Growing the Grassroots Power of Public Health
Eric Coles, Heather Krasna, and Tameir Holder describe the work they’re doing to increase awareness and funding for public health activities.
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Generation Public Health: Top 8 Tips for Government Health Departments to Hire New Grads
by Heather Krasna and JP Leider The Biden Administration’s announcement that they will spend $7.4 billion on the public health workforce is big news for the woefully underfunded, short-staffed, overstretched, and burned out public health professionals working in our nation’s local, state, tribal, territorial (and even federal) health departments. There could be thousands of new hires in public health. While
Read moreA Workforce in Transition
It’s clear that the governmental public health workforce is changing. We’re on the precipice of generational change, with 22% percent of staff planning to retire in the coming years. Separately, we also have many that are interested in leaving for reasons other than retirement, about 25% overall. Among those under age 35, 32% are considering leaving. I have written and
Read moreWhen Is Public Health Coming to Students of Public Health?
by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS, FACSM The Scholarship of Public Health addresses topics relevant to scientific publishing, dissemination of evidence and best practices, and the education of future professionals. This column ponders the care and treatment of graduate students of public health… At the 100th anniversary of the first American school of public health, there is much for the
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