To ensure the nation’s 500,000 public health professionals can respond rapidly to critical and ever-evolving needs, the Region IV Public Health Training Center (Region IV PHTC) – comprised of a central office at Emory University and six associated local performance sites (LPSs) – have partnered with the nation’s nine additional Regional Public Health Training Centers (RPHTCs), their LPSs and the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) to develop a unified, national training network—the Public Health Learning Network (PHLN).
Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the PHLN is the nation’s most comprehensive system of public health educators, experts, and thought leaders. The growing network aims to:
- Offer high quality, free, adaptable, and easy-to-access training tools available online and in-person.
- Advance public health practice by enabling the sharing of best practices among Public Health Training Centers across the U.S.
- Improve population health in the United States through skills-based trainings in communities across the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. territories.
“The Region IV PHTC is acutely aware of the training needs of the public health workforce in the eight states that comprise our region and we are working on meeting these priority needs” said Kathleen R. Miner, PhD, MPH, MEd, MCHES, Principal Investigator of the Region IV PHTC. “As a member of the PHLN, we are able to extend the reach of our own trainings and also direct public health professionals to additional trainings and resources provided by our colleagues, within the network, who share our vision of providing timely, quality training.”
What is distinct about the PHLN is its long-standing relationship with learners and partner organizations within communities, coupled with a national presence that offers cohesive and rigorous development and delivery of education and knowledge sharing across the country. For more information, visit nnphi.org/phln or the Region IV PHTC’s website at www.sph.emory.edu/r4phtc.
The Region IV Public Health Training Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP27875-02-01, Affordable Care Act (ACA) Public Health Training Centers. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.