Strengthening the Community of Practice for Public Health Improvement (COPPHI)
The Call for Proposals for the QI Award Program is now closed. Stay tuned for the next QI Award Program CFP.
About COPPHI
COPPHI is a two-year, $1.75 million project led by NNPHI and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that facilitates the exchange of best practices and builds capacity among the nation’s public health departments to become accredited and conduct quality improvement (QI).
Launching as the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) opens its doors to receive the first accreditation applications from health departments, COPPHI represents the next stage in NNPHI's efforts to build, nurture, and expand the community of practice among public health practitioners focused on accreditation and QI.
COPPHI promotes shared learning among a broad range of local, state, and tribal health department representatives, researchers, public health institutes, universities, national public health organizations, funders, policymakers, government agencies, and boards of health by:
- Hosting accreditation and QI-focused Open Forum Meeting
- Sponsoring the costs associated with attending these meetings for up to 125 practitioners preparing for accreditation and engaging in QI
- Awarding small contracts and individualized, distance-based QI coaching to 60 public health organizations selected via a competitive process
- Coordinating public health partner organizations to promote the use of the Practice Exchange, a new searchable online database that will organize information from the rapidly growing number of public health quality improvement projects Managing a national advisory group for the Practice Exchange
“Fostering and expanding the community of practice with the COPPHI initiative is vital to assuring that health departments continue to develop the capacity to apply QI frameworks and tools to transform their organizations and address public health needs,” says NNPHI CEO Joe Kimbrell.
COPPHI's implementation runs from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2013.
Quality Improvement Award Program
Thank you for your interest. Calls for Proposals are now closed. Stay tuned for the next QI Award Program CFP.
About the QI Award Program:
As part of Strengthening the Community of Practice for Public Health Improvement (COPPHI) initiative, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) will provide health departments with $5,000 awards coupled with 15 hours of individualized quality improvement (QI) assistance from an experienced QI Coach to conduct a QI project that results in measureable change. The purpose of this QI Award Program is to support health departments to become more proficient in the adoption and application of QI and to meet the accreditation standards and measures set by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). Selected health departments will also be provided with additional opportunities such as educational webinars with QI experts and sponsored attendance at a national accreditation and QI-focused meeting (the "Open Forum" meeting).
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To learn more about NNPHI's Accreditation and Performance Improvement initiatives, contact Anooj Pattnaik, Program Coordinator, at .
