Research Brief: Using Local Data and Social Determinants of Health to Understand Mental Health in Communities
This research brief features a UW-Madison Neighborhood Health Partnerships Program (NHP) tool developed to show how social determinants can directly impact mental health. The tool provides examples of evidence-informed linkages between living conditions and mental …
May 15, 2023Lead & Environmental Justice Funding Opportunities and Supportive Data
Below is information on two federal funding opportunities with links to relevant data provided through the DHS Environmental Public Health Tracking portal. 1) The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program Application Deadline: April 14, 2023. EPA is accepting applications …
April 11, 2023COVID Corner
This page provides links to COVID-19 research, projects, and resources being conducted or developed by Wisconsin Public Health Research Network members, partners, and others. ____________________________________ COVID Questions Have COVID questions? Check out the UW-Madison COVID …
February 8, 2022New to Public Health Residency Program
The New to Public Health (N2PH) Residency Program- a first-of-its-kind program- is accepting applications for residents and mentors. The program is designed to support new public health professionals transitioning into local, regional, tribal, and state …
February 2, 2022Medical Alert! Climate Change is Harming Our Health in Wisconsin
More than 2 out of 3 Wisconsinites are aware that global warming is happening. However, they often see climate change as a faraway threat, in both time and place, and as something that does not …
November 16, 2020Participate In Tick Research Where You Are
The Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease, located at UW-Madison and directed by Susan Paskewitz, PhD and Lyric Bartholomay, PhD, has been doing novel research using a free smartphone app, “The Tick App.” The app …
July 14, 2020WPHRN Webinar: Using the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin in Public Health Practice
WPHRN staff and Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) researchers co-hosted a webinar June 9, 2020 about using data from SHOW to address public health needs. SHOW is a health research infrastructure that offers …
June 11, 2020UW Researchers Provide Data to WI Public Health Leaders to Inform Decisions and Minimize Severe COVID-19 Cases
With the COVID-19 pandemic, UW-Madison researchers within the School of Medicine and Public Health are quickly adapting to support Wisconsin health officials. Researchers at the Health Innovation Program (HIP), who have been working to improve …
April 14, 2020Survey to Help Researchers Thwart COVID-19
In a fast-moving response to COVID-19, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the League of Wisconsin Municipalities are joining forces to help slow the spread of the disease. And they need your help. What can you …
March 23, 2020WPHRN Brief: Private-Well Stewardship Among Wisconsin Well Owners
Approximately 940,000 households use private wells in Wisconsin. Currently, there is no required testing for well owners, leaving about a quarter of Wisconsin’s drinking water unregulated and untested. To quantify testing and treatment patterns of …
February 19, 2020Webinar Recording Available for the WPHRN Uniform Chart of Accounts Update
WPHRN has been working to bring Wisconsin health departments and public health researchers together to support the Uniform Chart of Accounts (UCOA) project. Recently, WPHRN co-director, Dr. Susan Zahner, co-hosted a webinar with the University of …
February 17, 2020WPHRN Brief: Assessing Interest in a Public Health Residency Program
Most new staff hired to fill public health positions in local, state, and tribal agencies have not received comprehensive training and education specific to public health core competencies before they are hired. Although residency programs for …
April 9, 2019Uniform Chart of Accounts for Public Health Agencies
The WPHRN and University of Washington public health researchers joined together January 15 to discuss the adoption of a uniform chart of accounts by public health agencies. The Uniform Chart of Accounts Project at the University of Washington …
January 22, 2019WPHRN Brief: Is your health department considering a survey to inform your community health assessment?
Local and tribal health departments (LTHDs) commonly use primary and secondary data to inform community health assessments. This brief serves as a starting point to assist LTHD leaders in thinking through the steps to decide if …
November 29, 2018Academic Health Department Research Agenda: Comparison with WPHRN Priority Research Questions
This research brief describes and compares the ways Academic Health Departments and Public Health Practice-based Research Networks, like the Wisconsin Public Health Research Network (WPHRN), are working to support evidence-informed public health practice. It compares …
February 20, 2018Public Health Foundation Pulse Features Comparison of the WPHRN Priority Research Questions (PRQs) and Academic Health Department Research Agenda
A blog featured in the Public Health Foundation Pulse describes a comparison of the WPHRN PRQs and Academic Health Department Research Agenda written by Greenwood, Mrochek and Zahner. The comparison discusses areas of overlapping research …
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