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        <title>2010 Annual Grantee Summary</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-48</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The National Coordinating Center for Public Health Practice-Based Research developed a summary of the 2010 Annual Grantee meeting held in late April.&amp;nbsp; This meeting brought together both Round I and Round II grantees.&amp;nbsp; Susan Zahner, DrPH, RN, represented our Wisconsin network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Summary of PBRN Program&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/2010 PBRN Annual Grantee Meeting Summary[1].pdf&quot;&gt;Summary of the Public Health Practice-based Research Networks Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>WPHPBRN Selection Criteria</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-47</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The WPHPBRN will need to make decisions about whether to endorse a proposed or funded research project, and whether to make network resources available for proposed or funded research projects.&amp;nbsp; This document lists criteria to guide the decision-making process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Selection Criteria&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Selection Criteria Final.pdf&quot;&gt;Guidelines for Selecting Research Projects Using WPHPBRN Resources/Endorsements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>WPHPBRN Meeting Minutes</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-46</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Minutes from the WPHPBRN meetings will be posted here.&amp;nbsp; Please check back for monthly updates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Steering Committee Minutes - 4/8/2010&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Minutes April 8 2010.pdf&quot;&gt;April 8, 2010 WPHPBRN Steering Committee Meeting Minutes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Steering Committee Minutes - 5/24/2010&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Minutes May 24 2010.pdf&quot;&gt;May 24, 2010 WPHPBRN Steering Committee Meeting Minutes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Steering Committee Minutes 6/24/2010&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Minutes June 24 2010.pdf&quot;&gt;June 24, 2010 WPHPBRN Steering Committee Meeting Minutes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Notes From Lexington PBRN Meeting</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-43</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Follow this link to review Susan Zahner's notes from the Lexington PBRN Meeting she attended April 19 &amp;amp; 20, 2010:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Lexington PBRN Meeting Notes&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Summary from Lexington PBRN Meeting 4[1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Lexington PBRN Meeting Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>WPHPBRN Draft Charter</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-37</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Revised WPHPBRN Charter -- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;WPHPBRN Draft Charter&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/DRAFT3CharterMar06_2010[1]-1.doc.html.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt; to see the latest draft of our charter revised with&amp;nbsp;suggestions provided at our February 26, 2010 meeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>WPHPBRN Kick-off Meeting Minutes</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-36</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The WPHPBRN Kick-off Meeting was&amp;nbsp;held in Marshfield, WI on February 26, 2010.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Here is a link to the meeting minutes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;WPHPBRN Kick Off Meeting Minutes&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/WPHPBRNnotes2.26.10[1].pdf&quot;&gt;WPHPBRN Kick-off Meeting Minutes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>New York Times Public Health Article</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-35</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Follow this link to read&amp;nbsp;the &lt;a href=&quot;http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/public-health-departments-shrinking-survey-finds/&quot;&gt;New York Times article&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;relating to the topic of our proposed PBRN research study! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>WPHPBRN Kick Off Meeting - February 26, 2010</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-30</link>
        <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The WPHPBRN Kick Off meeting will be held on&amp;nbsp;Friday, February 26, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. in the East Wing of the Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI.&amp;nbsp; Following&amp;nbsp;are links to the&amp;nbsp;agenda, driving directions for&amp;nbsp;the city of Marshfield and a parking map of the Marshfield Clinic.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Accessible parking is available in Lot C.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;WPHPBRN Kick Off Meeting Agenda&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/WPHPBRNagendaFeb26[1][1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;WPHPBRN Kick Off Meeting Agenda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Marshfield City Map&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Marshfield Clinic City Map[1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;City of Marshfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Marshfield Clinic Parking Map&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Marshfield Clinic Parking Map[1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Marshfield Clinic&amp;nbsp;Parking Map&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEW!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Following are links to information that will be presented at the meeting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;WPHPBRN Draft Charter&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/DRAFTCharterFeb2010[1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;WPHPBRN Draft Charter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Early Activities for Public Health PBRN Networks&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Early Activities for Public Health PBRN Networks[1][1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Early Activities for Public Health PBRN Networks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Essential Public Health Services&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Essential Public Health Services[3][1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Essential Public Health Services&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Public Health Delivery Systems Article&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Glen Mays article[1][1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Public Health Delivery Systems&amp;nbsp;Article&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;PHS Research - Setting a National Agenda&quot; href=&quot;http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/data/uploaded/files/Lenaway article AJPH[1][1].pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Public Health Systems Research: Setting a National Agenda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Click here to visit the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;PBRN Coordinating Center&quot; href=&quot;http://www.publichealthsystems.org/pbrn/PBRNCoordinatingCenter&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;PBRN National Coordinating Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Follow this link for local health department standards, measures, and documentation guidance from the Public Health Accreditation Board - July 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phaboard.org/index.php/accreditation/standards/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;http://www.phaboard.org/index.php/accreditation/standards/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Note from Nancy Young and Mary Jo Knobloch</title>
        <link>http://www.instituteforwihealth.org/phpbrn_portal/?watchComments=3-24</link>
        <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The Steering Committee of the Wisconsin Public Health Practice-Based Research Network held its first teleconference on January 7, 2010 beginning an exploration of how best to build a sustainable public health practice-based research network in Wisconsin.&amp;nbsp; This work begins a two-year project which is part of a national initiative funded by the &lt;a title=&quot;Robert Wood Johnson Foundation&quot; href=&quot;http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=52348&quot;&gt;Robert Wood Johnson Foundation&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Wisconsin is one of six new states receiving awards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Representatives from twelve local health departments will participate as initial project partners at a kick-off meeting scheduled for January 29th in Marshfield. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the project description on this page for more information on the WPHPBRN.&amp;nbsp; If you would like to be alerted as news is added to this blog, click on the RSS icon on the right to link to your RSS reader.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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