Since its inception in 2013, the Practical Playbook initiative has provided tools, guidance, and resources that have helped create more than 1,000 programs and more than 600 partnerships among public health, primary care, and others to improve population health.

View this new video to learn more about the impact of the initiative, a partnership between Duke University School of Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA), and the de Beaumont Foundation.

More Practical Playbook Resources:

• Practical Playbook — Tips and lessons for healthcare/public health partnerships that work
• New “Practical Playbook” Provides Roadmap to Improve Population Health
• Practical Playbook Videos

Recommended Research in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice:

• Measuring Local Public Health and Primary Care Collaboration: A Practice-Based Research Approach

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