scholarly journals Public Health Workforce Self-Identified Training Needs by Jurisdiction and Job Type

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Valerie A. Yeager ◽  
Janna M. Wisniewski ◽  
Theresa Chapple-McGruder ◽  
Brian C. Castrucci ◽  
Elizabeth Gould
2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Danielson ◽  
S Christine Zahniser ◽  
Dennis Jarvis

2005 ◽  
Vol 120 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 28-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Macon Harrison ◽  
Mary V. Davis ◽  
Pia D.M. MacDonald ◽  
Lorraine K. Alexander ◽  
J. Steven Cline ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. S134-S144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Bogaert ◽  
Brian C. Castrucci ◽  
Elizabeth Gould ◽  
Nikki Rider ◽  
Christina Whang ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon L. Grimm ◽  
Patrik Johansson ◽  
Preethy Nayar ◽  
Bettye A. Apenteng ◽  
Samuel Opoku ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Kahler W. Stone ◽  
Kristina W. Kintziger ◽  
Meredith A. Jagger ◽  
Jennifer A. Horney

While the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health care workers have been well described, the effects of the COVID-19 response on the U.S. public health workforce, which has been impacted by the prolonged public health response to the pandemic, has not been adequately characterized. A cross-sectional survey of public health professionals was conducted to assess mental and physical health, risk and protective factors for burnout, and short- and long-term career decisions during the pandemic response. The survey was completed online using the Qualtrics survey platform. Descriptive statistics and prevalence ratios (95% confidence intervals) were calculated. Among responses received from 23 August and 11 September 2020, 66.2% of public health workers reported burnout. Those with more work experience (1–4 vs. <1 years: prevalence ratio (PR) = 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.08−3.36; 5–9 vs. <1 years: PR = 1.89, CI = 1.07−3.34) or working in academic settings (vs. practice: PR = 1.31, CI = 1.08–1.58) were most likely to report burnout. As of September 2020, 23.6% fewer respondents planned to remain in the U.S. public health workforce for three or more years compared to their retrospectively reported January 2020 plans. A large-scale public health emergency response places unsustainable burdens on an already underfunded and understaffed public health workforce. Pandemic-related burnout threatens the U.S. public health workforce’s future when many challenges related to the ongoing COVID-19 response remain unaddressed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Perkiö ◽  
R Harrison ◽  
M Grivna ◽  
D Tao ◽  
C Evashwich

Abstract Education is a key to creating solidary among the professionals who advance public health’s interdisciplinary mission. Our assumption is that if all those who work in public health shared core knowledge and the skills for interdisciplinary interaction, collaboration across disciplines, venues, and countries would be facilitated. Evaluation of education is an essential element of pedagogy to ensure quality and consistency across boundaries, as articulated by the UNESCO education standards. Our study examined the evaluation studies done by programs that educate public health professionals. We searched the peer reviewed literature published in English between 2000-2017 pertaining to the education of the public health workforce at a degree-granting level. The 2442 articles found covered ten health professions disciplines and had lead authors representing all continents. Only 86 articles focused on evaluation. The majority of the papers examined either a single course, a discipline-specific curriculum or a teaching method. No consistent methodologies could be discerned. Methods ranged from sophisticated regression analyses and trends tracked over time to descriptions of focus groups and interviews of small samples. We found that evaluations were primarily discipline-specific, lacked rigorous methodology in many instances, and that relatively few examined competencies or career expectations. The public health workforce enjoys a diversity of disciplines but must be able to come together to share diverse knowledge and skills. Evaluation is critical to achieving a workforce that is well trained in the competencies pertinent to collaboration. This study informs the pedagogical challenges that must be confronted going forward, starting with a commitment to shared core competencies and to consistent and rigorous evaluation of the education related to training public health professionals. Key messages Rigorous evaluation is not sufficiently used to enhance the quality of public health education. More frequent use of rigorous evaluation in public health education would enhance the quality of public health workforce, and enable cross-disciplinary and international collaboration for solidarity.


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