The academic health department (AHD) is a partnership between an academic institution
and a governmental health agency. These partnerships are meant to provide mutual …

Organisations spanning social services, public health and healthcare have increasingly
experimented with collaboration as a tool for improving population health and reducing …

Health departments from the 50 states and thousands of local health departments are critical
components of the US public health infrastructure, serving as the “backbone” of the public …

Objectives. To determine the extent to which US local health departments (LHDs) are
engaged in evidence-based public health and whether this is influenced by the presence of …

Background: As schools of public health adapt to the new Council on Public Health (CEPH)
competencies there is increased relevance in training public health professionals in public …

Schools and programs of public health must equip public health professionals to conduct
community health assessments that can be subsequently used by community partners to …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify organizational supports for EBDM within
LHDs and determine psychometric properties of a measure of organizational supports for …

The pandemic necessitated teaching competencies that allow public health (PH) students to
be immediately workforce ready. The shift to virtual learning provided an ideal time to …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Pennsylvania's Student Assistance Program (SAP) began in
the mid‐1980s to address student barriers to academic success. SAP teams, groups of …

Objectives: Schools of public health (SPHs) must train students through real-world
situations. Practice-based teaching (PBT) uses immediate application for skill development …