Modernizing the United States' public health infrastructure: A position paper from the American College of Physicians

R Crowley, S Mathew, D Hilden… - Annals of Internal …, 2023 - acpjournals.org
The United States' public health sector plays a crucial role in preventing illness and
promoting health. Public health drove massive gains in life expectancy during the 20th …

COVID-19 Revealed Shortcomings Of The US Public Health System And The Need To Strengthen Funding And Accountability: Article examines shortcomings of the …

JM Orr, JP Leider, P Kuehnert, B Bekemeier - Health Affairs, 2023 - healthaffairs.org
The US governmental public health system, which includes federal, state, and local
agencies, is seen by many observers as having a money problem, stemming from a lack of …

Minnesota Public Health Corps: A New Model For Building The Governmental Public Health Workforce: Article examines how the Minnesota Public Health Corps …

C Kirkland, H Stabler, J Frank, A Stimes, P Nelson… - Health …, 2024 - healthaffairs.org
Governmental public health agencies in the US are understaffed, and ongoing shortages
will have a detrimental effect on their ability to provide basic public health services and …

Accredited public health department characteristics associated with workforce gaps identified in workforce development plans

A Burns, H Kampman, H Karnik, JP Leider… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: When pursuing accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board, local
health departments (LHDs) must submit a workforce development plan (WDP). The purpose …

[HTML][HTML] Building Public Health Workforce Capacity: Longer-Term Effectiveness of a Capacity Building Intervention to Improve Community-Based Public Health …

D Leong, JW Lawless, C Frost, GR Meredith - AJPM focus, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction There is an urgent need to build capacity among existing and incoming public
health workers to enhance community-based work focused on prevention and health …

Not Only How Much But How: The Importance Of Diversifying Funding Streams In A Reimagined Public Health System: Article examines the importance of diversifying …

JM McCullough, U Ghimire, JM Orr, SO Onal… - Health …, 2024 - healthaffairs.org
Revenue diversification may be a synergistic strategy for transforming public health, yet few
national or trend data are available. This study quantified and identified patterns in revenue …

A microcosting approach for planning and implementing community-based mental health prevention program: what does it cost?

S Roy, HS Brown III, LS Blinn, SC Narendorf… - Health Economics …, 2024 - Springer
Background Estimating program costs when planning community-based mental health
programs can be burdensome. Our aim was to retrospectively document the cost for the first …

Public health workforce survey data (2016–2021) related to employee turnover: proposed methods for harmonization and triangulation

NM Weiss, S Martin, SO Onal, N McDaniel… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Public health workforce numbers are unsustainable at best and dire at worst:
based on 2017 and 2019 data, 80,000 FTEs needed to be hired by health departments to …

A Typology of US Public Health Work-Education Programs

KM White, ML Drainoni, P Elliott, M Hurley… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: A pipeline is required to build a qualified and diverse public health workforce.
Work-education programs offer public health students experiential learning, training, and a …

Annual Survey of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Capacity and Organizational Development Needs—United States, 2023

EW Lankau, M Chiang, J Dudley, K Miller… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is a nonprofit
organization that supports state and territorial chronic disease prevention and health …