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-The editorial staff of DIRECTIONS
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 When Americans first started reporting cases of H1N1 in March 2009, government officials swiftly responded. In Pennsylvania, Public Health Management Corporation was on the forefront of the battle against H1N1. PHMC helped coordinate county and regional level emergency preparedness initiatives, collaborated with the Pennsylvania Department of Health to hire emergency preparedness staff and administered the H1N1 vaccine at clinics throughout Philadelphia.
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In the world of public health, what does it take to be prepared? That is a question we ask—and find new and innovative ways to answer—every day at PHMC.
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Announcements from PHMC.
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In October, PHMC hosted the launch of Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal, the first regional web-based journal focusing on social innovation and social entrepreneurs.
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A highly-skilled workforce is key to a healthy community. Training at PHMC provides high quality educational and professional development opportunities to public health professionals throughout the Southeastern Pennsylvania region.
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Program Design: Delaware Valley Earth Force Engages Youth in the Process
Program design is by no means a new concept to the nonprofit sector. But for time- and resource-constrained organizations, investing in the program design process often poses a challenge. In addition, though input from the target population is critical to the program design process, some nonprofits find that obtaining honest client feedback is difficult without the assistance of a neutral party.
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Q&A with Vanessa Briggs, Executive Director, Health Promotion Council
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Did you know that PHMC is the only public health institute in the nation that has created a work-study leadership model connecting its employees with top-level graduate public health and social work schools? Three years ago, PHMC developed two programs that offer its employees a graduate program designed to produce the next generation of public health leaders while meeting their needs as working professionals.
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Three years ago, PHMC developed two programs that offer its employees a graduate program designed to produce the next generation of public health leaders while meeting their needs as working professionals.
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Thirty-five-year-old Menton Murray started working at PHMC affiliate The Bridge almost four years ago as a mental health technician. When he saw his supervisor, Terrant Morrison, enroll and successfully complete Jobs to Careers, an educational and professional development program designed for frontline staff, he was inspired to do the same.
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CHDB Adds Cell Phone Sample to Survey
When it comes to health surveys, telephones are a researcher’s best friend and the Community Health Data Base’s biennial Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey of 10,000 households is no exception.
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