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A model for public health workforce development using the National Public Health Performance Standards Program
Margaret A Potter1, Gerald Barron, Joan P Cioffi
1Center for Public Health Practice, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Summary
Public health workforce development programs must connect employee performance to agency success. A model training program, using the ten essential public health services, was developed for a large urban health department.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Workforce Development
- Organizational Performance
Background:
- Effective public health workforce development requires aligning individual worker performance with agency-level outcomes.
- The ten essential services of public health offer a framework for assessing both worker competencies and organizational performance.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and describe a model strategic training program for a public health agency.
- To utilize the ten essential public health services as a unifying foundation for workforce and agency performance assessment.
Main Methods:
- A strategic training program model was designed for a 500-employee urban county health department.
- The model leverages the ten essential public health services for assessment, curriculum development, and evaluation.
Main Results:
- A foundational model for a strategic training program was successfully developed.
- The model integrates individual worker training with agency performance standards.
Conclusions:
- Implementing this model requires addressing management, employee record confidentiality, and evaluation methodologies.
- Linking worker performance to agency performance through standardized frameworks like the ten essential services is crucial for public health improvement.