Pilot Testing the Public Health Learning Agenda Toolkit
The Public Health Learning Agenda for Systems Change Toolkit provides an innovative process to use transformative learning as a driver for systems change.
Read moreMonthly Archives: February 2023
Innovation Series: Public Health Systems Change
Registration is open for the next PHNCI Innovation Webinar in this ongoing series. Learn more.
Read moreHealth Equity in Public Health: How Do You Measure Something That Is Not Universally Defined?
Without consensus on the definition of health equity or a standard method for measuring it, attempts at measurement become complex and challenging.
Read moreIt’s Not You, It’s Public Health
In the second season of this column, Dr. Katie Schenk re-opens the discussion around the public health workforce with a renewed focus on the strengths found through developing community and on the experience of job-hunting in public health.
Read moreWays Local Health Departments Can Integrate Evidence-Based Decision Making
Local health department managers found they could support integration of evidence-based decision making into day-to-day public health practice through a variety of internal procedures.
Read moreHow Policy Surveillance Can Support Public Health
Policy surveillance provides an opportunity for public health researchers and practitioners to identify gaps in policy and program coverage as well as best practices in leveraging policy for public health interventions.
Read moreLeadership Practice — Delivering Clear and Inspiring Messages
In this time in which public health professionals are faced with uncertainty and conflict, clear communications are vital in enabling public health leaders to serve the health of their communities.
Read morePublic Health Workforce: Where Is the Qualitative Research?
The lack of qualitative public health workforce research is of concern, especially given that the personal experiences and needs of public health workers have changed substantially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreFurther Insight from CSTE’s 2021 Epidemiology Capacity Assessment (ECA): Accelerating Applied Epidemiology to Advance Public Health Infrastructure
CSTE is leading national efforts to recruit and retain the applied epidemiology workforce. An additional 8000 epidemiologists with specialized skills and expertise are needed at state, territorial, local and tribal health agencies to adequately conduct epidemiology activities.
Read moreAssessment of Community Health Plans Provides Feedback to Improve U.S. Army Injury Prevention
Community Health Improvement Planning has been shown to be an effective mechanism for communities to address their pressing health concerns. However, many struggle with the strategic planning process and do not have the means for quality improvement.
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