaborated with the Alameda County Public...
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2025 Immunization Schedules
February 14, 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2025 Immunization Schedules, which were approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and adopted by the CDC Director. Healthcare providers can refer to the Immunization Schedules to determine vaccine...
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Protecting American Indian and Alaska Native from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): A Toolkit for Tribal Home Visitors
February 13, 2025
The Public Health Foundation (PHF), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Indian Health Service, developed an informative toolkit containing digital and printable FAQs, factsheets, and infographics to support Tribal Home Visitors discussing...
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Retention and Recruitment Toolkit
January 14, 2025
This document serves as a starting point for a web-based toolkit on retention and recruitment in governmental public health. This PDF document provides an organizing framework, examples, strategies, and resources in five categories:Organizational Culture, Workplace Environment, & Employee ExperienceProfessional...
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Cause/Solution and Effect Diagram – A Quality Improvement Tool Innovation
January 2, 2025
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is always working to present new and innovative approaches to using quality improvement (QI) tools and techniques that help improve the effectiveness of a health department’s processes. In an initiative led by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Office...
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Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) Resources and Tools
November 7, 2024
The Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) framework and operational definitions, stewarded by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), define core public health services that are the unique responsibility of governmental public health and describe a minimum package of public health...
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Rebuilding the Public Health Workforce: Current and Future Directions: CDC Public Health Infrastructure Center, Division of Workforce Development (Excerpts from the Council on Linkages September 16, 2024 Meeting)
September 19, 2024
This resource is an excerpt from the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) virtual meeting held on Monday, September 16, 2024 from 2-4pm EDT. This portion of the meeting featured updates from Andrea C. Young, PhD, Director of the Division of Workforce...
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Let’s RISE (Routine Immunizations on Schedule for Everyone) Playbook Toolkits
September 17, 2024
Essential community leaders, healthcare professionals, education professionals, and early care and education (ECE) providers have a crucial role in promoting immunization to protect children, families, and communities against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Public Health Foundation (PHF), in collaboration...
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Data Science and Informatics Training
September 9, 2024
Resources are now available to make it easier to locate data science and informatics training on the TRAIN Learning Network. Select from five training plans that provide organized collections of curated courses per topic and are designed for specific audiences, or browse courses in the course catalog...
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Four-Part Pediatric Vaccination Video Series
August 1, 2024
Vaccine accessibility is important for all populations to protect children and families from serious illnesses. To address barriers to vaccination, the Public Health Foundation (PHF), in partnership with the Wellness Equity Alliance (WEA), has developed an educational four-part video series...
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