Foundational Public Health Responsibilities (FPHR) Community of Practice
Join the MDH Foundational Public Health Responsibilities Community of Practice to build understanding of Minnesota's foundational public health responsibilities.
The FPHR Community of Practice will provide regular opportunities for public health leaders and practitioners to learn about, discuss, and resolve questions related to the elements of the foundational public health responsibilities framework, including how the framework is organized, definitions and activities related to capabilities and areas, incorporating foundational responsibilities into current public health work and practices, and other topics as they arise.
Format and meeting dates
The community of practice meets virtually on the second Wednesday of each month from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Please contact Linda Kopecky in the MDH Center for Public Health Practice (linda.kopecky@state.mn.us) for meeting links and calendar invitations.
- Local public health leadership, program staff, and front-line workers are welcome at this community of practice, to learn side-by-side about how to do foundational work in practice.
- Group members will decide together their needs and desires related to learning, problem-solving, or researching elements and aspects of foundational responsibilities.
- This group will be peer-led, with members defining its scope, their common purpose or mission, how the community is defined and structured, and what elements are part of its practice.
- MDH will facilitate meetings and center local public health voices, needs, and experiences.
- There are no meeting notes from community of practice gatherings, since meetings are focused on learning and discussion together.
- This group shares resources between meetings on Basecamp. For a link to this community of practice site on Basecamp, please contact Linda Kopecky in the MDH Center for Public Health Practice (linda.kopecky@state.mn.us).
MDH will not share action items about grants, foundational responsibilities, or public health practice in these spaces. MDH will continue to share all information related to foundational public health responsibilities and the FPHR Grant with CHS administrators and PHN directors via the CHS-PHN email list.
Who should join?
- To start, local public health directors, CHS administrators, planners, and anyone working on foundational public health responsibilities can join the FPHR Community of Practice.
- Members will ultimately determine scope and appropriate membership.
- To join, contact Linda Kopecky in the MDH Center for Public Health Practice (linda.kopecky@state.mn.us)