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July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The public health financial management workforce lacks the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to uphold its professional responsibilities. This article details newly established professional competencies for the public health financial management profession.
November 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
The National Association of County and City Health Officials and the Center for Law, Ethics, and Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health hosted a one-day Workshop on Ethics in Public Health Practice and Preparedness.
May 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2003, the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Foundation) administered a pilot educational program to improve the management competency of public health professionals and the effectiveness of their agencies in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
August 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Institute of Medicine developed a framework for how education, training and research in schools of public health could be strengthened to meet the needs of future public health professionals as they enter careers to improve public health.
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1999, the Public Health Institute, Berkeley, Calif., convened a national forum, Development of the 21st Century Public Health Workforce: Leadership, Commitment, and Action and oversaw related publications.
November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Investigators from Columbia University School of Nursing defined the knowledge and skills most needed by four groups of public health professionals to respond to changes in the US health system.
December 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
RWJF provided scholarship funds to include consumer and public health representation at a national meeting on creating a broad-based, consumer-oriented, health information organization called the Valeo Initiative.
July 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Council of State Governments, Southern Legislative Conference conducted a 50-state survey and produced a white paper examining the portability of pension benefits for public health officials.
January 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
This initiative serves low-income, foreign-born children of elementary school age who have lived in the United States for two years or less and who have unresolved health or medical problems and/or are having difficulty in obtaining the health care services they need.
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RWJF established the Future of Public Health Nursing initiative to identify and implement strategies to increase the skills and ability of public health nurses to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing health and health care environment.