First-Destination Outcomes for 2015–2018 Public Health Graduates: Focus on Employment

Objectives. To improve understanding of the future public health workforce by analyzing first-destination employment outcomes of public health graduates. Methods. We assessed graduate outcomes for those graduating in 2015–2018 using descriptive statistics and the Pearson χ2 test. Results. In our analysis of data on 53 463 graduates, we found that 73% were employed; 15% enrolled in further education; 5% entered a fellowship, internship, residency, volunteer, or service program; and 6% were not employed. Employed graduates went to work in health care (27%), corporations (24%), academia (19%), government (17%), nonprofit (12%), and other sectors (1%). In 2018, 9% of bachelor’s, 4% of master’s, and 2% of doctoral graduates were not employed but seeking employment. Conclusions. Today’s public health graduates are successful in finding employment in various sectors. This new workforce may expand public health’s reach and lead to healthier communities overall. Public Health Implications. With predicted shortages in the governmental public health workforce and expanding hiring because of COVID-19, policymakers need to work to ensure the supply of public health graduates meets the demands of the workforce.

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The New Public Health Workforce: Employment Outcomes of Public Health Graduate Students

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ◽

10.1097/phh.0000000000000976 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 12-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Heather Krasna ◽

Julie Kornfeld ◽

Linda Cushman ◽

Shuyue Ni ◽

Pantelis Antoniou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Graduate Students ◽

Health Workforce ◽

Employment Outcomes ◽

Public Health Workforce ◽

New Public Health ◽

New Public

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Public health competencies in global health education and demand of the global health labour market

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.608 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

K Czabanowska ◽

H Krasna

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Climate Change ◽

Global Health ◽

Health Workforce ◽

Health Impact ◽

Employment Outcomes ◽

Public Health Workforce ◽

Gis Mapping ◽

Climate Mitigation ◽

Systematic Research

Abstract Background Many competencies frameworks exist worldwide and it is well known that competence-based education supports employability. However, little research exists regarding public health graduates' employment outcomes. This paper aims to stir the discussion about the expectations of the global health employment market and the competencies, which should be developed in graduates of public health programs with global orientation. Methods Material from in three different studies is used, including a systematic review of public health competency frameworks, scoping review of employment outcomes of students earning public health degrees, and analysis of 16 years' worth job postings with focus on competencies related to climate change. Results Employers currently value competencies, such as the knowledge of climate mitigation/adaptation, climate-health justice, direct/indirect and downstream effects of climate on health, health impact assessment, risk assessment, pollution-health consequences and causes, Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, communication/writing, finance/economics, policy analysis, systems thinking, and interdisciplinarity. Conclusions The public health workforce needs to be equipped with the capabilities which trespass disciplines, professional silos and paradigms in order to be effective and able to address multiple challenges and global disruptions including climate change, as well as to lead through insecure contexts. More systematic research is needed on tracking the employment outcomes of the global health workforce, which may help to adapt public health competencies frameworks and education programs to the changing demands of the global health employment market.

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Environmental Health and Public Health Workforce Capacity: A Learning Management System Model

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e507502013-111 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Ilya Plotkin

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Environmental Health ◽

Health Workforce ◽

Management System ◽

Learning Management System ◽

System Model ◽

Public Health Workforce ◽

Workforce Capacity ◽

Learning Management

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Public Health Workforce Burnout in the COVID-19 Response in the U.S.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18084369 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 4369

Author(s):

Kahler W. Stone ◽

Kristina W. Kintziger ◽

Meredith A. Jagger ◽

Jennifer A. Horney

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Workforce ◽

Work Experience ◽

Large Scale ◽

Health Workers ◽

Public Health Workforce ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Public Health Response ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The U.S

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.

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Evaluation of Education for Public Health: A Practical Foundation for Solidarity

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽

Author(s):

M Perkiö ◽

R Harrison ◽

M Grivna ◽

D Tao ◽

C Evashwich

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Education ◽

Health Workforce ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Public Health Education ◽

Public Health Workforce ◽

Rigorous Evaluation ◽

The Public ◽

Public Health Professionals

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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The Adverse Health Outcomes, Economic Burden, and Public Health Implications of Unmanaged Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Call to Action Resulting from CHADD Summit, Washington, DC, October 17, 2019

Journal of Attention Disorders ◽

10.1177/10870547211036754 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108705472110367

Author(s):

Bob Cattoi ◽

Ingrid Alpern ◽

Jeffrey S. Katz ◽

David Keepnews ◽

Mary V. Solanto

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Economic Burden ◽

Emotional Health ◽

Care Providers ◽

Health Implications ◽

Adverse Health ◽

Adverse Health Outcomes

Recent research has increasingly documented the adverse effects of ADHD on physical health in addition to its well-known effects on emotional health. Responding to this concern, CHADD organized a summit meeting of health care providers, governmental and other health-related organizations, and health care payers. A White Paper generated from the meeting reviewed the adverse health outcomes, economic burden and public health implications of unmanaged ADHD. Here we summarize the resulting Calls to Action to the various stakeholder groups including: increased awareness and education of providers; development of professional guidelines for diagnosis and treatment; insurance coverage of the relevant services; support of research targeting the role of ADHD in the etiology and treatment of physical illness; and public education campaigns.

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