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Katie Sellers1, Jonathon P Leider1, Elizabeth Gould1
1Katie Sellers and Brian C. Castrucci are with the de Beaumont Foundation, Bethesda, MD. Jonathon P. Leider is with the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Elizabeth Gould and Kyle Bogaert are with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Arlington, VA. Angela Beck is with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Fátima Coronado is with the Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Gulzar Shah is with the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Health Policy and Management, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro. Valerie Yeager is with the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Health Policy and Management, Indiana University, Indianapolis. Leslie M. Beitsch is with the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee. Paul C. Erwin is with the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health.
Public health workforce development now uses comprehensive strategies. Data reveals key issues in diversity, an aging workforce, recruitment, and education for future public health practice.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Workforce Development
- Health Policy
Background:
- Public health workforce development has shifted from simple enumeration to complex strategies over 50 years.
- These strategies encompass workforce size, composition, training, recruitment, retention, effectiveness, and competencies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide new perspectives on the governmental public health workforce in the U.S.
- To explore key thematic areas impacting the current and future public health workforce.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PHWINS).
- PHWINS is the largest nationally representative survey of the governmental public health workforce.
Main Results:
- Explored workforce diversity, an aging workforce with retirement and succession planning needs, salary issues, and recruitment challenges.
- Examined the impact of growing undergraduate public health education and workforce awareness of national trends.
Conclusions:
- Discussed implications of these findings for public health policy and practice.
- Highlighted the need for strategic planning to address workforce challenges and ensure future public health capacity.
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