Advocacy Tools
- Locate and get to know your elected officials from local to Senate and Congressional seats: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
- APHA Funding fact sheet for the CDC and HRSA
- NLN Web-Based resources for public policy advocacy
Advocacy Documents
- Letter to Dr. Blumenthal, President of the Commonwealth Fund
- Letter of Support for Steven Dettelbach, ESQ, for ATF Director
- 2020 CPHNO Letter to Advocate for Public Health Nurses to Serve on the Coronavirus Task Force of the Biden-Harris Transition Team
- 2020 QCC/CPHNO – Open Letter to the Authors of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s Building Coalitions to Promote Health Equity: A Toolkit for Action
- 2014 QCC Public Health Nurses Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee Letter
CPHNO Published Documents
- 2019 QCC – Report of Key Action Areas for Addressing Social Determinants of Health through a Public Health Nursing Lens
- 2018 QCC – Quad Council Competencies for Public Health Nurses
- 2014 QCC – Invitational Forum on the Role and Future of Nurses in Public Health: Final Report
- 2011 QCC – Quad Council Competencies for Public Health Nurses
- 1997 QCC – Tenets of Public Health Nursing
Other Key Public Health Nursing Documents
- 2016 APHN – The Public Health Nurse: Necessary Partner for the Future of Healthy Communities
- 2015 RESOLVE – Community Chief Health Strategist
- 2015 APHN – The Public Health Nurse’s Role in Achieving Health Equity: Eliminating Inequalities in Health
- 2014 NACNEP – Public Health Nursing: Key to Our Nation’s Health
- 2014 Council on Linkages – Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
- 2014 APHN – The Role of Public Health Nurses in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
- 2013 MI Center of Excellence in PH Workforce Studies – Enumeration and Characterization of the PHN Workforce
- 2013 APHA PHN Section – The Definition and Practice of Public Health Nursing
- 2011 WSNA – Public Health and Public Health Nursing
- 2008 ASTDN – Report on a Public Health Nurse to Population Ratio
Public Health Nursing Resource Links
- ANA Public Health Nursing : Scope and Standards of Practice – 2nd edition
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- National Association of County and City Health Officers (NACCHO)
- Public Health Foundation
- Video: Public Health Nurses the First Line of Prevention
- CPHNO Panel Discussion at the International Rural Health Conference (August 2021)
CPHNO Workshops
Writing Editorials – You Can Do This! A two-park workshop series by Dr. Pat Kelly, Editor of Public Health Nursing, the official journal of CPHNO
View Part 1 recording
View Part 1 PowerPoint slides