The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) had a number of programs funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1984-2022. APTR partnered with the CDC to improve and increase partnerships and interprofessional collaborations to improve health outcomes and health equity. 

Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity

Funded through a cooperative agreement with the CDC and its Academic Partnerships to Improve Health (APIH), projects focused on improving the health of individuals and communities through alliances among academic associations and CDC. APIH drove improvement of health outcomes by:

• Working within the educational systems for public health, medical, and nursing students to enhance teaching of population health concepts
• Aligning academic approaches (curricula, teaching materials, or methods) and field experiences with ground-level public health priorities and practice needs
• Fostering interprofessional collaboration and learning in health professional education
• Strengthening academia’s linkages to public health practice
  

Past Initiatives

Grant Funding: Workforce Improvement Projects [Link]

APTR provided funding opportunities for APTR and/or APTR member institutions and faculty through the CDC Workforce Improvement Projects (WIPs), public health practice projects proposed and funded by CDC programs. 

Acceleration Grants [Link]

The APTR Acceleration of Prevention and Population Health Education grant program sought to expand and improve public health and health professions education by disseminating effective methods of integrating complex topics into existing courses and curricula. Over two one-year funding cycles, awardees created, expanded, or improved curricula or teaching materials that addressed any of the following topics: community resilience and preparedness; health equity and social justice; access to care; anti-racism; climate change; and migrant health.

Health In All Education Project [Link]

APTR convened representatives from law, economics, environmental engineering, informatics, social work, and undergraduate liberal arts to make recommendations for integrating population health content into curricula. 

• AJPM manuscript: Health in All Education: A Transdisciplinary Learning Outcomes Framework »

Population Health Education Specialists

Provided doctoral-level faculty experts from medical, health professions, and public health programs to develop and refine CDC fellowship competencies and curricula and deliver training workshops to CDC fellows in specific competency areas in public health.

Journal Publishing [Link]

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) is the official APTR journal publishing articles in the areas of prevention research, teaching, practice and policy. CDC CIOs can fund supplements in AJPM that disseminate best practices and build the scientific and programmatic evidence base. Since 1988, over 90 issues were published by the CDC to disseminate translational research and practice on topics selected by CDC CIOs.

Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak: Preparation for Interprofessional Practice [Link]

This module was developed by the four national associations that comprised the CDC Academic Partnerships to Improve Health (APIH) initiative with expertise and guidance provided by CDC. The self-paced, interactive learning module is divided into three chapters-outpatient clinic, local public health department, and multidisciplinary meeting after the outbreak has resolved. The scenario is based on a multi-state foodborne outbreak that occurred in 2015-16 to demonstrate the importance of interprofessional practice among health professionals to improve and protect population health in the context of a foodborne outbreak.

Education and Training Programs and Resources for Health Care Professionals Providing Immunization Services

APTR has a long history of working with the CDC National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) to develop, implement, maintain, and promote immunization education programs based on recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Since 1990, APTR partnered with CDC NCIRD and other organizations on programs tailored for physicians, nurses, medical assistants and other allied health professionals. [Learn More]

Past Cooperative Agreement Projects »