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  • 1Center for Public Health Practice, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 3109 Forbes Avenue, Suite 210, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP
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Evaluating public health training requires balancing diverse stakeholder needs. A pilot study found that implementing all evaluation methods is impractical, offering lessons for future public health workforce development assessments.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Services Research
  • Organizational Development

Background:

  • Workforce development evaluation is crucial for public health, involving multiple stakeholders with differing interests.
  • The science of training evaluation in public health is complex, with varied methods and priorities.
  • Differing stakeholder interests create challenges in standardizing public health training evaluations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To pilot-test a comprehensive evaluation strategy for a public health training program.
  • To assess the feasibility and practicality of integrating diverse evaluation components.
  • To identify practical lessons for future public health training evaluations.

Main Methods:

  • A 30-hour, competency-based training course in an urban health department was evaluated.

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  • Evaluation included organizational capacity assessment, trainee demographics, pre/post attitude surveys, satisfaction surveys, and a 9-month follow-up on learning impact.
  • Data collection involved agency assessments, funder requirements, trainer/agency needs, and researcher/trainer interests.

    • Main Results:

    • The pilot integrated multiple evaluation components tailored to different stakeholder interests.
    • A 9-month follow-up assessed learning usefulness and organizational impact.
    • Implementing all tested evaluation processes was deemed overly burdensome, time-consuming, and expensive.

    Conclusions:

    • A multi-faceted evaluation approach for public health training is complex.
    • Integrating all desired evaluation components can be impractical and resource-intensive.
    • Future public health training evaluations should consider practical limitations and stakeholder alignment to avoid excessive burden.