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A strong, diverse public health workforce is critical to meeting the world’s pressing health challenges and addressing inequities. When health and public health professionals look like and come from the communities they serve, patients receive better care and experience better health outcomes. PHI is creating a pipeline of dedicated public health professionals in California, across the United States and around the world, including finding creative ways to bring those traditionally overlooked in public health careers into the workforce with meaningful salaries and effective training. We build and staff programs that connect community members and youth with opportunities to enter into health professions, while also providing ongoing training, wrap-around services, mentoring and support—helping to create sustainable, community-based expertise. Our partners include public health and community stakeholders, schools, health employers, community development institutions, local health departments, government agencies including USAID and CDC, and more. Together, we’re building the public health workforce of tomorrow and bolstering community power today.

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  • 100% of FACES for the Future students graduate from high school
  • $3M invested into workforce and professional development initiatives
  • 100K+ scholars and leaders provided workforce development training
Dr. Somava Saha, director of PHI's Communities RISE Together (RISE) joins the 2022 White House Workforce Development Summit.

Communities RISE Together, an initiative facilitated by the Public Health Institute and WE in the World, joins the 2022 White House Workforce Development Summit. Dr. Saha discusses how Communities RISE Together works to recruit, hire and train community health workers as vaccine ambassadors in 200+ counties across the country.

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New Study: ED Buprenorphine Linked to Sustained Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Patients who get their first dose of buprenorphine in the Emergency Department (ED) are more likely to remain engaged in opioid use disorder treatment 30 days post-discharge, finds a new study from PHI's CA Bridge—reinforcing EDs as critical access points to highly effective, life-saving medication for addiction treatment.

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