A recent survey of state and territorial Chronic Disease Directors reveals modest workforce gains but ongoing struggles with recruitment, training, and funding—highlighting the need for sustained investment to build and support chronic disease prevention infrastructure.
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A well-trained public health workforce is a critical part of the public health infrastructure. However, competency gaps among the workforce remain a persistent issue. One way to address these gaps is by expanding access to and encouraging the uptake of formal public health education.
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The latest count of the public health workforce, Enumeration 2024, shows an increased state and local workforce since 2019, though much of the growth has been in temporary or contract staff.
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CSTE is leading national efforts to recruit and retain the applied epidemiology workforce. An additional 8000 epidemiologists with specialized skills and expertise are needed at state, territorial, local and tribal health agencies to adequately conduct epidemiology activities.
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Public health leaders in all settings must be intentional in implementing strategies that strengthen our epidemiology workforce and prepare epidemiologists for the future of public health practice. As public health professionals, we are currently working in an incredibly dynamic era of public health practice. Not only was the field moving forward into “Public Health 3.0,” which calls for us to
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When I was a boy, I had a dream. It was to be a veterinarian, I think. Honestly, it’s a bit hard to remember. In the intervening decades, that dream changed and morphed, dozens of times. I was less motivated and gifted than Jeff Lynne’s titular character, but generally these (professionally-oriented) dreams revolved around being of some use to society.
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by Kathy Dunn, RN, MS Focus on Accreditation and Innovation addresses current issues related to the Public Health Accreditation Board’s national public health department accreditation program, and the Public Health National Center for Innovations. This series highlights the experiences and perspectives of accredited health departments and explores topics related to the Standards and Measures, research and evaluation findings, and the
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by Douglas Scutchfield, MD; Robin Wilcox, MPA; and Wilma J. Wooten, MD, MPH The Accreditation Committee of the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is charged with determining the accreditation status of Tribal, state, local, and territorial governmental public health departments. Appointed by the PHAB Board of Directors, Committee members have current or recent experience in leadership positions in health departments.
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by Jay E. Maddock, PhD, FAAHB The Dean’s Perspective focuses on issues pertinent to the relationship between academic public health and the practice community. As May comes around every year, our thoughts in academia turn to graduation. Another class of our students has finished its degrees and is heading out into the world. Many of them are looking for jobs. Like most
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Regardless of your stage of training, public health discipline, or area of focus, you will undoubtedly need to conduct a search of the literature to identify epidemiologic data, evidence-based practices, measures, methods, or tools to support and enhance your work. While there are a number of search engines available to you, both governmental (eg, PubMed) and commercial (eg, Ovid, Google
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