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Educating the Public Health Workforce: A Scoping Review.
Donghua Tao1, Connie J Evashwick2, Michal Grivna3
1Saint Louis University Medical Center Library, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Frontiers in Public Health
|March 9, 2018
Summary
This scoping review identifies and categorizes global literature on public health workforce education from 2000-2015. It highlights the need for a consensus on optimal public health higher education and pedagogy worldwide.
Area of Science:
- Public Health Education
- Global Health Workforce Development
- Higher Education in Health Sciences
Background:
- Recognized global need for a capable public health workforce to address diverse health challenges and emergencies.
- Major organizations emphasize the critical role of education in public health service delivery.
- Current literature lacks a comprehensive overview of public health education providers, recipients, and objectives.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify and characterize recent global literature on public health workforce education.
- To lay the groundwork for describing worldwide approaches to educating the public health workforce.
- To inform the development of international consensus on public health higher education.
Main Methods:
- Scoping review of peer-reviewed literature.
- Focus on papers published between 2000 and 2015.
- Categorization of identified literature pertaining to public health education.
Main Results:
- Identification and categorization of literature on public health workforce education published between 2000 and 2015.
- Characterization of the existing body of knowledge on this topic.
- The review serves as the first phase of a larger study.
Conclusions:
- A significant gap exists in understanding global public health workforce education approaches.
- Further research is needed to establish international consensus on curriculum and pedagogy for public health higher education.
- Higher education institutions are central to shaping the future public health workforce.
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