Estimating Public Health Workforce Efforts Toward Foundational Public Health Services

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie A. Yeager ◽  
Casey P. Balio ◽  
Reena B. Chudgar ◽  
Rachel Hare Bork ◽  
Leslie M. Beitsch
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Services

scholarly journals Context Matters: Findings from a Qualitative Study Exploring Service and Place Factors Influencing the Recruitment and Retention of Allied Health Professionals in Rural Australian Public Health Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Cosgrave
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Recruitment And Retention ◽  
Public Sector Health

Chronic health workforce shortages significantly contribute to unmet health care needs in rural and remote communities. Of particular and growing concern are shortages of allied health professionals (AHPs). This study explored the contextual factors impacting the recruitment and retention of AHPs in rural Australia. A qualitative approach using a constructivist-interpretivist methodology was taken. Semi-structured interviews (n = 74) with executive staff, allied health (AH) managers and newly recruited AHPs working in two rural public health services in Victoria, Australia were conducted. Data was coded and categorised inductively and analysed thematically. The findings suggest that to support a stable and sustainable AH workforce, rural public sector health services need to be more efficient, strategic and visionary. This means ensuring that policies and procedures are equitable and accessible, processes are effective, and action is taken to develop local programs, opportunities and supports that allow AH staff to thrive and grow in place at all grade levels and life stages. This study reinforces the need for a whole-of-community approach to effectively support individual AH workers and their family members in adjusting to a new place and developing a sense of belonging in place. The recommendations arising from this study are likely to have utility for other high-income countries, particularly in guiding AH recruitment and retention strategies in rural public sector health services. Recommendations relating to community/place will likely benefit broader rural health workforce initiatives.

Strengthening health promotion practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Van Den Broucke
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health System ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Public Health Workforce

Abstract Health services in most developed countries were developed to meet the needs of a demand-led health care, and focus mostly on treatment, cure and care. This system is challenged by the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, increased multi-morbidity, newly emerging communicable diseases, and increasing anti-microbial resistance. At the same time, widening health inequalities pose an additional threat to health systems that do not give enough attention to the factors that produce health. To address these challenges, it is necessary to reorient health services towards more preventive, people-centred and community-based approaches, with a more prominent role for health promotion, integrated within the wider health system. This shift of focus requires the strengthening of health workforce capacities to effectively implement health promotion. Whereas a competent health workforce has always been considered a key condition for the delivery of effective health services, the nature of the necessary 'competencies' is being redefined in the light of the current changes of the health system. Within the diversifying primary care and public health workforce, new skills and tasks must be added to existing professional roles, new professional profiles emerge, and collaborations between professions become more important. This presentation will consider the place of health promotion workforce development within the broader context of public health and health promotion capacity building systems targeting a diversifying primary care and public health workforce. Drawing on recent reviews it will provide an overview of existing capacity development systems in primary and secondary prevention and health promotion, and consider possibilities for integration and implementation of capacity systems within and across disciplinary boundaries.

scholarly journals Aligning Best Practices: A Guiding Framework as a Valuable Tool for Public Health Workforce Development with the Example of Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9246
Author(s):  
Olga Gershuni ◽  
Katarzyna Czabanowska ◽  
Genc Burazeri ◽  
Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic ◽  
Grzegorz Juszczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Health System ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Implementing Strategies

Background: At present, in Ukraine, there is an insufficient capacity for up-to-date surveillance of the health status of the general population; public health (PH) promotion and disease prevention activities are scarce. Additionally, there is an urgent need to ensure, develop and support an efficient public health workforce (PHW) and appropriately address existing health issues. Ukraine currently introduces PH system reforms in line with its current burden of disease, the epidemiological profile and the Essential Public Health Services (EPHOs). This analysis aims to propose a pragmatic framework to provide guidance and recommendations related to the development, support and planning of the PHW in Ukraine. Methods: We constructed a framework based on a previously published scoping review and analyzed various policy analysis approaches. In line with the recommendations found in the literature and the best practices used elsewhere, this method enabled the construction of a framework for facilitating successful PHW development. In addition, an expert workshop was held, serving as a reality check for identifying crucial areas of the PH system in Ukraine. Results: The proposed framework includes a country’s background, the evidence and available policy options, such as the health system (including core functions, organizational resources, regulations and norms), health system capacities (including human resources; PH capacity assessment; datasets and databases; forecasting strategies; licensing, accreditation and quality assurance) and capacity building (including PH education, training, core competencies and ethical and professional codes of conduct). To facilitate and support effective implementation of the framework, we propose (1) implementing strategies to facilitate changes in attitude, behavior and practices among the citizens; (2) implementing strategies to facilitate the necessary behavioral changes in the PHW; (3) implementing strategies to facilitate the necessary organizational and institutional changes; (4) implementing strategies to facilitate system changes and (5) identification of potential barriers and obstacles for the implementation of these strategies. Conclusion: The report highlights the practical tactics and best practices for providing suggestions for PHW support and planning. The employment of prominent analytical tools and procedures in policymaking processes suggests an effective strategy for PHW development in Ukraine.

scholarly journals The Future Public Health Workforce in a Changing World: A Conceptual Framework for a European–Israeli Knowledge Transfer Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9265
Author(s):  
Osnat Bashkin ◽  
Keren Dopelt ◽  
Zohar Mor ◽  
Lore Leighton ◽  
Robert Otok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Health Workforce ◽  
Educational Experience ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Academic Training

Health services quality and sustainability rely mainly on a qualified workforce. Adequately trained public health personnel protect and promote health, avert health disparities, and allow rapid response to health emergencies. Evaluations of the healthcare workforce typically focus on physicians and nurses in curative medical venues. Few have evaluated public health workforce capacity building or sought to identify gaps between the academic training of public health employees and the needs of the healthcare organizations in which they are employed. This project report describes the conceptual framework of “Sharing European Educational Experience in Public Health for Israel (SEEEPHI): harmonization, employability, leadership, and outreach”—a multinational Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education funded project. By sharing European educational experience and knowledge, the project aims to enhance professionalism and strengthen leadership aspects of the public health workforce in Israel to meet the needs of employers and the country. The project’s work packages, each jointly led by an Israeli and European institution, include field qualification analysis, mapping public health academic training programs, workforce adaptation, and building leadership capacity. In the era of global health changes, it is crucial to assess the capacity building of a well-qualified and competent workforce that enables providing good health services, reaching out to minorities, preventing health inequalities, and confronting emerging health challenges. We anticipate that the methods developed and the lessons learned within the Israeli context will be adaptable and adoptable by other countries through local and cultural adjustments.

Future Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross C. Brownson ◽  
Graham A. Colditz ◽  
Enola K. Proctor
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Implementation Research ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation Research ◽  
The Many

This chapter highlights just a sample of the many rich areas for dissemination and implementation research that will assist us in shortening the gap between discovery and practice, thus beginning to realize the benefits of research for patients, families, and communities. Greater emphasis on implementation in challenging settings, including lower and middle-income countries and underresourced communities in higher income countries will add to the lessons we must learn to fully reap the benefit of our advances in dissemination and implementation research methods. Moreover, collaboration and multidisciplinary approaches to dissemination and implementation research will help to make efforts more consistent and more effective moving forward. Thus, we will be better able to identify knowledge gaps that need to be addressed in future dissemination and implementation research, ultimately informing the practice and policies of clinical care and public health services.

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