Monthly Archives: November 2022

The RVPHTC — A Community of Public Health Practice and Practitioners: Assessing the Past Four Years and Plans for the Future

This entry is part 21 of 37 in the series Wide World of Public Health Systems

While Public Health training centers will continue to play a critical role in training the public health workforce…we must find ways to engage, recruit, and retain this workforce, as well as train them.

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Extra Extra, Read All About It: University Rankings Would Be Helpful Except that They Are Currently Trash

This entry is part 20 of 37 in the series Wide World of Public Health Systems

Not all schools and programs want to be ranked. Reasonably so – it is inherently a game of winners and losers. But, given the strong desire for straightforward, accessible ‘quality’ metrics, if we had to do Rankings or ratings, how could we do better by potential students, faculty and staff, and alumni? Learn more: https://wp.me/p7l72S-8Cr I get the sense that

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Announcing the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH) 

This entry is part 19 of 37 in the series Wide World of Public Health Systems

There are several of these health workforce research centers in the country, but there’s never before been one for public health until now with the establishment of the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH).

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Interventions to Improve Linkage to Care for People Who Use Drugs

First responders can improve outcomes for individuals who use drugs by consistently connecting them to evidence-based services, such as medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and naloxone, and social support services known to enhance treatment and recovery.

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Beyond the 80,000 Estimate: Calculate How Many FTEs your Health Department Needs

This entry is part 35 of 41 in the series Focus on Accreditation and Innovation

The Public Health Workforce Calculator is a tool to help local health departments with workforce planning efforts by utilizing information provided about the local health department to estimate the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) needed to ensure the provision of the Foundational Public Health Services. 

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