Value and Impact of Public Health Accreditation
Britt Lang highlights key findings from PHAB’s Value and Impact report.
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Futurist Tools for Reimagining Public Health
Strategic planning alone is insufficient as we collectively reimagine public health; strategic foresight and futurist tools are necessary disciplines and processes to incorporate into our visioning efforts.
Read moreTwo Years of the Revised Foundational Public Health Services
The Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) framework outlines the unique responsibilities for governmental public health and describes the foundational infrastructure that’s needed to be able to assure a thriving community.
Read morePHAB Stories of Impact: Amplifying Voices of Accredited Health Departments
Janalle Goosby and Jocelyn Feaster describe PHAB’s Stories of Impact, a series that highlights the real-world outcomes and changes brought about through the PHAB accreditation process and other PHAB tools and resources.
Read morePHAB’s Impact in 2023
In 2023, PHAB continued its mission to advance and transform public health practice by championing performance improvement, strong infrastructure, and innovation.
Read morePHAB’s Tools for Transformation
The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) has developed a variety of tools to support health departments and governmental public health systems in intentionally transforming and modernizing to create equitable systems and communities.
Read moreThe PHAB Center for Innovation’s 21st Century Learning Community: Transformation Priorities
PHAB’s 21st Century Learning Community (21C) Affinity Groups share highlights from topics prioritized from December 2022 to May 2023.
Read moreSchools’ Roles in Public Health Crises
The purpose of the Center for School Health Innovation and Quality is to drive innovation in school health research and leadership so students in every community gain the tools needed to thrive in school and live healthy lives.
Read moreCelebrating 10 Years of PHAB Accreditation with the First Cohort
Jocelyn Feaster shares highlights from the first cohort of 11 health departments receiving PHAB accreditation in 2013.
Read moreStaffing Up Our Public Health Workforce: The Critical Need for Substantial Investment and the Tools to Get Us There
The 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 FPHS.
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