Transforming Communities: The Eight Core Competencies That Drive Public Health Progress
Public health professionals play a critical role in promoting and improving the health outcomes of communities. To succeed in this challenging field, professionals must possess a range of essential skills and knowledge. The Public Health Foundation’s Core Competencies provide a comprehensive framework for these skills and knowledge areas. There are eight core competencies that every…
New CDC Study Reveals Factors Driving COVID-19 Booster Vaccination Decisions Among US Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to our lives, resulting in a global health crisis that has left many communities struggling to cope. While vaccination efforts have provided some hope for a return to normalcy, the recent emergence of new COVID-19 variants has highlighted the need for continued vigilance and the importance of ongoing…
Pioneering a Universe Through the Power of PubTrawlr
Zimmerman and I were playing with chatGPT this morning in between improving PubTrawlr and getting ready for the relaunch. He had chatGPT write a story about PT’s future. We present this below! Once upon a time In a far-off galaxy, there existed a technologically advanced civilization where the inhabitants had access to all sorts of…
Early morning DCG updates en route to Phoenix
Good morning from Terminal B in Philadelphia. Representatives from our team will be meeting with WE in the World leadership in Phoenix later today to discuss measurement strategy over the coming calendar year. Has it been easy to get thousands of individuals across dozens of communities to use standardized forms to report on their progress…
Cypherpunks and Cryptoanarchy, oh my!
Introduction. We’ve got another post from our friend and colleague, Kalie Mayberry. Read more about her at her website. In the beginning, there was anarchy. Well, more like a vision of one – cryptoanarchy, led by internet coders and philosophers, the cypherpunks. The story of Web3, Bitcoin, and an idealized decentralized internet foundation began with…
PubTrawlr in the news!
We were happy to be interviewed for the Reading Eagle about our work with Alvernia University. We were fortunate to spend a huge chunk of the last 18 months getting support and TA from the fine folks at O’Pake. Read all about it below! Alvernia’s SPARK business incubator celebrates first graduate PubTrawlr, a search engine…
Riding the rails to Rhode Island
Our team was privileged to be guests of the Rhode Island team this past Friday. Our goal was to help develop a quasi-experimental design to example the impacts of the CHWs throughout the state. Hey, what’s a quasi-experimental design? A quasi-experimental design is a type of research design similar to an experimental design, but with…
Never require answers to survey questions.
The headline is the thesis statement. Do not require answers to survey questions. That is, never make any answer to any question required for completing a survey. Never. Don’t do it. Here’s why. Humans should not be unwitting subjects in scientific experiments. Yet, our history is cluttered with examples of this. The Tuskeegee Experiment. The…
The final NJHI update–for now…..
The great folks at Grey Sky Films put together this retrospective of the Small But Mighty Communities project. We’ve said a few times that it has been a bittersweet journey with NJHI. The communities are doing such cool things and will continue to do so. Yet, the core ingredients that made that happen (the support…
Welcome to a World of Endless Possibilities with PubTrawlr
The world of data is vast and ever-evolving. With the sheer amount of information available today, it can be difficult to keep up with the latest research and evidence-based findings. However, having access to the latest data at your fingertips is essential for staying ahead of the curve. That’s why PubTrawlr is here—to provide you…
What Is Fiscal Sponsorship and How Can It Benefit Your Organization?
If you are looking for a way to get your organization’s project off the ground, fiscal sponsorship may be a good option for you. Fiscal sponsorship is a relationship in which a non-profit organization provides financial and administrative support to another organization or individual for a specific project or program. In this arrangement, the sponsored…
What to know about Institutional Review Boards
If you’re working on a research project and are unsure if you need to submit it to an IRB, there are a few key things to keep in mind. The first is that any study involving human participants must be reviewed by an IRB, regardless of the risk involved. Additionally, studies that collect data from…
