title: The Oregon Public Health Policy Institute: Building Competencies for Public Health Practice.
abstract: The Oregon Public Health Policy Institute (PHPI) was designed to enhance public health policy competencies among state and local health department staff. The Oregon Health Authority funded the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University to develop the PHPI curriculum in 2012 and offer it to participants from 4 state public health programs and 5 local health departments in 2013. The curriculum interspersed short instructional sessions on policy development, implementation, and evaluation with longer hands-on team exercises in which participants applied these skills to policy topics their teams had selected. Panel discussions provided insights from legislators and senior Oregon health experts. Participants reported statistically significant increases in public health policy competencies and high satisfaction with PHPI overall.
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luck
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Jangho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernell
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tynan
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Carla Sarai
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Alvarado
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eversole
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mosbaek
authors.affiliation: Jeff Luck, Jangho Yoon, Stephanie Bernell, Carla Sarai Alvarado, and Candice Beathard are with the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Michael Tynan is with the Oregon Health Authority Office of the State Public Health Director - Policy and Planning, Portland. Tom Eversole is with the Center for Public Health Practice, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division, Portland. Craig Mosbaek is with Mosbaek Consulting, Portland, OR.
authors.forename: Candice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beathard
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D009922:Oregon; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards