Building Illinois’ Leadership Policy and Practice Capacity Initiative

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Summary

The P3RC Building Illinois' Leadership Policy and Practice Capacity Initiative (BILPPCI) is a mixed methods translation project implemented in partnership with the Public Health is Stronger Together (PHIST) Collaborative. BILPPCI consists of three phases, described below.

Three Phases of BILPPCI Heading link

  • Environmental Scan

    We are conducting an assessment of evidence-based decision making for policy, practice, systems, and environmental change in local health departments and peer academic institutions.

  • Translation Agenda

    We will use the results from our environmental scan to develop a translation agenda for Illinois.

  • Leadership Initiatives

    Our translation agenda will guide the creation of a Skills Institute focused on evidence-based public health decision making for policy, practice, systems, and environmental change as well as the creation of student and practitioner Leadership and Learning Communities.

Our Team Heading link

Principal Investigator Christina Welter, DrPH, MPH
Co Investigator Steven Seweryn, EdD, MPH
Assistant Directors Guddi Kapdia, MS, MPH
Amber Uskali, MPH
Research Assistant Yadira Herrera
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